Security

[Steve]

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(Brian Livingston, InfoWorld)---A new program has brought together 
the strongest features of the best software firewalls, Trojan horse 
defenses, and Internet security locks. And best of all, this 
wunderkind of software can be downloaded for free use by 
individuals and nonprofit groups. 

Download site:  www.zonelabs.com

More info and bug reports:  http://grc.com/zonealarm.htm

ZoneAlarm has come a long way since the olden days when it only 
protected your PC against Trojan horses. Trojans sneak into your 
system via Web sites or e-mail and send data back to a hacker's 
server. Version 2.0 still protects against that, but now it is also, 
arguably, the strongest software-only firewall currently available. 
This combination of firewall protection and the detection of 
unauthorized, outbound Internet traffic is a giant step forward that 
has impressed those who have tried ZoneAlarm 2.0.  

ZoneLabs -- the San Francisco company that produces ZoneAlarm -- 
looks like it has a winner. Steve Gibson, a beta tester of ZoneAlarm 
2.0 and the prime developer at Gibson Research, says ZoneAlarm 
"blows away BlackICE," a $39.95 software firewall I described in my 
Nov. 1, 1999, column. 

Trojan horses, a special breed of viruses, are becoming an 
enormous concern. A PC can catch a Trojan merely by browsing a 
Web site with a malicious ActiveX control or viewing a rich-text 
email (no attachment required). Trojans pass right through hardware 
firewalls. Because the PC user initiated the viewing of the infected 
Web site or e-mail, a hardware firewall sees no overt attack to 
defend against.  

To download ZoneAlarm 2.0, go to www.zonelabs.com. 

And, like any "point-oh" release, there's still a bit of "oh" left in it. 
You should visit Steve Gibson's update page on ZoneAlarm at 
grc.com/zonealarm.htm. Gibson describes several quirks he doesn't 
like in Version 2.0, and announces when each one is fixed. Most of 
the quirks are minor and won't keep you from using the product.






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