ZoneAlarm
(ver 7.0.483.000)
Free for personal use


ZoneAlarm is an outstanding Software Aplication-level Firewall (this 
firewall blocks programs rather than blocking Ports).  It is recommended
that you use an application-level software firewall even if you have a 
hardware firewall, because the software firewall can prevent malicious 
applications from "calling home" -FROM- your PC.  

This is a self-extracting EXE file.  During setup you will be asked if 
you want the "Zone Alarm Security Suite" version.  The "Zone Alarm 
Security Suite" version is NOT freeware, so you should select the 
regular version (i.e., the standard freeware Firewall software).

NOTE: This is the last version compatible with Windows 2000.


WARNING: The ZoneAlarm product works so well, that people were not 
upgrading.  Naturally, this was unpleasant news to their sales staff,
so as of 15 July 2009, they disabled the Verisign Root Certificate for 
VSINIT.DLL, so that version 6.x will no longer function.  To fix this 
problem, first boot into Windows "Safe Mode" (F8), and delete the
"c:\Windows\System32\vsinit.dll" (or on some systems, the 
"c:\Winnt\System32\vsinit.dll") file. Next delete the Zone Alarm folder 
in "c:\Program Files".  Reboot the computer and then install this 
version of Zone Alarm 7.


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Normally I would not offer "Free" software that was good only for 
non-business use, as I feel small/home businesses shouldn't be forced
into owning two computers (one for work and one for "fun").  However
in the case of Internet Firewall software, this kind of liscensing just
doesn't make any sense.  Does selling your tacky sovenier on Ebay 
constitute doing business?  And what if you are just connecting to your 
office from home in order to check on your business email?  Even worse, 
what if you have spyware on your computer that is generating business 
for someone you don't even know you are generating business for?  Do 
data packets somehow have different significance to a firewall, and 
therefore fall into the same catagory as if using a "for home use only"
paint program to create your companies logo?
 
For this and other reasons, I have decided to offer an older version
of ZoneAlarm (version 2.6.362) as a compromise.  You may feel more 
comfortable using an older (and smaller) version of the product in a 
situation that may feel questionable.  This version of ZoneAlarm is the 
last version to use the old-style interface.  Please note that even 
though this is an older version, it is still EXTREMELY effective as a 
Firewall (many of the changes in the new version are merely the 
additions of convenience features for novice Firewall administrators).  

file = zonalm26zla.zip