Scorbing Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 SOURCE Next Monday, Check Point's ZoneAlarm division plans to announce that it will give away free licenses to its ZoneAlarm Pro firewall software on "Patch Tuesday," or Tuesday, Oct. 13. The free giveaway will take place on line for 24 hours, at ZoneAlarm's Web site. ZoneAlarm Pro is a subset of ZoneAlarm's security services, a step up from its free firewall but less protection than its ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010 suite offers. ZoneAlarm Pro includes the two-way firewall, download monitoring, anti-phishing protection, plus a couple of advanced features: OSFirewall, which looks for changes in the OS that might have been missed by an antivirus program, and credit monitoring with the three major credit bureaus. The latter feature typically comes with a year's subscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 no thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahoospa Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 ripgut wrote: no thank you I say: DITTO, no thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tyranade Subscriber² Posted October 10, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 10, 2009 Free licence? Might as well give it a honest try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Why do we need a firewall software when our DSL router have firewall built in? its just lame and if you need antivirus, Microsoft have the essential software for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted October 10, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2009 no thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamminium Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 If this were two years ago, I'd be very happy. Comodo is my firewall of choice now. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 You know what this 'offer' has in common with dog poo? Both are free and I avoid both as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScorpioRGc1 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 If this were two years ago, I'd be very happy. Comodo is my firewall of choice now. lol This. I use ZoneAlarm's firewall on my old laptop for many years. But during the last few months of its life (about six months before I built my current rig), I switched over to Comodo and have since stayed there. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamminium Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 In all honesty, their firewall used to be one of the very best which I recommended to everyone I knew. After the trauma with the 2008 security suite trial, I discarded my feeling for the brand altogether... I switched over to Comodo and have since stayed there. ^_^ /hi5. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted October 10, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 10, 2009 Nein danke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azz0r_wugg Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Router + Windows firewall = win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 I personally could care less about it, but I thought I would post it since I know there are people on this forum that do use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buendia Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Also, no thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 They probably feel that their business is falling down and now they need to promote the software for free. Buddy is too late... the damage is already been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyRatFans Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 They did this last year too, although that time it was for their 15th Anniversary. I still have my license email from back then. Never used it mind, I just signed up for it because I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 Zone Alarm was good back in its day. It sucks now. All I use is Windows 7 firewall and MSE. My router has a built-in firewall as well. When I surf the web, I use Chrome without Javascript unless I absolutely need it for a web site. Javascript is responsible for most viruses caught through the browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars77 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 They did this last year too, although that time it was for their 15th Anniversary.I still have my license email from back then. Never used it mind, I just signed up for it because I could. Haha, I did the same thing & still haven't used that license! After downloading I realized that it wasn't even compatible with 64-bit Windows (I have Vista 64-bit). How funny is it that a free competitor (Comodo) had a 64-bit firewall way before Zonealarm did? It looks like there's finally a 64-bit Zonealarm, I might check it out if it's part of the giveaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robomaster Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Something tells me they're getting scared the freeware is taking over. It is; Microsoft Security Essentials or Avast! is all you'll ever need. Ditch Zonealarm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 Something tells me they're getting scared the freeware is taking over. It is; Microsoft Security Essentials or Avast! is all you'll ever need. Ditch Zonealarm. MSE + Windows 7 Firewall + Router Firewall = Great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion101 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Few years back would jump at it but so many others are doing better :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupik Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Don't care about the application at all, yet I clicked the thread anyway. Guess free **** does work as publicity stunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹ Posted October 10, 2009 Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 10, 2009 If they gave this away free, I still wouldn't want it ... erm ... oh wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boeing 787 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I used to love ZAP but they took forever getting a 64-bit version that I switched to Eset Smart Security. ZAP has a better firewall but Eset has the better anti-virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom01 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 This thing is terrible, I wouldn't touch it if was free or they paid me to use it. ps: Avast 5 soon :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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