09-15-2006, 10:46 AM
wm_hunter Wrote:ZoneAlarm is not the best firewall anymore, and it has become bloated with shit you don't need *let's try and do everything just ok instead of doing a few things good, a policy taken by many companies now*
I personally suggest Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall... its from the old makers of the free Sygate, its now developed fully for a small price but has a free version. Its lighter on your system then ZoneAlarm, easier to configure, more user friendly GUI, better firewall...
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Kerio.cfm
I can link you also to the free version, it is quite enough but you said you did not mind paying and the paid does have other usefull features to it.
I will ask you this, do you have a router? Basically if any badies get into your system, there are known ways of turning off any software firewall rather easily. NAT routers are cheap now, work a lot better as a firewall (basically, unlesss you said "Let's talk" no one is allowed to talk to your computer\internet *AKA it drops unsolicited packets*) , make it easy for computers to share internet access and are very hard to be effected by malware...
I personally just use a router but I do have a copy of Kerio installed incase I want to see if a program is trying to "phone home" (send personal data back to their servers wo my knowledge)
1. well, not pay more like downloadfor free.
2. no i don't. a router is a hardware firewall right? it's hooked up between your cable modem and comp?
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