BlackICE or ZoneAlarm pro???

[RayZor]

which workz better?
TIA

 

[sd]

I have ZA Pro and I think it works very good.

 

[BCYL]

From my own experience BlackICE gives out a lot of false alarms... so I would go with ZA...

 

[TP]

I tried black ice for one day and had headaches all day long. zone alarm, and now the pro version have given me very few headaches (just when trying to get some apps to work with it, but that will be the case with all firewalls...)

 

[GT1999]

One of the main reasons BlackICE will give false alarms is if it isn't configured properly. Yes, it will give some errors once and a while, but be sure to specify an IP range, etc..

G|T

 

[rocmonster]

From what I understand BlackIce is really an intrusion detection program, ZoneAlarm is an actual software firewall. I have used both and now I only use ZA because it will block intrusion attempts, will control OUTBOUND internet traffic (which is helpful if you catch a trojan like BO), and besides being free, Zonelabs provides free updates and bug fixes. BlackIce does not monitor outbound internet traffic, and costs $39.99 for a ONE YEAR license. Bug fixes and updates are no extra cost during that one year license. When that year is up, you will have to buy in again for further updates and bug fixes (BlackIce needed major bug fixes for Win 2k and Win ME which is basically everytime MS updates their OS's, BID needs some sort of fix due to undocumented dll's, these bugs rendered BID unreliable until patched).

 

[zuffy]

Zone Alarm is free (for personal use) but one Zone Alarm Pro is not... I think it's $39.99 from their website.