Zone Alarm

Pros: Free, secure, customizable, for the most part painless to use, nice website
Cons: Kind of confusing alerts, confusing wording for some computer novices not a typical Windows 9x program, no hard copy manual

Let's face facts - the Internet isn't the the safest place in the world. In this day and age, of ecommerce, DSL, Home Networking, Cable Modems, Internet security is a MUST. Thankfully, ZoneLabs has created a no-frills firewall program that has a very...

Pros: user interface, ok configuration
Cons: no user profiles

The personal firewall software ZoneAlarm is free for personal and non-profit use which caused me to try it out. (Businesses can buy single or site licenses.)


Installation/ Configuration

The installation took only...

Pros: easy to install and configure, this program offers advanced features and it's free
Cons: free version offers less protection then the Pro version

When I first started using a cable connection to the Internet, I downloaded BlackIce as my chosen firewall protection. It came highly recommended by the cable technician and also several friends so I went ahead with the registration. It wasn't long...

Pros: It is a free download!
Cons: None

I downloaded the free version of ZoneAlarm almost a month ago and so far I am amazed. Completely baffled at what this program does for you. You wouldn’t believe how often someone is trying to get into your computer! It sometimes happens 30 times a day...

Pros: Great Protection FREE
Cons: None Really

Breathing, Eating, Working, Hackers, these are all facts of life. Hackers being the newest addition to the list.

Zone Alarm is like winning the lottery; it may almost completely eliminate the threat of hackers to your system – just like...

Pros: Free, easy to configure, effective
Cons: No telephone support

Worried about your computer’s security? Want more protection, but don’t know much about firewalls? This product might be for you!

I have been using Zone Alarm for about a month and have been very pleased with it. I’m always interested in...

Pros: Internet Insurance
Cons: N/A Easy Interface

Beware the black hats! Hackers, hackers everywhere! There’s no need for excessive paranoia. These days one can no longer go to bed with a simple case of indigestion without fear of waking and finding their liver auctioned on eBay. If you own a...

Pros: Blocks trojan horses, spyware, and hacker attacks
Cons: Buggy, unstable, difficult to uninstall when problems arise

Last year, I wrote a glowing review of Zone Alarm. I couldn’t get over how well it worked and the fact that it was free. Unfortunately, a lot has changed in a year. Today, I removed it from my husband's computer and have no intentions of ever using it...

Pros: Free and easy to install...
Cons: None at this time...

You just got your new DSL or cable modem service connected and you and your computer are surfing around the Web at lightening speed. Your “always-on” connection is your window to the Internet through which you have access to the cyber world and all of...

Pros: Easy Setup
Cons: None

Programs such as these have become as necessary as having a good virus scanner, since some of us may have "Spy Software" sitting on our computers hard drive waiting for a "client" to wake it up!

This is for version...

Pros: easy to install and operate
Cons: none known

Stan my computer literate friend did not beat around the bush;

" Man you could have been infiltrated , someone may have implanted a Trojan horse on your PC and they could be doing anything with it, credit fraud, espionage, major hacking,...

Pros: Free, Simple to use, Warns of attempted access to your machine
Cons: None

As the use of the Net increases, and with an ongoing rise in broadband (cable, DSL) connection, it's important that we protect our computers from potential hackers, intruders, spy programs, attempted theft of your data, and malicous trojans.

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Pros: free, easy to use, logging
Cons: should minimize to the tray instead of the taskbar

For years, I’ve been bombarded with panic stricken questions on computer security by PC neophytes. The media continually exaggerates any perceived security threat resulting in unnecessary paranoia by the uninformed masses. My mother is a good example....

Pros: protective firewall
Cons: sometimes alerts can be intrusive of themselves

Ok, I'm not an internet whiz and found out the hard way that intruders ARE out there. I just thank God that no one, to date has gotten any of my banking or credit card information.

What was the problem you ask? An old "friend" who...

Pros: Free, Very secure, Easy to use
Cons: None.

Zonelabs FREE firewall is great. I have been running it for about a month now and I love it. I am on a Static IP ADSL and I am very vurnable to a haXor trying to get into my system. With ZL firewall is makes all of your ports Stealth, which means...