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!

[Stained]

I think Outpost 2008 with maximum antileak is better then Comodo

[TheTraderChimp]

I personally use Sygate... its free, wonder if it really protects me...

[Skulltrail-old]

ESET Smart Security!!! w00t! :laugh:

I've used KIS in the past, so I call it 2nd... :hmmm:

Edited July 8, 2008 by Skulltrail

[lalalawawawa]

ESET Smart Security!!! w00t!

+1

It is very effective, plus you can easily modify it.

[bigmehdi]

I use "Look N stop" with Phant0m Ruleset.

I use it because it's lightweight , and enough for my needs (controlling what applications are doing).

I already have a hardware firewall.

[Master Shake]

Been using Comodo for some time now. Works fantastic for me and it's free!

[Tai]

anyone tried the latest version of Zonealarm Pro - version 8 ?

I see ZA Pro v7 got a bad result here : http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-...nge/results.php

[BoDEAN]

Just buy a router. All you really need.

[wellofsouls]

+1

It is very effective, plus you can easily modify it.

ESET is great at Antivirus, sure, but Firewall?

http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-...nge/results.php

:/

[smooth_criminal1990]

Zone alarm does a pretty good job, however Commodo wins IMO cos its free and has many similar features ;), its Defence + feature does a damn good job. Although I will say the Zone alarm privacy options are second to none with the cookie and ad management.

EDIT: And credit to the Windows firewall, which seems to take the flak very well when you are downloading a firewall after a fresh install :p

[mujjuman]

i use a version of Zonealarm 5 in Windows XP (older version)

but now i installed Vista and the new Zonealarm sucks... the older one is incompatible. so im researching other firewalls thanks to this thread :p

[edit]

what i look for in a firewall is the option to "allow" or "deny" a program from accessing the internet at will... like what Zonealarm did.

ofcourse this is including all the other features of a firewall.

i DO have a router btw (hardware firewall?) but i have the software firewall for the sake of program control.

[mujjuman]

Blocking incoming connections is just not good enough. Say you were infected by a trojan or a worm. All your data would be uploaded or you will take part in a ddos attack and you wouldn't even know if you don't have a firewall that checks outbound traffic. Get real people.

x2!!!

[Youdontknowme]

I found this new firewall Rising Personal Firewall it works great.

[Steven P. Administrators]

hey that's cool

[Skulltrail-old]

ESET is great at Antivirus, sure, but Firewall?

http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-...nge/results.php

:/

That's why I switched back to Kaspersky... bought a year's worth. ^_^

[EndoftheEpiphany]

Okay so a lot of people use Comodo, i was just wondering why?

[Skulltrail-old]

Okay so a lot of people use Comodo, i was just wondering why?

IMHO, Comodo is a horrible firewall, but it does beat most of the other newbs on the list. Most users like it because it's a freeware.

[xd3vilx]

I would say Comodo firewall would be the best. But for slow computers, Window Firewall seem to get the job done.

[xpgeek]

Comodo a fantastic firewall in my opinion. The Defense+ thing can be VERY annoying granted, but I just disable that and use the firewall only. Native 64bit support a big reason for it too.

[cork1958]

Kaspersky Anti Hacker rules here, for when I actually use windows anyway!

Nothing but a simple firewall without all the stupid bells and whistles!

[tom01]

IMHO, Comodo is a horrible firewall, but it does beat most of the other newbs on the list. Most users like it because it's a freeware.

To be honest, if your opinion is that then you properly don't know how to use it. Which is sad because when manually configured, Comodo is a beast.

What I do is manually put in all the rules for each application I want to touch the internet in the firewall and do the same with Defence+ like make Microsoft Office a trusted application.

Then disable all pop ups until you want you install something, then turn on installation mode.

[Salty Wagyu]

Quite surprised not to see Online Armor on the list, it's supposedly good. But only 1431 total votes in the last 10 months? o.O

[roadgeek9]

I'm not installing any Firewall. I just use the one built into Windows.

[Lyric]

An additional firewall downloaded is a waste of space on windows machines, the default one that comes with it is more than good enough if you know what you are doing., I'm behind a router & I use the windows built-in firewall.

[roadgeek9]

An additional firewall downloaded is a waste of space on windows machines, the default one that comes with it is more than good enough if you know what you are doing., I'm behind a router & I use the windows built-in firewall.

Same here.