ZoneAlarm ForceField free on patch Tuesday

[Victek123]

Just read that ForceField will be available for free starting 6 AM Tuesday (8-12-08). One copy/license per user. The link below provides more information.

www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200833/1712/ZoneAlarm-ForceField-offered-on-Patch-Tuesday-free-of-charge

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[ambient_88]

Thanks for the link! :thumb:

[Victek123]

-{ Quote: "Thanks for the link! :thumb:" }-

By the way, although the system requirements only mention FireFox 2 the latest build supports FireFox 3. IE6 & IE7 are also supported, but that's it.

[Sportscubs1272]

I will have to try it on my Vista laptop and see if it doesn't crash. It was extremely buggy on my XP machine a few months ago. They had a nice offer last November when they gave away a free copy of ZA antispyware. I have since moved on to the next best thing. :D

[Chubb]

http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/sum/index.html#

[Victek123]

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Thanks for the link. I just downloaded a copy 8) . By the way, you have to install and apply the license today in order for it to work.

[QBgreen]

Tried it, didn't like it. It 'symanteced' my machine. 8)

[jmonge]

it is rocking and rolling over here at my pc:thumb:
blazing fast(flying like a bird)

[Sportscubs1272]

Seems to work better with my Vista machine than XP. My XP desktop was running like Windows 95 when I had it installed. I had to wait like 2 minutes for my browser to pop-up and my yahoo messenger crashed. I wonder if they are having a hard time selling this product. ;)

[ronjor]

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[Martijn2]

It seems the offer is only for the US. It shows nothing when visiting the website :thumbd:

[Dirhael]

-{ Quote: "It seems the offer is only for the US. It shows nothing when visiting the website :thumbd:" }-
I live in Norway and had no problem signing up for the offer, so it's not US only.

[Martijn2]

-{ Quote: "I live in Norway and had no problem signing up for the offer, so it's not US only." }-

Really? Then it's IE being crazy :D

[virtumonde]

It seems that in firefox 3 the files downloaded with InternetDownloadManager,don't have the save/run option.I use advanced browser integration in IDM.Major incovienence for me but overall it works great on my pc along Outpost ,and Avira.I'm a sandboxie fanboy so i won't keep it long:-)

[The_1337]

I'll download this now and hopefully it will work with opera one day.

[Einsturzende]

-{ Quote: "Thanks for the link. I just downloaded a copy 8) . By the way, you have to install and apply the license today in order for it to work." }-
And where did you find that information?
This line in my e-mail is only thing that can be slightly related to expiration of any kind: -{ Quote: ""Note: this download link is active for 7 days, expiring 6am (PST) on 8/20/08"" }-

[deanmartin]

I think she's a keeper. Thanks

[djohn]

Thank you victec a nice free.:thumb:

[bigc73542]

("Note: this download link is active for 7 days, expiring 6am (PST) on 8/20/08") the download link will expire at that time but you can install at any time once you have it downloaded.

[Victek123]

-{ Quote: "And where did you find that information?
This line in my e-mail is only thing that can be slightly related to expiration of any kind:" }-

I misunderstood the license information in the email - sorry. It does appear that the license is ticking regardless of when we install the application though.

[Sportscubs1272]

I read an article by Roger A. Grimes, InfoWorld (May 21) that ZoneAlarm ForceField v.1.0.331.0 was compromised in sixty seconds. He surfed links from Shadowserver.org and www.dshield.org with the string "killwow1.cn/g.js" in the source code. He didn't mentioned Sandboxie or Defensewall in the article. You can do a Google search for it. He sure wasn't a fan of sandboxing at all.

[mata7]

do you need this if you use sandboxie?

thanks

[ambient_88]

-{ Quote: "do you need this if you use sandboxie?

thanks" }-
Not really.

[emperordarius]

-{ Quote: "do you need this if you use sandboxie?

thanks" }-

No. I don't even see the point of buying this thing, which is compatible only with some browsers, while you can use Sandboxie which is free and compatible with any software.

[Flava]

thanks for the link:thumb:

[fax]

-{ Quote: "I read an article by Roger A. Grimes, InfoWorld (May 21) that ZoneAlarm ForceField v.1.0.331.0 was compromised in sixty seconds. He surfed links from Shadowserver.org and www.dshield.org with the string "killwow1.cn/g.js" in the source code. He didn't mentioned Sandboxie or Defensewall in the article. You can do a Google search for it. He sure wasn't a fan of sandboxing at all." }-

Already been discussed here... ;)
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1250921&postcount=4

Cheers,
Fax

[Sportscubs1272]

They need to cut down on the processes and memory use. It was pretty much unusable on my XP box. Yahoo messenger crashed and my machine slowed down to a crawl. On my Vista laptop performance improved a little bit, but I think I will stick with Sandboxie for the time being.

