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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $39.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: November 04, 2009
- Total Downloads: 1,698,710
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 266 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Along with its effective and easy-to-use firewall and additional security features, this new version of ZoneAlarm Pro revamps the mostly solid antispyware protection introduced in the last release.
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.
The suite also includes an antivirus scanner, a cookie cleaner, ad and pop-up blockers and new antispwyare tools. Happily, the app offers both real-time protection against malware as well as a scanning engine. In our tests, spyware scans were blisteringly fast and almost always accurate, though some minor traces were left behind. The real-time module could have offered more information from directly within the program on potential threats. Other features include Web site-specific protections, an ID Lock for personal information and a configurable site-blocking content filter. With a tougher firewall and the antispyware tool strengthening, this excellent program just keeps improving.
Publisher's description
From ZoneAlarm :No anti-virus or anti-spyware product is 100% effective, so ZoneAlarm invented the OS Firewall. The OS Firewall monitors behaviors within your computer to spot and stop even the most sophisticated new attacks that bypass traditional anti-virus and security suites. New Advanced Access Protection - specifically defeats new, advanced attacks that other firewalls miss. 0-Hour Protection - prevents silent outbreaks from gaining system access even before the threat is known by other security programs. Program Control - restricts programs from malicious activities. Early Boot Protection -- Uniquely protects your operating system during start-up.
What's new in this version:
Version 9.1.008 includes new browser security features and advanced Download Protection.
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Version: ZoneAlarm Pro 2010 9.1.008
Pros: Excellent stand-alone Monitors incoming and out going activity Blocks most malicious attacks
Cons: Does not play well with others-If you use Kaspersky or Bitdefender, there always seem to be issues involving ZAP
Summary: I've used it on other computers since around '01, Never had severe attack. On one new system that came with McAFee "total protection" let in Virtumonde Trojan. I got rid of it with MBAM and put on Kaspersky & ZAP. No problems since then.
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