| A firewall is essential on any Internet connected PC. | | | | not perform any operations outside of it's built-in |
| Firewalls control what is allowed in and out of the | | | | policies. |
| computer, virtually eliminating the possibility of a hacker | | | | The privacy and identity protection works to stop |
| gaining control or of spyware that has found it's way in | | | | annoying pop-up ads and to prevent personal |
| transmitting any data. | | | | information leaving the computer without permission. |
| ZoneLabs Zone Alarm Pro is a popular personal | | | | Email is kept secure with any suspicious attachments |
| firewall application - a piece of software installed onto | | | | being quarantined for examination in case they contain |
| the PC to block unwanted connections by using: | | | | anything harmful. Likewise, any suspicious outbound |
| • the Triple Defense Firewall™ | | | | messages are also stopped to prevent unintentionally |
| • an anti-spyware system | | | | passing on anything nasty. |
| • the SmartDefense™ service | | | | Even with all of the protection offered by the firewall, |
| • protection of privacy and identity | | | | some persistent spyware will still find it's way into the |
| • email protection | | | | computer. The anti-spyware system within Zone |
| • wireless PC security | | | | Alarm Pro roots it out, while learning to recognize |
| Zone Alarm Pro is available in a variety of packages, | | | | legitimate items with spyware-like tendencies, such as |
| from the single user license to large volume license | | | | the cookies for your favorite websites. |
| packages, making it ideal for the home, small network | | | | Wireless protection is crucial when out in the open on |
| or larger working environment. The program is clearly | | | | a laptop as well as on the home network. It's easy for |
| laid out and easy to use. If a query can't be fixed | | | | a hacker to hijack a wireless connection or even set |
| through support documentation, there are online user | | | | up their own. Zone Alarm can prevent connection |
| forms for quick and handy advice. | | | | hijacking wherever the connection is made. |
| The Triple Defense Firewall, as the name suggests, | | | | Zone Alarm Pro runs on Windows systems only, with |
| has three layers of protection, providing excellent | | | | minimum specifications of: |
| security against Internet pests: | | | | • Windows 98SE/ME, 48MB RAM (some |
| • defense against hackers, spyware, and | | | | functions may be limited and support is due to end for |
| Trojans by not allowing them through | | | | the operating systems late 2006) |
| • prevention of "bad" programs attacking | | | | • Windows 2000 Pro, 64MB RAM |
| "good" programs on the PC by surrounding each | | | | • Windows XP, 128MB RAM |
| application with a second firewall | | | | • Pentium III 450 MHz or higher |
| • deep down protection of the operating | | | | • 50MB available hard disk space |
| system against malicious attacks | | | | • Internet access is required for updates |
| SmartDefense works with the firewalls, automatically | | | | (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, AOL and MSN |
| updating itself with information on new spyware | | | | compatible) |
| programs and adjusting Zone Alarm's security settings | | | | • POP3 and SMTP mail only |
| to match. SmartDefense examines everything that | | | | • Instant Messenger compatibility with |
| tries to connect to the Internet from the PC to see if it | | | | minimum version number: MSN 6.2.0205, Windows |
| is performing a valid operation. If it is not, access is | | | | Messenger 4.7.0.2009, Yahoo! IM 5.5.1226, AIM 5.2.3292, |
| blocked. If it does allow the connection, SmartDefense | | | | ICQ Pro 2003b, ICQ Lite 5.0, Trillian 0.74i, Trillian Pro 1.0, |
| will continue to monitor the activity to ensure it does | | | | GAIM 0.74, Miranda 0.3. |