the-matrix Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 (edited) I have try the neweste Zone alarm firewall witch should be compatible but that gave vista to come forward with the famous windows blue screen??? Edited September 18, 2007 by the-matrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridebmx anthony Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 u have to disable the windows firewall but just to let u know vista doesnt need a firewall the built in one is just as good as zone alarm just no reports so just stay up-to-date and ull be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous_user Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 For 32-bit you can try LooknStop or PC Tools Firewall Plus.For 64-bit there is a beta of LooknStop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoguy Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 The firewall built into windows is pretty comprehensive. But you should have a hardware firewall.This would be a cable/dsl router. Searching for that should get you more then enough product results.Having one of these has several benefits. Filters traffic at a hardware level. Free's up your computer from having to process all those packets to determine whether or not to let it in.Forces you to explicitly open ports on the front end. Unless your applications are all uPnP, then you'll have to make the consious effort to open up the ports. This might seem like a drag, but it's easy, and it's a good additional way to make you ask yourself if this is really the right thing I should be doing.In my opinion, the windows firewall is a good last ditch defense against internal network worms if something does get through to another machine. In my case my wife has a tendancy to download nasty things. So the firewall on my box helps keep me clean This is my setup at homeDlink DIR-655 routerStandard Vista Firwall and Windows DefenderaVast antivirus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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