ZoneAlarm detects Microsoft Patch (Automatic Update) as a threat and disables Internet access...

[Daniel Branconnier]

On Tuesday, July 8th 2008, Microsoft released an Automatic Update (patch). Those using Zone Alarm for their firewall were immediately unable to access the Internet because Zone Alarm identified the update as a threat and changed the 'Internet Zone Level' to 'High' instead of 'Medium'. Users had to manually change the 'Zone Level' back to 'Medium'.

This is a common occurence with Zone Alarm. I do not recommend using Zone Alarm for your Firewall. Even Vista's built in firewall is better. Instead use Sunbelt-Software's Personal Firewall (http://www.sunbelt-software.com)

DO NOT USE ZONE ALARM. ZONE ALARM IS GARBAGE.