Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Zone Alarm news 

First off, none of this affects you if you just have the Zone Alarm firewall.

If you have their antivirus product, which is part of the Zone Alarm Security Suite, then you need to upgrade. Here's what the Zone Labs security team said:
ZoneAlarm Anti-virus and ZoneAlarm Security Suite users should
upgrade the anti-virus engine to version 11.9.1 or later.

To update your ZoneAlarm Anti-virus or Security Suite product:

1. Select Antivirus

2. In the Status area, choose the Update Now option

3. Select Overview | Product Info and verify that the Antivirus
Vet engine version is 11.9.1 or higher

I haven't heard of any real-world attacks (yet).

If you don't have the Zone Alarm Security Suite, Buy.com has a bucket of rebates which could get you a free copy if you switch from a competitor. I don't know how good their antivirus software is. Their firewall software has a good record overall, but be sure to keep an old working version around in case an update doesn't work.

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