- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
- Date added: November 26, 2009
- Total Downloads: 47,697,348
- Downloads last week: 66,442
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 2418 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
An effective and easy-to-use firewall program, ZoneAlarm does a great job of keeping your PC safe from a variety of threats. ZoneAlarm uses a simple wizard to make configuring a firewall, which seems like a daunting task to many computer users, incredibly easy.
Maintaining and updating settings also is a snap when you're using the stylish interface and its simple slider controls. The program's Zones feature allows you to assign different security levels for a local network and for the Internet.
A great recent addition is small but quite helpful. A new "Game Mode" lets you automatically allow or deny alerts when you're in the middle of playing a video game. We found ZoneAlarm very good at recognizing and automatically including settings for our local network.
In all our tests, the firewall guarded against all external and internal threats it encountered. ZoneAlarm is an excellent firewall choice for just about any average user.
Publisher's description
From ZoneAlarm :ZoneAlarm is designed to protect your DSL- or cable-connected PC from hackers. This program includes four interlocking security services: a firewall, an application control, an Internet lock, and Zones. The firewall controls the door to your computer and allows only traffic you understand and initiate. The Internet lock blocks Internet traffic while your computer is unattended or while you're not using the Internet, and it can be activated automatically with your computer's screensaver or after a set period of inactivity.
What's new in this version:
Version 9.1.007 improves performance during computer startup, shutdown and operation and addresses specific stability and quality issues.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 2418 votes
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Version: ZoneAlarm 9.1.007
"Does the job and it's totally free"
Pros: Monitors incoming and outgoing internet traffic
Prompts you if some software wants to access the internet allowing you to accept or deny. If you always want it to accept or deny, there is an option to remember your selection for future requests.Cons: On the other hand, all those prompts can sometimes be a hassle. I'd rather have this kind of hassle than have some hacker or bot software get in my computer. Setting the "remember setting" feature will significantly reduce these prompts.
Summary: I have been using ZoneAlarm for years. If you only have Windows Firewall, get ZoneAlarm. Windows firewall does not check for outbound internet traffic but ZA does. If you want a totally protected system, get ZoneAlarm free firewall, AVG free antivi... read more >>
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Version: ZoneAlarm 9.1.007
Pros: Works Well
Cons: Auto renewal without informing me before hand Notice is buryed in the fine print
Summary: Poor Virus pattern updating I find doing it manualy is far safer.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ZoneAlarm 9.1.007
Pros: its simple and esay, now my pc are secure !Now the other pc can'T conecect to my internet :-)5/5
Cons: ...nothing,i like all the program
Summary: the best ever
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ZoneAlarm 9.1.007
Pros: You can customize settings.
Cons: None. I did not found any.
Summary: It has strengthened their anti?spyware feature and continued development and enhancement of their identity theft protection, spy site blocking and game mode features. They have also enhanced their Program Control features in this latest version to a... read more >>
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ZoneAlarm 9.1.007
"ZoneAlarm is hard to beat, but it has its problems"
Pros: Free product, not too "chatty" once it has been trained
Cons: Diagnostic log files kept by default can grow quite large (I disabled this feature to reclaim gigabytes of storage on my drive). I wish the free version did a better job of detecting upgrades to already-approved applications.
Summary: Despite charges of feature bloat over the years, ZoneAlarm is still one of the easiest to use Windows-based firewalls. Its long tenure on the security scene means that many products that need special treatment by firewall software will offer specif... read more >>
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