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| Thread ID: 73587 | 2006-10-25 11:22:00 | Best fFREE firewall? | jonkimnicko (10061) | Press F1 |
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| 493990 | 2006-10-25 11:22:00 | which is the best free firewall available for downloading? | jonkimnicko (10061) | ||
| 493991 | 2006-10-25 12:30:00 | Comodo Firewall is very good one to try: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 493992 | 2006-10-25 16:18:00 | You are allowed two firewalls . . . one physical/hardware and the other more ethereal, as in software . They will co-exist well and offer a lot of protection . . . unless the administrator's rights are turned on (default setting in XP!) . Remember that the administrator (you) can screw up the purposes of any firewall if you are so inclined . As it is, I run the Windows firewall ( . microsoft . com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_wfintro . mspx" target="_blank">www . microsoft . com), and with my physical one, I feel pretty safe . The physical firewall is from Linksys, a BEFSR41 ETHERFAST CABLE/DSL ROUTER ( . hansenonline . net/Networking/Linksys101 . html" target="_blank">www . hansenonline . net) . There are a lot of people who dismiss Windows firewall as ineffective and poorly made . . . . but I run it, have run it for a while and feel that Windows is likely in the best seat to protect it's own system . . . . . . let the flames begin . It DOES require SP-2 though! It's free too . Issues of "inbound" verses "outbound" firewall protection appears to me to be vastly overrated as to importance . Staying away from the porn, gaming on the internet and p2p and warez sites are all dangerous no matter what amount of protection one has . I feel many persons request this information when they really mean "security" instead . Remember that no one security program or anti-program can do it all . There are holes in the best of security . . . some are just plain wastefull of resourses in your computer and they gobble up the RAM for their own purposes . Check out the general disgust with programs like McAfee and Norton/Symantec and their wastefullness . Just use Search (not a link!) on this site to see 4urself . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 493993 | 2006-10-25 20:24:00 | The best free firewall is an air gap. | TGoddard (7263) | ||
| 493994 | 2006-10-25 20:36:00 | as far as comodo goes have a look at this ( . pcworld . co . nz/showthread . php?t=73280&page=2&highlight=tweak%27e+comodo" target="_blank">pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz) zonealarm is the easiest to use . otherwise sygate (whatch the known faults) or kerio/tiny . windows firewall is fairly useless and frankly if you run an external router/firewall it does absolutly nothing . application control is a must . however a firewall is not a replacement for a decent antivirus and antispyware . |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 493995 | 2006-10-25 20:53:00 | How about the new AVG one? | Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 493996 | 2006-10-25 21:49:00 | but I run it, have run it for a while and feel that Windows is likely in the best seat to protect it's own system . . . . . . let the flames begin . It DOES require SP-2 though! It's free too . Issues of "inbound" verses "outbound" firewall protection appears to me to be vastly overrated as to importance . Tui Commercial for a comment . :D |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 493997 | 2006-10-26 05:27:00 | which is the best free firewall available for downloading? Give kerio a go. I use the old version 2.15 and it passes all three of the tests that are at the comodo website. |
ughnz (8297) | ||
| 493998 | 2006-10-26 10:27:00 | wait...but does comodo firewall installs a trust toolbar in IE? | jonkimnicko (10061) | ||
| 493999 | 2006-10-26 18:56:00 | I still use Tiny Personal. Do updates exist I wonder? It's unobtrusive, which means I guess it's great or not working. GS | Guerilla Surgeon (6848) | ||
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