that does not sound right at all. There is a critical update for zone alarm which you must do prior to getting the MS update mentioned or you will not be able to connect to the internet, there is a very long thread on here about this issue if you search for it, on it I provided links directly to the zone alarm update for this issue. You should be able to go into your zone alarm to preferences and hit the update button in there to just have it do the update from your zone alarm. Most of the people here were able to do that. I would not do the one you are seeing that sounds like a phishing site. Either go to the direct link I had provided or do the update from in your zone alarm settings with the update button.

MS update KB951748 and ZoneAlarm --- PROBLEM

here is the other thread about this issue

Thanks. I went into ZoneAlarm and clicked on the "An update is available" icon, and it took me to the same site! If you go to the URL above, it looks bona fide.

It sure does look like phishing, but apparently it is not. I don't like this at all.

Thanks for the link. But, it still doesn't answer my puzzlement over the means of getting the "critical" update.

We have not downloaded the MS update.

jenn,

Check your 'Zone Alarm' firewall to see what version you have. Open 'ZA'/Overview tab/Product info. If you have version 7.0.483.000 or later you are safe to download MS KB951748.
If it is an earlier version you may have internet connection problems with KB951748 installed.

Here's a link to download ZA version .483-
ZoneAlarm vers .483

As you go through the install process just choose the 'Upgrade' option.

Witz

I posted the link to the other thread for you so that you could go in there and get the link to the actual fixed version of zone alarm, from that thread here is the link that you would have found there.
Download and install the latest versions which solve the loss of internet access problem here

under that Recommended actions it has the links to every single version of the zone alarm updates if you use the free that would be the basic firewall.
If you click on that link there it gives you the actual exe to download.

What you were looking at on the site you posted was a trial for the zone alarm security suite NOT the free one, if you just look over to the right on that page there is a button for the basic firewall only UPDATE that is what you would want and when you hit that it gives the exe also.

jenn... I had no problems downloading and installing the free update yesterday. The site has a lot offers various products to try. In fact when you install the upgrade, it may ask you if you want to try the pro version free for 15 days--if I recall correctly! :) Simply say no. Always read through the chart headings and select FREE. This is the site where your link took me:

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That is the basic free version. ZA has another completely uncluttered site for the download of the free version. (See below) I did a clean install and have had no problems.

Here is a link that might be useful: Zone Alarm info on free version & download

Ooops! That "uncluttered" link reverted to a page that forces you to choose from various products . Click on the site I marked with an arrow.

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