ZoneAlarm ForceField and its top 5 features - Review

Features: ZoneAlarm ForceField is for those who worry about threats every time they start a web browsing session. This sotware protects users from the most dangerous and the most common threats posed by the web. This software protects users from phishing, getting hacked, getting spammed, password and identity threats and from downloading dangerous or infected files and applications. Once installed, this software ensures a safe and secure web session so you don’t worry on the go! Most malware get installed on a system without the knowledge of the user. ZoneAlarm ForceField prevents that from happening while you don’t even notice what’s going on. Key logging, another potentially dangerous and common threat faced by web users has also been taken care of by this software. Using keylogging, cyber criminals track the key input of users to obtain passwords, account numbers and names. With ZoneAlarm ForceField installed, one doesn’t have to worry about that either.

Usability: The new version of ZoneAlarm ForceField (Version 1.3.153) is compatible with any  32-bit and 64-bit system, and commonly used web browsers like Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 and Firefox. This product enables online banking, shopping, surfing any other confidential online transactions safely and conveniently. This software is easy to install and use, doesn’t slow down the system’s performance and uses limited system resources. Once installed, it asks the user to  register the software or start a free trial. There are no additional settings to configure apart from setting the location of installation. The software runs automatically in the background and doesn’t require any expertise from users. It prevents addition of web page to the browsing history, and even blocks all cookies. It also identifies and presents the status pages one wishes to visit, by rating the spyware and phishing status of the site. The browser gets a link to the  ZoneAlarm ForceField  website, which explains how to use the product.

Here is a Review of the Top 5 Features of this product:

The software provides a toolbar on the web browser which has three options: Protection Activity, Site Status, and Private Browser. The ‘Site Status’ feature provides information about the site. It gives an assessment if the site has any possible threat. This software provides complete ‘Identity Protection’, by erasing all personal information like cookies, history, AutoComplete, Auto fill data. It provides download safety by scanning all files before download begins. It has advanced heuristics based detection of viruses and phishing software. It’s Antiphishing feature makes sure the web sites a authentic. The Anti keylogging feature provides safety from password theft.

Features

Minimum system requirements include: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista 32 bit, 1024MB RAM Dual Core Pentium and 3.40 GHz and works on almost any web browser. The ZoneAlarm Force field toolbar appears on the web page. The Master Control button on the toolbar is the ZoneAlarm Force field logo. This button enables one to change the program's settings, ForceField and ZoneAlarm Online and even go for help. The other three buttons are, namely, Protection activity, Site status and Private browser. The Protection activity feature provide information on how the software is protecting the system, by giving status reports. The site status feature shows the extent of safety of the site. The private browser feature lets you open a private browser window that enables site visits without leaving any records of activity. Overall, the software blocks unauthorized website and any downloads from these websites, provides alerts for suspected phishing websites, scans and block blocks spyware, and malware, prevents keyloggers, ensures a secure web session using encryption technology, erases all traces of activity and deletes history, cookies, and bookmarks. Using the new age heuristics technology of behavioral scanning, it keeps all viruses, spyware, malware and phishing attempts at bay in order to provide the safest online experience. However, it has been found that because it sometimes causes crashes in internet explorer web browser, and sometimes leads to slower internet, it cannot be ascertained if it was caused because of the software or due to local system errors.