App Review ZoneAlarm NextGen Extreme Security 2024

[Dave Russo]

Get free trial, I had trouble running Zone... On my computer ,as exceptions were necessary ( blocked Revo Uninstaller for one example), and I had difficulty setting them up,

 

[cartaphilus]

Let me see I need 8 licenses for all my family's device...

If I buy Zonealarm from their homepage that's US$139,95. for that price I can buy in my country:

6 licenses for Kaspersky Premium
2 licenses for ESET Premium
7 licenses for Norton Advanced
2 licenses for Bitdefender Total Security
6 licenses for Avast Ultimate.

All of these considering the price for a 10 machines license, on their home page, for the first year of use.

Now let's think about the average home user. He'll be well protect by any of the solutions above . They all will fail against something.

I can see why an enthusiast or someone working with classified information would pay the extra money, for the average home user, I really don't see how you could convince him to spend several times the price of other more traditional solutions.

Anyway, amazing results. I'm quite impressed by it

I wouldn't count on any classified system using a cloud second opinion method.

 

[Trident]

I wouldn't count on any classified system using a cloud second opinion method.

Check Point offers the NGFW which emulates files on the firewall hardware and runs proprietary Check Point AV engine based on Yara rules + the static analysis. Everyone uses the cloud nowadays to an extent though.

 

[cartaphilus]

Check Point offers the NGFW which emulates files on the firewall hardware and runs proprietary Check Point AV engine based on Yara rules + the static analysis. Everyone uses the cloud nowadays to an extent though.

Yeah checkpoint is awesome but at least In the US its highly unlikely to use a foreign solution.

 

[Trident]

Yeah checkpoint is awesome but at least In the US its highly unlikely to use a foreign solution.

If the US sanctions cause them to instantly ditch Kaspersky, then they most likely do have some foreign customers in the US. Check Point is also 100% channel (MSP-oriented) and don’t sell directly. Which means these businesses are not customers to Check Point, but to the MSP. And lastly, Check Point is dual-listed (American-Israeli). This is because many years ago, nobody would trust Israeli software. So they used to open headquarters in the US.

The Check Point story is very interesting. Gil Shwed started by making hardware firewalls his Grandma’s flat.

Checking in with Check Point's Gil Shwed - ISRAEL21c

www.israel21c.org

 

[Khushal]

ZoneAlarm is an Israeli antivirus developed by CheckPoint.
Formerly based on the Kaspersky engine (discontinued following US sanctions), CheckPoint turned to the British company Sophos.
It also combines all the features seen in Harmony (Machine Learning, Cloud, File Reputation etc etc).
Let's see what it's worth together!



User interface :
ZoneAlarm's interface is clear, but rather messy for my taste. It's suitable for novices because... there's no configuration!
Just install and forget about it, and ZoneAlarm does the rest!
Admittedly, this user-friendly approach is well-suited to novices, as it takes them by the hand, which may annoy geeks.

In terms of RAM consumption, ZoneAlarm can be a bit of a power hog, and I did experience a few slowdowns...

Web protection: 9/10
Despite an undetected file (which mysteriously disappeared from memory), ZoneAlarm blocked all malicious downloads.
Surprisingly, ZoneAlarm did not block the links, but emulated the downloaded files using its extension!
This is a good idea, as it can scrutinize every bit of the file and determine whether it is malicious before it arrives on the computer, but this operation monopolizes a lot of resources on the machine...

Fake crack : 1/1
ZoneAlarm has blocked the installed files.

Malware Pack : Remaining 17 files out of 154.
ZoneAlarm combines Cloud, Machine Learning and the Sophos engine to detect malware, and let's face it, it's formidable!
At runtime, ZoneAlarm surprised us by managing to catch up with all the executions I ran!
Worse still, it even had the luxury of stopping attempted injections! Honestly, that's unheard of - congratulations CheckPoint!
It's just a pity that it alerts on each file, grouping them together would be much better.

Final scan :
Autoruns : 0
NPE : 0
MBAM : 0
KVRT : 2 (rest of JS detected, not active)

Final opinion:

ZoneAlarm is a pleasant surprise in the world of antivirus software. In just 1 year, the publisher has made enormous progress!
By combining a number of technologies (from Harmony), ZoneAlarm has given itself a more serious image and a new aura.
All that remains is to work on optimization, as ZoneAlarm is still rather heavy.
ZoneAlarm is highly recommendable.

