Personally, i have never understood the need for a firewall! What exactly do you wish to achieve by the firewall? I mean i have never come across any program i use for which i would want to cut off internet access!
i dont know what i would do without a firewall. before, i didnt have one turned on..then viruses attacked me. if youre an internet freak like me, you need some kind of "detterent"
Now OnLine Armor 3 free is listed.
As I got some problems with OnLine Amor 3 free, now I'm using Comodo Internet Security 3.5 (without Comodo Antivirus, Defense + and some optional toolbar for IE) + Kasperky Antivirus 2009 + MalwareBytes' AntiMalware 1.33 in my laptop with Vista Home Premium SP 1.
And everything is all right
However I know that OnLine Amor 3.1 beta (it's a public beta) fixed many issues as you can see
^A firewall acts as a barrier between the public internet and your private computer or network and blocks threats including some viruses.
@alsiladka, in addition to tweakwindows response, should your computer become infected, a software firewall also acts as a barrier to block the infector from calling home.
Since I find I am still running up against logs where the users don't have a software firewall, I keep the list of firewall programs free for personal use handy (Due to the Ask toolbar leofelix alluded to I don't choose to list either Comodo or ZA.)
@alsiladka, in addition to tweakwindows response, should your computer become infected, a software firewall also acts as a barrier to block the infector from calling home.
Since I find I am still running up against logs where the users don't have a software firewall, I keep the list of firewall programs free for personal use handy (Due to the Ask toolbar leofelix alluded to I don't choose to list either Comodo or ZA.)
This product at the time of the testing was for XP ONLY and from what I am reading it still doesn't include Vista (unless I've got it wrong). Personally I still got for AVG internet Security, because it does always rate highly in testing yes it does have a large foot-print, but with security suites, which ever you choose, you have one product that does everything and you don't have to then to look around for each individual part. And on the subject of testing every person seems to come up with a different idea which is why I like Steve Gibson's Shiled Up. It doesn't tell you what is best, only how your firewall is working. The Vista built-in firewall did well in the test, so if you want a free one then you might as well stick with that.
Personally, i have never understood the need for a firewall! What exactly do you wish to achieve by the firewall? I mean i have never come across any program i use for which i would want to cut off internet access!
Firewall filters your internet traffic and enables to open or block ports or protocols for sepcifice apps...
Like if you want block IE to use internet...just simple add iexplore.exe in blocked app list and select HTTP or 8080 port.
(Due to the Ask toolbar leofelix alluded to I don't choose to list either Comodo or ZA.)
hi Corrine,
yes I meant Ask toolbar and "Comodo safety surf" (or something similar), I do not need them.
I also use a router, but I prefer to use a powerful personal firewall too.
I want to know what software is trying to connect, what kind of intrusion I can stop etc etc etc.
Thank you and sorry for my poor english
01-05-2009, 07:33 AM
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