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Recommend your Personal Firewall

  • 27-08-2007 07:25PM
    #1
    Dara Robinson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭


    Which firewall is the one that you think is the best performer. Please ignore money, just vote based on its ability.

    Which is the best Firewall? 12 votes

    Norton (Symantec)
    0% 0 votes
    Kaspersky
    8% 1 vote
    Comodo
    25% 3 votes
    Zone Alarm
    41% 5 votes
    AVG
    16% 2 votes
    McAfee
    0% 0 votes
    Panda
    8% 1 vote
    BitDefender
    0% 0 votes
    Avast
    0% 0 votes
    Microsoft
    0% 0 votes


Comments

  • #2
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,769 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    The one that comes with Kaspersky Internet Security Version 6.0.


  • #3
    redfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 752 ✭✭✭redfan


    i use comodo and its free works great for me ...


  • #4
    voxpop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭voxpop


    Jetico : a little complicated but good once is going


  • #5
    Bored-Stupid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 267 ✭✭Bored-Stupid


    Ok lads and lassies which is the best for the following?I used AVG and it found 1 threat on my computer and its a "trojan horse downloader".What is this, how bad is it and whats the quickest way of getting rid of it because its trying my patience big time. Not an expert on computing as you may have fathomed!

    Im really greatful for any assistance!


  • #6
    CptSternn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭CptSternn


    The Windows firewall is pretty good. I haven't had a hacker in yet. I will say this - I hate zonealarm. I have a list of reasons, but has anyone tried to uninstall it? If you don't have the original disk, you can't uninstall. Trying to maunally uninstall makes it lock down your PC so you can't connect to the internet - it blocks all ports if it finds something messing with it's source files.

    YOu are forced to download the free version from the web (on another PC) then do a reinstall, then uninstall. Quite a pain in the hole when your trying to replace an old version where the subscription has expired with something else.


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