[bluescreens]

Jeremy, on Apr 14 2006, 08:35 AM, said:

Wesmosis, on Apr 13 2006, 06:32 PM, said:

Almost using no firewalls

You'd be surprised which programs and games try to send outgoing and and whereto. I've had image editors try to send to Microsoft, and didn't realize until my software firewall told me! If you have a router that monitors incoming and outgoing, that's fine, but I've heard that it slows down your connection overall due to the excessive packet monitoring done through the router. Makes sense.

Sure, but the same thing is happening on your PC.

I just use the MS firewall - and focus on not running malware in the first place.

[Jeremy]

bluescreens, on Apr 14 2006, 11:08 AM, said:

Sure, but the same thing is happening on your PC.
I just use the MS firewall - and focus on not running malware in the first place.

The same thing is not happening on my PC.

[Andromeda43]

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I just use the MS firewall - and focus on not running malware in the first place.

Well put!

You only need a heavy duty, two way, firewall if you run a "Dirty" machine.

Keep the Malware off of your computer and the Windows Firewall will do you very nicely, thank you.

That's all I use and all my logical ports are in full "Stealth" mode. My Anti Virus, Anti-Trojan and Anti-Spyware software does the rest.

That's all ya need!


Andromeda43

[nitroshift]

oneless, on Mar 24 2006, 07:27 PM, said:

bitdefender 9 pro plus .

bitdefender 9 internet security suite

[blinkdt]

Pick up a good NAT Router on eBay for less than $15 delivered to your door. Done and done.

[Jeremy]

blinkdt, on Apr 24 2006, 02:50 AM, said:

Pick up a good NAT Router on eBay for less than $15 delivered to your door. Done and done.

My in-laws gave me the money and I picked them up a D-Link DI-604 from our tech shop. Very wise decision.

[Zxian]

NAT Routers only help when you're connected at home. I'd rather have a two way firewall for when I'm at university and connected to a rather unsecure network. You'd be amazed at how much random traffic there is here. I'm guessing that most of it is people on BitTorrent to be honest...

[coldoven]

I know it's only one way protection, but I use XP's firewall. It seems to work pretty good and my security scans never pick up anything.

I keep it updated, and it's not a resource hog in the least.

[Maleko]

Sygate here, but the gutter is symantec have bought them out

[98SExpert]

Outpost Pro is the best in my opinion

It even blocks advertising in many sites :yes

[dirtwarrior]

I like outpost but it uses much ram. I have read in here it can be configured to use less, I cant seem to do it.
Does anyone here know how?

[98SExpert]

dirtwarrior, on May 6 2006, 12:24 PM, said:

I like outpost but it uses much ram. I have read in here it can be configured to use less, I cant seem to do it.
Does anyone here know how?

Here its using 10mb

Make it run in background

[Zxian]

dirtwarrior, on May 6 2006, 07:24 AM, said:

I like outpost but it uses much ram. I have read in here it can be configured to use less, I cant seem to do it.
Does anyone here know how?

How much RAM is it using? It's sitting at 20MB for me right now (out of 1GB). I've got it running in normal mode, with only the Attack Detection and DNS Cache plugins working.

[Jeremy]

19.5 MB of memory here.

[cuddlez]

PC-Cillin has always been the best

[Jeremy]

cuddlez, on May 9 2006, 08:38 AM, said:

PC-Cillin has always been the best

Yeah, that's probably why it's not listed in the poll... Just because you like it doesn't mean it is the best. You need to word things properly.

[Ultimate Predator]

ZoneAlarm Pro edition, Outpost caused problems on various PC's I have owned.

This post has been edited by Ultimate Predator: 23 May 2006 - 09:52 AM

[DigeratiPrime]

I have to say I tried Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 and its got a very configurable firewall ('Anti-Hacker') and its a very lean program (~10mb).
I have only played with it for about 10 minutes, but i will give it a good run later

*waits for Jeremy to slap me*

[ZcWorld]

ipcop and my adsl modem / router unit
lol :/
im happy to not be the only one using ipcop linux firewall here

[awergh]

I use ipcop as well, i used zone alarm free for awhile but when it was running on a particular computer it wouldnt shut down and windows crashed when i installed zonealarm 6 cant say much about zone alarm now because i dont use it.