Help, Firewall Needed!

[Nightshade]

Ello every one, and YAY my first post on d2sector. Well anywase, I would like to find a good free firewall for Windows XP, can anyone help me out.

[Dmbewd]

just dl it from windows update.

[slimp]

a good firewall isnt Windows firewall, Try to find Zonealarm, On www.download.com

[skidude]

better yet skidude saves the day again :laugh:

my Freeware Utilities List is here u can find like 4 or 5 diff firewalls here and way more

http://www.d2sector.net/forums/showthread.php?t=21941

[IcyWhiteSolja]

im still a fan of Zone Alarm im pretty sure u can get a copy at download.com

[Timetear]

SPFP is a good one

[Hurly91]

yea zone alarm is a good one


Get Your Free Copy Here!

[ Taken on Zone Alarm Official's website.... ]

[RIDALIN17]

I usually use aol firewall i mean its $3 extra a month but it is always udateing your comp for new virsus and trojan etc that have came out

[Aemaeth]

Zone alarm sucks. Its cuts off many people from the internet completely.

[Shift]

Hurly91 or someone, could u get that zone alarm in English for me?

[hellKnighT]

Use Kerio Personal Firewall !
That is better then zone alarm...
Easy to config , and there are some free versions on download.com

[Eupher--]

Use a router to connect to another computer in your house that has a firewall on it, or what Jehnova said the router/firewall combo. I've never had trouble with my router ( i have a Linksys Wireless-G has built in firewall)

[Obfuscate]

But instead of downloading a firewall from the internet, use a router. Simple, easy, and a lot better than any of the firewalls you can find.

A router will do nothing to protect you. All a router does is allow you to hook up multiple computers to one internet connection. Thats it. UNLESS you get a router/firewall combination. The only problem I have seen with those is that sometimes the firewalls are half-assed and the extra expense spent on the combo deal becomes a loss.

[EpiQ]

i use sygate, it says to be good but i dunno...

[Shellz]

Zone alarm sucks. Its cuts off many people from the internet completely.

Yeah when i had it. It wouldnt let me do shit most the time so i just got rid of it. skidude has a nice list of freebies

[Tap]

avg pwns all in the free firewall department

[ZxSlippy191]

Zone alarm sucks. Its cuts off many people from the internet completely.

Set the FireWall Security level to Medium.. at least if you play Games..

ZoneAlarm is a good free firewall, I use it.. Along with AVG and Lavasoft. AVG isnt a firewall, It's a virus scanner/cleaner. LavaSoft is good as well, as it does Virus Scans, deletes em, and also checks for spyware.

http://www.lavasoft.com

Theres the website if your interested.

[Silent_killers]

A router will do nothing to protect you. All a router does is allow you to hook up multiple computers to one internet connection. Thats it. UNLESS you get a router/firewall combination. The only problem I have seen with those is that sometimes the firewalls are half-assed and the extra expense spent on the combo deal becomes a loss.

A router makes every port closed until you manually open them. Basically what Windows Firewall does.

[5|*42]

A router makes every port closed until you manually open them. Basically what Windows Firewall does.

Someone in a recent PCMag (i think it was that) was testing popular firewalls, and got more secure results from a port scanner using a cheap D-Link router than using some pay firewalls like Zone Alarm, Norton, etc. Not to say you sholdn't use a firewall, but if I had to only pick one I'd take the router/hw firewall.

[corymann1]

someone post zone alarm up in english please.