beat1 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Hi guys. I recently installed W2k3 Server SP1 and then converted into a desktop. My only doubt right now is which firewall and antivirus should i use? Price is not a problem, it just has to be efficient and light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikgale Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Run a search within the forum for "Best anti-virus" and "best firewall" This will help you alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I'd suggest the built-in Windows firewall for a firewall, and something like Trend, AVG, or Symantec for antivirus. Note to use Symantec Antivirus itself, not one of their shoddy security suite products! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFusion200 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I'd suggest the built-in Windows firewall for a firewall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramy Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Lots of people online have been talking about the speed of the new Antivir 7.0beta. I haven't tried it, and know nothing else about it.If you want a relatively good, somewhat CPU cheap firewall...get Kerio. Kerio Personal Firewall has been discontinued, but many still use it. v4.22-911 is the latest(final), and is quite nice(trial 30 days, and then ad filtering and stuff is disabled..)If you want something even lighter at the price of features, google "Kerio 2.1.5", and use that. It's likely one of the lightest firewalls out there that actually has a GUI...though the interface is packaged in separate exe's if I remember right... and the interface somewhat reminds me of 98SE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 What's wrong with the Windows firewall? It's scriptable, doesn't require a special hook .dll into the TCP/IP stack, is configurable and manageable via Group Policy, and blocks inbound traffic just as well as any other software-based firewall out there. I know it lacks outbound firewall blocking, but I don't think that is a horrible thing if you know what is going on internally on your system. We all run antivirus and antispyware, right?Besides, just because you can block the traffic outbound of a malicious application doesn't remove the application from your system. The next version of Windows will include a two-way firewall, but this version of the Windows firewall is a good inbound firewall, and meets the original posters requirement of "light" (no additional hook .dll into the TCP/IP stack) and efficient (already integrated into the Windows GUI, and easily configurable via the control panel applet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizban2 Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 windows firewall works very well, cluberti could you expound on the hook dll., is this just a dll for a firewall product that has to also be set into the tcp/ip stack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Yes - software firewalls need a "hook" into the TCP/IP stack, in order to scan packets that are headed in or out of the box. Since all Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 SP1 machines already come with a hook for the Windows firewall, adding another seems like something you'd want to do only if the XP/2003 firewall didn't meet your needs. It's almost always OK to do, but I have seen firewall applications completely hose Windows machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokingman Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 I like the window firewall it has not let me down yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beat1 Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 (edited) Well i installed Symantec Antivirus (not Norton, its a server-oriented antivirus) and I'm using the Windows Firewall, since i dont need to block the outgoing traffic and if the windows firewall does a good job with the incoming traffic thats ok for me . Thanks for the help Edited December 2, 2005 by beat1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yahoo Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 some pols are posted in our forums so find it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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