ZoneAlarm Pro 5 Firewall + Privacy Protection

List Price: $39.99

Features:

• Intrusion Blocking systematically identifies hackers and blocks access attempts.
• Stealth Mode automatically makes your computer invisible to anyone on the Internet.
• ID Lock prevents your personal data from leaving your computer without your approval.
• Ad Blocking automatically stops pop-up ads so you can surf in peace.
• Automatic Program Configuration provides safety and simplicity by automatically configuring programs. Automatically decides whether to allow or deny Internet access to individual programs.

Customer Reviews:

excellant product-alarm zone [Posted on 2005-07-28]
technical support is almost non-existent, because of this i will look to another product. this is unacceptible.

Watch out for the version 6 upgrade!! [Posted on 2005-08-05]
Hey, I've used ZoneAlarm for years and agree that it's a fairly good firewall for the money. However, watch out for the latest version (version 6)!! It hosed my computer. It forgot all the settings I've had on it for the past five or so years. Every application on my computer that accesses the internet is no longer working including Internet Explorer and my email. They added this new feature Smart Defense that doesn't seem too smart so far. They also changed all your program permissions to Block. You have to physically go in and change them back to Ask just to get it to prompt you for access to the internet. Then they amazing broke the Remember this Setting option so it prompts you again and again. Anyway, you get the picture and I can sleep knowing you have been warned. The latest upgrade is terrible.

Not that great with Windows 9x [Posted on 2005-09-11]
I'm about ready to ditch my copy. I have run ZA PRO for a year now. In the beginning it seemed to do it's job and stay out of my way. But like any software product nowadays, it is becomming more and more bloated. Check your oil? Wash your windshield?

Just get out of my way so I can use my computer, is that too much to ask?

Tonight I had to reboot twice because of ZA Pro. Admitedly, I'm still hanging on to Windows 98 and 256k of memory. If these are you creditials also, then maybe like me, you may start thinking about a hardware firewall.

In the year I've used ZA, my PC hasn't been compromised, so I guesss that's worth 4 stars. But it should not cause me 30 minutes out of my day just to keep it parked should it?

ZoneAlarm Zaps 'Em [Posted on 2006-01-30]
While my knowledge is pretty limited about firewalls and virus protection, between Microsoft Antispyware and ZoneAlarm, I feel pretty well covered from the bugs and viruses. Once in a while I feel that these things are too complicated for someone like me, but scratching my head once in a while is better than having my computer torched by some idiot with nothing better to do than to ruin communications for others. ZoneAlarm, even with the update to 6 whatever, is working just fine. It was worth the money.

Too effective and too complicated [Posted on 2007-01-02]
After finally having all I could stand of Norton Internet Security, I got rid of NIS and ordered Zone Alarm Pro 5 Firewall. This program appears to be a very effective firewall, all right--it shuts out everything, including a lot of things you want. The program is far too complicated for the average user. After spending hours trying to configure it so that it would permit me to access the internet sites and programs I wanted (and used for years without trouble until I installed Zone Alarm), I finally gave up and uninstalled Zone Alarm. More money wasted on security software that doesn't work.

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