When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

It normally runs $39.95, but you can grab a license today without spending a penny. This version of ZA includes anti-phishing, credit-monitoring, and download-protection tools. Rick Broida is the ...

Check Point ZoneAlarm PRO Antivirus + Firewall offers advanced features not found in the free edition, but those features are too advanced for most users. In addition, it earned mediocre scores in our ...

If you're one of the holdouts who has not installed a personal firewall on your business or personal system, you're engaging in the computer version of unprotected sex. Sooner or later, it will catch ...

Many security vendors release a three-tier product line, with antivirus, suite, and mega-suite. There are six distinct products in the ZoneAlarm line. As an experiment, I'm reviewing them all. When ...

Firewall shows how well the software and its firewall stopped rogue connections to and from the Internet. For products without a built-in firewall, the default Windows firewall was enabled.

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the ...

A bug in a Zone Labs update caused firewall crashes late Thursday for about 50,000 users of the popular ZoneAlarm Pro and ZoneAlarm Security Suite products. The crashes happened after people ...

Nothing you can do would help nearly as much as more RAM. 256 is just asking for trouble on a laptop with XP because the drive access is so slow. Try just disabling ZA and see what kind of difference ...

Security has become more secure! An update to the leading free firewall software, ZoneAlarm has been released adding more features and tweaks to the software. ZoneAlarm Free Firewall for Windows 11/10 ...