Which is the best free firewall?
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Which is the best free firewall?
04-03-2008 5:07 PM
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PS: If you put 'other', can you please specify? Many thanks!
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04-03-2008 5:21 PM
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Re: Which is the best free firewall?
06-03-2008 9:00 AM
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In the old days, advanced users all used to swear by Kerio and look down on ZoneAlarm. Looks like this has changed. Perhaps ZA has improved, or Kerio has gone down, who knows...
I will go for AVG as well, as this seems to be the overwhelmingly popular antivirus piece of software!
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06-03-2008 9:34 AM
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06-03-2008 9:49 AM
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The antivirus package is simple to use, there is also a free antispyware.
Just noticed that the latest issue of MicroMart has a group test of firewall software. Having had a quick glance there are some free packages included
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06-03-2008 9:59 AM
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Only thing I found with firewalls was that there can be a clash between XP Pro firewall and ZA - I had speed problems a long time ago and that was cause. Since then I've just used XP Pro as hidden behind router.
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06-03-2008 10:01 AM
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06-03-2008 10:14 AM
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06-03-2008 10:37 AM
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06-03-2008 12:11 PM
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If you dont mind paying a couple of quid, go for the AVG package!
Carl
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06-03-2008 12:14 PM
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I have been looking at this and it does look good. Less resource hogging like Mcafee and Norton and also AVG seems to have an as good if not slighty better reputation from what i am reading.
Whatever you go for, it's cheaper than a new harddrive or even a new PC
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06-03-2008 12:40 PM
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Quote from: clockley Not a ZA fan myself, used to have it and it got irritating, having to authorise everything the first time that you use it.
If you dont mind paying a couple of quid, go for the AVG package!
Carl
As I said, I have been using it for years, and to make an extra "click" to authorise (or not) a "new application wants to access the internet" , isn`t that "time consuming", nor is it "too much effort physically". seems a strange reason for not being a fan
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06-03-2008 12:45 PM
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06-03-2008 12:53 PM
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Our firewall is our side and is applied to your connection.
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06-03-2008 1:00 PM
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Quote from: Pete Hi artmo,
Our firewall is our side and is applied to your connection.
Hi Pete,
What does that mean in practice? Should I use another one and does the Voyager 210 have its own?
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