2006-09-15 21:30:42 · 12 answers · asked by pegs_down 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Windows XP firewall. Perfectly adequate. I never notice it: there's no reason I should if it's a good firewall.
2006-09-15 21:33:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use zone-alarm free edition, its developed by the same people that own Check Point Firewall-1 the best of breed firewall for business.
2006-09-16 18:23:14 · answer #2 · answered by ssb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use JETICO and I vouch for it. It is small, lightweight and uses a small memory footprint. It has intrusion detection system built in. After all it is a freeware and better than paid firewalls. Please visit www.firewallleaktester.com for a comparison of most of the available firewalls or take a self test to find out how good your firewall is. I recommend COMODO as well, but is heavy.
2006-09-16 08:12:22 · answer #3 · answered by tullu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah,
I protect my Mac Computer with a home made OpenBSD 3.9 firewall/router it's running on a stripped down pentium 4 I
bought for $140 from 123compute http://www.123compute.ca/ I bought the extra ram and 2 compatible ethernet cards and ordered the openbsd 3.9 cdrom http://www.openbsd.org.
I installed openbsd on it and configured the box as a firewall/with my own customized rules. Started it up and ran tests everything was stealth.
Behind the openbsd box I placed an alphashield hardware firewall as an extra barrier.
2006-09-16 15:10:17 · answer #4 · answered by markm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one built into my netgear router.A good, easy to configure hardware firewall with port forwarding and vpn built in (2 features I needed).
2006-09-16 04:46:52 · answer #5 · answered by emread2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i use an external firewall (iptables) for my network as well as softperfect personal firewall on my desktop machines. it is a bit on the technical side, but very powerful and effective.
2006-09-16 06:08:09 · answer #6 · answered by christian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been using the free version of zonealarm for several years without any problems and can highly recommend it.
2006-09-16 04:44:13 · answer #7 · answered by nigel h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use ZoneAlarm, have been for about 5 years now with no problems. I also use Ad-aware 6.0, no problems with that either.
2006-09-16 06:39:33 · answer #8 · answered by charliesangel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton Antivirus is good at blocking virus attacks and is inconspicuous. Recommended.
2006-09-16 05:49:37 · answer #9 · answered by golfnut 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use Mcafee security Suite & I have found it to be very good. I have previously used Nortorns & had problems
2006-09-16 04:33:40 · answer #10 · answered by ianrose01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