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Well, I can't reproduce those fail test results indicated by that website. I find zonealarm to be very bloated, leaving a tonne of registries that are difficult to remove if there's need to uninstall the application.

I found sygate(5.5 build 2710) with my router to fit the bill.

I won't touch Sygate now cause Symantec got it

Maybe the following site, will help u decide, which is the best....

http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests.htm

I remain steadfast..ISA 2004 blows all those in the above list away.

I want to know what the masters think about Kaspersky Anti-Hacker i use it , so far no ports are shown as open with extensive scans.

Also although we can take measures stop intruders what about someone blocking outside IP . its appears to me some do this whilst I'm gaming

spaceman_89 wrote:I want to know what the masters think about Kaspersky Anti-Hacker i use it , so far no ports are shown as open with extensive scans.

Also although we can take measures stop intruders what about someone blocking outside IP . its appears to me some do this whilst I'm gaming

KAV Antihacker is an excellent firewall, I have been using it for a while now. I prefer it's simplicity, simply a firewall and nothing else. It uses next to no resources, never more then 5mb of RAM and doesn't slow your pc or connection speed. The newer version coming out soon will even be much better.

KAV Antihacker and Kerio 2.1.5 are all that I will recommend (paid and free).

Hi there,

I will add another useful resources about personal firewall.

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http://www.r-firewall.com/
(freeware)
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpostfree/index.php
(free version)
http://www.all-internet-security.com/to ... tware.html
(detailed review)
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As for me, i use Zone Alarm Pro. One of the best on the market in term of price

I hope this helps.

Cendrillon2

Hello,

In the following review, it was said that there's lots of good firewall programs, including a good free one.

And then I was expecting it to have a URL where all of those are listed. But none are.
Does anyone know which one was being talked about?

Also, I see many say Sygate. But now Sygate is old-time, and now it isn't free.

Devileyezz wrote:Also, I see many say Sygate. But now Sygate is old-time, and now it isn't free.

Give Comodo a try.
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Give Comodo a try.
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

lol, the only thing with trying these is I hate installing and reinstalling. :P

Devileyezz wrote:lol, the only thing with trying these is I hate installing and reinstalling. :P

Yeah....true.

I've used this one...quite nice, rather lightweight, and most importantly..under support and often being updated (through a live update mechanism)

Tiny was good...I haven't caught up on it lately..but I know CA bought them out a while ago...so dunno about the future of the product, if any....

Sygate..sucked up my Symantec. Booo..hiss....

Kerio..picked up by Sunbelt....decent company though.

Outpost...decent...

Zone Alarm....I'd format my PC if that ever came near it.

Yup.

Tiny is gone. Their website proves it.
Sygate was good (I used it back in it's heyday.)
Kerio is not freeware.
Comodo, didn't try.
Outpost, didn't.

I just want a good freeware one, that's all.

Devileyezz wrote: I just want a good freeware one, that's all.

Comodo!

[quote="YeOldeStonecat"]Comodo! ]

lol, I think I'm gonna try it out once I get home.

Just put on comodo. Looks good so far.
I was using AVG AV + FW, and it looked amazing.
Till I think I can pay for it, I gotta use comodo.

I might stick with comodo. ;-)

I installed Kerio at work - I was amazed at the looks right away, lol.
Let's see how both of them fare respectively.

BTW, many people keep saying Kerio.
But I think the one I downloaded at work is Kerio Winroute Firewall.
Isn't that a corporate/small business one?

Is there a Kerio for home users too, or am I mistaken?

PS: I just went to kerio.com, and got their firewall that had VPN, etc. And just now, I went to sunbelt-software.com, and there's a KPF (Kerio Personal Firewall).. which one was being recommended?!

Ok, lol, sorry for so many posts.
But I think I figured it out.

Kerio made KPF before, but now has been acquired by Sunbelt.
Kerio Winroute is still under devel by Kerio itself, but more for corp purposes (not for me.)

I need to go after KPF then.
Hmm, tomorrow, uninstall KWF and install KPF.

McAfee SecurityCenter is the best IMO. I use it and it has been working great ever since I installed it on my computer.

reading this after going through hell with zone alarm pro. Uninstalling it was pure hell. I'll NEVER use it again!!!

Comodo

Just installed it recently after I decided that Sygate is getting a bit long in the tooth and I'm not going to touch the new version now that Symantec has got hold of it.

I'm very impressed so far and the reviews back up what I'm experiencing.

blaack ice...2 words you need to know

W_I_Z_K_I_D wrote:blaack ice...2 words you need to know

Black Ice performed terribly in the testing done by http://www.matousec.com, which is the best firewall testing site I have seen. Also, Steve Gibson (ShieldsUP) caught them blatantly skirting his testing software without actually fixing the underlying security flaw. That's disturbing whether or not you agree with Gibson on the whole.
My vote goes to Comodo because Kaspersky, the best performer at Matousec, is only available as part of their $70 security package whereas as Comodo offers the full, unhandicapped version of their firewall for free.

If you're looking for free software, then go with Sygate.

If you don't mind going out and buying some software then I suggest you go do that, although just because it costs money doesn't necessarily mean it will be "better".

Cloudizme wrote:If you're looking for free software, then go with Sygate.

If you don't mind going out and buying some software then I suggest you go do that, although just because it costs money doesn't necessarily mean it will be "better".

Although sygate is still around there are no updates for it and the sygate company was taken over by norton.

Comodo gets my vote too.

Comodo FTW! They just released the new 3.0 version which I think it very nice, although I turned off that defense+ feature cause it got annoying

http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ ... country=US