Thanks all, I'll just stay clear of Zone Alarm from now on. I liked the layout and functional way it's firewall worked, especially in regards to installed software, but it is now too much of a risk, and there are others out there. I'm happy with Avast AV and Comodo FW.  Both Avast and Widows defender say there are not the two viruses the Zone Alarm one was saying was there. You may consider this thread concluded, as I cannot see the point of continuing with Z/A while there has been a failure and others are just as free. 
Have been getting windows opening from Zone Alarm telling me to replace the version I have. In the end I did ,and it failed to recognise it's own updates or let me switch the antivirus on. I then uninstalled it from the PC, and went to their website and downloaded their latest version. within 30 minutes away it is throwing up the same window asking me to replace it with  the latest version. The attached pic is what I get with that latest version. I am about to go through all this on my laptop too, Should I ignore the adds to update?. [IMAGE]
Is Zone alarm (free) still safe? It keeps failing and wanting to replace the 
latest version.