Comments on: Two recommended Windows firewalls

Scot Finnie recommended two firewall, and I trust his advice.

[soccer18]

My computer was recently rendered unable to connect to the internet. I run Zone Alarm as well (I've been extremely happy with it) but the recent security update from microsoft conflicted with it and shut down all internet access. Zone Alarm has issued a fix by way of a product update on their website. I installed that and then re-installed the security update and everything is working just fine.

[Scopip]

I find this all ironic. I recently had to re-install, and felt very deceived by the mandatory zone-alarm update also. In less than 10 mins, I found armor2net, and do like it a lotl.

Both AVG and Zone alarm my old favs, hit the dump real fast. Life of the internet.....

back to avast, / armor2 net

[The_Decider]

Comodo adapts to its user quite nicely. You can put it in dumbed down mode for the masses or let it give you all the control you need.

[john55440]

Norton Internet Security 2008 is an excellent program, and proof that Symantec is moving in the right direction.

[jgfuller]

Maybe I've just been lucky, but I run the Windows [xp] firewall, Windows Defender, and AVG free, and have had no problems. I do practice Safe Computing, with regards to opening suspicious e-mails and attachments, and am careful about web sites. So far, so good.

[mhinnewyork]

Let me suggest you review the exceptions that are allowed in your copy of the Windows XP firewall. I have seen suspect software set up an exception for itself without the user being aware of it. You are safest with no exceptions, but you may need some, such as file and printer sharing. Michael Horowitz

[buchpteclare]

I just dumped ZA - which up to last week had been reliable. I replaced it with Online Armor - which looks like a keeper. Easy to install, and clear in its use.

[Maxweel]

By the time, ZA Pro has had a lot of trouble dealing with Vista (and it's definetively the firewall, not the OS), so I decided to try something new. This post was decisive, thank you: I will try Comodo and give feeedback as soon as I can.

[rharmon618]

Let's see if I got this right - a Windows bug caused a problem with ZA so this caused people to search for another firewall. What are you going to do when another Windows bug causes problems with the new firewall? Research and find another? Why not change the operating system instead?

[will482]

It would be useful to have an update comparing different free firewalls. Recently saw a recommendation of the free PCT Tools Firewall purely in terms of protection efficiency. Would be useful to have a review, that also took the UI into account as in this, now dated review