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- Price: Free to try (15-day trial); $19.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: September 14, 2008
- Total Downloads: 673,678
- Downloads last week: 574
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 139 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Along with its effective and easy-to-use firewall protection, ZoneAlarm with Antivirus adds virus features and security controls. The most notable improvements in this latest release are enhanced virus detection and an Auto-Learn function to minimize unnecessary security alerts.
ZoneAlarm's wizard makes firewall configuration and maintanence incredibly easy, with a stylish interface and simple slider controls. The app boasts an ultrasecure triple-layer firewall and experts will appreciate the customizing options. The Zones feature allows you to assign different security levels for local networks and the Internet. The program was very good at automatically including our local network settings and auto-detected wireless machines. In all our tests, the firewall held strong against all threats it encountered.
Beyond the firewall function, ZoneAlarm with Antivirus includes an antivirus scanner, based on Computer Associates' Vet Anti-Virus, that blocks both incoming and outgoing viruses. The most intriguing aspect of this feature is its Advanced Heuristic Detection algorithm, which uses behavior analysis to detect suspicious actions caused by brand-new viruses that haven't yet made it into the virus-definitions database. Though this version of ZoneAlarm lacks the privacy and identity features of the Pro version, users who are satisfied with their existing privacy-protection tools may find ZoneAlarm with Antivirus fits their needs.
Publisher's description
From ZoneAlarm :ZoneAlarm Anti-virus includes enhanced detection and removal capabilities that stop even the latest and most aggressive viruses before they infect your PC. Includes Antivirus, Operating System Firewall, Network and Program Firewall, Game Mode, and Wireless PC Protection.
Version 8.02 is a bug fixing release.
What's new in this version:
Version 8.02 is a bug fixing release.
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Version: ZoneAlarm Anti-virus 8.02
"Works, but at price of system performance"
Pros: Easy to use and setup, updates regularly and seems vigilant. Good help files and easy to understand instructions, menus and settings.
Cons: Really uses a lot of resources and seems to be slower than many other Virus scanners when scanning system. This may be because it is being heuristically thorough which is a good thing -- or just using too many resources which is a bad thing.
Summary: Well worth using this product instead of tricky hogs like Norton or McAfee, Sophos or other bloated AV products. however, there are products with a "smaller footprint" resource wise that update frequently, have great real time protection and use le... read more >>
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Version: ZoneAlarm Anti-virus 8.02
Pros: Been using ZA for a round 18 months now.Very light on cpu.Non intrusive , set and forget.With the Antivirus comes a brilliant firewall.Tried a "tests up" Firewall tester and I was invisible to the outside world.
Cons: None to comment on.
Summary: Simple ,Easy, light, and stops everything in it's path!
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Version: ZoneAlarm Anti-virus 8.02
"Been using ZoneAlarm for two months without incident."
Pros: In addition to satisfactory virus and spyware protection, it also provides an excellent spam filter capability.
Cons: Using ZoneAlarm on WinXP Pro laptop, WinXP Home HP Desktop and Win Vista Ultimate HP Desktop and all three machines individually take 13 minutes to shutdown with ZoneAlarm Anti-Virus activated.
Summary: Have used Win Live OneCare, Symantic, McAfee and now ZoneAlarm for the second time. All have done the job that was expected. For now my preference is ZoneAlarm even though it takes 13 minutes for my computer to shutdown. The anti-spam capability wor... read more >>
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