"MowGreen [MVP]" <mowgreen@nowandzen.com> wrote in message
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> Anthony Buckland wrote:
>
>> "MowGreen [MVP]" <mowgreen@nowandzen.com> wrote in message ...
>>>Knowing Mike, I ***highly*** doubt that any product he would be
>>>associated with has as many issues as Zone Alarm has with updating
>>>Windows. ZA has gone waaayyy downhill since Checkpoint acquired it.
>>>
>>>Just my 2¢
>>>...
>>
>>
>> My couple of hours of extra work dealing with this issue is
>> that, if Microsoft is going to issue an update incompatible
>> with a popularly used antivirus product already in use, they
>> should detect and deal with the problem _before_ users
>> start finding themselves in serious trouble.
>
> You claim it's Microsoft's fault. I claim it's Checkpoint's fault.
> ...

Not at all. I'm just looking at the time line, which has
the latest (so far as I know) ZoneAlarm release in use
for at least over a month, whereas the Microsoft update we're
talking about just came out. The fault may well lie in
the ZoneAlarm code, but Microsoft's prerelease testing
should have included all the most popular antivirus
products, and a warning should have accompanied the
update description. I'm not saying Microsoft necessarily
need to modify their update, just that they should warn
their users if that update should be avoided by some
of those users until the maker of the product they're
using modifies _its_ product.

IMHO.