[thelist] Friday Freebie - new Zonealarm beta ... ok, ok, it's a Thursday Thing!

[George Dillon]

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A minor upgrade to Zonealarm is currently beta testing.  Version 2.1.42. was
available for a few days last week.  At this moment 2.1.43 is up for grabs
(the current, shipping version is 2.1.25).
http://www.zonelabs.com/beta_download.htm

Negatives:
A mini-nag screen on launch

Positives:
- Full support for Windows 2000 SP1
- More elegant, invisible operation due to the elimination of "Internet
background noise" alerts
- Improved MailSafe handling of multiple attachments
- Improved help system
- Support for Infrared synchronization of handhelds
- Works better with NetMeeting and other Voice-over-IP applications

Thanks to Fred Langa for the info:
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2000/2000-09-25.htm

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