AboutCarolyn Meinel Expertise I cover Windows, Unix, TCP/IP and Ethernet security questions. I do not cover Mac, Palm Pilot, or other networking issues.
Experience Books by Carolyn Meinel: wrote a chapter for The Hacking of America book (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1567204600/happyhacker)
My article Code Red for the Web for Scientific American was reprinted in the book Best American Science Writing 2002 (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060936509/happyhacker). My book The Happy Hacker: A Guide to Mostly Harmless Hacking is now in 4th edition with a Japanese edition (see http://happyhacker.org/hhbook/).
I NOTICE KAPERSKY IS 14 DOLLARS MORE THAN ZONE ALARM PRO DOES KAPERSKY ALSO TELL YOU WHEN YOU HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SPYWHERE SOMEWHERE LIKE ZONE ALARM PRO.
2 MOST PEOPLE DONT EVEN KNOW ABOUT KAPERSKY MOST PEOPLE GET NORTONS INTERNET SECURITY AND THINK THAT WILL WORK BUT NORTONS DONT EVEN TELL YOU YOU GOT A SPYPROGRAM THEY WILL WARN YOU ABOUT A VIRUS. WHEN IT COMES. WITH ZONE ALARM PRO YOU CANT BUY IT IN STORES SOME OF THE BEST STORES MICRO CENTER, STAPLES AND MAYBE CIRCUIT CITY THEY NEVER BOTHERED TO TELL ME , KEPT ME WAITING ON THE PHONE.
WILL THE FREE TRIAL OF ZONE ALARM ALSO DESTROY THE SPYWARE
ONCE IT NOTIFIES YOU IT IS IN YOUR SYSTEM AS WELL AS KAPERSKY YOU MEAN AS SOON AS YOU OPEN UP A PROGRAM THAT HAS SPYWHERE IN IT IT POPS UP A WARNING RIGHT AWAY
Answer The free Zone Alarm will stop adware and spyware, too. The advantage of the paid product is that you can set your own levels of security and whether you want it to pop up a warning the instant something attacks, even if it is a low threat. I've set mine to only pop up when I need to make a decision about whether to let something happen or not.
Whenever a new or changed program tries to access the Internet or another program on your computer, Zone Alarm pops up a warning asking if you want this program to do this thing. It will usually advise you on whether you should allow it or not.
However, if an adware or spyware program is a low threat, Zone Alarm doesn't immediately alert you. It will later pop up something telling you what programs it removed and tell you they were a low threat.
I haven't used Kapersky myself so I can't answer that part of your question. However, it along with F-Secure are the two most widely used security suites world wide, and score really high on tests against other products. They don't advertise in the U.S. which is why so few people know about hem here.
