protection always advisable (Zone Labs ZoneAlarm)

Member Name: thehulk

Product:	Zone Labs ZoneAlarm
Date:	16/11/01 (27 review reads)
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Advantages: free

Disadvantages: none

It?s a firewall With ZoneAlarm Installed, your computer is effec-tively hidden from the rest, of the online world. In other words, potential hackers simply don't know that you exist. There's no better security than Invisibility.

ZoneAlarm also pops up a warning message every time one of your programs tries to access the Inter-net. You can see exactly what your computer is up to and decide for yourself which applications - say, your web browser -are allowed unre-stricted access, and which should always ask per-mission.

You might be surprised just how many programs try to use your Internet connec-tion on the fly -and you may very well wonder why! Some, dubbed "spyware", send Information about your surfing habits back to base.
The longer your computer is online, the more vul-nerable you are to hack attacks. So, it you have an ADSL or a cable connec-tion, better get protected.

You can download ZoneAlarm from the web. It's absolutely free for personal use.
System require-ments: Windows 9x, 486MHZ processor or better, 8Mb Ram, 3Mb hard disk space.
Price Free.

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