Definitive Best Firewall 2008

[kinetix63 Veteran]

A fresh "Best Firewall" poll for 2008. Please use this as a reference when researching Firewall utilities. As time goes on, the poll can be updated to add further options.

Happy voting!

[aeg]

Hardware firewall backed by Windows Firewall.

[BoDEAN]

My router.

No reason to use anything else

[.exo.]

Comodo

[drugo]

i vote for outpost

i don't know commodo , is so good?

[fusi0n]

Comodo Firewall. i really like this firewall. It gives great status reports.

[Volatile]

+1 for hardware NAT.

Good 'ol back in the day Conseal PC Firewall.... :D

[Vettetech]

Comodo 3.0 all the way.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2240712,00.asp

[Tai]

Been testing out a few firewalls to replace ZoneAlarm Pro on my laptop ... and for now have Comodo 3 pro with Nod32 as my av - no problems although my browsing feels slightly slower at times, and a lot of nags from the firewall itself.

I tried the latest version of Outpost Pro before settling on Comodo - no slowdowns with Outpost at all for me and still uses less memory than ZA Pro .. depending on how Comodo runs I might go back to Outpost.

Anyone here tried Comodo v Outpost Pro ? thoughts on the two ?

[krysto]

+1 for KIS

[Vettetech]

I just switched to Online Armor its a very light and easir to use then Comodo. Was rated #1 by Matousec. Use the beta version .74.

http://www.tallemu.com/

[member]

PC Tools Firewall Plus (Freeware) :D

Website: http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

Designed for Windows? Vista

[Vettetech]

PC Tools Firewall Plus (Freeware) :D

Website: http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

Designed for Windows? Vista

PC Junk I say.

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

[Deathray]

I just switched to Online Armor its a very light and easir to use then Comodo. Was rated #1 by Matousec. Use the beta version .74.

http://www.tallemu.com/

I never heard of that before, but interesting since it ranked so well... Guess I gotta look for more reviews on it... Comodo 3 seems a tad bloated for my needs

[Vettetech]

I never heard of that before, but interesting since it ranked so well... Guess I gotta look for more reviews on it... Comodo 3 seems a tad bloated for my needs

Its extremely good with good support. Mike Nash one of the makers helps out in the forums. I was using it awhile ago but went back to Comodo but having so many tabs and options in Comodo is over welming. Pending files thing is also dumb and having to keep tabs of your firewall list and D+ list gets tiring.

Read Scotts Blog.

http://blog.scotsnewsletter.com/

[Vettetech]

Ok retract my last statement. As good as Online Armor is all pings are higher in any game and WOW spits and sputters at times. Back to Comodo. The new version of Comodo takes care of the pending files problem.

[way2quik]

online armour has major problems with torrent clients as well as what Vettetech mentioned, pings during games were beyond high..

Comodo 2x wasn't great, went to Windows Firewall, but Comodo 3 is low on resources and easy to use, so I reverted back.

[wrack]

+1 for ZoneAlarm Pro

[Vettetech]

What do you guys think of running ThreatFire along side Zone Alarm?

[Vettetech]

Ok I have been testing out Comodo 3.0.17.304. It gets real tiring baby sitting a firewall. You cannot install or do anything without being nagged. I had 7 Windows XP updates and Comodo went nuts. D+ alerts like mad and the install mode is BS. Going back to ZAAS which I got for free on patch Tuesday.

[rubenov]

Another vote for PC Tools Firewall Plus ;)

[bobbba]

I like a firewall that's:

Free

Easy to configure

Unobtrusive

Simply does the the job

So why anybody would use anything other than their router's firewall plus the windows one is a mystery to me!

[The Cook]

I was using Sygate Personal Firewall for a while but about a month ago i decided to get with the times and start using Comodo because a friend recommended it to me and after installing and configuring it, it was much better software to use and also nice to give back up to my hardware firewall

[Srsly]

Comodo all the way, its not only free, its also one of the highest rated among diffirent sources.

There are some things though, the pop up thing is very annoying, but other then that its a great firewall which is better then some commercial non free firewalls!

[Vettetech]

Well back to Comodo since Online Armor will eat your CPU.

[wrack]

I like a firewall that's:

Free

Easy to configure

Unobtrusive

Simply does the the job

So why anybody would use anything other than their router's firewall plus the windows one is a mystery to me!

I do use my router firewall but Windows Firewall (pleeeeeeeeease..!). I gotta have a firewall where I can define which program can have how much internet access. Windows Firewall is just not enough and router just blocks everything but I can't define program control there.