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    What firewall software is good?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by paradox7212, Mar 9, 2007.

  1. paradox7212

    paradox7212 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm having problem choosing a suitable firewall program for my laptop, can anybody give me any suggestions on this matter? Thanks!!
     
    paradox7212, Mar 9, 2007
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    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    System64, Mar 9, 2007
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    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    Zone Alarm is generally considered the best
     
    hehe299792458, Mar 9, 2007
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  4. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    Haha, two people posted at the same time and both recommended ZA.
     
    hehe299792458, Mar 9, 2007
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  5. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    lol! XD

    I use ZoneAlarm because it is free.
     
    System64, Mar 9, 2007
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    LiveStrong Notebook Consultant

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    I ditto the ZoneAlarm suggestions.
     
    LiveStrong, Mar 9, 2007
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    Ugh. Zone Alarm is the veriest crap, fit only for fertilizer and dubiously so even for that.

    In a recent firewall roundup, Jetico was the only firewall to pass every test. It's free and fully functional, not crippleware like Zone Alarm free edition. The only caveats are that it *is* very configurable, so n00bies are probably going to be lost for a bit, and also that it is in (perpetual) beta. :p
     
    Voldenuit, Mar 10, 2007
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  8. zer0pulse

    zer0pulse Notebook Guru

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    ZA is not compatible with KAV...so i choose comodo, been running it for a week, so far so good :)
     
    zer0pulse, Mar 10, 2007
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  9. Sucka

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    Router firewall + windows firewall works fine for me.
     
    Sucka, Mar 10, 2007
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    have a toshiba sat forgot supervisor password how to fix myself
     
    angelastoute, Mar 10, 2007
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    i used comodo firewall. however, kaspersky internet security wanted it remove so i removed it....
     
    qohelet, Mar 10, 2007
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    Am using Comodo Firewall here, and have had no issues so far. Only complaints are that it may take a while to figure out the Network Rules section (bit that lets you open individual ports), and that it bugs you when a program launches another (eg. clicking a link in Outlook, which launches Firefox) because it thinks the "parent" program might be trying to hijack the other program for internet access. (Actually a pretty neat feature if you somehow downloaded a trojan that's trying to trick the firewall, I guess.)

    You can work around these, though, and the official forums have tons of helpful information. I used to use ZoneAlarm until the TrueVector service kept crashing when I had Azureus running for a while, then I switched to Comodo.
     
    JCheng, Mar 10, 2007
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    Is the latest version of Zone Alarm freeware firewall compatible with Windows Vista?
     
    Observer, Mar 10, 2007
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    Anyone thought of Windows Firewall?
     
    System64, Mar 18, 2007
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  17. qohelet

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    yeah i used it.... they said it's not good but i just installed it.... nothing wrong... it might even make me secure... and most of all it's not resource hog... :rolleyes:
     
    qohelet, Mar 18, 2007
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