What is the best firewall?
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Great question and thank you for participating. The best, free firewall that I've found is ZoneAlarm from www.zonelabs.com  Download the free version and follow thru during the prompts and then allow it to install itself to the hard drive. Afterwards, restart the computer so that the new changes can take effect. Let me know when this is done and I'll help you with it's operations as it can be a bit confusing when you first attempt to use it. You'd be getting warning popups and need to know why they're there and what to do with them. I'll help you with it step by step. Larry Radio Shack 01-9590
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My personal favorite is Zonelabs ZoneAlarm Pro.. but just get the firewall pro.. they have different versions that come with antivirus and antispyware programs... but just the Firewall is all you really want from them.
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There are tons of software options - google is your friend there.  Mainly depends on what you have at each site.  For instance, Windows servers all have some sort of software VPN capabilities.\n\nHowever, you can get firewall/routers with VPN endpoint capabilities pretty inexpensively these days.  As an example, the Symantec appliances are simple to use and relatively cheap.  (http://www.symantec.com/small_business/products/security_appliances/sgs300/index.html)  DLink, Linksys and Netgear all have stuff cheaper in the "soho" space as well.  Or spend more and go for Cisco if you have the needs and skills.
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My method of safety is to buy more then 3 hardware firewalls.\n\nYou can buy a hardware firewall cheap by buying the cheapest local area network router (Belkin, Linksys, etc etc.). Why do more then 3 help.\n\nWell lets explain this. Different routers could have different vulnerabilities and 3 would be like this:\n\nB stands for Backdoor\n\n    Hacker\n******|\n******|\n******|\n******V\n.....|B|.......\n******V\n..|B|..........\n    Splat\n.........|B|...\n\nIt would make it more difficult for a hacker to attack you.\n\nAlso get a anti-virus, and anti spy-ware. Another tip is to have encryption (For data, and connections). I recommend you get a anti-virus too.\nOh teal also you should download all Service Packs, hot-fixes, patches, and get a software firewall too.\nOne more thing is to rename your administrator account.\n\nTo learn more goto http://www.markusjansson.net/exp.html if you use windows XP, or 2000.
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That's what a firewall is made for.  There are hundreds of firewall products out there.  Take your pick.
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www.firewallsucks.com\n\nthis works.
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Norten's is the worst... I know I used it for years I now use avg free 7.5 and have absolutely NO problems...all I ever had with Norten's was problems, not to mentioned it slowed my computer down to a snail pace.\n\nI use comodo free firewall as well and it is great! Plus it has passed all leak test!\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/\n\nhttp://www.comodo.com\n\nHope that this helps you!
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A firewall is a protection system for your computer that protects it from unsolicited communication when you are on a network.\nIf you use a good firewall then it will not only suspicious incoming traffic in the form of viruses,trojans,worms,spyware etc but also outgoing traffic.\nWhen you already have some virus in your computer and the virus wants to spread itself using  your internet connection then a firewall will prevent even that.\nThese days its a must to use a firewall as virus activity is growing.also use the Y! toolbar's spyware removal tool.It is very good for removing spayware that are not caught by your firewall.
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Free firewalls you can find at http://yacam.altervista.org at the free download section in the left of the page,just click on firewalls,98% its free.Good luck
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ok...i will answer your question....first off....lets start with the firewall\nif u are using windows xp sp2...it has a built in firewall...it blocks all incoming traffic...but no outgoing....so it is not a very good firewall...if u are computer savvy..u can set it up to block most anything\nso the thing to do is either go here or here and download one of these free firewalls,,zone alarm is rated on of the very best for years now....and comodo is a very effective firewalll that has passed all test\nhttp://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/\nhttp://www.download.com/3000-2092-10039884.html\n\nok now for windows defender......as stated above ...windows defender IS NOT A FIREWALL,,the guy who said that is wrong...windows defender is a spyware program....yes there are a few that are better the defender......\n\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5\nhttp://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html\nhere are 2 that are better then windows defender\ni guess i will give u a few antivirus programs also\nhttp://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?\nhttp://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5\nok those are 3 free antiviruses...\ndo not use more then one firewall...1 antivirus...u can use 2 or 3 spyware programs\none last thing now......if u are looking for the very best\nget kaspersky internet security suite\nor bitdefnder v.10\ngood luck
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get AVG\n\nget Sygate Personal Firewall
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Best antivirus (free ver): Grisoft AVG\n               (paid ver): Symantec (Norton) AntiVirus\n\nBest firewall (free ver):  Zone Alarm\n              (paid ver):  Zone Alarm Pro\n\nBest antispyware(free ver): Microsoft Defender (Beta 2)\n                (paid ver): Webroot Spysweeper 4.5
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Depending upon your needs, the options range from quite simple to substantially more complex. If you just need a simple host-based software firewall, there are a number of good ones. Good free firewalls I've used include Zone Alarm, Sygate, Kerio, Outpost, and Ghostwall. If you're not opposed to getting your hands a little dirty with networking, I prefer wipfw. On my Windows boxes wipfw is the only firewall I use. Very effective, but definitely not for the timid. If you're using Linux, the iptables firewall is definitely the route to go. If your needs are a little more complex and you have an old computer lying around, you can install something like Smoothwall or IPCop and use the old PC as your firewall. I've used both and they work very well. They're both relatively easy to setup, but you'll definitely want to follow one of the step-by-step guides the first time you do it.
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Yes!\n\nCheck this out:\n\nhttp://www.smoothwall.org/\nhttp://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html\nhttp://www.fs-security.com/
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Definitely don't use two firewall programs.  They can conflict with each other and prevent networking/internet access altogether.  Windows fire wall is not good ao it is surely the one to turn off.  If you want to test your fire wall you can go to www.grc.com and run the Shields Up program to check your open ports or download the Leak Test program to see if your firewall catches it.
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windows has it's own firewall too. you can access it from control panel-security-firewall settings, and disable it...but remember, when a program want you to disable your firewall, it is because it wants to get in, and it leaves a door for everyone else too
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Norton is better than Windows firewall.I suggest ZoneAlarm and they have a free version that works great.I have had it for 5 years and never had any problems.You can download it free from the site below.