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Hey everyone, I am looking for a free, reliable firewall that I can download to my PC. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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smokie mcpott said:got an old computer lyin around collecting dust?
they make great firewalls
if not, i have seen a lot of people recommend comodo
fabulouscoops said:Whats wrong with Windows firewall? You have XP SP2 so it comes free. Coupled with Windows Defender and AVG you have a pretty effective free security system.
.asusradeon said:in my opinion the windows firewall is awful.. its only there to make the less expierienced computer user think they are protected. i would recommend PC Plus Firewall
http://www.pctools.com/firewall/
or Zone alarm
asusradeon said:in my opinion the windows firewall is awful.. its only there to make the less expierienced computer user think they are protected.
ophiodon18 said:Hey everyone, I am looking for a free, reliable firewall that I can download to my PC. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Silversinksam said:Since your using XP, you have many choices for a software based firewall, the two highest rated free firewalls are ZoneAlarm and Comodo.
http://www.zonealarm.com/store/cont...y/trial_zaFamily.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
If your using Vista, Free Zonealarm and Free Comodo WILL NOT work since they are not Vista compatible. There really is no decent free firewall for Vista users at this time. Yes Microsoft gives you a free firewall with Vista, but as far as firewalls go, it aweful. What most people are forced to do is pay for Nortons or Mcafee's security suite or pay for firewall. Both offer a superior firewall than what Vista gives you.
Hopefully, Zonealarm and Comodo will release a free firewall for Vista in the future.
johnz said:What's wrong with XPs and Vistas firewalls?
ophiodon18 said:First. Vista has had massive problems from what i hear
Second. Windows firewall is basic no added features and it wont protect you fully. I want something that protects me fully but not the original stuff from Microsoft.
johnz said:XPs firewall works fine. It doesn't have outbound blocking afik, but that's not necessary if you take care of your machine.
TempliNocturnus said:I would assume you'd believe an anti-virus isn't necessary, if you take care of your machine. A software firewall with no outbound filtering is pretty much useless if you have a router or hardware firewall. You'll be surprised how many applications will try to phone home, after you install them. This is why a good software firewall is good for those nefarious people among us, who don't pay for their software hehe
I would guess they require XP or Vista.johnz said:What's wrong with XPs and Vistas firewalls?
johnz said:Outbound protection isn't necessary for malware security. It may notify you of kiddie scripts trying to phone home, but I assume you're running some kind of anti virus that'll take care of the light work. Anything serious that gets through your anti virus will get around a software firewall, and you won't know it's sending information without monitoring your network.