"Anthony Buckland" wrote:

>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:%238Mhx7S4IHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > 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.
> >
>
> I ran into the problem, and I'm using 7.0.473.000.
> It seems a bad idea to implement update KB951748 for the
> time being, particularly since it shuts you off from this and other
> discussions about it.
>
>
>

I reported this problem earlier on another forum. The problem is with the
Update KB951748 and not ZoneAlarm. As mention, Internet coonection is
re-established on a firewall setting of Medium. Uninstalling the update
allows you to reset ZA to the highest setting.

I had this update as a notification (yellow shield) in tray. Since it
wouldn't go away, I had to go to the Update site and select 'do not show this
update' to get rid of it.

Will reset for the update once the problem with ZA is fixed. I would be
interested to know if this update affected other firewalls.

Ron