It's pretty common knowledge that majority of Microsoft's operating systems have a fair number of vulnerabilities and exploits that hackers and other malicious individuals tend to take advantage of in order to compromise your system and use it to spread malware, or even collect sensitive data which they can use to steal identities and even finances.



One of the ways a user can protect himself is by installing third party programs such as an antivirus and a firewall to safeguard the PC and make up for the security shortcomings and flaws of the operating system. The problem usually lies in the fact that antivirus software and firewalls don't come cheap, and usually don't come together in a bundle. Fortunately, there is a freeware alternative that is offered as a free download: The EZ Armor Security Suite.

If you are a Microsoft customer, you can obtain the EZ Armor Security Suite for free. This is an antivirus and personal firewall bundle from Computer Associates. Merely, it catches updates, which is only free for the first year. The antivirus software would not be of much value and worth after the first year as it is necessary to keep your antivirus software up to date, otherwise it is going to be vulnerable to newer viruses and 0-day threats, which tend to happen a lot sooner these past few years.

As experienced by most subscribers the installation went fast and very smooth. Be sure that you uninstall any antivirus and personal firewall products that you currently have installed before attempting to set up this software, as coexistence could result in software conflicts and even system crashes - for the very reason that the way that antivirus and personal firewall products work is not conducive to several ones working together in tandem. It is rarely, if ever, a good idea to install more than one.

By evasion, the antivirus software checks all files that are accessed. Some of the antivirus software can considerably slow your computer when file checking is enabled, but this product seems to be well behaved in that area, due to its efficient use of system resources and the optimized code it contains. There are times when you won't even notice the software running in the background.

In some cases, there are users who have noticed that it was a re-branded version of ZoneAlarm Pro. ZoneAlarm Pro has been very effective in preventing malicious programs for accessing the Internet. It is often known that the configuration is very easy with their startup wizard. Firewall is often found to be very beneficial to every user. The firewall feature makes sure that the information entering and going out the system is not harmful for your computer.