Best Firewall

[sear]

Sygate pro works the trick

and:

I got a small problem...
I got outpost (from a man in a dark alley if you know what I mean) and it worked great but I pressed wrong update button and it updated program and now says its time to renew?? I've uninstalled and re-installed but it still says it, must have planted something in my registry or something.
Anyone know how to bypass this pls?

Try downloading a new working version from somewhere and the crack for that should fix your problem

[digmen1]

How do you rate the best ?

Has anyone done a comparison on what attacks various firewalls protect you from.

I have used Zonealarm Free for the last 2 years for 2 reasons, it is free and seemed to be quite popular on these boards (I had not heard of Outpost till now but this seems popular also).

The thing I do not like about Zonealarm is that its user interface is very clunky and non-intuitive !

Regards

Digby
NZ

[peat moss]

The only bad one is the one not config right . It should at least ask for permissions to allow internet connections ,then you know its working right .

Then your antispyware program should flag it as should we allow this startup group to be added to your start menu , or something to that effect .

[Spaceboy]

Look'n'stop. Nice lite firewall, doesn't hog system resources like some others. Comes preconfigured for most standard apps.

[moey07]

i heard that zonealarm conflicts with utorrent.

[Hairbautt]

Found this old site to test your Firewall settings.
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Outpost seems to excel in these tests.

Outpost has always been my recommendation, and I use 4.0. All the messages don't bother me, , it is for security and its neat how it'll detect changes (stops lotta bad progs and reminds me of Vista User Protection).

It's the ONLY security I have so less resources (includes Spyware plugin anyways). A-Virus, I swear AV software is a joke.

[peat moss]

@Hairbautt , ya it seems like a complete test , most firewalls Ive tried seem to be rated stealth or if not at least some info on how to config to make it so .

@Spaceboy , Look "N" Stop seems tooo secure under advanced rules , had problems with most P2P programs I use so gave it up . But its good for some who just wants to email and surf the net , nothing better .

[hoplex]

I prefer Sygate Personal Firewall

[Sniping_G]

i used to use zone alarm but now its all norton

[dean_smith]

agnitum outpost or visnetic