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Use Zonealarm but I have heard that my Windows XP has its own but anything by microsoft to stop hacker's gets knocked down in a day
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Ok, we all know about firewalls (most), but which to choose?
Am not going to make this one long, just going to post the 2 best I think out now (at this moment):
Sygate Personal Firewall Pro 5x
&
Kerio Personal Firewall 2.x
Try them out & compare. They will serve you better than ZAP 3.x & BlackIce deffender or Norton Personal Firewall, etc... .
PS
this topic is about software firewalls, not hardware which are generally better (though I would use both if you can)
Use Zonealarm but I have heard that my Windows XP has its own but anything by microsoft to stop hacker's gets knocked down in a day
t0ucan yes, winXP all have their own firewalls, but they mess up too many things on the PC with network connections. Not worth it (have mine disabled).
PS
Hope you're using ZAP 2.6x & not v3 (cause 3 has been tested here often & found to be the worst).
How do I know if my XP firewall is disabled?
you must disable it yourselfOriginally posted by t0ucan
How do I know if my XP firewall is disabled?
if you havent its orobably active
Okay
Originally posted by t0ucan
Okay
In XP... One way is to click on START/SETTINGS/CONTROL PANEL/ NETWORK CONNECTIONS/ (highlight then right click, chose properties. Then chose the ADVANCED tab and uncheck ICF)
Hope this helps...
Thanx m8
Why should I disable Microsoft's ICF?? I am using it with Sygate v5 and found no problem till date of any sorts.
Anyone of different opinion please explain the reason also.
Regards.
Last edited by inndesign; 03-06-2002 at 19:13.
i use AtGuard 3.22 for a long time and it was for some time the best. i don't know how good it has been tested but i like it and didn't want to change to a new one.
.. just looked at some screenshots of kerio firewall and their user interface looks kinda similar to atguard but atguard has some ad-blocking and privacy features i couldn't see on the pics. but i like the idea of md5 checking of the applications
FortiTude
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TinyFirewall for me
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Dreaming as the summers die:
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i have also use atguard 3.22 for a long time, and still do on my win2k pro installations. i've been using the built-in firewall for xp lately on xp and it seems to work pretty good. it shows up as complete stealth at grc.com's shields up. only problem is that some ftp sites it won't let me see a file listing or upload.
zonealarm pro is a good firewall but a major pain in the ass. try to uninstall it and you will most likely have to reinstall your os. i'm now using a gateway server at home running a linux gateway/firewall setup. it's the only way to go.
Retired,but always amongst us.
Does that let MS in/out all on it's own?Originally posted by netman
i've been using the built-in firewall for xp lately on xp and it seems to work pretty good.
Go for Steganos online shield very good firewall.
gtrx The Postman
Woopieieie!!! my first post...
I'm a BlackICE person myself...
once it's installed and set up it runs smoothly...
Boris da little Dolphin
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