Please recommend a free firewall?
Please recommend a free firewall?
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mcflurry

Original Poster:

9,191 posts

284 months

Sunday 1st April 2007
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Yesterday's Zonealarm update has messed around with my machine big time.
Just spent about an hour trying to fix it shoot

Does anyone have any recommendations for alternative free firewall software?

Thanks in advance

rich 36

13,739 posts

297 months

Sunday 1st April 2007
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is NOD32 any use anyone?

rich 36

13,739 posts

297 months

Sunday 1st April 2007
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heres a link, if they think it any use

www.eset.com/download/index.php

jimmyjimjim

8,336 posts

269 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Smoothwall...if you have a spare crappy pc lying about.

igiveup

2,875 posts

313 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Currently trying out Sygate Firewall, was previsously using Zonealarm myself. But no reason to change just felt like it...

www.tucows.com/preview/213160

toni896

2,188 posts

257 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Just moved over to sygate for the same reason, yesterdays update causes my PC to reboot on load of the client.

beanbag

7,346 posts

272 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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Sygate is far superior to ZoneAlarm. Plus it uses minimal system resources. It's just a shame it doesn't and never will work on Vista.

Jinx

12,023 posts

291 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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Kerio?

beanbag

7,346 posts

272 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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Jinx said:
Kerio?


On Vista? scratchchin

mcflurry

Original Poster:

9,191 posts

284 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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I just tried the Sygate - it was straight forward to install and worked first time

Cheers all

Jinx

12,023 posts

291 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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beanbag said:
Jinx said:
Kerio?


On Vista? scratchchin


Hence the question mark.

beanbag

7,346 posts

272 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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Jinx said:
beanbag said:
Jinx said:
Kerio?


On Vista? scratchchin


Hence the question mark.


Ahhhhhhhh silly

On that note though....has anyone found a good firewall yet for Vista? I'm loving the OS. It runs a treat, but there are still no hardware accelerated sound drivers for my Nvidia Nforce Audio sound card so i'm looking to get a new X-Fi XtremeMusic, and I'm still using MS's built in Vista firewall which I have doubts about.....