Zone Alarm Assist?

[rolanni]

Zone Alarm informs me that it is expired. I have this evening already paid for, downloaded and had refunded my money for a two-year subscription. Why? Because (1) the License Key provided is "invalid" according to the Zone Alarm Control Center and (2) because I need to get (from MicroSmurf, no less) HotFix KB943232 from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943232, which, err, seems not to exist.

Can anyone help me navigate these treacherous waters?

Can anyone suggest an alternative to Zone Alarm?

Abundant Spanish Aunts.

Comments

[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

I had Zone Alarm, and got rid of it because it was conflicting with too many other things. I use Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0, which was top-rated by cnet.com, and I've been happy with it. www.kaspersky.com/

I also use UniBlue Spy Eraser and ParetoLogic Anti-Spyware (each of them manages to pick up something the other missed). Belt and suspenders, that's me.

[silverdragonma.livejournal.com]

If you look at the top of the page. You should have seen this. I hope it works for you. http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=943232&kbln=en-us

[zola.livejournal.com]

I ditched Zone Alarm because it became bloatware. I switched to Sunbelt.

http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/

moved from Zone Alarm

[(Anonymous)]

I changed from ZoneAlarm to Comodo firewall free version because it was recommended to me. It has been working well. It does tend to ask a lot more questions than ZoneAlarm but I think that is just because it is new on my computer.

regards,

Brenda

Re: moved from Zone Alarm

[grassrose.livejournal.com]

Comodo is highly recommended.

http://windowssecrets.com/reviews/1-Security/102-Best-free-firewalls/

http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php#firewalls-ratings

[rose-07.livejournal.com]

I solved all my firewall and security problems when I switched to an iMac. The money I spent on a new computer has been saved in software costs in 12 months!

Ugly ZoneAlarm

[(Anonymous)]

I dumped ZoneAlarm about 6 months ago. Their latest release played havoc with some of my software.

I went to AVG instead and have been very pleased with it. I'm sure there is a pro version which is even more bullet proof.

[ladyjalana.livejournal.com]

Switching to a Mac, while not inherently a bad idea, may be more drastic than you had in mind.

The same may be said of changing AV software, on a lesser scale.

I see two versions of the hotfix, one for XP service pack 3, and another for SP4. If you are at XP SP2 or below, MSFT may not have anything for you.

Thank you for all things Liaden...