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good firewall

  • 23-08-2007 04:17PM
    #1
    dade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭


    Anyone know of a decent (free if possible) firewall i can install on a Win2K machine.

    Rebuilt a machine recently for a mate, installed AVG on it and have fully service packed it. He's got a broadband link with no firewall on it. I've suggested he by a hardware firewall but in the mean time I was gonna install Zone Alarm unless you lot can go one better than it?


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  • #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,519 ✭✭✭ethernet


    ZoneAlarm would do the trick. I just dislike how it insisted on adding an anti-spam toolbar to Outlook the last time I upgraded to the latest version and, despite turning it off, it kept coming back. I was using Win2K up until not so long ago. I used Comodo's free firewall. It worked very well. Just had to tweak security settings for networking to allow UPnP devices work fully.


  • #3
    ActorSeeksJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,970 ✭✭✭ActorSeeksJob


    Comodo is considered the best, but ZoneAlarm will do a good job as well. Would be down to those two id say.


  • #4
    dade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭dade


    cheers lads i'll download comodo for him


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