# What happened to Zonealarm? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 4, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-zonealarm/232571 "2004-03-04T20:20:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-zonealarm/232571/1 "2004-03-04T20:20:02Z")
I cannot access the site [www.zonelabs.com](http://www.zonelabs.com) and it seems Zonelabs was acquired by Check Point Software technologies. Anyone know what’s going on? I told a friend to get Zonealarm and now I can’t tell her where to download it from. Any other sites? ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-zonealarm/232571/2 "2004-03-04T20:24:39Z")
Temporary glitch? I was able to access the site and download the free versioin without any problem. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-zonealarm/232571/3 "2004-03-04T20:26:29Z")
Looks like it’s still available at [Download.com](http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=zonealarm&tg=dl-2001&search=+Go%2521+). ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-zonealarm/232571/4 "2004-03-04T20:45:16Z")
You should still be able to download the free version of Zonealarm from the homepage. ::checks:: Yep. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-zonealarm/232571/5 "2004-03-04T21:10:15Z")
Something strange is going on here. I can only access the site through a proxy but not directly. Well, at least I know they are still there. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-zonealarm/232571/6 "2004-03-04T22:13:19Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > Something strange is going on here. I can only access the site through a proxy but not directly. Maybe you’ve got scumware that’s hijacking your browser or preventing you from connecting to zonelabs. Seems like a likely target for that kind of blocking. Check your hosts file lately? ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-zonealarm/232571/7 "2004-03-04T22:27:45Z")
My ISP uses transparent proxy caching, which is often a pain in the ass. In the past, I’ve been unable to access [Download.com](http://Download.com) or Geocities without using a different proxy server. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-zonealarm/232571/8 "2004-03-04T23:06:42Z")
Yup. it seems to be my ISP doing weird stuff because I connected using another ISP and I had no problem. Weird. I am going to contact them and see what they say. ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-zonealarm/232571/9 "2004-03-05T01:39:38Z")
I have no problem with the zone alarm link. I have been using Zone Alarm Pro for about a year now and have no problems with it whatsoever.