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Firewall

2008 online bill pay site hijack:

A hijack of CheckFree's website
affected an estimated 160,000 people.

	STOPPED ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm ForceField ZoneAlarm^® Internet Security Suite ZoneAlarm^® Pro ZoneAlarm^® Antivirus
Norton™ Internet Security Suite	NO
McAfee® Internet Security Suite	NO

A Sony CD rootkit

packaged in music CDs was exploited
by hackers with viruses, Trojans, worms
and other attacks.

See news story
See press release and timeline

	STOPPED ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite ZoneAlarm Pro ZoneAlarm Antivirus
Norton Internet Security Suite	NO
McAfee Internet Security Suite	NO

* Comparisons based on products available at time of attack or at time research was performed. While ZoneAlarm Extreme Security was yet available at time of some attacks, it is listed because it is equivalent to the protections of both ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite and ZoneAlarm ForceField.

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Virtual Browsing

2009 Microsoft Video ActiveX Exploit:

Drive-by attacks originated from thousands of newly-compromised websites.

See news story
See press release

	STOPPED ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm^® Extreme Security ZoneAlarm^® ForceField™
Norton™ Internet Security Suite	NO*
McAfee® Internet Security Suite	NO*

* Anti-virus providers had to update software to catch exploit attacks. Only ZoneAlarm could block attacks from the first day of outbreak.

2009 Gumblar attack:

Injected itself into browsers when users
visited websites, intercepted web traffic, and installed a data-theft Trojan that steals names and passwords.

See news story
See press release
See blog

	STOPPED ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm^® Extreme Security ZoneAlarm^® ForceField™
Norton™ Internet Security Suite	NO*
McAfee® Internet Security Suite	NO*

* Competitors had to update software to stop Gumblar attacks. Only ZoneAlarm could block attacks
from the first day of outbreak.

2009 Nine Ball attack:

Multi-layered Web browser attack
compromised legitimate Web sites and
redirected users to malicious sites.

See news story
See press release

	STOPPED ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security ZoneAlarm ForceField
Norton™ Internet Security Suite	NO*
McAfee® Internet Security Suite	NO*

* Anti-virus providers had to update software to catch
Nine Ball attacks. Only ZoneAlarm could block attacks
from the first day of outbreak.

2008 Internet Explorer
vulnerability exploited

to distribute drive-by downloads.

See news story
See press release

	STOPPED ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm ForceField
Norton Internet Security Suite	NO
McAfee Internet Security Suite	NO

Security Certificate Forgery
Exploit:

Affecting Web users; discovered by
researchers in 2008.

See news story
See press release

	STOPPED ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm ForceField
Norton Internet Security Suite	NO
McAfee Internet Security Suite	NO

Adobe Flash exploit:

discovered by researcher
Shane Macaulay in 2008.

ForceField protection verified by
Macauley. See press release

	STOPPED ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm ForceField
Internet Explorer 7 built-in security	NO
Firefox 3 built-in security	NO

Drive-by downloads:

Stealth attacks such as those that have
hit users of popular sites like the 2007
Super Bowl hosts Miami Dolphins site.

	STOPPED ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm ForceField
Internet Explorer 7 built-in security	NO
Firefox 3 built-in security	NO
Norton Internet Security Suite	NO
McAfee Internet Security Suite	NO
Google Chrome	Partial (no plugin and registry virtualization)

New Phishing Sites:

New imposter Web sites designed to
look like trusted Web sites

See Tested at over 95% + effectiveness
against known and new phishing attacks

	STOPPED ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm ForceField
Internet Explorer 7 built-in security	YES
Firefox 3 built-in security	NO
Norton Internet Security Suite	NO
McAfee Internet Security Suite	NO
Google Chrome	NO

Browser keyloggers and screen
grabbers:

Programs recording what you do,
such as the keyloggers installed by a
banner ad that affected MySpace.com
users.

	STOPPED ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm ForceField
Internet Explorer 7 built-in security	NO
Firefox 3 built-in security	NO
Norton Internet Security Suite	NO
McAfee Internet Security Suite	NO
Google Chrome	NO

Browser keyloggers and screen
grabbers:

Others with access to your computer
can see where you have been or what
you've typed.

	STOPS ATTACK?
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm ForceField
Internet Explorer 7 built-in security	Partial(plug-in tracks left)
Firefox 3 built-in security	Partial(plug-in tracks left)
Norton Internet Security Suite	NO
McAfee Internet Security Suite	NO
Google Chrome	Partial(plug-in tracks left)

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The ZoneAlarm Difference

We Stop Attacks Others Miss!

Learn more about ZoneAlarm^® and what sets us apart from the rest.

Our exclusive technology offers more layers of security to protect you:

OSFirewall
Prevents dangerous programs from executing and spyware from running by monitoring each and every process running on your computer. Attacks stopped >
Virtual Browsing
Prevents browser attacks by creating a clone of your browser so every time you visit a website, open a new page, or download a file, everything that could attack you or your PC goes to that clone. Attacks stopped >
Independent Test Results
ZoneAlarm provides more stable and robust defense against viruses, spyware, and firwall attacks than any major competitor. See Results

Identity Protection Services
The only security suite vendor that Protects your identity with daily credit report monitoring and provides victim recovery services. Learn More >
Advanced Download Protection
Analyzes browser downloads in three unique ways before they can infect your PC and warns if they are malicious.
Hard Drive Encryption
If your PC is stolen or lost, ZoneAlarm's encryption makes everything on your computer's hard drive unreadable to unauthorized eyes. How does it work? >