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What is zonealarm.exe? ZoneAlarm?

Vendor:      Zone Labs
Product:     ZoneAlarm
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data
Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: ZONEALARM.EXE - Main ZoneAlarm application, a software firewall that provides packet filtering. In some cases, ZoneAlarm can interfere with PC Pitstop's upload tests. To disable until the next boot, right-click the ZoneAlarm tray icon and select "Shutdown ZoneAlarm." To prevent ZoneAlarm from starting each time you boot the system, open ZoneAlarm, click the Configure button, and clear the check box next to "Load ZoneAlarm at startup."

zonealarm.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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zonealarm.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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zonealarm.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 8 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
zonealarm.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x99c34eb47ab8abd4f48bdafe7395dc01 1/4/2015 11:06:00 PM Unknown 3.1.291 ZoneAlarm 415 KB
2 Status 0x28eca77ef1d43f3ad40d0d08dffd1204 1/16/2012 10:23:00 PM Unknown 3.1.395 ZoneAlarm 407 KB
3 Status 0x90be7a2507c42b616e0f0bd1d9bced3a 9/1/2011 7:17:00 PM Unknown 3.7.211 ZoneAlarm 609 KB
4 Status 0x4872feea595dbb7d4f84c4f2880489d0 8/21/2011 7:45:00 AM Unknown 3.7.159 ZoneAlarm 609 KB
5 Status 0xc6e6f61cb3fdb71b2094d84ce52c4448 8/13/2011 6:38:00 PM Unknown 2.6.362 ZoneAlarm 856 KB
6 Status 0xb8c10fee5a526c95377a355df650f141 7/16/2011 10:54:00 PM Unknown 3.7.202 ZoneAlarm 609 KB
7 Status 0x9a54c57cdc9140dce58fe0e7f028f86b 3/21/2011 3:42:00 AM Unknown 3.7.143 ZoneAlarm 609 KB
8 Status 0x7fed37d6711f302f7f3f844e86f26c97 2/5/2011 2:10:00 AM Unknown 2.6.231 ZoneAlarm 856 KB
9 Status 0x7dc7541cbbffa288aee06c1e2722dedc 9/20/2010 11:12:00 AM Unknown 3.7.098 ZoneAlarm 609 KB
10 Status 0x2178daa67e81baaa68b553b23a322dcf 3/14/2010 4:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm 407 KB
11 Status 0x53848739ebfc3931c4c232526f1c3f7a 8/20/2009 11:19:00 PM Unknown 3.7.193 ZoneAlarm 609 KB
12 Status 0x9ebc35c1fc2ef604d13429b63c812ef3 3/15/2009 5:20:00 AM Unknown 2.1.44 ZoneAlarm 738 KB
13 Status 0x102b4dd4060464733f0e130934223aff 1/11/2009 2:14:00 PM Unknown 2.6.357 ZoneAlarm 856 KB
14 Status 0xaa245df74d898909983fc12a636cf417 8/17/2008 10:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm 345 KB
15 Status 0xecb88d7501f106ac0fa264cf02ce9bb0 6/19/2008 1:25:00 AM Unknown 2.6.362 ZoneAlarm 856 KB
16 Status 0xc75867f2c86e1b4b38c6bf6ddd132076 4/12/2008 9:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm 49 KB
17 Status 0xa19da81c6daa2355d35ff7cbfdba0329 12/31/2007 Unknown 2.6.88 ZoneAlarm 850 KB


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