Check Point helps Internet users to detect phishing sites and avoid ID theft

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, declared that ZoneAlarm ForceField, virtualized browser security solution, provides additional layers of protection and helps divert users away from malicious Web sites, delivering the highest level of security needed to stop sophisticated attacks from infecting consumer PCs. 

ForceField has extra security layers that augment its virtualization capability, such as heuristic anti-phishing and site ratings, designed to analyze websites and if malicious, caution the user not to download anything from the site or enter personal information. In addition, ZoneAlarm anti-virus solution has been updated to offer automatic protection against Gumblar.

Once infected, anything the victim types could be monitored and used to commit identity theft, such as stealing credit card numbers, Web passwords or other sensitive data. 

Visitors face a risk of having search results replaced with links that point to other malicious websites. The malware can steal FTP credentials from the victim`s computer and use them to infect more sites. So far, more than 3,000 Web sites have been attacked.