zone Alarm

wolfstr · 18. Sep 2010, 07:32 PM

I see that zone alarm free gets 9 out of 10 rating from Gizmo's. Please read this http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showt...+free+firewall and also this http://forums.zonealarm.com/showthread.php?t=75332

vasa1 · 18. Sep 2010, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by wolfstr

I see that zone alarm free gets 9 out of 10 rating from Gizmo's. Please read this http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showt...+free+firewall and also this http://forums.zonealarm.com/showthread.php?t=75332

Hmmm... I'm sure Gizmo's will take note!

MidnightCowboy · 18. Sep 2010, 09:42 PM

IMO it's necessary to separate the marketing hype from the test result they also link to. On the assumption that this is correct then you would expect most commercial vendors to capitalize on the fact that their product can detect something which others can't. Admittedly the method of promoting this will be distasteful to a lot of folks but in fact it's no different to the tactics employed by Prevx at one time (on a much larger scale

) and ThreatFire with it's zillions of % extra protection blah, blah, blah

In effect it's like any other nag. If you don't like it you can ignore it or swap to something else if it bugs you that much. I guess PC Tools will get some spin off from this as folks change so at least they will be happy

prairie dog · 19. Sep 2010, 02:28 AM

I feel like the average user is going to misinterpret this as stating that they are indeed infected. IMO, it is now scareware. There delivery is terrible and if you are computer illiterate, you will most definitely think you are infected. Just my opinion

MidnightCowboy · 19. Sep 2010, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by prairie dog

I feel like the average user is going to misinterpret this as stating that they are indeed infected. IMO, it is now scareware. There delivery is terrible and if you are computer illiterate, you will most definitely think you are infected. Just my opinion

From this perspective I have to agree and from the traffic on their forum they might even be regretting this themselves now.

wolfstr · 19. Sep 2010, 02:17 PM

That forum is like a stirred up hornets nest now. Wow

eyeb · 19. Sep 2010, 07:56 PM

personally i feel like these tactics shouldn't be allowed/legal... It's like if I went and made a virus and made it so my product would detect it then didn't share the virus with anyone so no one would be able to claim it.

18. Sep 2010, 07:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
wolfstr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The Great White North Posts: 227	zone Alarm I see that zone alarm free gets 9 out of 10 rating from Gizmo's. Please read this http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showt...+free+firewall and also this http://forums.zonealarm.com/showthread.php?t=75332

18. Sep 2010, 09:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
MidnightCowboy Site Manager Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: South American Banana Republic, third bunch from the left Posts: 11,011	IMO it's necessary to separate the marketing hype from the test result they also link to. On the assumption that this is correct then you would expect most commercial vendors to capitalize on the fact that their product can detect something which others can't. Admittedly the method of promoting this will be distasteful to a lot of folks but in fact it's no different to the tactics employed by Prevx at one time (on a much larger scale ) and ThreatFire with it's zillions of % extra protection blah, blah, blah In effect it's like any other nag. If you don't like it you can ignore it or swap to something else if it bugs you that much. I guess PC Tools will get some spin off from this as folks change so at least they will be happy __________________ Knows nothing and cares even less

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19. Sep 2010, 02:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
prairie dog Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Northern US Posts: 134	I feel like the average user is going to misinterpret this as stating that they are indeed infected. IMO, it is now scareware. There delivery is terrible and if you are computer illiterate, you will most definitely think you are infected. Just my opinion

19. Sep 2010, 02:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
wolfstr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The Great White North Posts: 227	That forum is like a stirred up hornets nest now. Wow

19. Sep 2010, 07:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
eyeb Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Planet X Posts: 676	personally i feel like these tactics shouldn't be allowed/legal... It's like if I went and made a virus and made it so my product would detect it then didn't share the virus with anyone so no one would be able to claim it.