Spy Sweeper and Spyware Doctor provide a much more intelligible display of their findings. The page, for example, simply lists all malware traces it finds without organizing them according to the level of threat they represent. ZA's Scan Results page was awkward in past versions of the suite, and that's still the case. Even after the fix, however, scanning one particular infested system took several hours. When I dug into the reason, it turned out that the problem was caused by a bug that Check Point quickly fixed.
Alas, ZA failed to complete the removal process on a couple of the systems. On each infested system I kicked the spyware detection level up to "full" and then ran an antivirus/antispyware scan. Perhaps ZA needs a little more confidence in itself? The average user is likely to be confused if presented with this situation. Yet my own inspection showed that the threats had been removed. For some found threats, it went through all of its available actions (Repair, Quarantine, Delete, and Rename) and then reported no treatment possible. Although real-time protection did catch quite a few samples immediately after installation, it gave a bad first impression. But restarting in Safe Mode easily cured the problem. This particular system has given trouble to many different security products-the malware fights back. One system entered a deadly blue-screen cycle, crashing just as it finished rebooting. Spyware protection has been ZA's weak point, so I didn't know quite what to expect when I installed the suite on a number of thoroughly infested test systems. Spyware Doctor's spyware-only scan is much faster, but it's not also trying to scan for viruses.
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A full scan on my standard clean system took over 35 minutes, which isn't much longer than Norton Internet Security 2007 (which took under 30 minutes) or Spy Sweeper with Antivirus (closer to 25). The suite still scans first for viruses and then for spyware, but it presents its findings in a unified Scan Results page.
Its offering is now fully integrated with ZA, scanning files on access, on demand, and on schedule it also scans e-mail attachments for viruses. Additionally, Kaspersky has received the VB100% award from Virus Bulletin for many years in a row. West Coast Labs does the same and also gives it checkmark certification for detection of Trojan horses and spyware. ICSA Labs certifies it for virus detection and removal. Kaspersky is a big name in virus protection, with full honors from the independent testing labs. I put all of the new suite's modules through their paces, and they look very good overall. Finally, a new Auto-learn mode helps cut down the deluge of allow/deny pop-ups that often plague a new firewall installation. Antivirus protection is now licensed from Kaspersky rather than from Computer Associates, which also improves the product's spyware protection (previously a weak point). ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7 has a brand-new look, reflecting Check Point Software's acquisition of ZoneLabs in 2004.
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