@Trident and @Jengo request

Zonealarm has always impressed me right from its Kaspersky days. Sophos integration is done well. What was impressive to see that it was able to fend off malware using its behavioral guard of its own engine.

 

[andytan]

My experience with it's first full scan, this isn't even everything it decided to classify as a virus.

I get the feeling Checkpoint products aren't on a lot of non-enterprise systems. Didn't put everything in quarantine either it seems, had to go through each notification to ensure things got put back.

They don't have a way to submit these as FPs either, at least not that I could find within the application....

 

[Trooper]

Welp, maybe I will give this a spin, even though there seems to be mixed results here.

If anyone has any settings recommendations, I am all ears. I have never tried this product before.

 

[TuxTalk]

My experience with it's first full scan, this isn't even everything it decided to classify as a virus.

I get the feeling Checkpoint products aren't on a lot of non-enterprise systems. Didn't put everything in quarantine either it seems, had to go through each notification to ensure things got put back.

They don't have a way to submit these as FPs either, at least not that I could find within the application....



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Run it for a while now and never experienced this. You can select no Malware.

 

[oldschool]

Yeah checkpoint is awesome but at least In the US its highly unlikely to use a foreign solution.

Especially for those who boycott Israeli products.

 

[Behold Eck]

@Trident will convert all MalwareTips to ZoneAlarm ^^

No he won`t. Way too heavy.

Regards Eck

 

[Shadowra]

Welp, maybe I will give this a spin, even though there seems to be mixed results here.

If anyone has any settings recommendations, I am all ears. I have never tried this product before.

ZoneAlarm, there is none
Harmony, you can ask @Trident

 

[ForgottenSeer 114834]

If the US sanctions cause them to instantly ditch Kaspersky, then they most likely do have some foreign customers in the US. Check Point is also 100% channel (MSP-oriented) and don’t sell directly. Which means these businesses are not customers to Check Point, but to the MSP. And lastly, Check Point is dual-listed (American-Israeli). This is because many years ago, nobody would trust Israeli software. So they used to open headquarters in the US.

The Check Point story is very interesting. Gil Shwed started by making hardware firewalls his Grandma’s flat.

Checking in with Check Point's Gil Shwed - ISRAEL21c

www.israel21c.org

Israel is designated by the United States as a major non-NATO ally.

 

[Trooper]

ZoneAlarm, there is none
Harmony, you can ask @Trident

Good to know, thanks!

I would love to trial Checkpoint. Maybe @Trident can hook me up.

 

[cartaphilus]

Israel is designated by the United States as a major non-NATO ally.

Yeah but what's little spying between friends? In real world there are no true ally's there are just temporary accords of convenience.

International ally is akin to "Our company is like a family we take care of our own" (until we don't and just fire whole departments on the spot because shareholders are not happy) or they are as valid as promises made by a candidate running for office.


"The Check Point story is very interesting. Gil Shwed started by making hardware firewalls his Grandma’s flat."

The secret sauce is that the whole architecture is running on an ENIAC, nothing can infect a plug board!

 

[cartaphilus]

BY THE WAY ZA IS HAVING BAX TO SKULL SALE AT 50% off. 1yr/5seats at $35. the lic activates upon payment so it can't be banked for later.

 

[Zartarra]

@Trident will convert all MalwareTips to ZoneAlarm ^^

Oh Oh do I hear the Borg

 

[Trident]

@Zartarra resistance is pointless when Trident (the old IE engine name) is around. Don’t resist and persist. Just let your world be harmonised and ZoneAlarmised. Much like the IE engine, very slowly but steadily, my job is done

 

[Antimalware18]

I gave it another go about 3 days ago and so far this time around its running alot better and no missing popups, my question is, what would one Pair this with?
without it being overkill perse?

 

[Trident]

I gave it another go about 3 days ago and so far this time around its running alot better and no missing popups, my question is, what would one Pair this with?
without it being overkill perse?

You don’t need to pair anything with ZoneAlarm Extreme Security. You can look at system hardening only. ZA already includes everything that you need.