i have tried

sys gate
zone Alarm
Comodo
and a few other free ones

n i have a had the same problem with them all
it constantly pops up asking a command word is tryiing to access ip 091-195-452 this is usually what viruses or Trojans do do you want to allow i am thinking i click no n i find i cannot access my email from my messenger i click yes and i could be allowing some eejit access to my pc causing alsorts of havoc unless it says do you want to allow Firefox or msn messenger then i can say yes/no allow

The simplest solutions are the best and they are often save you money

Until a firewall is trained, that is how it is.

Is the XP SP2 firewall getting a raw deal?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=81

For all firewalls, you need to specify which programs should be allowed to access internet and which should not. set them right and you should not have any problem.

nb.

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