Zone Alarm

Pros: It's free. Easy to use, when it works
Cons: Doesn't like my pc, crashes my browser.

I recently got DSL and I am waiting for my ISP to send me the firewall protection it promised. On ZDNet I came across a glowing review of ZoneAlarm and the price is right --- free!

I use Win98 on a 500MHz PC with 64 M of RAM. I know, I know,...

Pros: Everything!
Cons: Ugly and cartoon like interface.

I've been using Zone Alarm since day one when it first came out. I was using Atgaurd (which now has a new name and is now the Network Associates, I think, brand of firewall) previous to checking out Zone Alarm... and how does that compare? Well, Zone...

Pros: FREE, easy, powerful
Cons: Nada

Zone Alarm is THE personal firewall for at-home broadband connections. Here's why:

1. It's FREE. Other products are basically the same, if not worse, and cost money.
2. It's EASY. The only annoying part of a personal firewall is the...

Pros: a good firewall, stops many hackers
Cons: runs in system tray and the pop-up and start-up

Well. I think that was a dumb title but oh well. Anyhow, I am going to tell you what I think about this software. I think that it is a great tool for preventing hackers from snooping around your computer and dropping in viruses. The best thing about this...

Pros: Fast Response, Warns on everything
Cons: Tracking everything can be painful

If logging and checking every last thing your system does interests you, then you'll love ZoneAlarm. It checks and queries just about everything. This is admirable, as very little can get past it.

Although, having a pop-up window ask you to...

Pros: stealth presence, easy to configure, ability to "remember"
Cons: not a one!

I had purchased a firewall when I went to a cable modem. The firewall was ok, but I noted ALOT of attempts to ping/hack/crack whatever word you want to use. I did some research and learned of the Shields Up site (by the creator of this firewall) and...

Pros: It's free and protects you
Cons: Sometime it over protects

Zone Alarm

Zone Alarm is an amazing, free and very yellow piece of software. While it’s not a virus killer in the true sense of the word (It doesn’t remove any viruses from your system) it can prevent some of the nastier ones from being a...

Pros: free download, easy to use
Cons: none

I have been using cable modem for more than 3 years. I never had anyone hacked into my computer (at least that was what I thought). One reason is that I only use the computer about an hour a day and it was off rest of the time. About a year ago, I...

Pros: Free and hassle free
Cons: none

You gotta have a firewall!... That's what people have been telling me since I got a cable modem two months ago. Since your always connected you need protection from hackers, they tell me. Well I can't think of a reason why a hacker would want access to...

Pros: An adequate firewall? and FREE!
Cons: No password

I had tried BlackICE Defender, and something else that I can't even remember the name of, and then I found ZONEALARM and it was free! I downloaded and installed it with no problems at all and it seems to work perfectly. There is a little pop-up window...

Pros: Free
Cons: Not the easiest to use.

By now everyone has heard of Firewalls, and if you are reading this you probably are considering installing a firewall on your system.

As stated in previous reviews of Zone Alarm, you can download a free version of Zone Labs' Zone Alarm for...

Pros: FREE, novice user-friendly, stable, ease of use
Cons: NONE

About a year ago I decided to come on board with high-speed internet access. My worries about the always-on connection were put to rest when I discovered Zone Alarm from Zone Labs.

This product number one, is free for personal use....

Pros: Free, Easy, Effective
Cons: NONE!

I'll make this review short and sweet:

This product is a must for anyone on a network (an internet connection that is always on, not a dial-up) due to security reasons. You cannot protect against everything and everyone, but this product...

Pros: free, dependable, inobtrusive
Cons: none

ILOVEYOU. BackOrifice. Melissa. Port scanners. Script kiddies. These words/phrases are all entering a basic computer-user's vocabulary. People are more paranoid than ever about what web sites they visit, and who they give their e-mail address to. They...

Pros: NOT a resource HOG. Continually having ports scanned- NO BREECHES!
Cons: Haven't found any.

Being of the new Broadband Age, naturally security became an issue. Though I don't feel my personal PC has any super confidential information that would be the downfall of the free world, I do have your normal personal information that I would like to...