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| Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KeRaLa
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Rep Power: 1 | Which is the best software firewall when using torrents? currently im using pc tools firewall plus, but it seems to crash after some continuous torrent download.. Im using Vuze and Utorrrent... problem occurs with vuze... Im using Vista Sp1 Home Premium fully updated... |
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| Amor vincit omnia | Please checkout Results and comments - matousec.com for the latest firewall ratings.. Online Armor Personal Firewall seems to be the leading one. |
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| Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Within Earshot
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Rep Power: 1 | Norton Internet Security is good but you have to configure it not to block your bittorrent client. Similarly, Kaspersky is also great. |
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| I've also been using commodo with utorrent without any problems I'm using that you are in bridge mode now. |
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| Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Kalyan West
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Rep Power: 1 | As a linux user iptables does the required job for me. |
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| Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kerala
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Rep Power: 6 | Zone Alarm Basic Firewall and Avast Home Edition (P2P Shield enabled) is the best combination of security software. |
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| Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2008
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Rep Power: 5 | dont worry too much about the BEST firewall cause you would confuse yourself at the end.. every firewall has its pros and cons.. different websites rank different firewalls as the best..so its best to just choose a reputed firewall like zonealarm ,comodo or any other and stick to it.. |
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| Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KeRaLa
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Rep Power: 1 | Im lukin for some firewall that wont crash with heavy torrent downloads.. i didnt have a problem with utorrent, but pctools began crashing with vuze.. |
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| Aadhavan is Coming Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Leaving Chennai Age: 26
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Rep Power: 10 | I don't use any separate firewall...I just use the firewall in my anti virus (KIS).. & I use VUZE....didn't face any issues till now....the downloads are very smooth... |
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| Gold Member | yeah KIS is really fine.....if u have slow system u may like to try ESET NOD smart security (antivirus+firewall) & i will say instead of using any special firewall try to stick to one that come with anti virus pack....sometimes individual firewalls has complex settings |
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| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Age: 21
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Rep Power: 2 | Zone Alarm & Bitdefender beware of these: avira kaspersky norton avast comodo & a lot more... |
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| Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2008
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Rep Power: 5 | comodo is an ancient firewall.. i thought it was well reputed.. it was a very light software.. i thought it was good!! |
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| i would also recommend not to use any software firewall if you are a heavy downloader specially torrents ... windows firewall is enough ... though u can try zone alarm firewall ... but a few settings needs to be tweaked for optimal results .. |
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| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008
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Rep Power: 2 | +100...i was about to said the same thing...all software firewalls are crap...windows firewall is enough for a home user.. |
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| Amor vincit omnia | Windows Firewall doesnt block outbound connections from the PC. Imagine a rogue software present inside the PC. If it tries to connect to the parent server, windows firewall will be ineffective. But other software solutions will block such attempts.. |
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| Platinum Member | the best with xp is sygate, the best and free with vista is comodo (with the HIPS disabled). |
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