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I don't use za, so this is all second hand from other sites...still it needs to be shared
All of the latest Zone Alarm versions have Autoupdate checking ON, and no way to turn it off in the program itself.
If you click the link in Preferences, the site tells you you can turn off background checking and make the program ask for permission before it checks for updates, but that's no sloution, as it produces popup asking for permission to check all the time anyway
This registry hack not only turns the autocheck OFF, but replaces the line "Autoupdate is enabled for your protection" with the line "Update checks have been set to manual." ,,,it's supposed to work...cool
make sure you're off line
CLOSE ZA (important)
windows key plus r, enter, paste;
regedit
navigate;
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm
Back up (Export) the ZoneAlarm key just to be sure
Click the ZoneAlarm key to open it
Double-click CfgMain (in the right-hand pane) to open the config panel
Down-arrow 5 times to the 0028 line
Right-arrow 5 times, to the right of the 01
Hit Backspace
Now type 00 (That's two zeros, not two ohs)
Click OK (to close the panel)
Close Reg Editor
Restart ZoneAlarm
done, go back on line
Check the "manual" setting in the Preferences panel.
according to zonealarm this will be taken care of in future updates, but you can do this now if you want
All of the latest Zone Alarm versions have Autoupdate checking ON, and no way to turn it off in the program itself.
If you click the link in Preferences, the site tells you you can turn off background checking and make the program ask for permission before it checks for updates, but that's no sloution, as it produces popup asking for permission to check all the time anyway
This registry hack not only turns the autocheck OFF, but replaces the line "Autoupdate is enabled for your protection" with the line "Update checks have been set to manual." ,,,it's supposed to work...cool
make sure you're off line
CLOSE ZA (important)
windows key plus r, enter, paste;
regedit
navigate;
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm
Back up (Export) the ZoneAlarm key just to be sure
Click the ZoneAlarm key to open it
Double-click CfgMain (in the right-hand pane) to open the config panel
Down-arrow 5 times to the 0028 line
Right-arrow 5 times, to the right of the 01
Hit Backspace
Now type 00 (That's two zeros, not two ohs)
Click OK (to close the panel)
Close Reg Editor
Restart ZoneAlarm
done, go back on line
Check the "manual" setting in the Preferences panel.
according to zonealarm this will be taken care of in future updates, but you can do this now if you want