Firewalls

[Mr. Downtown]

I had someone download a freebee version of AlarmZone onto my computer about 3+ yrs ago. Is this still a good system; outdated; or are they better, store purchased, firewall software out there.

Appreciate any comments. Thanks.

 

[GregTangier]

i have used the last two versions of zone alarm 3.0 and 4.0. There are some issues with 3.0 and certain isp's that created some real slow surfing for me. I recently deleted zone alarm and switched to a hardware router/firewall for $149 at futureshop and noticed a HUGE difference in start up speed. I wont be going back to zone labs anytime soon because of the resources it uses from my pc.

 

[ycghiydvo]

I found that every software firewall slows things down too much for me. I purchased a routter for my home and created a network, and the router makes things a lot faster than my old software firewall...

 

[loves2learn]

99% of the time, hard is much better than soft

 

[WhOiSyOdAdDy?]

Here is a quality free firewall, I prefer it over Zonealarm

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

 

[korean]

hardware firewall only block incoming, doesn't block any outgoing.
i still keep my ZA pro with use of my roulter's firewall
incase i got trojen horse, or spyware that is sending out data from my pc.
for me za will ask me for permission for anysoftware that want's the internet connection?