ZoneAlarm Pro is free today

Rob Updegrove (GHoosdum)

November 18, 2008 9:38 AM ET in News, , ,

ZoneAlarm

Check Point software, developer of the popular ZoneAlarm suite of security software, is celebrating fifteen years in business by offering ZoneAlarm Pro as a free download through Wednesday evening.

The professional version of ZoneAlarm features a firewall, security checking for the operating system, anti-spyware features, and identity theft protection. The company’s standard free firewall, ZoneAlarm basic, contains only basic inbound and outbound network traffic protection.

8 Comments

  1. 18 Nov '08, 2:48 pm Kwitko

    And I still wouldn't use it.

  2. 18 Nov '08, 2:49 pm CB
    Quoting Kwitko

    And I still wouldn't use it.

    qft

  3. 18 Nov '08, 3:00 pm Zanthian

    Hey negative nancies, cut it out. This would be good for someone who is running no protection due to costs.

  4. 18 Nov '08, 3:10 pm Kwitko

    There are plenty of free (and better) alternatives. To wit, Comodo is free. Here's a wealth of free software to protect your system.

  5. 18 Nov '08, 3:20 pm CB

    Also, almost everyone has a networking router, which is a better firewall IMO. Software firewall = waste of resources.

  6. 18 Nov '08, 3:22 pm GHoosdum

    Hardware firewalls don't monitor your OS's traffic and stop it from reporting to Big Brother on you.

  7. 18 Nov '08, 3:31 pm CB
    Quoting GHoosdum

    Hardware firewalls don't monitor your OS's traffic and stop it from reporting to Big Brother on you.

    That doesn't matter to people who aren't paranoid.

  8. 18 Nov '08, 3:35 pm GHoosdum

    If CB Droege doesn't like it, it's not worth doing.

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