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21-Apr-2008, 08:53 AM #1
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Hi all,

You have had this question many many times as I see through the search utillity, but I am stumped what to get. There are so many. I am refering to a free firewall.

How do you rate the PcTools firewall, has ZoneAlarm free got free updates & for how long & what do you think about Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.2808.

I don't want comodo firewall, I have heard many good things about it, but when I downloaded it my PC ran extreamly slow, so that is a no no.

I currently have Virgin security suite, but I am not a great fan of suites. And I think that is slowing my PC down somewhat.

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21-Apr-2008, 09:55 AM #2
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Sorry for my impatientness, I wanna get the firewall installed A.S.A.P

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21-Apr-2008, 10:22 AM #3
Here are some ratings that might help you to decide http://www.matousec.com/projects/fir...ewalls-ratings

I've been using Online Armor for a while now and I like it, it seems to use less resources than Comodo.
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21-Apr-2008, 12:38 PM #4
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you can do what i did ,i didn't like comodo new 3.0 free firewall ,so i went back to the last 2.4 one. my computer starts up fast and shuts down fast.


http://www.filehippo.com/download_comodo/2252/
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21-Apr-2008, 01:23 PM #5
I like Comodo 3, but since Vista, can't use 2, anyway. But I did turn off most of the Defense+ security options.
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21-Apr-2008, 01:58 PM #6
What is wrong with the Vista Firewall??
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21-Apr-2008, 02:23 PM #7
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What is wrong with the Vista Firewall??
Nothing at all. And there is a nice program available to manage it if you want it to look like the others.
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21-Apr-2008, 10:38 PM #8
Elvandil, what program are you referring to?
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