Course of action for Zonealarm users? (KB951748)

Discussion in 'Software' started by yeeha, Jul 9, 2008.

  1. yeeha

    yeeha Private First Class

    Regarding the current unpatched status of Zonealarm products which have not yet been fixed for the new DNS handling from KB951748.

    Basically when using ZoneAlarm after patching, the Internet can only be accessed by turning Stealth Mode off.

    Thus the options are:

    1) Wait for ZoneAlarm patch before applying KB.
    2) Apply KB and manually switch stealth mode off whenever using internet.
    3) Apply KB, disable zonealarm, enable XP firewall.
    4) Apply KB, get another firewall.

    My system was recently wiped so I've thought of it as relatively infection free, but can't say for sure of course. And I *have* had some issues where I've been unable to contact a DNS after long periods of network inactivity, and only a reboot would fix it.

    So, any thoughts on which course of action I should take? I don't really have a concept of how severe this issue or how likely it is to affect a typical end user who's not on a large network. FWIW the "DNS checker" at http://www.doxpara.com/ says my DNS appears to be safe.

    Edit: oops. I swear I looked for existing threads on this. Just not in the "Software" forum.
     
    Last edited: Jul 9, 2008
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    There are a few threads in software regarding this. I personally denied the download from MS. Some are having luck with setting the zone to medium and then back to stealth when on line.
     
  3. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Yes and in the Malware Forum too: Zone alarm problems
     

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