05-10-2004, 05:32 PM
Hi lurkers,
Thought that you maybe want to know that ZoneAlarm by Zone Laps Software isn't as safe as your backyard anymore. At least that's what PC-Professional (despite the name a German magazine) implies in one of their recent articles. The link's here, but beware - it's all in German.
For those of you that don't speak this world-language B) , and that don't have some kind of translator, the gist is that in the research of this magazine, ZoneAlarm could block only one out of three unrequested accesses to the PC it should protect.
The test winning program, which is of course recommended by the staff of this journal, is Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 Pro. The homepage is www.sygate.de, and the top 5 personal firewalls can be seen here. Just click 'personal firewalls' in the assortment. The whole outcome can be seen here. Just click 'Bewertungen im Ãberblick'.
The test winning program scored a 'good' for a 90% performance, and ZoneAlarm scored 'inadequate' for a 30.8% performance.
Just to let you know. You might wish to change...
Greetings, Fragbait
Thought that you maybe want to know that ZoneAlarm by Zone Laps Software isn't as safe as your backyard anymore. At least that's what PC-Professional (despite the name a German magazine) implies in one of their recent articles. The link's here, but beware - it's all in German.
For those of you that don't speak this world-language B) , and that don't have some kind of translator, the gist is that in the research of this magazine, ZoneAlarm could block only one out of three unrequested accesses to the PC it should protect.
The test winning program, which is of course recommended by the staff of this journal, is Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 Pro. The homepage is www.sygate.de, and the top 5 personal firewalls can be seen here. Just click 'personal firewalls' in the assortment. The whole outcome can be seen here. Just click 'Bewertungen im Ãberblick'.
The test winning program scored a 'good' for a 90% performance, and ZoneAlarm scored 'inadequate' for a 30.8% performance.
Just to let you know. You might wish to change...
Greetings, Fragbait
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