IGGY
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1 edit |  ZoneLabs Antivirus Suite beta
»Re: ZoneAlarm Pro 5.0.556.003 (BETA VERSION)
It looks as if the beta page has been updated to a suite product that now includes antivirus. More information is posted in the original beta thread above. I'll post details below as well.
Version currently in testing:
ZoneAlarm Security Suite 5.0.564.003 (Beta Version)
What's new ?
AlertAdvisor - Provides automatic Program policy configurations/recommendations
Antivirus - Provides traditional signature based and new heuristic scanning capabilities (includes e-mail scanning)
IM Security - Plugs into different instant message clients to filter incoming messages, scripts and files
Web Filtering - Blocks offending web content and provides you with 34 pre-set categories
Alert Viewer - New Alert viewer functionality organizes log details by feature category
Known Issues
Compatibility issue with Norton Antivirus products on Windows 2000 systems. Please do not turn our Antivirus on before you have disabled Norton and rebooted or uninstalled your Norton product first
Compatibility issue with McAfee Antivirus products on Windows XP and 2000 systems. Please do not install before you have disabled McAfee and rebooted or uninstalled your McAfee product first
AlertAdvisor: Will not recognize all programs yet
AlertAdvisor: May not function properly when XP SP2 is installed (please report if you experience this issue)
AlertAdvisor: Not working on Windows 98SE
Antivirus: Updates might fail for some users
Antivirus: Changes made to AV settings while a scan is in progress will cause error message
Antivirus: Status displays system scan is overdue after system scan has completed
Antivirus: Scan still seems to be in progress after it has been cancelled (please report if you experience this issue)
Backup and Restore: Restoring a setting different from the current setting triggers an AV scan
For further more detail on the Beta, please see the README after installation.
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Skipdawg
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The Void | reply to IGGY
So have you broke down to test this IGGY? If so how do you like it?
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Clinton, MA | Iggy, do you have any of those "Known Issues?" at all?...
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IGGY
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4 edits | reply to Skipdawg
I'm testing from several different perspectives. 1 how will the software run when the built-in antivirus is turned off and a competing vendors product is running on the machine. 2 how will the product interact with XP SP2 that I just recently installed. 3 how will the software act when in use with a Linksys WRT54G router. 4 how will the software run on a somewhat older machine. More to come.
I've not used the built-in antivirus do to the vendor they chose. I feel my current antivirus vendor has a superior product. This was once again confirmed to me by a recent thread I started.
I can say I'm still tracking down a networking issue. This issue ISN'T related to the beta. It's either a settings / IGGY  issue or ZAP not interacting well with something on my machine. This was an issue occurring even with the current gold build. After I installed a new hardrive. I updated the router firmware if memory serves me correctly. I think ZAP and the firmware may not like each other. Or I have a setting needing tweaked in the router. My ZAP is setup properly from what I can see. And I've put in the latest Linksys firmware for my router. The open source firmware I was using I liked but may have been the problem. The machine runs smooth as glass when ZAP isn't installed. And just the router and KAV beta 5 are running. This unfortunately seems to be a problem many users see from time to time. I'm now having to troubleshoot it as well.
I can say if your running KAV beta 5 and turn on the antivirus in the ZAP beta. My machine locks up and has to be rebooted. So I would take the advice listed in the beta. To definitely uninstall competing products if your going to use the ZAP antivirus offering full time. Or at the very least make sure competing products are fully disabled. |
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IGGY
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Owlbet
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clubs: | reply to IGGY
Hi Iggy,
Is this new ZoneLabs Antivirus Suite beta something that at a future date replaces ZAP 4 or an entirely different product. Just curious as I have a two year update subscription with 431 days left on it? |
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IGGY
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Chatham, IL | As far as I'm currently aware it will be a separate product. Not replacing anything. But since I don't actually work for the company. I'm not privy to there marketing plans until they tell me. |
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SigmaSix
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2 edits | reply to IGGY
Iggy if you could pass along this suggestion, which I think you and others will find logical:
Any ZA Pro user notices sometimes the privacy protection interferes severely with a web site so you would normally have to and turn it off or exclude the site. I would love to see next to the sliders an on/off button for cookies/ads control, the reason is if you have adjusted the settings to your needs the sliders disappear and if you need to turn privacy off you have to reset the controls then move the slider down. A simple on off button would work wonders.
Also the reason I post this here and directly to you is I feel I have a better chance of being heard through this channel then using a suggestion for on the ZA site.
Quale
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SigmaSix
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3 edits | reply to IGGY
I also like to add, that even with the new beta ZA Pro handling of pop up windows (while having a large amount of browsers open 20+) is still sluggish at best. By pop up windows, I mean a secondary window not necessarily ads (usually using javascript in the link). Examples are web sites that launch a pic you want a larger version of in a secondary window.
Running XP Pro, system is clean and optimized. I have used ZA for a long time and I have seen this behavior often (on 2 systems) and this does not happen when privacy controls are off.
Quale
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A new public beta version has been made available for testing here: »www4.zonelabs.com/reports/feedback/
This should be the last beta version before the official release.
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Known Issues
Compatibility issue with other Antivirus vendors
LSASS.exe crash & system failure during upgrade (Please UNINSTALL your current Beta first to avoid this issue)
AlertAdvisor: Will not recognize all programs yet(please report if you experience this issue)
Antivirus: Win98SE:AV Status displays system scan is overdue after system scan is completed
Antivirus: A:\ drive showing up in the scan dialog though Floppy drive was de-selected as a target
Antivirus: In some instanced, AV scan on 9x machines seems to cause high vsmon memory and CPU usage
Antivirus: McAfee VirusScan 2004 disabled after installing ZA Suite
Antivirus Monitoring: "Antivirus software is out of date" even it is up-to-date for NAV2002
Antivirus Monitoring: Antivirus Monitoring not working with EZ AV 6.1.7
E-mail: Issues with Eudora+K9 incoming email
E-mail: Issues with rediff mail when ZAsuite is running
General: Cannot browse the web after installing ZA Suite with PC-Cillin 2003 on WinXPPro machine
General: McAfee IS Suite 2004 personal firewall plus disabled after installing ZA
General: System may hangs with McAfee IS 2003 and 2004 installed and enabled
General: Web Filtering fully enabled for 15 days in 4.5 builds after ZA Suite 5.x Beta has been installed
IM Security: Video transmission is recognized as audio conversation in MSN 5
IM Security: IM security blocks Hebrew ICQ messages
IM Security: "Inbound" counter works incorrect for MSN messenger and Windows messenger
Webfiltering: Netscape 4.79 can cause hang on Windows 98 when Web Filtering is turned on
For further more detail on the beta, please see the README after installation.
Fixed issues since Beta 2
Antivirus: Updates might fail for some users
Antivirus: Changes made to AV settings while a scan is in progress will cause error message
Antivirus: AV Status Incorrectly says "failed to repair" for infected files inside archive when auto treatment is off
Antivirus: Scan still seems to be in progress after it has been cancelled
Antivirus: Temp files left behind after scan
AlertAdvisor: Not working on Windows 98SE
AlertAdvisor: Seems to stop working on XP SP2
Backup and Restore: Restoring a setting different from the current setting triggers an AV scan
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SigmaSix
join:2002-03-12 | reply to IGGY
Same with the new beta update as well.
Quale
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