Status tab

Click the numbers to learn about specific controls, or read an introduction.

Status tab

Use the Status tab to:

See at a glance if your computer is secure
See a summary of ZoneAlarm Pro's activity
See if your version of ZoneAlarm Pro is up to date
Access the ZoneAlarm Pro tutorial

Blocked intrusions

Blocked Intrusions shows you how many times the ZoneAlarm Pro firewall and MailSafe have acted to protect you , and how many of the alerts were high-rated.

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Inbound, outbound, and e-mail protection

The protection area tells you at a glance whether your firewall, program, and e-mail security settings are safe. It also summarizes security activity of each type.

Tip To reset the alert counts in this area, click Reset to Default at the bottom of the panel.

Inbound Protection

Use this area to see:

If your firewall is configured safely. ZoneAlarm Pro will warn you if firewall security is set too low.
How many Firewall alerts, MailSafe alerts, and Internet Lock alerts have occurred since the last reset.

Outbound Protection

Use this area to see:

If program control is configured safely. ZoneAlarm Pro will warn you if program security is turned off.
How many Program alerts have occurred since the last reset.

E-mail Protection

Use this area to see MailSafe is ON. The text message shows you how many attachments have been quarantined since the last reset.

Tip Click the underlined text of any warning (for example, "Program control is off") to go immediately to the panel where you can change that setting.

Reset to Default

Clicking the Reset to Default link returns the event counters in the Inbound Protection, Outbound Protection, and E-mail Protection areas to 0. These counters are also reset if ZoneAlarm Pro is uninstalled or reinstalled.

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Update and tutorial information

Click ZoneAlarm Pro Tutorial to learn the basics of how ZoneAlarm Pro works.

Update box

The update box helps you make sure you're running the latest version of ZoneAlarm Pro , and gives you quick access to product updates when they arrive.

Message	Meaning
"Check for update"	Click the link to see if there are any important updates to ZoneAlarm Pro available for download.
"An update is available."	Your automatic update subscription indicates an update to ZoneAlarm Pro is available. Click the link to go to the Zone Labs Web site to obtain the update.
"Update subscription expired. Click to renew."	Your automatic update subscription has expired. Click the link to renew it.

Note When you purchase ZoneAlarm Pro, you receive an automatic update subscription valid for one year.

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Glossary

high-rated alert
An alert that is likely to have been caused by hacker activity. High-rated Firewall alerts display a red band at the top of the alert pop-up. In the Log Viewer, you can see if an alert was high-rated by looking in the Rating column.

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programs list
The list of programs to which you can assign Internet access and server permissions. The list is shown in the Programs tab of the Program Control panel. You can add programs to the list, or remove programs from it.

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quarantine
ZoneAlarm Pro's MailSafe quarantines incoming e-mail attachments whose filename extensions (for example, .EXE or .BAT) indicate the possibility of auto-executing code. By changing the filename extension, quarantining prevents the attachment from opening without inspection. This helps protect you from worms, viruses, and other malware that hackers distribute as e-mail attachments.

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