Good Software Firewalls

GWARGWAR Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2297Members, Contributor
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<div class="IPBDescription">Other then Zonealarm</div> I have had some bad experiences with zonealarm, mainly with the cookie/popup stopper that bogs down IE (I do use IE on occasion) Even if disabled its still quite slow

Does anyone know of a good (And Hopefully free) firewall that doesnt try and do all this crap I dont need?
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  • JaspJasp Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13076Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I have had some bad experiences with zonealarm, mainly with the cookie/popup stopper that bogs down IE (I do use IE on occasion) Even if disabled its still quite slow<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    If im not mistaken zonealarm the free version has neither of these functions, all it does is allow programs to access the net and block incoming traffic to ports thats about it.

    It must be the higher up versions with the popup/cookie blocker.

    But since you asked for an alternative heres one

    <a href='http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html' target='_blank'>http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html</a>

    Its free but limited like zonealarm.
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  • Umbraed_MonkeyUmbraed_Monkey Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9922Members
    you can try Tiny Personal Firewall. Its exactly what it sounds like. If you want a free version, youll have to dig up a 2.X.XX version (ie, I use 2.0.15b).
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  • Boy_who_lost_his_wingsBoy_who_lost_his_wings Join Date: 2003-12-03 Member: 23924Banned
    I use dont.be.an.idiot.and.download.qustoinable.stuff 4.0


    and my router
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  • GWARGWAR Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2297Members, Contributor
    In fact zonealarm free does have the cookie blocking feature... which is rendered useless because IE6 already does that.

    I tried out Tiny Personal Firewall, seems to be working fine thanks
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  • RuByRuBy Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10732Members
    I tried a bunch of them before settling on Sygate PF. I like it a lot. User friendly yet has a lot of advanced features.
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  • Dr_ShaggyDr_Shaggy Join Date: 2002-09-26 Member: 1340Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-GWAR+Apr 27 2004, 03:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (GWAR @ Apr 27 2004, 03:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->In fact zonealarm free does have the cookie blocking feature...  which is rendered useless because IE6 already does that.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah I'd be comfortable trusting IE with the security of my computer :/
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  • HellbillyHellbilly A whole title out of pity... Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 3931Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <a href='http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm' target='_blank'>Sygate Personal Firewall</a>

    Powerful - Free - Easy to use

    nuff said <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • SpetsnazSpetsnaz Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24761Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Hellbilly+Apr 27 2004, 10:10 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Hellbilly @ Apr 27 2004, 10:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <a href='http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm' target='_blank'>Sygate Personal Firewall</a>

    Powerful - Free - Easy to use

    nuff said <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    brill firewall, best out there!
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  • Umbraed_MonkeyUmbraed_Monkey Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9922Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-GWAR+Apr 26 2004, 10:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (GWAR @ Apr 26 2004, 10:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> In fact zonealarm free does have the cookie blocking feature... which is rendered useless because IE6 already does that.

    I tried out Tiny Personal Firewall, seems to be working fine thanks <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    any time, random forum-goer <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    2wire hardware firewall, winXP icf, nub-download-killer 2.0

    (i used to use sygate, but the 2wire hardware firewall kinda made it useless)
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