Which is the best firewall? I have heard many good and bad things about both.
2007-01-26 14:24:10 · 9 answers · asked by Aurora 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Zone Alarm
Norton is a resource hog and when you want to remove it you will find it almost impossible.
Trust me - go with Zone Alarm. I love it.
2007-01-26 14:28:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I've never used, let alone heard of ZoneAlarm, but I've been using Norton Internet Security 2007 (which has the virus scanner and firewall combo), and it's been working great for me. I would recommend any kind of Norton Product to anyone because it's the best. It's not perfect (nothing back that up), but still the best.
2007-01-27 00:00:05 · answer #2 · answered by raginbull3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask 100 people, and you will get 100 different answers, right?
Regarding a firewall, the best is Comodo. Free.
Zone Alarm is good, but they had a few really bad versions come out, and really havent got it together since. I dont know about their new suite.
Norton is a memory and cpu hog. They will try to take over your computer all in the name of 'safe computing'.
Any good firewall is one that will protect you in and out. Inbound protection is good for protecting your computer against inbound attacks (like from the internet). If you are behind a router that does NAT (your IP address is 192.168.x.x), then people from the net simply cannot get to you. However, if you ever get on a wireless network, or there are other machines on your network, this will protect you.
Outbound protection means that you are protected from sending data TO the internet. Now you might be thinking that this would normally be what you want, otherwise how can you surf, right? Well, if an application besides your browser or email client tries to suck some of your bandwidth by calling home, you would want to know about this, right? Normally, things like your antivirus updates itself, which is fine. But - what if a zero day trogan makes it into your computer and is calling a site in (you name the country) wanting to download a bunch of viruses and spyware? Having this outbound protection will cut them off. Applications have to ask you for permission to use the internet. This is a VERY GOOD thing. Besides, even the good applications dont always need full access to the internet, right?
Windows firewall only protects you against inbound attacks. Yes, it does a good job...but the 2-way protection is better for the reasons above.
Summary:
Norton? No. Zone Alarm? OK. Comodo? The best.
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2007-01-26 22:51:16 · answer #3 · answered by orlandobillybob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course Norton 2007,if u r using NIS. if not, i suggest u to use zonealarm 7
2007-01-26 23:15:34 · answer #4 · answered by star 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to deal with never ending problems with your PC and spend money unnecessary for protection that can be gotten for free and have a better record of virus removal, then go ahead get Norton
2007-01-26 22:47:53 · answer #5 · answered by Roadman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ZoneAlarm is better then Norton..I'd choose Z.A. Over Norton any day.
2007-01-26 22:31:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neither. The Microsoft Firewall is all you need. If you have broadband (DSL), get a router (even if you are NOT networking). Nobody can get past a router. Don't use IE (any version) - use Firefox. And don't click open ".exe" files ANYWHERE,ANYTIME, from ANYBODY!
2007-01-26 22:31:25 · answer #7 · answered by Carl G. 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
norton rules
2007-01-26 22:42:46 · answer #8 · answered by todd s 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spy bot, and www.grissoft.com for AVG they are free.
2007-01-26 22:32:06 · answer #9 · answered by thresher 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