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Checkpoint Zonealarm Internet Security Suite 7.1

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Pros
Full-featured firewall
Good antivirus engine
Cons
Features missing in Vista version
Security settings could be better

Full Specifications
Street price as of 11/7/07	Inexpensive: $60 for use on up to three PCs
Solid as download, retail box, or both	Both
Performance	Good
Detection of WildList threats during user scan	100%
Real-time detection of WildList threats	100%
Detection of back doors	94%
Detection of bots/zombies	97%
Detection of Trojan horses	96%
Detection of worms	96%
Detection of adware	85%
Detection of spyware (banking-related)	90%
Detection of spyware (password-stealing)	92%
Heuristic detection (one-month-old signatures)	14%
Heuristic detection (two-month-old signatures)	10.5%
Detection of false positives	0.06%
Outbreak response time	About 0 to 2 hours
Scan speed of on-demand scanner	3.62 megabytes per second
Copy speed of 723MB file with real-time detection enabled	4.3 megabytes per second
Disinfection of malware files and Registry entries	30%
Detection of inactive rootkits	100%
Detection of active rootkits	100%
Removal of active rootkits	50%
Behavior-based detection
Behavioral and other kinds of detection (like heuristics)	100%
Pure behavior-based detection and blocking	14%
Prevention and detection of malware files	20%
Prevention and detection of malware files with removal of Registry values	20%
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Adobe Reader 8.01	No
Incorrectly flagged changes made by DaemonTools 4	No
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Google Desktop	Yes, but warning could be ignored
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Microsoft Office 2007	No
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Windows Update	Yes, but action could be denied
Firewall
All ports closed	No
All ports stealth	Yes
Specifications
Download/package or both	Both
Size of virus-definition files (including the scan engine)	14.55 MB
Incremental update size (update was performed after seven days)	0.80 MB
Antivirus	Yes
Antispyware	Yes
Firewall	Yes
Firewall avoided unnecessary pop-up alerts	Yes
Antispam	Yes
Antispam: Outlook plug-in	Yes
Antispam: Outlook Express plug-in	Yes
Antispam: Windows Mail plug-in	No
Antispam: Thunderbird plug-in	No
Web-based Antiphishing	No
IM traffic support	No
Parental controls	No
Data privacy features	No
File backup	No
Wi-Fi network protection	No
E-mail scans:pop3	No
E-mail scans:smtp	No
E-mail scans:imap	No
Log report (Basic, Comprehensive, or Poor)	Poor
Auto-scan of USB drives	Yes
Default system scan scheduled	Yes
Support policies
U.S. phone support	Yes
Toll-free phone number	Yes
Paid phone support	Yes
Cost of paid phone support	$3 per minute
Weekday support hours	9
Saturday support hours	0
Sunday support hours	0
E-mail support	Yes
Live chat	No

Checkpoint ZoneAlarm Internet SecuritySuite 7.1 Review

by Erik Larkin

- Unlike the other seven security suites we tested for "All-in-One Security Suites: Tried and Tested," CheckPoint's ZoneAlarm Internet SecuritySuite 7.1 began with a firewall and then expanded to add other features. It shows. ZoneAlarm 7.1 has a feature-rich firewall, to which it has added the impressive Kaspersky antivirus engine for malware detection and removal. Unfortunately, ZoneAlarm lacks the extensive scan options and the smooth interface of Kaspersky's Internet Security 7.0 suite. Plus, the antivirus and antispyware interface has only bare-bones configuration options.

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