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ZoneAlarm is a firewall that was originally developed by Zone Labs, but was acquired in 2004 by Checkpoint Software Technologies. Today, depending on the version, the ZoneAlarm family includes the firewall, anti-spyware, anti-phishing, secure web browsing, as well as many other more modern features for protecting your computer system.

ZoneAlarm includes inbound intrusion detection as well as the ability to control programs which can create outbound connections. In ZoneAlarm, program access is controlled by the use of 'zones' where all of your network connections are segregated. These are also grouped by trusted and un-trusted zones. The user can then specify permissions to allow a program to access or be denied access to these zones. In this way the user controls what gains access to the internet and to their computers.

One of the main products within the ZoneAlarm family and it goes back to its original version, is the firewall. A firewall blocks hackers from infiltrating your home PC by hiding your computer from unwelcome network traffic. By eliminating someone from accessing your computer, it also prevents intrusions by way of viruses that can slow down performance, and reduces spyware that can compromise your personal information like passwords and financial data.

Computer viruses are computer programs that can infect a computer without the knowledge of the user. Even the oldest version of the ZoneAlarm family lines can stop this from happening by checking everything that enters your computer against certain signatures contained within files that ZoneAlarm knows of as being potential problems. These signatures are updated constantly to keep up with new viruses that are being developed each day.

Another area of ZoneAlarm is the Anti-Spyware that prevents accidental visits and malicious communication with spyware sites. A spyware site is a site that lays in wait offering attractive information and programs to lure you in, and when you access the site it will place unwanted programs on your system that will transmit information back to the spyware site that can be used for various purposes, and usually none of them are good for you. A version of ZoneAlarm that has Anti-Spyware, can also clean out unwanted existing spyware that you may currently have on your system.

While there are many fancy features that can be added to your version of ZoneAlarm system, but the firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware are the most critical items to have on your computer. They will protect you from attack, from damaging programs that can damage your computer, and from programs that can steal your personal information. Even older versions of ZoneAlarm are much better than leaving yourself open for attack. You need the protection, and there is a version of ZoneAlarm can help.