Best Firewall for the clueless and unaware users?

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Best Firewall for the clueless and unaware users?

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need something simple, low resource use, blocks stuff silently so they don't have to do anything, and that is easy to use if they need to open it up.
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Sygate :)
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thats got a free version right?
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YARDofSTUF wrote:thats got a free version right?
Yes it does. I like Zonealarm too.
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Post by YARDofSTUF »

darlin wrote:Yes it does. I like Zonealarm too.

zonealarm doesnt fit the low resource/non system hog requirement tho.
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Sygate :nod:
The "unofficial" Sygate website for the easy setup//operating guide

The site seems to have been removed . Apologies. :o :o

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Sygate here too. I use it on my corporate laptop when I'm on the road.
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Post by darlin »

zonealarm doesnt fit the low resource/non system hog requirement tho.
I've never had a problem with that.
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The one native in XP
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darlin wrote:I've never had a problem with that.
It shouldnt cause a problem but it does use more than others, on older boxes i've seen the system take a little hit when ZA got into it.
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Not doubting that you've had that problem, but I never have, and I've used it on some very old pc's... Does EDO tell you how old some were? ... lol
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Apologies folks. I should have checked the link to the "Unofficial Sygate "site.
Looks like itsa no more werkin.

Thanks for the PM Minir.
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darlin wrote:Yes it does. I like Zonealarm too.

I really liked Zonealarm a few years back, then they brought McAfee on board... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=John+McAfee&btnG=Google+Search enough said on that... ;)

I have recommended Sygate to a few people that were inexperienced, and they like it...
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Ken wrote:I have recommended Sygate to a few people that were inexperienced, and they like it...
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[quote="Ken"]I really liked Zonealarm a few years back, then they brought McAfee on board... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=John+McAfee&btnG=Google+Search enough said on that... ]
The older versions, before they bought MaAfee on board, works just as good as the latest versions. ;) Need an earlier version? Just let me know.
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sygate

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MadDoctor wrote: :nod:
hi
i am new to computers--am comletely illerate lol and i recently got sygate and its easy to understand and i love it
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ritaann wrote:hi
i am new to computers--am comletely illerate lol
lmao, thanks :)
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Post by Ken »

[quote="darlin"]The older versions, before they bought MaAfee on board, works just as good as the latest versions. ]
Thanks Darlin! :) I have the old versions as well though... I really only use hardware now... ;)
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[quote="Ken"]Thanks Darlin! :) I have the old versions as well though... I really only use hardware now... ] I'll be jumping over to that once I have the extra cash to build a new PC. I'm working on it, and hopefully it wont be much longer.
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Im With You loop2kil

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I like Sygate Personal Firewall, I've been using now for over 2 years now...
( has it been that long :D )

I have to give a lot of credit for this great “free” Windows firewall.
I like how you can block individual ports and port ranges, protocols and i.p. netblock ranges.
Also how you can right click running programs and terminate them.
I also like the packet log and traffic logs, plus how you can right click on the i.p.'s and do a reverse look up.
I also like the fact that you can have the firewall send a automatic email messages when it detects an attack..
that’s very awesome.
It’s also cool that you can right click on the task bar icon, to enable or disable the firewall…

I have used this firewall with Windows 98 up to Windows 2003 Server, without any problems.. very tight. :thumb:

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I used to use Zone Alarm until they released version 5. Version 5 is horrible. I was having problems connecting whith a few friends playing Rise of Nations and discovered that ver 5 has some bugs in it.

I installed Sygate and so far it seems to be a descent Firewall.
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Sygate Rules!

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Because of the posts in this thread I decided to try Sygate, and it was the best thing I could have done. :thumb: You don't have to spend too much time setting it up and it tells you everything you need to know about what is going on.

Norton was a real system hog, and I saw so many negatives about Zone Alarm (not on this website) that it scared me off from even trying.

It's Sygate all the way!
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Post by Europa2010AD »

Has anyone tried Agnitum Outpost Pro? How does it compare with Sygate Pro?
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Croc wrote:Sygate :nod:
The "unofficial" Sygate website for the easy setup//operating guide

The site seems to have been removed . Apologies. :o :o

Croc.
ya sound like a person in the know. ijust heard xp comes with a firewall. how do i turn it off, cause im runnung sygate now.
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If you can get a copy of Kerio 2.15, super low on resources and really locked down well...


Looks like this link still works http://download.kerio.com/dwn/kpf2-en-win.exe
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