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by Anonymous on June 14th, 2006

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What's a good free firewall?

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  • by Darkling on June 15th, 2006

    Darkling

    I have used the free version of ZoneAlarm for years with good success. You can download it here http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/trial_zaFamily.jsp?lid=home_freedownloads Make sure you choose the free version all the way to the right.

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  • by Master Selwood on July 19th, 2009

    Master Selwood

    ZoneAlarm or Comodo Firewall.

    Comodo Firewall:

    All the information, is here:

    http://download.cnet.com/Comodo-Internet-Security/3000-10435_4-10460704.html?tag=mncol

    ZoneAlarm:

    http://download.cnet.com/ZoneAlarm/3000-10435_4-10039884.html?tag=mncol

    These are the best two Firewalls on the market, and can be either used FREE (no trial) or PAID for better updates, scanning, options and Protection. However the FREE versions are just as good, but if you pay, you get more protection.

    ZoneAlarm is rated The Best Firewall Of 2009, but Comodo is pretty good too. However, i prefer ZoneAlarm, as Comodo kept bugging me with messages, as it needs to get used to how your system works, but ZoneAlarm didn't bug me at all, however it does need quite a bit of memory, but not too much. In second, is Outpost Firewall, which blocked unnecessary things, and slowed download my computer. My opinion:

    1) Use ZoneAlarm
    2) Use Comodo Firewall

    I hope this helps, but if you need anymore help or information, you may email me.

    selwood.ryan@live.co.uk

    Here is the link for The Best Firewalls Of 2009:

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  • by Box of Chocolates on February 24th, 2007

    Box of Chocolates

    ZoneAlarm 7.0.302.000
    http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

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  • by Master Selwood on June 3rd, 2009

    Master Selwood

    You can use ZoneAlarm and Comodo Firewall, Sunbelt Firewall, Sygate personal firewall all are free.

    For Comodo Firewall (with Anti-Virus):

    http://filehippo.com/download_comodo

    For Comodo Firewall (without Anti-Virus):

    http://filehippo.com/download_comodo/4235

    For ZoneAlarm:

    http://filehippo.com/download_zonealarm_free

    For Sunbelt Firewall:

    http://filehippo.com/download_sunbelt_personal_firewall

    For Sygate Personal Firewall:

    http://filehippo.com/download_sygate_personal_firewall

    For the whole list go to:

    http://filehippo.com/software/firewalls

    Overall i would either choose ZoneAlarm or Comodo, not just because i have only used them but they also do the best job. Comodo does give you a headache as it comes up with, do you want to allow this do you want to block this every time an application starts, so it needs to get used to your computer. ZoneAlarm is suitable for most people as it doesn't bug you that much, and i think it is the Top Best Firewall of 2009.

    Anyways i hope this has answered your question, but if you do need anymore help you can email me.

    selwood.ryan@live.co.uk

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  • by jonnty on May 22nd, 2009

    jonnty

    Step 1
    A firewall protects your computer from unauthorized users gaining access to your computer through the Internet or a network. Firewalls can stop Trojans, keyloggers and other malware from damaging your computer and accessing your private information. Computers on a network (shared internet) are easily accessed without a firewall.
    Step 2
    To protect your computer with a firewall. There are now many websites offering high-quality, free firewall downloads. Loook for sites that offer a firewalls with no time limits.
    Step 3
    This free programs are easy to use and will protect your computer from internet predators anytime you are online, and from network users in shared internet situations.


    Hope it helps.

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  • by HDev is living On tHE EdgE on July 19th, 2009

    HDev is living On tHE EdgE

    Comodo and Zone alarm are the best free ones.. You can take my word on this

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  • by Master Selwood on September 26th, 2009

    Master Selwood

    Here are my 3 recommendations for the best FREE Firewalls.

    1) ZoneAlarm
    2) Comodo Firewall
    3) Outpost Firewall (Try not to use this one)

    http://filehippo.com

    Hope this helps you.

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  • by DukeG on May 20th, 2009

    DukeG

    Whats wrong with your windows firewall

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  • by john pennington on July 19th, 2009

    john pennington

    The free AVG download has worked great for many years here.


    I liked the free download version so much, i went to Walmart and bought AVGs best version and downloaded it.

    So far, so good.

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  • by james123 on May 20th, 2009

    james123

    Zonealarm is the best

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  • by Anonymous on August 14th, 2008

    Anonymous

    here is a top list (most u hav to buy)
    norton
    mcafee
    uvg
    windows firewall

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  • by Karl Plesz on February 25th, 2007

    Karl Plesz

    I guess it depends on how much control you want. The one built into Windows XP SP2 isn't totally horrible, but it doesn't give you much control. For the clueless user (read - uninformed), it's perfect because it works transparent.

    If you want full control, I'd recommend ZoneAlarm.

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  • by KagomeShuko on February 24th, 2007

    KagomeShuko

    Probably ZoneAlarm. My sister likes Comodo.

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  • by Dave2222 on August 14th, 2008

    Dave2222

    Went to Avast, so far has been good.

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  • by Anonymous on August 14th, 2008

    Anonymous

    AVG is great

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  • by Go know thyself is THE RED QUEEN on January 1st, 2009

    Go know thyself is THE RED QUEEN

    PC Tools.com are the tools that my Tech support use?

    I don't use them myself so I don't know first hand?

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  • by St. Thomas on January 1st, 2009

    St. Thomas

    In windows if you are smart or savy, the default works great, if not, norton. In linux IPTABLES, but shorewall makes it almost windows proof.

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  • by Scrappy on August 14th, 2008

    Scrappy

    AVG is working great. I downloaded and tried several other ones and all it did was download spyware onto my system and I had to get my entire system re installed so I will stay with AVG

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  • by tinybubbles is sitting on the carpet read on December 9th, 2006

    tinybubbles is sitting on the carpet read

    firefox is a good one as is Zonealarm.

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