Patch Tuesday Problem w/Zonealarm

[LeeJend]

I have two computers that could no longer access the Internet after installing Tuesdays XP updates. One is XP Home the other is XP Pro.

Zonealarm Free version blocks all internet access after the MS update and I can not unblock access without turning Zonealarm OFF.

Zonealarm has all the latest updates. I ran auto update after a system restore to roll back the MS patches.

I'm running all my systems on Windows Firewall until/if Zonealarm or MS has a fix for the issue.

Anyone else running into problems?

PS The update told me I had to accept a new terms and conditions on one machine or the update would not install. I said no out of general principles and the update installed anyway...

 

[tdinc]

more news on this
http://www.betanews.com/article/Win...pair_firewalls_including_ZoneAlarm/1215617981


http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2221169/zonealarm-workarounds-microsoft

Zone alarm has a work around for the issue
http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/pressReleases/2008/LossOfInternetAccessIssue.html

it seems it also botched many other firewalls

 

[gonaads]

It is now front page, with links.

Funny how my AVG and my TrendMicro (laptop) are functioning fine. Both got the update and rebooted.