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Hi, i need a firewall thats not the windows firewall, ive already tried Norton and McAfee, nether of them did very well, the McAfee firewall messed up my computer, and the Norton Firewall got hacked and didnt let me install anything, any suggestions would be appreciated
I have heard from a radio talk show on computing
that a hardware firewall is the best. Like that
of a router.
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well, im off a wireless router and my signal is encrypted, and i have a USB adapter, so i dont think a hardware firewall will be an option
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hi Freeman16...use Zone Alarm Fire Wall....its really good....works fine...post back with your result
W.Janarthanan
Colombo
Sri Lanka
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What model router? A lot are already hardware firewalls. Were you "Hacked" from outside or did you allow something in that infected your system like a trojan or worm? Those things enter by email or P2P downloads etc. The best firewall in existence won't save you from "Invited" pests. This is not to say that a software firewall doesn't have a place in a system that's connected behind a router/hardware firewall. I have ZoneAlarm Pro ver 5.5 and rely on it to monitor and control outgoing connections. (I don't recommend the latest ZA6 as it is too intrusive) There are a number of free software firewall options available and any of them are probably better than just the Windows firewall.
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Firewalls are only a small part of security best practices. There are a few linux firewall solutions that might provide enough if you include a broad plan that includes security best practices. No amount of firewall will protect your data. By the way the wireless is like giving your data away.
See the MS site for security tips and other sites that help you secure your system. Are you logged in as an admin user right now?
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Go here and get the Kerio Personal Firewall, this is the best of the free ones now that Sygate has been trashed...
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html
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Hello.
I suggest Kerio PF version 4. This is a good free firewall without problems.
Regards
suatcini
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When you ask a question as to what is the best firewall, you are leaving yourself open to all the individual opinions that you see above. Everyone says the one the have is the best. I will add my opinion to the above. I live behind a router (hardware firewall) and use Zonealarm for my software firewall. As mentioned above I use a software firewall to monitor and control outgoing traffic only. It seems nothing gets past my hardware firewall as my intrusion logs in Zonealarm are always empty. This is a good first step to securing your system. In addition do not forget about a good (and updated) virus scanner. I use the above configuration and (touch wood) I have never been hacked and virus's are stopped at the gate.
That is my opinion. Take it for what it is worth. Good luck.
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i agree with terri. but opinions can be good when trying to decide. but this question has been asked many times.
http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/144548.html
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Hello.
When you try the firewalls mentioned above, try them one by one, not some or all of them at the same time.
When we suggest a firewall, it is because we have been using it without any problems, not because it is better than the others.
I first check if the firewall is conflicting/causing problems with other programs. This is my first priority. Second I check if there is anything coming into/going out of my PC without my consent.
That is why I said Kerio. I had problems with Outpost.
My PC specs: Pentium 4 3.0 GHz HT/1 GB RAM/Nvidia FX5200 video/Win XP SP2 with all post-SP2 updates/MS Office 2003 with SP1 & SP2/AVG 7 Free AV.
One advice: Please turn off Windows own firewall if you are going to install a stand-alone separate firewall.
Regards
suatcini
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