Zone alarm has been disabled.

Question

Firefox updated and disabled Zone Alarm. Does this mean I no longer have a firewall? So my computer is not as protected as it was?

Answer 1

Zone Alarm is far behind in making their toolbar compatible with Firefox. <u>Only your Zone Alarm toolbar will be disabled. Your firewall and malware protection from Zone Alarm will function without the toolbar.</u> The current Zone Alarm version is 10.1.079.000 and its toolbar is compatible only through Firefox '''''<u>8</u>'''''.
*See --> http://forums.zonealarm.com/showpost.php?p=292627&postcount=2
*Zone Alarm toolbar functions --> http://forums.zonelabs.com/showpost.php?p=292802&postcount=2
Firefox has built-in malware protection for known malicious sites,similar to the Zone Alarm toolbar, they just use a different database:
*https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/
Firefox also scans downloads when completed with your existing Anti-virus software:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone
*Also see --> http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config
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Not related to your question, but...
You may need to update some plug-ins. Check your plug-ins and update as necessary:
*Plug-in check --> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
*'''''Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in''''': [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Shockwave%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-shockwave Installing ('''''or Updating''''') the Shockwave plugin with Firefox]
*'''''Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape''''': [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Adobe%20Reader%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-and-updating-adobe-reader Installing/Updating Adobe Reader in Firefox]
*Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash or Flash): [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Managing%20the%20Flash%20plugin#w_updating-flash Updating Flash in Firefox]
*'''''Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers''''': [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Java%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-or-updating-java Installing or Updating Java in Firefox]