ZoneAlarm 6.5.7

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 2239 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  45,382,039

• Operating Systems:

  Windows XP, Windows 2000

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP, 450MHz CPU, 64MB RAM (128MB RAM for XP), 50MB disk space

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  June 05, 2006

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version ZoneAlarm 8.0.298 ZoneAlarm Firewall (Windows 2000/XP) 7.0.362 ZoneAlarm Firewall (Windows 2000/XP) 7.0.483 ZoneAlarm Firewall (Windows 2000/XP) 7.0.362 ZoneAlarm 7.1 ZoneAlarm Firewall (Windows 2000/XP) 7.0.362 ZoneAlarm 7.1 ZoneAlarm 7.0.337 ZoneAlarm 7.0 ZoneAlarm 6.5.722 ZoneAlarm 6.5.7 ZoneAlarm 6.1.744 ZoneAlarm 6.1.737 ZoneAlarm 6.0.667.000 ZoneAlarm 6.0.631.003 ZoneAlarm 5.5.094 ZoneAlarm 5.5.094.000 ZoneAlarm 5.5.062.011 ZoneAlarm 5.5.062.004 ZoneAlarm 5.5.062 ZoneAlarm 5.1.033 ZoneAlarm 5.1.011 ZoneAlarm 5.1.033 ZoneAlarm 5.1.011 ZoneAlarm 5.0.590.015 ZoneAlarm 4.5.594 ZoneAlarm 4.5.538.001 ZoneAlarm 4.5.538 ZoneAlarm 4.5.530 ZoneAlarm 3.7.211 ZoneAlarm 3.7.193 ZoneAlarm 3.7.143 ZoneAlarm 3.1.395 ZoneAlarm 3.1.291 ZoneAlarm 2.6.362 ZoneAlarm 2.6.357 ZoneAlarm 2.6.231.0 ZoneAlarm 2.6 ZoneAlarm 2.1.44 ZoneAlarm 2.1.25 ZoneAlarm 2.1 ZoneAlarm 2.0.26 ZoneAlarm 2.0.22

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Publisher's description of ZoneAlarm 6.5.7

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 application control allows you to decide which applications can and cannot use the Internet. 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. Zones monitor all activity on your computer and alert you when a new application attempts to access the Internet. Version 6.5.7 addresses an inability to delete ZoneAlarm files in Safe Mode, as well as other fixes.

Note:ZoneAlarm is free for individual and not-for-profit charitable entity use (excluding governmental entities and educational institutions).

Editor's review of ZoneAlarm 6.5.7

• 5.0 stars

• "A totally free, very effective firewall"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: ZoneAlarm 6.5.7

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. The most notable addition to version 6.5.7 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.

User reviews of ZoneAlarm 6.5.7

• Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 2239 votes
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• 4 stars

  5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

  Version: ZoneAlarm 6.5.7

  "Solid upgrade -- still doesn't detect AVG antivirus"

  by pentium4forever on June 7, 2006

  Pros: Easy to use and haven't noticed any problems with it compared to other past upgrades.

  Cons: Uses a bit of memory, needs to be bulked down a little bit. Also, for the antivirus monitoring, AVG is not detected, that needs to be detected, millions of people use it, not everyone uses just McAfee or Norton antivirus these days!

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• 4 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: ZoneAlarm 6.5.7

  "Like It Alot"

  by lob on June 7, 2006

  Pros: Easy to set up.Comprehensive protection (shown atGRC).Simple to run for a novice,or for the more experienced,you are able to "get under the hood".

  Cons: Uses afew resources.

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• 4 stars

  3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

  Version: ZoneAlarm 6.5.7

  "Attach it to your brand new PC"

  by GezaGabriel on June 9, 2006

  Pros: When i've tried earlier to make connection from an XP SP 1, win2k (without patches) and from previous versions to the Internet, the computer was infected and attacked within the first 10 minutes. The general time was exactly or below 5 minutes for XP and XP Sp1 (even SP2). So basicly after some minutes i was attacked by trojan horses and spyware applications which eat up the system's most memory and CPU time (99%) and blocked all basic windows applications which would help to remove the disasters.

  When i've tried a clean OS install with ZoneAlarm, i realized why it's really necessery to store at your backups: i was able to get all other system, anti-virus and other updates without the threats. I'm not a genius at network threats but it was able to block all of my tests.

  It can recognise my AVG 7 Pro - and as i remember (tried too much months ago) - and it might recognise the AVG 7 Free as well.

  Cons: Actually, I've seen much better GUIs over there.

  It's not possible to get updates/upgrades as easily as a simple definition file: it's such a pain that you must install them manually (even at minor changes).

  It's not the best tool - i don't know other ZA editions - to use it at home with more computers, sometimes you'll have to spend plenty of hours/days to create connection between your computers/laptops (and different systems, i tried with xp-xp and xp-98).

  Also, i wouldn't recommend it next to file-shareing softwares (i'd rather recommend other firewall titles).

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• 4 stars

  Version: ZoneAlarm 6.5.7

  "Great Program"

  by Full Bug on June 5, 2006

  Pros: Always has worked well for me.

  Cons: Anyone know if you have to completly uninstall version 6.177.44 before installing this new 6.5.7 version? It would suck having to reset all the settings....

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• 5 stars

  3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

  Version: ZoneAlarm 6.5.7

  "Great Firewall"

  by combatshotgun on June 9, 2006

  Pros: I really like this firewall a lot.

  It's easy to find your way around this program, and everything is quite straightforward.

  It's best feature (in my opinion) is that it asks you for your confirmation for every single program that accesses the internet.

  And it's free - who doesn't like freebies?

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