Introducing ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2016: With Exclusive 100% Virus-Free Guarantee

ZoneAlarm 2016

 

We’re pleased to announce the release of our 2016 product line, and introduce ZoneAlarm Extreme Security’s exclusive new 100% virus-free guarantee. In addition to offering total protection from all viruses and malware, including zero-day attacks, the new ZoneAlarm Extreme also comes with privacy protection for your Android device. All 2016 products are fully compatible with Windows 10.

Read more…

4 Tips for Back-To-School Shopping in a Windows 10 World

Shopping for a new school year isn't what it used to be.

 

Back-to-school shopping isn’t just about buying mechanical pencils and grid-lined notebooks anymore. These days, shopping for the new school year often means investing in a new computer. Whether you’ve got kids heading to college, high school or (gulp!) even primary school, a new computer may very well be part of your 2015 school shopping list.

Of course, buying a computer is considerably more complicated than picking packs of pencils and paper. It’s a major purchase that calls for comparing prices, warranties, screen sizes, and operating systems. This year, with the release of Windows 10, there are more issues to consider than usual.

Read more…

Stagefright – The Message You DON’T Want to Receive on Your Smartphone

Millions of Android devices could be vulnerable to the Stagefright bug.

Do you love getting text messages? Well, here is one reason to not love them – Stagefright. It’s a vulnerability that was recently exposed on the Android OS.

Despite its rather frightening name, Stagefright started its Android life innocently enough. It is simply the name of a media playback library buried deep inside Google’s mobile OS. The vulnerability that is its namesake, which takes advantage of flaws within the open-sourced code mobile OS, was discovered last month by researchers at a security firm named Zimperium.

Read more…

3 Security Features in the Microsoft Edge Browser that We Love

Microsoft Edge

No matter how you rate on the Cyber Security Savviness meter, chances are you know that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer isn’t the most popular browser out there. And you may not know this, but chronic security issues one of the big reasons why Internet Explorer has faded from popularity over the past decade or so. That’s why Microsoft came up with Edge, the brand new browser that comes with Windows 10. And Microsoft is seriously hoping that Edge ushers in a new era of browser success.

 

Read more…

The Truth about Cloud Security

Most people have been using cloud technology for quite some time, even if they didn't know it.

Ahhh, The Cloud. The word that used to conjure images of wispy floating droplets of water now means something very different. And as you probably know, the new definition has less to do with earth science and more to do with computer science.

We’re dedicating this week’s blog to taking a deeper dive into the inner workings of the cloud and explore how it can help improve your PC safety.

Read more…