How to Stop Being Monitored by Online Advertisers

By the ZoneAlarm Team Ever had one of those creepy “who’s been watching me?” moments on the Web? A friend was recently Web-researching beaches in the Caribbean. Suddenly she noticed that when she was on unrelated Web sites – such... [...more]

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The Secret Ingredient in the ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall

By the ZoneAlarm team A year and a half ago, one of the largest online bill paying sites in the United States was hijacked by hackers. If you were a customer at that time, you may have been redirected to... [...more]

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What to Do When Your Email Account Has Been Compromised

By Doctor Security Recently, a friend of mine had her email account compromised and it was being used to spam everyone on her contact list. I received the email (as did multiple contacts per the header). It had an odd... [...more]

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Where did all the firewall alerts go?

By the ZoneAlarm team Good news, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall users: if you are running the latest version, you are seeing 97% fewer pop-up alerts! Some of you will say, “Good!” and stop reading right there. Others want to know more.... [...more]

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Download New ZoneAlarm Free Firewall, Because Antivirus Ain’t Enough

By Doctor Security If you’re like me, you probably have friends who are struggling to make ends meet in these challenging economic times. Some of my buddies save money by using free antivirus software. This is not something I recommend... [...more]

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What a Good Firewall Must Do, Naturally

Doctor Security In nature, animals are provided with different forms of defenses to protect themselves from predators. Some creators can fly away, others can run super fast, and many have sharp horns, tusks, or beaks to wield aggressively against an... [...more]

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Firewalls 101

By Doctor Security Hey, kids, it’s back to basics today. Welcome to Firewalls 101. Here are some frequently asked questions about firewalls with clear answers so in the future you can pontificate like the best online security experts. Question #1:... [...more]

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Windows 7 Default Firewall Not Enough!

By Doctor Security Some reports claim that the built-in Windows 7 firewall provides sufficient protection for the average home user who doesn’t take a lot of online risks. Well, we have to respectfully disagree. The Windows 7 default firewall is... [...more]

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Can the Entertainment Industry Force Consumers to Install Spyware?

By Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy, CISSP, Check Point employee, also known as PhoneBoy of the PhoneBoy.com Blog At Check Point, our goal is to protect your computers from anything malicious that might get in and perform actions without your knowledge or... [...more]

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An Alarming Annual Report about Fraudulent Online Activity

By Doctor Security A couple of weeks ago, The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), released the 2009 Annual Report about fraudulent activity on the Internet. The stats... [...more]

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