![]() In testing, ZoneAlarm detected every single verified phishing fraud, for a perfect score of 100% detection. If it finds a fraud it blocks further entry and shows you thumbnails of the fake page and of the real page it’s trying to imitate. Unlike any other product I’ve seen, it analyzes potential phishing pages just before you enter a username or password. This extension works only in Chrome to detect phishing scams, and it does that job admirably. The company makes a limited free version of Web Secure available, so I installed that alongside the free antivirus. Web Secure is a significant component of ZoneAlarm PRO that I’ll discuss below. ZoneAlarm's free antivirus doesn't include any web-based detection of malware-hosting URLs, and it fared poorly in this test, only eliminating 63% of the verified malware downloads. I launch each URL and record whether the product diverts the browser from the URL, eliminates the payload during or immediately after download, or sits idly by doing nothing. Its final score, 6.8 of 10 possible points, undercut Comodo to yield a new low.įor my malicious URL blocking test, I start with the most recent list of malware-hosting URLs supplied by the London-based lab MRG-Effitas. It detected just 76% of my malware collection, the same as the free Comodo Antivirus. ZoneAlarm Free fared very poorly in my hands-on tests. ![]() AV-Test Institute did report on Check Point’s enterprise product, giving it full honors for detecting malware and avoiding false positives, but the lab states very clearly that tests of one product should not be applied to a different product. Unfortunately, none of these labs include ZoneAlarm in their testing. When reviewing an antivirus product, I like to see plentiful high scores from the four independent testing labs that I follow. That means you go straight to live chat support, with remote-control diagnosis and repair if necessary. When you pay, you move up to premium support. Free users get DIY-style tech support, with FAQs, forums, and knowledge base articles but no interaction with support agents. Like its free cousin, this product relies on antivirus technology that powers Check Point’s endpoint security solutions for the enterprise. Paying customers get the full benefit of Web Secure. The only visible difference in the professional edition reviewed here is that only Anti-Ransomware has a “Buy Now” overlay. Icons across the bottom offer access to Antivirus, Firewall, Web Secure, and Anti-Ransomware. A green check or red X indicates security status, emphasized by a set of concentric circles in green or red. The NextGen product line looks very different from the previous versions, which remained visually unchanged for the past 10 years or more. You can read my review of the free product for complete understanding, but I'll summarize it here. Of course, this product gives you all the features that come for free in Check Point ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus NextGen. Admittedly, when you get to the realm of 50 licenses you should probably be looking at business-level antivirus software. ![]() You can get 10 licenses for $99.95 per year, or 50 for $399.95. ZoneAlarm doesn’t offer unlimited licenses, but it comes close. McAfee is an outlier-you pay $59.99 per year for a subscription, but that covers every Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS device in your household. For example, a five-license Bitdefender subscription is $69.99, while Malwarebytes and ESET cost $79.99. Vipre Antivirus Plus costs about the same for five licenses, while most competitors charge more. ![]() You can get three ZoneAlarm licenses for $49.95, but you get more bang for your buck by spending $54.95 per year for five. ![]()
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