new update of zonealarm

finally zonelabs provided a new update for its product. the update was fine compared to the last one. but it shows how trouble the program is. this program controls default output volume of speaker (don't know how the hell is related). before the update, i need to tune the volume every time i log in my windows... and now active virus shield (avs) is down. even aol has given up avs (should be the deal between them & kaspersky is over), zonealarm should not get rid of my avs which still has valid license. now i need to use back avg.

zonealarm got crappy again

actually it goes crappy since last version, 7.0.337. it doesn't allow me to update from 7.0.302 to it. but as far as it works, i don't care.

recently another update is out, 7.0.362. and it makes crash when installing. even i backward install 7.0.337, it prompts not enough admin rights. so i checked the official forum and said that's a problem from active virus shield (avs). at last i really remove avs in order to install zonealarm but crash still happens when they both run. maybe i should use 7.0.302 which doesn't crash with avs.

i remember same crappy thing happened few years before and actually was a problem of zonealarm instead of other programs. even zonealarm is one of best firewalls, it's kinda crappy with other programs and the supplier doesn't take care it. using windows default firewall is better then.