Filed under: Security, Windows
ZoneAlarm spying on its users?
by Jordan Running Jan 23rd 2006
Oh, the irony. Bob Cringely reported a couple weeks back that PC firewall software ZoneAlarm 6.0
has been caught in the act of sending
encrypted data back to four Zone Labs servers, even when communication settings in the program are disabled. Oops.
After denying the reports for nearly two months, Zone Labs is now claiming that it's a bug, even though the connection
instructions are specifically indicated in the program's XML files. A fix for ZoneAlarm is expected soon, but in
the meantime you can block the traffic by adding a "127.0.0.1 zonelabs.com" entry to your Windows Hosts file.
Makers of firewall and anti-virus software are warning that RSS feeds could be the next big thing for spreading viruses. In 
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
