Definitive Best Firewall 2007

[kinetix63 Veteran]

A fresh "Best Firewall" poll for 2007. Please use this as a reference when researching Firewall utilities. As time goes on, the poll can be updated to add further options.

Due to limitations of IPB - this will be seen as 3 polls. Select the Firewall program you wish to vote for, and choose N/A in the other polls.

Happy voting!

[devnulllore]

I use AVG Antivirus with firewall, it is full compatible with Windows Vista. I have no problems.

Well I am actualy using ZA Free but it's memory footprint is huge and I have narrowed down some of my lag spikes to it. Now I just want to see if anyone else plays online games and what they suggest.

I am looking at either Commodo or Sunbelt Kerio. Not sure which is better for gaming.

[serenityrule1515]

have used COMODO firewall Pro now for a while...compared to the others....its simply Ace!

give it a try....its user friendly...feature packed..low on resources..and free!

[Master Shake]

Well I am actualy using ZA Free but it's memory footprint is huge and I have narrowed down some of my lag spikes to it. Now I just want to see if anyone else plays online games and what they suggest.

I am looking at either Commodo or Sunbelt Kerio. Not sure which is better for gaming.

I've been using Comodo on my XP install that I use for gaming with no problems whatsoever. It works well and uses little memory. I need to find a firewall for Vista though....

[devnulllore]

I've been using Comodo on my XP install that I use for gaming with no problems whatsoever. It works well and uses little memory. I need to find a firewall for Vista though....

Can you tell me what processes are in memory while it's running and the sizes?

Thanks,

[deleted-user-9812]

ZoneAlarm Pro is killing it so far.

[Accord]

I think BitDefender is the best

[devnulllore]

First a word of warning. If you are a user of NOD32 Anti-Virus and want to try the Comodo firewall DO NOT set the firewall to block all outgoing traffic while booting. Comodo sets it's boot priority to high and then NOD32 attempts to call home as soon as it loads and locks up the whole system. Just an FYI.

As for Comodo itself, I am trying it in place of ZA Free. First because I have read many of the dreaded "Zone Alarm slows down all online gaming" and I found the fact that it installs it's own Spam filter into Outlook annoying. With that said I see no difference in gaming speed (lag) with Comodo than with ZA Free. Comodo is WAY more configurable and in time I may get used to it but I somehow felt more secure with ZA.... *shrug*

All I need is a firewall that will stop and tell me about any traffic in or out and learn from my response. I don't want any program "calling home" without my permission as this can just lead to problems. Both firewalls seem to do this very well.

With this in mind, what would the advantages be of me say upgrading to ZA Pro or even ZA Security suite. I have a brand new copy of Norton Internet Security 2007 sitting here that I got from a conference. Is it not advisable to try it? Keep in mind I have a P4 3.0g with 2g dual channel DDR and play games.

SO thanks for any further advice and let me know if you need more specs for your opinions.

Cheers.

[Guest Jeremy of Many]

MatouSec published updated leaktests and firewall ratings recently.

Comodo is #1. :)

http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-p...sts-results.php

[BryanChung]

How about Outpost latest release?

[devnulllore]

I tested several and between ZoneAlarm Free and Comodo, ZoneAlarm did in fact cause more lag in my online games but Comodo kept giving me the same popups time after time even if I said to remember my selection. But I guess for gaming unless there is another that comes along that is as small and unintrusive I will have to go with Comodo.

[modern361]

My choice is for the new KAV internet security suite 6. Works great.

Me too. I have used it for long. It is so nice that I like it very much. :yes:

[pyrosarco]

I would love to use ZoneAlarm, however, when I install it with SP2 it wastes my computer into a 3 minute boot time. Gahh.

[bananix]

i like Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5

[Popcorned1]

Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is very good. It's built in too, here's a screenshot for anyone interested. I remember someone saying it will do only do inbound checking. Wrong, it does both outbound and inbound checking.

Shot at 2007-06-29

[MPH]

My choice is for the new KAV internet security suite 6. Works great.

I use KIS (Kaspersky Internet Security 7) firewall. Best firewall for me. (Y)

[john pap]

which of those firewalls are compatible with Windows Vista 64Bit ?

For example i like comodo, but it doesnt have support yet for Vista and 64Bit.. I think KIS 7 Its a good choice..

[Stingray]

Built-in.

[soldier1st]

if you ask me as long as your using a nat router then the windows firewall is all you need.

[Master Shake]

Does KIS 7 take up a lot of resources?

[soldier1st]

i heard that the firewall slows the net down alot so it probably does but not too much.

[diego1]

im blind or sygate inst in that list?

[Premgenius]

Hardware Firewall/NAT Router backed by a free ZoneAlarm.

[BilliShere]

god when i had winxp i use zone alarm security suite. best security provided by any software hands down. true it slowed my sytem down but onyl very little and trust me my system had some weak specifications. now with vista i just uninstalled norton 360 which screwed up my pc after i did that. did a fresh install and am only using vista's built in firewall with nod32 antivirus. nice loooww memory footprint. and nod32's speed,efficiency, footprint, detection is unmatchable.

[nXqd]

Router Firewall :)

nXqd

[GLSii]

Sygate PF should be there... it's still fully funtional and protecting very well. I've been using it for several years, and it has always kept me safe and stealthed. :) I'm still using it, even I recently bought a router-modem with firewall.

I also have tried many different popular software walls, but none of them didn't satisfy me like Sygate does. :D

I've understood, that the Kerio is follower for the Sygate?

Personally the Best firewall out is a Hardware firewall, no holes no exploites and you can monitor it perfectly and you have more control over software firewalls Software firewalls are useless in my opinion where's the options to block network traffic? where's the option to define IP Access over your router.

Hardware Firewall for a Network

Software firewall if you just surf now and again

Hardware firewalls let outbound traffic through... So if you manage to get a trojan which wants to dial his home - nothing will be stopping it... right?

And besides that, the other reason why I use "double firewall" is that I don't want the unnecessary windows applications and services connecting over the world to other ip addresses. With Sygate, all of those can be easily blocked/allowed.