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Thread ID: 135880 2013-12-22 07:10:00 What firewall do you use? FoxyMX (5) Press F1
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1363319 2013-12-23 21:27:00 Either ufw or the Windows 7 built in one. Nick G (16709)
1363320 2014-01-14 07:38:00 Server 2012 (on home pc) - Windows firewall, controlled by Windows Firewall Control 4, a great frontend for the built in one.

Used sygate for years until windows 7 clients came out that actualy bluescreened any other on the network running sygate!!! Outbound protection is probably more important that inbound (also done by router) because of way most dodgy software needs to contact a C&C server.
6ix (15746)
1363321 2014-01-14 07:45:00 pfsense Mirddes (10)
1363322 2014-01-14 09:22:00 oops, refresh posted again... 6ix (15746)
1363323 2014-01-14 09:46:00 XP with Online Armour free, a bit of a pain to start with, while it learns.but it does make you think twice when it asks to allow stuff. Also now running Nod32 seems a good combination! but still get some crap creeping in. Use Surerantispyware and Malwarebytes for that. PPp (9511)
1363324 2014-01-14 20:22:00 The one that comes with my Mac although I have also used a free version of Little Snitch to monitor any incoming or outgoing activity which was very effective. Webdevguy (17166)
1363325 2014-01-15 09:40:00 Little Snitch is awesome on Mac, wish it was available as is on Windows.
I am also going to look at PFSense, I came across a Mini-ITX board I forgot I had that has dual gigabit ethernet on it.
nedkelly (9059)
1363326 2014-01-15 20:10:00 Eset smart security PeterQ (16315)
1363327 2014-01-15 20:39:00 Little Snitch is awesome on Mac, wish it was available as is on Windows.

There are many personal firewalls for Windows which can alert you to all outgoing and incoming connection attempts.
Agent_24 (57)
1363328 2014-01-15 22:00:00 There are many personal firewalls for Windows which can alert you to all outgoing and incoming connection attempts.

Such as Zone Alarm. I'm still using ZA 55.094 on the old computer with XP.
rumpty (2863)
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