Assigned Zemana Anti-Malware 2.0

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marzametal

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Can someone elaborate why this happens... more specifically, why friggin' Microsoft... lol

When I connect to scan cloud... I see 3 entries in my connections log, in this order:
https://who.is/whois-ip/ip-address/108.161.189.192
https://who.is/whois-ip/ip-address/104.45.231.79
https://who.is/whois-ip/ip-address/168.62.20.37

When I go through menu to check for updates... I see 1 more entry in my connections log, which is also spotted above:
https://who.is/whois-ip/ip-address/168.62.20.37

My question is... when did Zemana bump uglies and start working with Microsoft?
Fair enough, if one of the engines ZAM uses is from MS, I could sorta' accept seeing MS pop up. However, update checks too? I tried adding the 168.x.x.x entry to my ZAM firewall rule, to see if the previous two would buckle (and maybe cloud connection). Cloud connection stalled for a while, but it did connect. So, performed another update, managed to get both working on the one MS IP.

So, what gives? I used to use ZAL ages ago, but do not remember performing whois checks on IPs, so cannot confirm if this IP was MS-related back then. However, I can confirm that the IP does look the same from my ZAL days.

EDIT: The comments section for the 168.x.x.x report are ominous... also, I wonder how the ZAM Windows Service behaves...
 

marzametal

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Wow, no interest? I guess people only sook about borked WIndows Updates these days... *sigh*
Lifetime Licence = user silence, eh?
 
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marzametal

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I use WFC to log in/out connections made by W7FwAS. I notice the following entries when trying to connect to Zemana Cloud and checking for Zemana updates... just wondering why they are using Microsoft... (fair enough, 1 of the 3 is not MS, but cloud connection and update check can be achieved by MS 168.x.x.x). I am suprised that no one questioned this from the beginning, when ZAL first arrived...

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EDIT:
Reply from their Support staff...
"Yes, Zemana AntiMalware communicates with Microsoft Azure servers in order
to check for available updates (a simple HTTP request returning the latest
available version number). Additionally, the process is legitimate."
 
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Petrovic

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Zemana Anti-Malware 2.16.1.886 Beta
  • Improved driver
  • Fixed an issue with network paths
  • Updated Italian language file
  • Updated Chinese Traditional language file
  • Updated Chinese Simplified language file
  • Updated Polish language file
  • Improved partner id system

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  • Support for Safe Boot Mode
 

Petrovic

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Zemana Anti-Malware 2.16.2.938
  • This is the stable release of the previous BETA version (2.16.1.938)
Known Issues
  • Support for Safe Boot Mode
 
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Kardo Kristal

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New Beta version of Zemana Anti-Malware is available. :)

Zemana Anti-Malware 2.17.1.33 Beta

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 1:16 PM
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements
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  • Support for Safe Boot Mode

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Auto-update information

If you have installed the beta version, you are updating to the latest beta.
If you have installed the stable version, you are updating to the latest stable.

Regards,
Kardo
 
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