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Definitive Best Firewall 2008

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Definitive Best Firewall  

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  1. 1. Your choice?

    • BitDefender
      7
    • BlackIce
      6
    • Comodo Firewall
      160
    • Eset Smart Security
      78
    • Hardware Firewall/NAT Router
      70
    • Jetico
      3
    • Kaspersky Internet Security
      55
    • Lavasoft
      2
    • Linux based Firewall Distro
      7
    • Look 'n Stop
      5
    • McAfee
      6
    • Microsoft ISA
      3
    • Norton Internet Security
      12
    • Outpost
      46
    • Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall
      5
    • Tiny
      6
    • Windows Built In Firewall
      86
    • Windows OneCare
      9
    • Zone Alarm
      84
    • Other (please specify below)
      45

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Tai

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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 ?

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Deathray

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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

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Vettetech

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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/

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way2quik

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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.

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Vettetech

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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.

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The Cook

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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

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Srsly

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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!

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wrack

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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.

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