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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Performance and Maintainance / August 2007firewall
what is the best firewall. running mcafee at the moment but due to expire. thanks lee > what is the best firewall. running mcafee at the moment but due to expire. Questions like this get opinions, not answers. And recognizing that *every* product has its partisans, if you get enough answers, you will get recommendations for every firewall out there. That said, I've been happy with ZoneAlarm here.  SignatureKen Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup I've used the free version of Zone Alarm for quite a few years without any problems. Of course, you are already 'partially' protected by the XP firewall but it only scans incoming sources not outgoing, whereas Zone Alarm scans both incoming and outgoing. Check this link for the download details: http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp SignatureJohn Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows - Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > what is the best firewall. running mcafee at the moment but due to > expire. > thanks > lee Hello: While Zone Alarm - esp. the free edition - seems to be among the most popular firewall solutions, I have read of and tried 2 other approaches. One is to use Ashampoo's free edition firewall along with Win XP SP2's built-in firewall. The XP firewall protects scans incoming sources, while the free Ashampoo firewall scans outgoing sources. Thus, together, they provide the 2-way incoming and outgoing scanning of Zone Alarm free. I did try it and it worked, but it seems that a cleaner solution would still to be to use a single firewall product such as Zone Alarm, providing 2-way protection. (Note that the Ashampoo Pro Firewall does provide 2-way protection, but it is not free.) See: http://www2.ashampoo.com/webcache/html/1/product_2_0050_.htm . Another free firewall - one that was named PC Mag's Online Editor's Choice - is the Comodo Free Firewall. While a free product, it provides the additional protection found in products such as Zone Alarm Pro. See: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ . Cheers, O.J. > I've used the free version of Zone Alarm for quite a few years without any > problems. Of course, you are already 'partially' protected by the XP [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> thanks >> lee > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Do not try Comondo Firewall 2.4 if you are replacing some other firewall software, besides XP SP2 one. One of the "suggested" XP Security Center fix (to get Comodo FW listed in it) is to completely wipe the WMI repository folder. This then causes a HUGE problem with the anti-virus status and automatic updates (at least on my PC.) Hi Lee, McAfee and Norton have the worst reputation around here. How is the computer connected to the internet? DSL? Cable? Is there a router? Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org > what is the best firewall. running mcafee at the moment but due to expire. > thanks > lee Just as an addition to my last post, Sarah when you click on the link I provided you will go to the zone alarm download page. Click the download button and a new window will appear. At the bottom of this window you will see two options: 1/ Free security suite with trialpay 2/ I only want the basic zone alarm protection. Click the second option 'I only want the basic zone alarm protection.' This will then download a small setup file. Click the setup file (you must be connected to the internet) then follow the onscreen instructions, selecting your operating system etc. Zone Alarm will then download to your PC. SignatureJohn Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows - Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > what is the best firewall. running mcafee at the moment but due to > expire. > thanks > lee On Jul 26, 4:14 pm, "sarah woolsey" <l...@swoolsey.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > what is the best firewall. running mcafee at the moment but due to expire. > thanks > lee http://www.ghostsecurity.com/ghostwall/ Freeware, lightweight... editable rules to block/allow traffic, but it's ready to work out-of-the-box. Caution: By default allows all outgoing traffic unlike Zonealarm. I've tested it on a couple test-your-firewall, scan-your-ports sites (sorry don't remember them) and it had a 100% success rate. HTH C. > what is the best firewall. running mcafee at the moment but due to expire. > thanks > lee The freeby Zone Alarm works for me. David Starr Used to use Zone Alarm free firewall and found it very good but after several updates it began to slow my computer. Have since updated my ram as this may have been the problem. In the mean time I used Kerio Personal Firewall from Sunbelt Software and found this to be very good but only free for 30day trial. Costs about $15 after that. The link is http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Home-Home-Office/Sunbelt-Personal-Firewall/ Graham Smith > what is the best firewall. running mcafee at the moment but due to expire. > thanks > lee It's free after the 30 day trial but just not without all the extra features. On Jul 28, 5:12 pm, graham smith 77 <graham smith 7...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > In the mean time I used Kerio Personal Firewall fromSunbelt Softwareand > found this to be very good but only free for 30day trial. Costs about $15 > after that. The link ishttp://www.sunbelt-software.com/Home-Home-Office/Sunbelt-Personal-Fir... > > Graham Smith |
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