Whats the best free firewall? Zone alarm just annoyed me for the last time
Whats the best free firewall? Zone alarm just annoyed me for the last time
Pirates = Win.
try Sygate or Blackice, i prefer Sygate personally. Do a search on www.download.com.
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Am currently using kerio, am very pleased with it. I found that zonealarm gave me problems so started using kerio.
There's an independent review site here:
http://www.firewallguide.com/software.htm
Personal Computer World also did a round-up of 9 on 24th March:
http://www.pcw.co.uk/Products/Software/1153293
They look at:
Agnitum Outpost Personal Firewall Pro 2.0
Computer Associates E-Trust EZ Firewall
ISS Black Ice PC Protection 3.6
Kerio Personal Firewall 4
McAfee Personal Firewall Plus 2004 v5
Microsoft Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
Sygate Personal Firewall Standard
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004
Zone Labs Zone Alarm Pro 4.5
Both sites look at commercial and free personal firewalls, for the cost (and criticality) I would get the best one around rather than limit myself to free ones.
In the past I've used BlackICE Defender, Kerio, Utimaco Personal Firewall, Outpost, Zone Alarm (free) and Zone Alarm Pro (this is what I use currently, on v5.0).
The trend these days (rather unfortunately) seems to be packing more and more features into personal firewalls, bloating them and making them have a bigger resource cost.
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brilliant, thanks guys
Pirates = Win.
PC Pro did a roundup of free firwalls a few months ago and came up with Kerio Personal Firewall as the best performer in that class. I have been using it or a few months and have to say it does a good job and allows a lot of customisation for a free product.
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