Friday, November 23, 2007

A new XP ZA version is coming out early next week.

A new XP ZA version is coming out early next week.

All XP ZA users will be advised to download the latest version off our downloads site - http://www.zonealarm.com.au/updates

ZoneAlarm 7.0.462.000 Release Notes
Performance improvements:
Improved system boot time
Included a new anti-spyware engine
Fixed problems with AV on dual-core and hyper-threaded machines.

Stability improvements in anti-virus:
Fixed occasional hangs in advanced dialog window
Fixed occasional hangs during scan
Fixed occasional hangs in after repair of archive (or similar) on CD.

Additional Stability improvements:
Fixed occasional crashes in vsmon
Fixed occasional hangs during shutdown
Fixed occasional hangs in UpdClient.
Fixed various install and upgrade issues
Fixed window activation issue associated with automatic updates
Compatibility: Fixed compatibility issue with Intuit Software

Anti-virus improvements:
Fixed anti-virus signature versions not showing,
Don't reschedule AV updates after initial update completes

Anti-spyware improvements:
New anti-spyware engine
Fixed issue where AS updates reported the client up to date when the client had no internet access

Ease-of-use improvements:
New: Added Automatic Network Configuration to Wizard (will automatically add Domain Controller, DNS, DHCP, Network Printers and, mapped network drives to trusted zone)
Changed update frequency default to every 3 hours

Customization improvements:
Made AV/AS update frequency configurable
Added Global Reset-to-Default feature (invoked via Ctrl+Shift+right click on ZA icon in system tray).
Various other fixes and improvements

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