Understanding Application Control Alerts
ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall automatically grants permissions to safe programs, and denies permissions to malicious programs. If it cannot validate a program, it sends an alert. These are typical Application Control alerts:
New Program
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Occurs, when a program that tries to connect to a network in the Public Zone or the Trusted Zone is not a known one.
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Repeat Program
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Occurs, when a program, that tries to connect to a network in the Public Zone or the Trusted Zone, already asked for the access permission before, and you did not choose to remember your selection.
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Changed Program
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Occurs, when a program, that tries to connect to a network in the Public Zone or the Trusted Zone, changed in some way.
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New Program Component
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Occurs, when a program, that tries to connect to a network in the Public Zone or the Trusted Zone, has one or more components that the Application Control did not yet validate. This helps protect you from hackers who try to use altered components to get around your Application Control restrictions.
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Changed Program Component
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Occurs, when a program, that tries to connect to a network in the Public Zone or the Trusted Zone, has a component that changed in some way.
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Server Program
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Occurs, when a program tries to act as a server.
NOTE: Hacker programs often act as servers waiting to receive instructions from their creators. Even though some safe applications, like mail programs, need to act as servers, be careful to give server permissions only to programs that you trust and know.
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Advanced Program
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Occurs when a program tries to use another program to connect to the Internet, or when it tries to manipulate another program’s functionality in some way.
NOTE: Some legitimate programs behave in this way normally. If you trust the program, then you can grant it the access permissions. In cases like this, if you deny access, it may result in interrupted program activity.
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When a program alert occurs, the ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall security software asks you if you want to allow or to deny access to the program.
- Click to give the access to the program.
- Click to deny the access to the program.
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Note - If you need more information before you make a decision, click the small arrow button next to Show More Info, then click to get to the SmartDefense Advisor information web page.
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Note - If you want the Application Control to remember your selection, select before you click or
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