An excellent software to protect your pc while logged on to the Net. The latest version 2.1.44 is free to dwonload. Its a small file, downloads pretty quickly and installs easily. It can be downloaded from https://zonelabs.com or softseek.com or znet.com. Most PC magazines have rated it extrelmely high (one of the best). It loads itself at start up (you have the option to disable the this ’’load at start up’’ if you want). It remains active on the system tray and monitors and blocks any other person or establishment from getting information about your comp, or a hacker from ’’getting into’’ your PC..(this is possible while you are logged on). The best feature is its ability to inform the user immediately when somebody tries gain access in your PC, thus securing your privacy as well as depriving a hacker from his/her mischief. Not only does it infrom (via a small pop-up window) that there has been an attempt to get into your PC but it also informs who is trying to ’’get into’’ your PC, in the form of the numeric address of the site from wher the attempt has been made.
I am using this from past 3 months. Initially I got several messages of attempts being made to ’’get in’’ my pc...Surprise..Surprise...most addresses zonealarm showed, started with 203.xxx.xx.xx when I tried to ’’go ’’ to the address..no page loaded...but in the status bar ...90% of times...it read some page related to msn.com/.../......get the drift?...It makes me wonder...is the rumour about MS leaving ’’holes’’ in IE to gain information about the softwares of your computer is true??? ...Untill I started using Zonealarm, I never believed this..but now....!!!
The only hinderance you can face is while using Napster..you may have to temporily ’’shutdown’’ Zonealarm while using Napster to download and share MP3 files. But this can be easily done by simply right-clicking the zonealarm icon in the sys-tray.