Zone Labs Wins PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Award for Best Internet Security Suite; ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite Wins Editors' Choice Award for Blocking Spyware Installation and Delivering Instant Real-Time Protection Against Internet Threats

Business Wire, Sept 22, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO -- Zone Labs(R), a Check Point(R) company (Nasdaq:CHKP), today announced that ZoneAlarm(R) Internet Security Suite 6.0 has been awarded the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award in the security suite category. The new ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, released in July, was given top ratings in this category for the second consecutive time, with an overall rating of four and a half out of five stars in the September 6 issue.

PC Magazine editors highlighted ZoneAlarm's innovative new firewall-based anti-spyware prevention mechanism -- called the OSFirewall(TM) -- which thwarts attacks and stops spyware from performing malicious actions on a users' PC. Editors praised this industry-first, brand new defense layer used to guard the health of a PC at the core. Designed as a kernel-level, behavior-based firewall, the OSFirewall monitors suspicious activity affecting the operating system, programs and files, and disables destructive programs.

"To protect yourself against malware effectively, you want to stop it before it gets on your system. Most anti-spyware programs, however, haven't been as effective at stopping spyware from getting onto your PC; rather, they identify it once it's there," said Neil J. Rubenking, lead analyst at PC Magazine. "In our in-depth look at the product, it appears to be the most effective spyware prevention tool to date ... Just when we thought ZoneAlarm's firewall had reached its peak, Zone Labs has found a way to make it even better, increasing its power against spyware and leak-test malware techniques."

Also praised by editors was the suite's SmartDefense Advisor, which utilizes the expertise of Check Point and Zone Labs' security research departments and leverages DefenseNet -- a community of front-line users -- to provide real-time alerts and actionable information on the latest threats. Through the SmartDefense process, over 95% of policy decisions are automated -- significantly reducing the amount of "noise" and sparing the end user from having to constantly manually accept or deny application activities and alerts.

"We are honored and thrilled to be recognized by the experts at PC Magazine," said Gregor Freund, CTO of Check Point Software Technologies and founder of Zone Labs. "Although security threats and malicious programs are difficult to predict, we will continue to innovate to protect consumers and ultimately provide a safe Internet experience for all."

To read the full review, please visit http://www.pcmag.com.

About Zone Labs

Zone Labs(R), a Check Point company (Nasdaq: CHKP), is one of the most trusted brands in Internet security. Zone Labs is a leading creator of endpoint security solutions protecting millions of PCs and the valuable, personally-identifiable information on those PCs, from hackers, spyware and data theft. The company's award-winning endpoint security product line is deployed in global enterprises, small businesses and consumers' homes, protecting them from Internet-borne threats. Check Point Integrity(TM) is an endpoint security management platform that protects corporate data and productivity. The ZoneAlarm family of products is among the most popular and successful Internet security products available today while IMsecure(R) Pro offers comprehensive security for instant messaging. Please visit http://www.zonelabs.com for more information.

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