What happens when you patch the Internet?

Well, inevitably you have some issues, don't you?  Yesterday's patch Tuesday effectively patched DNS servers and clients across nearly all of the Internet, and there's been at least one hiccup reported.

From the bugtraq list:

The latest auto update patch KB951748 (Windows all versions) cuts connectivity for all users with ZoneAlarm set to 'high' security for the internet zone

Workaround : - Uninstall KB951748 - shutdown ZoneAlarm - temporarily set ZoneAlarm 'security level' to medium

Wait, what?  We should uninstall the patch that protects us from mass-DNS Pwnage and instead leave ZoneAlarm turned on?  Even ZoneAlarm is suggesting this on their forum:

We are investigating the issue with the MS update KB951748.

For the time being we suggest you uninstall KB951748 until the issue has been resolved.  We will post when we have more information

Is it just me or does it seem a bit irresponsible to suggest uninstalling an important patch to keep ZoneAlarm on?  Don't most people have routers, or Windows XP/Vista Firewalls these days?  Do we really need ZoneAlarm that bad?

-Nate