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| Thread ID: 77622 | 2007-03-16 04:29:00 | Is windows firewall enough? | Morgenmuffel (187) | Press F1 |
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| 533488 | 2007-03-16 04:29:00 | Hi all On our laptop PcCillin Internet security has just expired and as the laptop isn't used a heck of a lot, i decided to replace it with Avast which takes care of the antivirus part, Now the laptop is a shade underpowered in the memory department so i don't want a firewall that sucks the memory, last time i used a free firewall (2002ish) the machine i was using struggled a lot with it and that machine wasn't a slug back then Any suggestions? The machine is used mainly to remotly admin a desktop machine, but there is the ocasional bit of web surfing |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 533489 | 2007-03-16 04:32:00 | Is windows firewall enough? and the rest of the stuff you saidYes | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 533490 | 2007-03-16 04:34:00 | Thanks I was hoping as much |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 533491 | 2007-03-16 04:36:00 | Well if u mean XP's firewall, then no it isnt good enough. I've tried all sorts of firewalls, Nortons and ZA, memory hog and both stop u from surfing, often. Pc-cillin it kept cutting us off for some reason, usually after or just before a minute. So that went in the bin. I've tried a few of the rule based firewalls. Some of them are too hard to figure out. Just to get a network to work. And the only one I use now is Comodo. The first few versions had bugs, but havent had a prob with the latest version yet. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 533492 | 2007-03-16 04:40:00 | Yes I beg to differ, though qualify that to the extent it seems to be a fairly low risk machine. Still, it takes only once. I have yet seen a MS security product that bests 3rd part software, including the vast majority of free stuff. Of course the MS offerings will be adequate, if yuo never connect to a network. Comodo firewall is fairly lightweight. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 533493 | 2007-03-16 04:42:00 | Ah Speedy! I shouldn't have answered the front door. Next time, I swear it. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 533494 | 2007-03-16 04:47:00 | Get a real firewall, unlike some people I find Zone Alarm excellent. But whatever, so long as it isn't just the Windows one. And add more RAM to the laptop. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 533495 | 2007-03-16 11:59:00 | I was running Zone alarm, with XP and only 256 ram, and didn't have a problem, and I wouldn't just have the Windows firewall. | supergran (108) | ||
| 533496 | 2007-03-16 18:24:00 | As a couple others have said, Comodo :thumbs: I run that, it is great and never had a problem with it, don't even know it is running (but it is) | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 533497 | 2007-03-16 18:43:00 | Comodo is good. I have it on my wife's laptop. Zone Alarm a memory hog? I have ZA Security Suite here on my desktop and Task Manager > Processes show it using only 15 Kb. |
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