What is a good FREE downloadable firewall or port manager?
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I was going to recommend you ZoneAlarm.. but I'll recommend a firewall I never heard of until now but looks like its good..\n\nhttp://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/\n\nComodo Firewall, and its free and they look good..\n\nBut if that doesnt work tell your dad just to stop if your really getting annoyed of it..\n\nAnd some random rankings of free firewall.. Pshaw..\nhttp://www.iopus.com/guides/free-firewall.htm\n\nBut try it yourself.. The power within Google..\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-36,GGGL:en&q=Free+Firewall\n\nOr you can hack into your LAN and  do some "things" with it so your dad can't have access anymore...
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visit limewire.com and download then install the free program. also try changing firewall setting in your desktop
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You can disable the firewall temporary or you can put it in the allow list to pass by...I am not sure what type of firewall you run but its best you just disable it until you finish downloading it...
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The answer above is correct, however I would suggest using a 3rd party firewall: Zone Alarm. This is a free download (go to "Download & Buy" at ZoneAlarm.com, then click that tab that just says Zone Alarm for the free download), but additional features can be purchased. Zone Alarm is quite simply the best firewall in the business. The Windows firewall does not tell you when it blocks threats, and only protects against incoming threats, not those programs that might already be sending information out to the internet.
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I use avg free 7.5 anti- virus and comodo free firewall these are much better to use.\n\n\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/\n\nhttp://www.comodo.com\n\nHope that this helps you!
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limewire...but make sure you have a good firewall and virus protection
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check firewalls and their settings
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There are a whole bunch - depending on what you want to do with a port scanner - scan your own computer from your own computer, scan your own network or scan another network, private network or public network?\n\none of the more popular online web based port scanners is "Shields Up": \nhttps://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2\nSymantec has theirs at: http://security.symantec.com\n\nThere is a local shareware program called "active ports" you can find this online at: http://www.downloads.com\nsearch for activeports - great little tool - installs and does NOT require a reboot - safe to use on local computers and/or servers\n\nSome other online tools:\nhttp://www.dslreports.com/scan\nhttp://scan.sygatetech.com/\n\nHope this gets you started in the right direction.\nGood Luck !
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Don't bother. There are plenty of free anti-virus software packages available out there - if for NON-commercial use.\n\nTry visiting www.grisoft.com and download the AVG Free edition. \n\nAlso - Zonealarm has a good free firewall - again for non-commercial use. www.zonealarm.com\n\nadaware and spybot search and destroy aren't bad for additional protection also.
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Try GRISOFT AVG...its free and gets updated often. The page to find out more is http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/\n\nThe best one i know of is NOD32 but it can be expensive
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Check out NetSend -- it seems to work pretty well and at last check it was free shareware.
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use a firewall like zonealarm . it is a freeware but very powerful
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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.
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Get an application based firewall like zonealarm. \nhttp://www.zonelabs.com/
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http://dhvrm.blogspot.com/2006/04/getting-around-firewall-via-your-own.html
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If you're on linux using a bash shell, you could use nmap.\n\nIf you're on windows, download a network scanner and use that.
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Get AVG free antivirus- download it install it and run it. Its a good one. Try a combination of three- AVG- antivirus, spybot- anty spy and Zonealarm- as a firewall.\n\nAll three are free and legal.