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12-Dec-2007, 10:40 PM #1
Looking for firewall, free or paid
I have been using Windows Firewall, XP Pro SP2, along with NOD32, Prevx 2, Sandboxie and SpywareBlaster.
I Want to know if there is a firewall compatible with this security array and will complement it. It must have a small RAMprint. I am behind a Linksys router.
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13-Dec-2007, 08:33 AM #3
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iam using comodo 2 free ,i don't like the new 3.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_comodo/?2252
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13-Dec-2007, 02:05 PM #4
Agreed, try commodo!


( Online armor is way to messy, and a pain to remove )
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15-Dec-2007, 06:24 AM #5
I heard Online armor was really good and easy to use. I even have two free copies I won but have not installed yet because I got 98SE.
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15-Dec-2007, 06:32 AM #6
I installed OA on my fathers job-pc, because I had heared the same....

It was a mess, and errors accured every time I tried to remove it. I was afraid that I had ruined his PC....which he need for work! ( Well, I only had to go safe mode to remove but...)
Pain in the ***.


Then, I installed Comodo - and everything is fine
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15-Dec-2007, 09:10 AM #7
Trying OA and it works, so far.
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Hmmm, Online Armor and Outpost Firewall Pro tie for first, then second and third are Comodo
and Jetico. My old love ZA Pro is fifth and the free ZA is way down there in Poor. Interesting, OA provides a free version that is as good as its paid in basic firewall capability. I've tried Comodo and didn't work for me, too buggy.

I am trying OA Free now, thanks. So far it works great. I tried uninstalling it to test the criticism that it doesn't uninstall properly. It did. I reinstalled it without problem. It seems to play nicely with the NOD32, Prevx2, Sandboxie, and SpywareBlaster. I like that I can see in Firewall Status a graph of incoming and outgoing. The added features of the paid might conflict with what I have. Or would it? Anyone know? This free OA uses about 16 MB of RAM. Amazing.
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16-Dec-2007, 04:18 AM #8
SaintSatinStain,

That sounds great. In the 5 Year Anniversary Celebration at CastleCops 5 Year Contest - Tall Emu Pty Ltd Winners your see lots of us won there software that they gave away. I won 9 programs and some got more then one copy.
But they have a forum over at http://support.online-armor.com/foru...9ab5e33e1a94a1 and in the CastleCops MikeNash from Online Armor was there posting and was great at giving out info to everyone and your see him at there forum too. When we had all won there software version 2 was not even out yet. I asked in the tread at CastleCops about both versions and some where in the thread your find the post. But version one did not do all that version 2 does. But I got 98 and version 1 will work on 98. But also it did not have a firewall and I listed all the other programs that are running like ZA Pro, WinPatrol, AVG free etc and was told they all work ok together.
So not sure if Online Armor paid version would conflict with anything or not but post and ask. If MikeNash is like he was at CastleCops then your get a reply back from him.
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16-Dec-2007, 07:36 PM #9
After terrible mess with Comod,o in 2 out of 3 systems, I returned to ZA Free in the 2.. I had no idea it was rated as Less Than....seems to be working perfectly for me....but now I am little paranoid.
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Yea the pro and free version of zone alarm use to be the same in the rating but over time the free version goes down and down the list. I use a older 4.x version of ZA Pro still. Not even sure where it would be in the rating but it does pass leak test.

Test your ports here at Shields UP! Home

You can get the leak test here too.
http://www.grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm

It is a stand alone file so just download and run it.
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Yea the pro and free version of zone alarm use to be the same in the rating but over time the free version goes down and down the list. I use a older 4.x version of ZA Pro still. Not even sure where it would be in the rating but it does pass leak test.

Test your ports here at Shields UP! Home

You can get the leak test here too.
http://www.grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm

It is a stand alone file so just download and run it.
Thanks for these data....I don wanna live in some fool's paradise!
I am on my way to the port testing!
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Edit: Well, it seems I am OK. while I din let the one test which can do your over a thousand ports....I let it run enuff with all green stealth mode.....to get the picture. Why does this system have over A THOUSAND PORTS AGAIN????? Is that about warpspeed broadband???? I do now have the third highest within RCN coaxial....but there is one even higher for billionaires. Do the ports go up with the bandwidth? If so, I had NO CLUE.

Other test, when ZA popped up at the test intrusion attempt and I chose, make it go away, it did.

Thanks again, I feel better now for at least 4 days. It's a joke. Zone Alarm free still pretty neat.

I think everyone reading this thread shoould use both those links!!!

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17-Dec-2007, 02:52 AM #12
Your welcome Ariesjill. Plus if your behind a router it helps also.
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17-Dec-2007, 12:24 PM #13
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Your welcome Ariesjill. Plus if your behind a router it helps also.
Thanks again, made me feel better; I do know that router=hardware firewall, but I connect to the net via cable modem/ethernet.....so I guess I should test my softwarefirewall often. This was first time, but I bookmarked the links.

I now plan to do this every 14 mins.
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17-Dec-2007, 02:51 PM #14
Ariesjill,

Have I got bad news for you .... there are over 65000 ports for each computer, obviously these are not physical sockets!!

Have a look at this 'interesting' list; http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
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Ariesjill,

Have I got bad news for you .... there are over 65000 ports for each computer, obviously these are not physical sockets!!

Have a look at this 'interesting' list; http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
O....M G!!!!! We are all DOOMED!!!!!!
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