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ZoneAlarm Stops Attacks Others Miss.
ZoneAlarm's dedication to staying ahead of threats has earned it a record of stopping attacks others miss. Here are some examples.
Attacks In The News
Attacks Test Results
Browser Security Attacks
Identity Theft & Online Storage Attacks
Attacks
Product comparisons*
Distinguishing Features
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.
- Browser virtualization
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.
- Browser virtualization
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.
- Browser virtualization
2008 online bill pay site hijack:
A hijack of CheckFree's website
affected an estimated 160,000 people.
See news story
See press release
| 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 |
- Operating system firewall
(OSFirewall™) - Browser virtualization
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 |
- Browser virtualization
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 |
- MD5-based certificate
spoofing check
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 |
- Browser virtualization
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 |
- Operating system firewall
(OSFirewall™)
Firewall attack tests:
20 different tests were performed
using the independent Firewall Leak
Tester.
See test data
| STOPPED ATTACK? | |
|---|---|
| ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite ZoneAlarm Pro ZoneAlarm Antivirus |
100% |
| Norton Internet Security Suite | 40% |
| McAfee Internet Security Suite | 40% |
- Operating system firewall
(OSFirewall™) - Early boot protection
- Rootkit protection
Self protection tests:
Independent testing during multiple
attacks in a complete malware life
cycle environment.
See test data and KoreLogic report PDF
| STOPPED ATTACK? | |
|---|---|
| ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite ZoneAlarm Pro ZoneAlarm Antivirus |
80 |
| Norton Internet Security Suite | 65 |
| McAfee Internet Security Suite | 39 |
- Self protection, including
fail-safe protection
Boot attack tests:
Independent testing of attacks stopped
during the vulnerable boot-up period.
See test data and KoreLogic report PDF
| STOPPED ATTACK? | |
|---|---|
| ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite ZoneAlarm Pro ZoneAlarm Antivirus |
32 |
| Norton Internet Security Suite | 23 |
| McAfee Internet Security Suite | 3 |
- Early boot protection
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) |
- Browser 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 |
- Anti-phishing heuristics detect
new sites not yet in databases
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 |
- Keylogger and screen grabber
blocking
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) |
- Private browser option erases all
tracks (cookies, history, auto-fill,
encrypts and erases temporary
files, etc)
Offline identity theft:
Thieves go through garbage/recycling
to steal identity data.
| Helps stop identity theft? | |
|---|---|
| ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite ZoneAlarm Pro |
|
| Norton Internet Security Suite | NO |
| McAfee Internet Security Suite | NO |
*Available in US only.
- Offline identity theft protection
including credit activity monitoring
Online backup data theft:
Can occur at data center because
customer encryption keys are not private.
| STOPS ATTACK? | |
|---|---|
| ZoneAlarm Extreme Security* | |
| Norton Internet Security Suite | NO |
| McAfee Internet Security Suite | (No online backup feature) |
- Private key option for online
backup
* 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.