ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware

By Mike Williams

ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware is a standalone tool which runs alongside any antivirus package to keep your system ransomware-free.

The program doesn’t use signatures, or waste your time and bandwidth with constant updates. Instead, it monitors process activities to detect and block anything suspicious, allowing it to catch even the very latest ransomware strains.

It can take time to understand what a process is doing, which means some files may be encrypted before the threat can be stopped. But ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware covers that eventuality, too, by tracking file changes and automatically recovering anything you might have lost.

• You can sign up for ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware here

There is one notable issue here, and that’s the cost. While many anti-ransomware tools are free, ZoneAlarm’s app costs £1.99 ($2.50) a month – £23.88 ($30) a year – to cover a single PC. To put that in perspective, Webroot’s SecureAnywhere AntiVirus is a full antivirus package, with a specific anti-ransomware module, and its first year of protection will cost you only £22.49 ($28).

ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware clearly isn’t for bargain hunters, then, but could it be worth the premium price? That’s exactly what we’re going to find out.

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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac