Zone Alarm antivirus was developed by Checkpoint Software Technologies which is well known for its products for business and data security.
Checkpoint used the same technology that it used for business class data security software in Zone Alarm antivirus.
The best part of having that antivirus is you get an improved and state of the art protection that is well suited even to protect the most valuable data assets in industry, and for a price of domestic antivirus software.
Zone Alarm antivirus is a very effective combination of antivirus and firewall solution and gives improved and trustable protection to its users. The most remarkable, powerful and unique feature of Zone Alarm antivirus is its multilayered and innovative firewall.
It checks inbound and outbound traffic and also lets you have the ability to block any program or port.
The installation of Zone Alarm antivirus is easy and simple and can be accomplished easily even by a person having little knowledge. After the installation process is completed the Zone Alarm antivirus asks the user to permit a thorough scan of the computer, however you can skip this step and schedule a scan at later time or run the thorough scan anytime from the dashboard.
The user interface is clean, simple and comprehensive and gives the old users of Zone Alarm an 'at home' feeling. On the left hand side you have a menu that give you quick and one click access to features like overview, firewall, program controls, anti spyware, Email protection, Privacy, identity protection and Alerts and logs. In the middle there is a large conventional colored icon telling you about the current state of your computer. In the protected state its green and changes color to yellow and red with respective status messages. On the left bottom you have a Help button that contains frequently asked questions and help material.
The user interface is clean, simple and comprehensive and gives the old users of Zone Alarm an 'at home' feeling. On the left hand side you have a menu that give you quick and one click access to features like overview, firewall, program controls, anti spyware, Email protection, Privacy, identity protection and Alerts and logs.
In the middle there is a large conventional colored icon telling you about the current state of your computer. In the protected state its green and changes color to yellow and red with respective status messages. On the left bottom you have a Help button that contains frequently asked questions and help material.
Talking about the performance Zone Alarm antivirus is as effective and secure as any other 'average' category antivirus can be. Its VB 100 and AV-Comparatives certified. The advanced antivirus engine is capable of detecting, blocking and deleting most of the viruses and can neutralize both known and unknown threats. The most remarkable features of Zone Alarm are its OS Firewall and, download protection and auto learn.
The OS Firewall or Operating system firewall monitors the behavior of your operating system and monitors the changes that are taking place inside your operating system, this approach literally takes the protection to the kernel level of your operating system which is something no other antivirus software had yet achieved. It means that now you are protected from even the most complex and hard to block threats.
The second important feature is Download protection. This features checks the files that you are downloading using different approaches. First it checks it against the signature directory, then Zone Alarm antivirus checks it with its latest heuristics based technology and in last state the Zone Alarm antivirus isolates the file from rest of operating system and checks its behavior in a quarantined environment to actually see what changes it would make to files of operating system and if the file is harmful for your computer or not.
Some of the main features of Zone Alarm antivirus are:
- Advance and improved antivirus engine
- Operating system firewall
- Virus protection at Kernel level
- Unified scan engine
- Anti phishing and site status (What is Phishing Email?)
- Proactive firewall protection
- Dual firewall
- 3 level download protection
- Smart defense service
- Wireless PC protection
- Identity protection
- Keylogger and screen grabber jamming (What is Keylogger?)
The customer support section of Zone Alarm antivirus needs a lot of improvements, right now all the offer you is an automated technical support program and user forum, no phone call service, or instant messaging service is available.