Is Zone Alarm firewall any good

Question

As i heard the last one had big problems with Microsoft's update KB951748. i know a new one has been released but could this happen ever again. as some people perminatley lost there internet connection because of the update

Answer 1

hey yeah. i couldnt connect to the internet at all with it, i found it made my computer like so slow! so i removed it and installed Norton 360! big improvement!  

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Free version is ok for basic protection, you can test it here:

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

There were major conflicts with Windows Update which caused many users to lose their internet connection completely, although this has now been resolved.

Online Armor Free Firewall performs better:

http://www.download.com/Online-Armor/300...

Installation Tutorial:

http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2008/06/16

Answer 4

Yes - I've used it for ages and had only one problem - the conflict with the Microsoft patch you mention. I sorted that out in 5 minutes anyway, by just changing the internet security level from high to medium.

It helps with any firewall to know what you are doing.

You can change settings and block individual IP addresses and IP address ranges, which is basically all a good firewall needs.

Answer 5

yes zone alerm is exellent it is number 2 in the top 10  internet secruity and also no and try not got for norton 360 it dont protect fo shizzle and slow your pc to much ram eating go for kaspersky

Answer 6

been using 3 years zonepro ... will  always use!! tried basicaly all ... zonepro for me ... i did not have a problem with this update at all .. remember now we are dealing with micro soft ... sht... anything can happen be it zone alarm or some other anti/virus program or whatever !!!!!!!!!  uses 15 to 20 mb memory ... thats nothing compared to norton ...that can hit 100 mb's ...nice !!!!!!!!

Answer 7

Totally useless, you have a windows firewall and thats good.

But go ahead load all this on your computer..... are you paranoid?

Answer 8

IT`s excellent! If you do go ahead you must disable your windows firewall due to conflict. lt`s far superior anyway.

Answer 9

Yes, I used it for years and it worked perfectly although I now prefer Comodo.

Answer 10

Zone alarm or Comodo firewall pro are the way to go!

Answer 11

Yes it is very good.  

I recommend it to everyone.

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