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Definitive Best Firewall

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Definitive Best Firewall  

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  1. 1. Your choice?

    • Hardware Firewall/NAT router
      131
    • Jetico
      2
    • Kerio
      43
    • McAfee
      9
    • Norton
      11
    • Outpost
      52
    • Sygate
      53
    • Windows Firewall
      52
    • ZoneAlarm
      116
    • N/A
      58

  2. 2. Your choice?

    • Ommiquad
      2
    • Netveda Safety.NET
      1
    • BlackIce
      18
    • Linux based firewall distro
      32
    • Microsoft ISA
      24
    • Tiny
      9
    • BitDefender
      20
    • Lavasoft
      33
    • Other (please specify below)
      35
    • N/A
      353

  3. 3. Your choice?

    • Look 'n' Stop
      71
    • N/A
      452

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Darnell 0216

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I use Sunbelt KPF 4.2.3 Build 912. Sunbelt fubar'd the last release (4.3 Build 268) and they know it. On hundreds of systems (incl mine) it fails to work to the point of disabling the desktop and the team refuses to do anything about it. Then I find out GameGuard (though I rarely play games with it) released a patch that's incompatible with it, causing game exits or BSOD's. Figured it's time to give another firewall a go. So I figured I'd drop by trusty ol' Neowin to see what everyone prefers.

I have to agree that ZAP was better about 2-3 years ago when they were just a firewall with Version/App Behavior Monitoring (ZAP 3.x?). Yeah the TV crashes were a pain but I lived with em. It got bloated and I got tired. Then because ZAP got so bloated, it was no longer compatible with my F-Secure which is all I need for AV. Not in the mood for Norton or McAfee. Bad past experiences.

Comodo looks promising and I might give Outpost (3.5) a try if things aren't to my liking. I don't want 101 features. I just want traffic monitoring, app behavior and the peace of mind knowing if something is going out, I let it out and if it changed versions it's for known reasons.

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Viper_Maniac

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I've been using ZoneAlarm 4.5.594.000 pretty much since it came out. All the ones I tried after that version messed up. It either slowed down my pc or internet or wouldn't allow something to run properly. I think the last version I tried was an early v6 version.

Yeah its a little old but its stopped alot of stuff. About 141k intrusions blocked. :)

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flexy123

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WOW, dont even have the best one on the list.

F-Secure Net security.

i cant believe so many voted for Zone Alarm....no question a hardware NAT router is the #1 choice....but the usual i always hear in regards to software firewalls is Kerio 2.15.

It's older but MANY say it's solid and good.

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