[waters]

This is great for free.No slowdown here with Avira and Outpost.No set up or intervention so great for the masses

[ambient_88]

-{ Quote: "They need to cut down on the processes and memory use. It was pretty much unusable on my XP box. Yahoo messenger crashed and my machine slowed down to a crawl. On my Vista laptop performance improved a little bit, but I think I will stick with Sandboxie for the time being." }-
I agree. ForceField has a lot of processes and uses quite a bit of memory. If AV developers can trim down their processes to two, Checkpoint should be able to do the same for ForceField.

[fax]

-{ Quote: "I agree. ForceField has a lot of processes and uses quite a bit of memory. If AV developers can trim down their processes to two, Checkpoint should be able to do the same for ForceField." }-

-{ Quote: "They need to cut down on the processes and memory use. It was pretty much unusable on my XP box. Yahoo messenger crashed and my machine slowed down to a crawl. On my Vista laptop performance improved a little bit, but I think I will stick with Sandboxie for the time being." }-


Out of curiosity how many processes do you see and what is the total memory usage? Here is basically unnoticeable (VISTA and 4GB of RAM)

Overall 16.6 MB
2 ISWMGR.EXE --> 11MB
1 ForceForce.exe --> 2.8 MB
1. ISWSVC.exe --> 2.8 MB

What about other similar solutions (e.g. sandboxie) how much do they consume?

Cheers,
Fax

[ambient_88]

-{ Quote: "Out of curiosity how many processes do you see and what is the total memory usage? Here is basically unnoticeable (VISTA and 4GB of RAM)

Overall 16.6 MB
2 ISWMGR.EXE --> 11MB
1 ForceForce.exe --> 2.8 MB
1. ISWSVC.exe --> 2.8 MB

What about other similar solutions (e.g. sandboxie) how much do they consume?

Cheers,
Fax" }-
When I tested ZA ForceField (Vista, 2GB RAM), it had 4 processes and used about the same amount of memory as the one you posted.

Sandboxie is lighter than ForceField and covers more applications. If I remember correctly, there are 4 processes when you run an application inside, though the memory usage is low.

[fax]

-{ Quote: "When I tested ZA ForceField (Vista, 2GB RAM), it had 4 processes and used about the same amount of memory as the one you posted.

Sandboxie is lighter than ForceField and covers more applications. If I remember correctly, there are 4 processes when you run an application inside, though the memory usage is low." }-

Uuuhm, then there is something more than memory usage since 16MB over 2 GIGA is 0.0...% of memory usage :), and even if it could use less memory... I am not sure what could be the real impact.

Probably its more an issue on how well it works on a system rather then its memory usage.

Cheers,
Fax

[aigle]

Any tried it,s viurtualization? How strong it is against malware?
I tried some samples and allowed all pop ups. Did not notice any virtualization though. I missed something I think.

[ambient_88]

-{ Quote: "Uuuhm, then there is something more than memory usage since 16MB over 2 GIGA is 0.0...% of memory usage :), and even if it could use less memory... I am not sure what could be the real impact.

Probably its more an issue on how well it works on a system rather then its memory usage.

Cheers,
Fax" }-
For a program that is made to sandbox browsers specifically, 4 processes is quite a lot. NIS 2009 uses less memory, so ForceField can definitely lower that down. Also, when a browser is run inside ForceField the memory usage is higher than usual. For example, when I ran Firefox with 3 tabs open(no add-ons), it used about 150MB of RAM.

[fax]

-{ Quote: "For example, when I ran Firefox with 3 tabs open(no add-ons), it used about 150MB of RAM." }-

uuuhm, strange... I still have exactly same memory usage with both IE7 (4 tabs) and FF3 (4 tabs)... may be its because I am using ZAFF latest beta version (1.2.74.0)? Certanly I am very far from 150MB.

And again less memory than 16MB is not going to change much on a system with 2GIGA or more.

Cheers,
Fax

[ViVek]

Hey fax ,thats true ZAFF eats 100-130 MB Ram,thats a lot of,and remember..not all pc have 2 GB ram

[fax]

-{ Quote: "Hey fax ,thats true ZAFF eats 100-130 MB Ram,thats a lot of,and remember..not all pc have 2 GB ram" }-

Uuuhm.. thanks... not here (may be I have been lucky :) ). At least not with the latest beta versions (earlier versions were indeed eating up to 150MB, including the IE/FF executable)

If you are helping them in beta testing you may want to report the issue.

Cheers,
Fax

[ViVek]

Hey fax can you give me link for ZAFF BETA????i will test it

[ambient_88]

-{ Quote: "Hey fax can you give me link for ZAFF BETA????i will test it" }-
ZoneAlarm's website?

http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/catalog/products/znalm/comparison.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en

[fax]

-{ Quote: "Hey fax can you give me link for ZAFF BETA????i will test it" }-

Here: www.zonealarm.com/beta

Cheers,
Fax