by Santeri » 2019-10-7 16:18
Has your work been disrupted or game messed up by a Checkpoint Zone Alarm nagging pop-up like this one?
For
free firewall users, Zone Alarm works like ransomware. Unless you pay US 40$ for a pro version, you will be interrupted regularly by advertising pop-ups even when the Game Mode is active. It happens usually a few minutes after you have started your computer, when you start you web browser, and in mornings.
If you don't want to suffer from CheckPoint pushing desperately their non-free products, here are instructions how to disable pop-ups. Disabling nagging pop-ups has no effect to the firewall, and it will fix a potential security problem caused by the
CEF browser they use.
To disable CEF, rename the file
Code: Select all
C:\Program Files (x86)\CheckPoint\ZoneAlarm\cef\cefsimple.exe
Just like with
Avast, Zone Alarm updates appear to have more malware-like features and spam pushing other products than any actual security improvements. That is why I do not recommend updating their products.
Has your work been disrupted or game messed up by a Checkpoint Zone Alarm nagging pop-up like this one?
[cimg alt="Zone Alarm nagging spam pop-up"]https://i.ibb.co/VDJXFq0/zone-alarm-spam.png[/cimg]
For [url=https://www.zonealarm.com/software/free-firewall]free firewall[/url] users, Zone Alarm works like ransomware. Unless you pay US 40$ for a pro version, you will be interrupted regularly by advertising pop-ups even when the Game Mode is active. It happens usually a few minutes after you have started your computer, when you start you web browser, and in mornings.
If you don't want to suffer from CheckPoint pushing desperately their non-free products, here are instructions how to disable pop-ups. Disabling nagging pop-ups has no effect to the firewall, and it will fix a potential security problem caused by the [xurl=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_Embedded_Framework]CEF browser[/xurl] they use.
To disable CEF, rename the file
[code]C:\Program Files (x86)\CheckPoint\ZoneAlarm\cef\cefsimple.exe[/code]
[cimg alt="Disabling Zone Alarm spam pop-up"]https://i.ibb.co/PQdP3sG/zonealarm-spam-remove-1.png[/cimg]
[cimg alt="Zone Alarm spam pop-up disabled"]https://i.ibb.co/HrzLQtn/zonealarm-spam-remove-2.png[/cimg]
Just like with [url=https://forum.webseodesigners.com/operating-systems-f21/avast-hit-a-new-low-in-misleading-users-t1522.html]Avast[/url], Zone Alarm updates appear to have more malware-like features and spam pushing other products than any actual security improvements. That is why I do not recommend updating their products.
