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    Free firewall Software?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by iamapato01, Aug 30, 2006.

  1. iamapato01

    iamapato01 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi!
    After many many Norton Personal Firewall installations, it's just warned me that I have exceeded the maximum number of installations using that CD key.

    Since the firewall is almost 3 years old now and not all the updates work right, is it possible to download a free firewall somewhere besides the windows firewall? I'm looking for something similar to avast antivirus but...a firewall :)


    Thanks
     
    iamapato01, Aug 30, 2006
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  2. chris2pher71

    chris2pher71 Notebook Evangelist

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    zonealarm

    the best free one i think....although some people say differently.

    I think comodo is another free one too....but I've never used it.
     
    chris2pher71, Aug 30, 2006
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  3. _radditz_

    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    I second zonealarm.
     
    _radditz_, Aug 30, 2006
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  4. LFC

    LFC Ex-NBR

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  5. TrigunKenshin

    TrigunKenshin Notebook Enthusiast

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    what about Kerios? is that firewall any good too?
     
    TrigunKenshin, Aug 30, 2006
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  6. Luar

    Luar Notebook Evangelist

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    Define good.

    Seriously, you should not only look online for reviews but also know what exactly you expect a firewall program to do or at least educate yourself. From what I can see the goals of say something like Jetico are much different from the goals of Outpost. One is a true firewall while the other overlaps into antivirus, antispyware and antispam. This can be either a good or bad thing depending on what you want.

    The only thing I read from several soruces about Kerios is that is quite easy for malware to disable it. Outside of that it does the job.
     
    Luar, Aug 30, 2006
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  7. Omneus

    Omneus Notebook Geek

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    You can go to www.firewallleaktester.com for more info. Also Sunbelt Kerio is currently only available as a free trial/paid version, the free version of ZoneAlarm has vulnerabilities that the paid version doesn't, and there are a few different free firewalls, like Comodo worth looking into.
     
    Omneus, Aug 31, 2006
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  8. RogueMonk

    RogueMonk Notebook Deity

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    Just use the one built into XP and a good router.
     
    RogueMonk, Aug 31, 2006
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