A better Firewall

Came across this firewall, installed it and it runs with minimum of fuss. Named Comodo http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/ Totally free and updates automatically. Runs fine on my XP Pro. very nice interface and easy setup. Well worth a look.

i don't think it will improve pings though.

Well, I hope it works for you, but I've used one free firewall so far (Netveda) and found that you get what you pay for.... it worked OK as a firewall, but screwed up several other programs.

I have the same feelings about free AV software, fwiw

So far hasnt' interfered with anything esle. I have Visual Studio 2005, Macormedia MX suite, Office Xp, and numerous other apps. No problems yet. I love the free stuff but always try to check it our first. No loss of performance either.

It's great having a son who's a software developer, he gets all the corporate stuff so at least its within the license use. Mind you these new easier development environments really screw up my little brain.

why not switch to os10.4.7.
jascm

I find Firestarter quite easy to use, I am running Linux anyway. It has never crashed.

I read about Comodo a couple of days ago and am seriously considering it: it seemed to get nothing but good reviews. I've always used Sygate, but since Symantec killed it off I've been looking for a free supported replacement

Anything wrong with Zone Alarm free edition or is it too basic - I used to use it?

Edited by Goggo (Thu 07-Sep-06 22:08:51)

Just installed it.

A nice balance between Zone Alarm free edition which provides minimal information about what it is doing and Sunbelt Kerio, which can be overly sensitive.

Well worth trying.

I use ZoneAlarm Pro and i've never had any problems... if it's not broke, don't fix it ;-)

Thought I might give it a try, so had a look at the site. It has a fatal flaw for me:


Note - Not compatible with Windows 9x systems