Re: ZoneAlarm Service Agent popup

"wylbur37" <wylbur37nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1124436012.800936.182830@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>I recently got a popup that says the following ...
>
>
> ZoneAlarm Service Agent
> -----------------------
> An Important Internet Security Update is available
> (version 5.5.094.000)
> Do you want to get the update now?
>
> [Yes] [Remind me later]
>
>
> My first concern was whether this was a legitimate message
> from ZoneAlarm (after all, I am using a version of Zone Alarm)
> or some sort of malware in disguise.
> So I right-clicked the taskbar and tried to select "Close".
> It wouldn't close!
> I then clicked on the red "X" at the upper right corner
> of the window. It still wouldn't close!
> I finally had to power-off the computer and reboot,
> but soon after I got online again, there it was again!
>
> Is this thing legitimate and harmless?
>
> How can I get it not to return?
>
Yes. This is a standard update dialogue box from Zonealarm.You can always
check the version installed to the version that is available at
www.zonealarm.com.
Received on Thu Sep 29 20:02:52 2005