Stories about: Zone Alarm

The Internet is a scary place. Criminal malware lurks on legitimate and illegitimate Web sites alike, looking to steal your money one way or the other. Vendors have been scratching their collective heads attempting to make more consumers safer, more often. One of the results has been a class of anti-malware software that I call sandbox protection products. These items encapsulate Internet browsers (and e-mail programs and sometimes any other program you can run) within a virtual, emulated cocoon designed to keep malware from reaching and modifying the underlying host computer.

Plus: Patch IE, update Reader and Skype, and crush Yahoo Jukebox bugs.

Probably best known as a firewall author, Agnitum has revamped its security bundle, Agnitum Outpost Pro Security Suite 2008 - with mixed results.

Several prominent anti-virus programs must be updated before they will work with the soon-to-be-released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft has said.

For the majority of those looking to upgrade to broadband Internet for the business or home, it's all about the extra speed.

ZoneAlarm is offering a free download of its anti spyware package as part of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday.

Attackers are probing for Windows servers running Trend Micro's ServerProtect antivirus software, researchers warned.

A group of researchers at the University of Cambridge claims to have found a way to circumvent China's Internet content controls, but some doubt whether their findings really offer a breakthrough.

In the February 2006 issue of PC World, available now:
New kids on the block - New video formats make finding the right camcorder confusing. We tell you what you really need to know; What's new for 2006 - PC World's one-stop guide to some of the hottest new technologies; Software giant killers - free and low-cost alternatives to essential programs; Modern motherboards - A must-read guide to the latest motherboards; 15 Great Graphics cards -- reviewed in our Test Centre! Best Buys charts - head-to-head comparisons at a glance detailing the latest and best PCs, notebooks, TV tuners, DVD burners, wireless routers, 19in LCD monitors, inkjet and motherboards.

Best Buys report cards: Acer TravelMate 4064 WLMi, MSI K8N Diamond, Netcomm NB620W, Polyview V398 19in Widescreen monitor, Lite-On 1635S.

PLUS, on the cover DVD: FULL report cards from all Best Buys categories; Free Full Versions of Omniquad Anonymous Surfing, Omniquad AntiSpy, Omniquad AntiVirus, Omniquad Firewall, Omniquad MyPrivacy, Omniquad Spam Blocker, PC Tools Registry Mechanic 4, Secured eMail; 3DMark 05, PCMark 05; Cheap Software Alternatives: AVG 7.1, CutePDF, Deepburner 1.7, GIMP 2.2.8, Jaws PDF Creator 4 Trial, MusicMatch 10, OpenOffice 2, Picasa 2, Thunderbird 1.0.7, Zone Alarm 6; Film Trailers for Freedomland, The Squid and the Whale, Underworld: Evolution, Zathura and lots more!

Boxed versions of PC security product, Zone Alarm, will be shipped to Australian resellers for the first time this week.