OK, it is ZA -free or paid.
Current "temporary" solution is to drop the Internet Zone Security slider
from High to Med.
Yeah ,I'm not thrilled either.

McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Just a little info. Be careful of today's Microsoft Updates on machines
> that are using Zone Alarm Free ( Version 7.0.462 ) after rebooting the
> Zone Alarm client will block almost every web access with an alert.
> Still investigating and trying the newer 7.0.473 version to see if it will
> rectify the situation.
>