Ok folks.. I need to update my firewall for windows. Any recommendations? As an antivirus prog I use NOD32. I know Avast and AVG are also some good ones but to my knowledge they don't have firewalls. I currently use Sygate but wanna switch as according to morfar they haven't updated that prog for years and that might not be a good thing
I don't know that many firewalls and some say ZoneAlarm is good some say it's bad. Buuut, what do you use and think are good ones?

Soo.. let em rippppp!

Bitdefender is pretty good imo

Comodo Firewall. its free and clean.

I like ZoneAlarm. It's a bit of a bitch to train in the beginning, but if you know what you're doing, it doesn't take long, and it feels like you have a fair amount of control, both over what comes in and what goes out. The people who bitch about ZA pop-ups all the time must not know how to configure the program.

I've installed ZoneAlarm to try it out. I'll see how I like it. It seems ok when watching that video tut they show in the beginning.

I use wipfw

I use Linux.

FruitieX wrote:I use Linux.

I've heard about Linux, is it good? Does it stop all viruses and spyware? I've also heard that it doesn't support multi scanning of computers like ZoneAlarm does, but that might have just been my sources.

Ok forget it, I will kiss ZA goodbye that crazy prog. Everytime I open a new program that requires any kind of openGL or 3D support the whole computer freezes cause ZA SHOULD give me a popup saying if I want to allow it or not... but it never comes and when I want to open the taskmanager it never shows. The computer literally freezes, only the mouse moves but nothing I click on works.

Crazy shit program. I hereby am one of those people who hate ZA So, what else of firewalls are there?

ai wrote:The computer literally freezes, only the mouse moves but nothing I click on works.

hardware firewalls FTW

[TSA] Psychiccyberfreak wrote:

ai wrote:The computer literally freezes, only the mouse moves but nothing I click on works.

hardware firewalls FTW

w3rd

m0n0wall FTW - decent traffic shaping too - fast downloads AND fast Nexuiz

I currently use AVG free edition as Anti-Virus. And Zonealarm Free edition as Firewall.
I addition to those I use Ad-aware 2007 and Secunia PSI.
Secunia PSI makes sure all my software is up-to-date, because virus and trojans usually exploit security vulnerabilities in programs and Windows.

Comodo Firewall is fabulous. It's also the only one I know of that allows one to easily define network access for specific programs. It's also free.

Comodo firewall is the worst piece of crap I ever tried. Never again.

The worst piece of crap I've ever tested is ZoneAlarm Suite thingie.

Btw, gonna try Outpost Firewall Pro.

divVerent wrote:

Nobody likes a smartarse, y'know

Mind you, you're right.

At least it looks nice.