38 replies to this topic

[konane]

hi i was just wondering what firewall people use because i at the moment use Zone Alarm Pro and the windows built in firewall

[canute24]

Paying for the firewall again the antivirus is a big problem. Zone Alarm is suposed to be good enough. Even the free version. And soon I am going to get PC-Cillin internet security

[alexia]

Nice Question
I like work With ZoneAlarm 5.5.062
It Has Blue Skin And Its Very Nice
Zone Alarm has This option for block Hackers for attack your PS
1 -Firewall
2 -Program Control (Cool)
3 -antivirus monitoring
4 -Email protection
5 - ID Lock
6 - Alert & Log
Zone Alarm Can Block Internet Program And this option can block Trojans and Worms
I Think zone Alarm is best (FW)

[alperuzi]

zone alarm is THE most crappiest piece of software you can ever use. together with the illusion of being the easiest to use, it gives you the least protection and conflicts with a plethora of other programs.

Old versions of Kerio were some of the best ever created. I didn't like the newer versions so I switched over to Tiny. Outpost firewall also seems pretty good, but was very resource hungry back when I used it. I may try it again to see if they have fixed that.

[CKY]

For some strange reason i have a lot of firewalls. But one I'll say i use is sygate personal firewall. It's free and i might as well try it and its...ok. Not the best but its free. I use some others but Sygate personal firewall is the one i usually use. It also gets pretty annoying at times asking if access should be granted to your computer. But it also has a feature where you can allow all programs trying to access your computer.

[GM-University]

Nortons Internet Security, Mcaffe Firewll, and Windows XP's built-in firewall. However my favorite iss Norton's Internet Security, I games off it perfectly safely, and easily without adjusting any settings, it is very good, it also has alot of other things like pop-up and spam blockers... .

[eiteljoh]

i use the one that's built in with microsoft, so i don't really know which one that is. it appears not to work well at all. i've got all kinds of crap installed on my computer from the internet - one of which uses like 100% of my processor until i kill it. so i think i should look into something other than the microsoft one. it should prevent all that adware from being installed, i think!!

[Roly]

I've never had a firewall before. I am thinking of trying out Zone Alert. Been hearing good stuff about it. I don't know what exactly is suppose to do though, does it hide your IP from people who ping you or limit your upload speed?

[Oblivion 9999]

I use a windows built-in firewall, I can't really be asked to get a newer firewall. I could get a new one but then again, windows firewall has always been loyal to me and always done it's job so I'll keep it.

[CodeName_88]

I use the one built into my SMC router. works much better, none of those prompt's/popups asking to allow stuff. you just set the ports and connection type for what your gonna use once, and your good.

because having the computer run its own protection isn't a smart idea, you could get a virus/trojan that would disable the software firewall and still show on the screen that it was doing its job.

[alperuzi]

Roly, on Feb 27 2005, 11:09 PM, said:

I've never had a firewall before. I am thinking of trying out Zone Alert. Been hearing good stuff about it. I don't know what exactly is suppose to do though, does it hide your IP from people who ping you or limit your upload speed?

people should really read the previous posts before replying

[ashiezai]

i used sygate personal firewall ... personally i recommend this to everyone because i think it's great and it offers some good functions ... at first i was trying to install zone alarm but it turned out that it couldnt be installed on my computer .. i dunno y .. but sygate is just as good so far

[TavoX]

I use a Slackware 10 distro, so the firewall I use is IPTABLES, it's really safe, when you get to know how it works

[millertime]

i use norton internet security and the entire suite of norton applications. they have kept my computer running really good. i haven't had anything screwy going on with my computer and i'm loving it

[karlo]

I have tried many different firewalls.

I had tried:

ZoneAlarm Pro and Security Suite (makes my computer slow)
PC-Cillin Internet Security (loads slowly and makes my computer slow)

and many other firewalls. They all will make your computer slow and they load really slow.

Use the built-in one in Windows XP. It's fast, and really secure. Try out a firewall test for yourself.

http://www.google.co...q=Firewall+Test

[Promagstyle]

Wow Norton Antivirus Personal Firewall is right behind and I'm suprised that Windows Microsoft Firewall is ahead of the pack. Say aren't there any other firewalls that haven't been mentioned on the voting choice? What about F-Protect and Nortons Antivirus's main competitor (that shield program... darn it forgot its name).

[snlildude87]

I use Zone Alarm Pro because Kevin Rose recommended it from the old "The Screen Savers." I haven't had any bad experiences with Zone Alarm Pro personally, and I the fact that it's lightweight, reliable, and secure is the reason I use it.

I used to use Norton Personal Firewall 2003 Professional until it told me I was being hacked from 127.0.0.1. Haha good times.

I haven't seen anyone post this, so I guess I'll do it now. If you have Firefox, go to your address bar, and type "shields up" (with or without quotes...it doesn't matter). Then click Proceed, and click Common Ports at the bottom. If you see a lot of green on the page, that mean whatever firewall you're using is working.

For those on IE, go to Google, and type in "shields up", and click "I'm Feeling Lucky". Click Proceed -> Common Ports.

[Hamtaro]

Thanks for the tip on typing "shields up". I figured that my XP would give out quite a lot of information, but I'm using SP2 with the built in firewall, and it didn't allow any information about itslef to be sent. It shockingly passed all the tests perfectly!

[guangdian]

Doz Sygate personal firewall free?
I know there is good firewall you could used free VNF firewall any one know it?

[KBOOM]

I love Trend Micro Pc-Cillin

[dbforum]

i use a pc-cillin 200n, it's the best antivirus software that i know... peoples, use it...

[hulunes]

umm,i am sorry that i have not used any firewall you listed above.because besides the firewall windows build self i use skynet to protect my pc,maybe we should use firewall according to different area.in my area,some abroad firwall is not able to work to be againt.luckly,skynet is powful to againt any virus and spyware till now.

[atomicnacho]

I've tried Zone alarm and had a few problems so I stuck with the built-in XP firewall.

[Static_Fury]

I use norton simply because of it reputation, and i have had no problems with itover the last dew years. It my go to guy for PC protection.

[eXtreme]

Hmm.. for firewall i use Outpost Agnitum, which is a GREAT firewall, easy of use and has a very very nice built-in protection.

Never but never gave me a problem, so i'm a happy customer.