? re message from Zone Alarm

sue_va

11 years ago

HP Media Center, XP SP3

Has anyone else gotten this?

I got a Pop up box about a Free Upgrade, which will do all kinds of great things for me with Antivirus + Firewall.

Is this just a teaser that will lead to a PAID ZA?

Do I want/need it?

TIA

Sue

Comments (9)

grandms
11 years ago
Sue, as far as I know, this is a valid offer. I got the same message, and I have been pondering whether I want to go this route. I currently use AVAST as my AV, along with ZA as my firewall. Not sure if I want to change and give the combination suite a try or not. If you do decide to go this route, you must uninstall whatever you are presently using as your AV since you don't want two AV programs running at the same time. I'm holding off for now, and if I should read lots of good things about the ZA suite, maybe I'll change to it if it's still being offered for free.
sue_va
Original Author
11 years ago
Grandms, thanks. That is what I'm thinking, too.

Maybe some others will come along to join in with their thoughts and opinions.

Sue
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Got the same offer from Zonealarm. Installed it on my XP - started to creep. Uninstalled all Zonealarm and started to use Microsoft's firewall. Have been a user and fan for a long time. Perhaps I'll get back to it at a later time.
sue_va
Original Author
11 years ago
Grandms and Fruitjarfla, apparently this is a non-topic.

I also use AVAST as my AV, along with ZA as my firewall. I'm in the leave well-enough alone group, so I'll keep what I have.

Thanks.

Sue
jane__ny
11 years ago
I'm getting the same, annoying pop-ups. I don't want their AV. I use their firewall, but if this continues, I'm getting something else.

Jane
luis_pr
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I too am getting the pop-up message with some regularity now. It is starting to get on my case (what part of 'no' did they not understand?)
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buyorsell888
11 years ago
I'm getting their pop up ad multiple times daily. I use their free firewall on my XP desktop but do not want their anti virus.

I get a link to download their firewall only but it will not install. Hangs up every time. I can't stop the pop up nor download a working upgrade for the firewall.
jane__ny
11 years ago
I am so annoyed by these popups. I went to their forum to see if there were other complaints. They close the threads as soon as someone complains. They state, people should not be annoyed with the popups as they are using their product for free.

Well, I'm getting ready to rid myself of Zone Alarm and trust old Microsoft firewall on my 3 XP machines. Afterall, if Owbist trusts MS one way firewall, so can I!

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