weEvil Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I need a new firewall. I used to use Zone Alarm, but its been giving me problems. Slows down computer way too much.Has antispyware, monitoring tools... and just extra crap I don't need from a firewall.I need a firewall that does just that. No virus, no antispyware, no registry monitoring... just firewall.Preferably with some sort of IP range blocklist like PeerGuardian.Do you guys know or use any?I heard TinyPersonalFirewall used to be good. But its discontinued now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdyer Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 How about FilesClab?http://www.filseclab.com/eng/products/firewall.htmOr..http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2007/PL20...hp#1.10Firewallhttp://lists.thedatalist.com/pages/Firewalls.htmhttp://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/security/fwfirewall.htmlThanks,Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phkninja Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Comodo Firewall is a good littel app, and comes recommended by alot of people on msfn.Ive run it for a long while and think its great (and i tried about 4 firewalls before it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I used Comodo for a month or so to test it out and it's the only freeware firewall I recommend to others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 And do any of these have IP blocking? So I can get rid of my PeerGuardian?Oh and freeware or pay, I don't care. I want it to be just a firewall... so its light on the system.I have antivirus, antispyware and all the other stuff to protect me. Anything else is redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phkninja Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 i use comodo and peerguardian. No need for both really but like the added protection (only put peer guardian on when torrenting, and update the lists every day with Blocklist Manager). Im obsesive about this stuff, maybe because most countries dont have a data protection act like Irelands Even the police need special permission to gather all the info on you, and even then it has to be related to a crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 And do any of these have IP blocking? So I can get rid of my PeerGuardian?Of course it does, but if you want to spend a good portion of eternity making individual rules for each IP that PeerGuardian blocks, that's your choice. I used PeerGuardian before for a few days but quickly didn't see much reason to use it further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMurphy Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 i use comodo and peerguardian. No need for both really but like the added protection (only put peer guardian on when torrenting, and update the lists every day with Blocklist Manager). Im obsesive about this stuff, maybe because most countries dont have a data protection act like Irelands Even the police need special permission to gather all the info on you, and even then it has to be related to a crime.I also use comodo+peerguardian. I love peerguardian, I'm iffy about comodo though, it's been failing recently. Of course, it could just be my system. Time for that yearly reinstall. This time though, I'm going to buy zonealarm and reimage my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 (edited) I used Comodo for a month or so to test it out and it's the only freeware firewall I recommend to others.I agree. With the exception that Jetico Personal Firewall is good too. I recommend Jetico Personal Firewall 1x for people that want lean Windows installations. I had dependency issues with Comodo Personal Firewall under Windows 2000 Pro with the FDV fileset. So I need another OS setup to test Comodo on. Edited April 21, 2007 by RJARRRPCGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Another vote for Comodo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 To be honest, I've had no issues using the default Windows Firewall. You only get yourself into trouble if your not a careful user on the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[deXter] Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Comodo or Jetico. Jetico is just a notch better than Comodo but Comodo is free. Both are small and light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phkninja Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Doggie - Doesnt matter how careful you are on the net there are too many holes in Windows and Windows Firewall. It doesnt take too much to disable windows firewall (1 reg entry, which if you know what you are doing can be added to an RVM Add-On or to any number of legit installs). I have fixed too many virus or spamware ridden computers that have relied on Windows Firewall as the only securiity measure (other than an av prog) to actually think its reliable. That think i like about Comodo is it propts you whan a new program tries to conect the internet. You can tell it to addd the file to the permit or the denyu. Its that simple. It has also saved me hastle with spamware trying to install itself, or spyware installed with other programs (like Daemon tools. it adds spyware to your comp) trying o gain net access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Doggie - Doesnt matter how careful you are on the net there are too many holes in Windows and Windows Firewall.Yes, it does matter. Jcarle and myself are proof of that.The point of this topic is to suggest a firewall. That's either Comodo, Jetico, or a router which is what I'm using. Let's get back on topic and not let this turn into opinion-gagging and so forth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdyer Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 What about some good firewall rules on your router?Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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