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10-02-2003, 05:02 PM
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free firewall?
are there any good free firewalls out there? I'm using mozilla right now, but im not sure if it includes built-in firewall functionality. after hearing about all these virus attacks, I'm feeling a bit nervous
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10-02-2003, 05:10 PM
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Are you on dialup or broadband? With dialup I never worried about one. I'm on broadband now and use a hardware firewall that is a function of the router I use.
For Software, most here prefer Zonealarm from Zonelabs. There are others. just do a search of these forums. XP has a adequate firewall built in if you are running that. Chas
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10-02-2003, 05:13 PM
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You'll probably be getting a lot of responses for this one, but no, mozilla doesn't have a firewall.
For good free ones check out ZoneAlarm and Sygate firewall There are tons more out there though. Dswissmiss Edit: confused beat me to it 
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10-02-2003, 05:25 PM
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I don't use Zone Alarm anymore ever since their little "upgrade to newer ZA version and lose internet connectivity as a bonus" fiasco not too long ago.
I'm using Sygate and Kerio on my various computers and so far have had zero problems with them. Cricket
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10-02-2003, 05:46 PM
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I agree with Confused, if you're on dial-up, I wouldn't worry about it. Personally, I like Sygate tho.
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10-02-2003, 05:54 PM
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Used to use ZA a few years ago, but now I too use a hardware firewall/router combo and have no problems. Heard good things about Sygate...
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10-02-2003, 07:54 PM
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thanks a lot for the replies guys
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10-02-2003, 07:59 PM
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If you are running Windows XP, I would use a firewall even if you are on Dial-up, or at least until all the security holes get fixed
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10-02-2003, 08:31 PM
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I'm running PC-cillin on XP w/ dial-up. It lists a Personal Firewall on its control panel. Good enough, or more protection needed?
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10-02-2003, 08:33 PM
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Ive never used it but ive heard many good things from Zone Alarm.
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10-02-2003, 09:55 PM
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is sygate free?
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10-02-2003, 10:25 PM
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Kerio Personal Firewall is another good free firewall. Cricket
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10-03-2003, 12:45 PM
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have another question. sygate sometimes uses a lot of recources and considerably slows down my computer to the point that i have to restart the program (in task manager, the program smc.exe's cpu usage is always the highest)
thats actually one of the reasons i switched from zonealarm to sygate, but are all firewalls so recource hungry, or is keiro a lot lighter? thanx |
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10-06-2003, 10:53 PM
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i'd like the answer to dswissmiss's question as well
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10-06-2003, 11:54 PM
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well, keiro claims to be very low on recources, but after downloading it i got an error which kept shutting the program down...i'll try again later and let you know
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10-07-2003, 11:59 AM
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You'll need to uninstall the others, and disable the XP one, then try Kerio again. It has (by far) the lightest footprint, and easiest to configure.
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10-10-2003, 05:46 PM
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Thanx reboot, installed Kerio and it definately is lower on system resources... PCNUBY, I definately recommend you give it a try.
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10-10-2003, 10:45 PM
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I'm on a dialup and I still use a firewall, one of my machines got welchia within about 15 minutes I had the firewall off (ironically enough I was actually installing the firewall). I've been buying Norton Internet Security annually since it came on one of my computers a few years ago.
I highly recommend it, the firewall is excellent and fairly nonintrusive and doesn't slow down my machine. And of course, it comes with Norton Antivirus which is also very handy ;-) Just my two pennies worth. |
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