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Windows Firewall 6 35.29%
ZoneAlarm 4 23.53%
Comodo 2 11.76%
Sygate 1 5.88%
Outpost 0 0%
AVG Personal Firewall 1 5.88%
Kaspersky Anti-Hacker 1 5.88%
Norton Personal Firewall 0 0%
McAfee Personal Firewall 1 5.88%
Others 1 5.88%
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Old 19-09-2008, 05:10 PM   #1
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Guys, I've been using Windows firewall for long... I never faced any problem with it yet...Recently, 1 friend on this forum told me that Windows firewall is not good enough in case of My ISP BSNL

So, I'm kinda thinking of upgrading my firewall... Please mention the firewall you use... Its features... And if u've tested & rejected any other firewall... Then also give the name & your reasons...

I give my vote to windows firewall cuz I'm pretty much satisfied with it so far... But can't take any chance...
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Old 19-09-2008, 05:48 PM   #2
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I use Zone Alarm Free Version. I have tried three other free version firewalls besides Windows Firewall(don't remember their names). All of them were too hard to setup.

● It's easy to use and simple.
● One click Internet Lock which stops all internet activities.
● One click Game mode suppresses all security alerts.
● Simple and easy to understand settings.
● Notifies all incoming and outgoing connections.
● Stealth/Invisible mode.
● Stops unknown/unwanted programs from accessing internet(Automatically/Manually).
● Not unwanted or hard to understand settings, only the essential ones.
● Only requires 128MB RAM for XP.

Yeah, now I remember one of them was Ashampoo FireWall. It wasn't very effective for me. And it was a little hard to setup. I am going to stick with Zone Alarm. I don't trust this but Top Ten Reviews Site says Zone Alarm is the best personal FireWall.
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Vishnus89 kindly clarify my below doubt...

http://www.indiabroadband.net/bsnl-b...html#post43467 (problems)
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I use Zone Alarm Free Version. I have tried three other free version firewalls besides Windows Firewall(don't remember their names). All of them were too hard to setup.

● It's easy to use and simple.
● One click Internet Lock which stops all internet activities.
● One click Game mode suppresses all security alerts.
● Simple and easy to understand settings.
● Notifies all incoming and outgoing connections.
● Stealth/Invisible mode.
● Stops unknown/unwanted programs from accessing internet(Automatically/Manually).
● Not unwanted or hard to understand settings, only the essential ones.
● Only requires 128MB RAM for XP.
Hmmm....Nice review... Seems pretty easy to use... what's this stealth/invisible mode?
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for me windows firewall is the only option from the very first day and i never faced any problems with that. Firewall is something which you can config yourself.
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zone alarm is no doubt the best , even better if you buy the pro
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Hmmm....Nice review... Seems pretty easy to use... what's this stealth/invisible mode?
Stealth mode is a security level of the firewall. Zone Alarm have 2 security levels you can set.

1• Stealth mode/High- Computer is hidden and protected from hackers. Sharing is not allowed. This setting is recommended for Internet Zones.

2• Visible but protected mode/Medium- Computers can see your computer but cannot share its resources. Incoming NetBIOS is blocked. This setting is recommended for temporary use in Internet Zones (when using torrents).

Forgot to say something before. Zone Alarm shows a pop up for every outgoing or incoming connection to/from the computer which you need to click Allow or Deny.



You can set it not to for each program. But, it might seem annoying first. I think its good that it does this. Because I will know whenever an unknown/unwanted program tries to connect to internet. I think all firewall software does this. And Zone Alarm's is the easiest to configure.
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Well, Quick Heal Firewall Pro is quite good according to my experience and I will recommend it
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Why comodo was not included?

I use comodo with vista and been using sygate for the last 3 yrs on xp.. the best and the simplest.
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Why comodo was not included?

I use comodo with vista and been using sygate for the last 3 yrs on xp.. the best and the simplest.
Perhaps u missed it... its there on 3rd no. in poll... btw, can u gv some reviews bout comodo...

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