Firewalls - Any Advice?

Aeromac18 said:
... u can also try green av
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Green AV sounds awfully rouge-ish. A quick google search only gives guides of how to remove Green AV. ;)

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Seeing that my personal firewall preference has changed since I last posted in this thread, I would like to say I don't use Comodo firewall anymore (ever since they started releasing their 'Internet Security' suite).

As well as a hardware router, I recently started using the free edition of Outpost Firewall 2009 which offers everything I need, without excessive pop-ups or ridiculous memory usage (I've found it to be usually taking up ~26mb). It is also one of the best rated on Matousec.

For a good comparison of firewalls you may want to look at the article on Gizmo's Freeware reviews: http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-firewall.htm
 
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Comodo Firewall is not doing so well for me.
Hm, honda12 last time I used Outpost Firewall Free, the firewall icon kept showing up as a question mark. Several hours later, it would turn green except when I hovered over the icon again it turned into a question mark. Normal?
 
drragostea,

I think your firewall policy was set to 'Rules wizard' where Outpost firewall 'learns' your commonly used applications for a week. You can change this setting by right clicking the icon, hovering over 'Firewall Policy' and selecting 'Block most'.

The phenomenon you describe, I have never experienced. :scratch:
It sounds like a software bug to me.

I also forgot to mention that should anyone want to use Outpost firewall I found the default host protection settings to be a little weak, so I recommend you go into settings, then 'Host Protection' and move the slider up to 'Advanced'.
 
firewall

AVG includes its own firewall (if you have the professional version).

To use it as the default, you should turn off the Windows Firewall in Control Panel.
 
Good tip

Hamburger said:
AVG includes its own firewall (if you have the professional version).

To use it as the default, you should turn off the Windows Firewall in Control Panel.
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That's a good tip in general, Hamburger. :)

When installing a new software firewall, make sure you turn off Windows firewall to avoid conflicts.
 
There is always a hole

I believe that big business always update their software with new tegnologias but always leave a hole, I do not know if it is done intentionally but the realities, and there is always someone who is ....
 
I would recommend COMODO since it is free and offers strong protection against viruses and hackers. This program saved me several times because some bad guys where trying to steal my data (sales, client info, etc.)
 
FYI.

Zone Alarm Forum thread.
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http://forums.zonealarm.com/showthread.php?t=75332
 
Hi

it didnt help to turn off upnp. i can see the router has a feature that is called
Intrusion Detection, but i dont know how to turn it on. i have talked about my router on the hphosts forum, and they explained what the settings is used for.
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friends,

i am new here in this forum,me 22 male from Pakistan . I have no information that why we use fire wall and how this software protect our system .seriously i not know that for what purpose it is being used.So is there any one who told me about that?

thanks in advance
 
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A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass.

Many personal computer operating systems include software-based firewalls to protect against threats from the public Internet. Many routers that pass data between networks contain firewall components and, conversely, many firewalls can perform basic routing functions
 
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