best firewall d/load

pistunbroke

i installed kas internet security on my pc had big probs getting emails trouble getting signed into ebay + a few other probs so uninstalled could s/one recommend a good firewall download as i have now d/loaded avast av cheers

Reluctant_spender

I use PC Tools firewall - http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

Nice and straight forward.

Jaffa.

pistunbroke wrote: »

i installed kas internet security on my pc had big probs getting emails trouble getting signed into ebay + a few other probs so uninstalled could s/one recommend a good firewall download as i have now d/loaded avast av cheers

Providing you have Windows XP sp2 or Windows Vista you already have an inbound firewall. Furthermore routers act as hardware firewalls.

A good antivirus makes the need for an outbound firewall redundant

aliEnRIK

I use pctools firewall. I feel a little safer using it as I know if anything DID get onto my computer then my firewall would pop up to tell me so. I also NEED an outbound firewall due to reasons im keeping to myself

If you dont need an outbound then the inbuilt windows one is fine

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Jaffa. wrote: »

Providing you have Windows XP sp2 or Windows Vista you already have an inbound firewall. Furthermore routers act as hardware firewalls.

Completely agree.

I suggest you read this thread:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1371573&highlight=firewall

Jaffa. wrote: »

A good antivirus makes the need for an outbound firewall redundant

By this they mean use Avira AntiVir.

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Kas is probably the best virus scanner around, If you had firewall problems, it was probably down to a minor configuration problem.

Jaffa.

Deleted_User wrote: »

By this they mean use Avira AntiVir.

Eh Well... I had either ESET, Kaspersky or Bitdefender in mind

aliEnRIK

Jaffa. wrote: »

Eh Well... I had either ESET, Kaspersky or Bitdefender in mind

ESETs firewall is way worse then windows inbuilt one (And ESETs not as good as people make out anyways according to the tests ive seen)

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aliEnRIK wrote: »

ESETs firewall is way worse then windows inbuilt one (And ESETs not as good as people make out anyways according to the tests ive seen)

They're referring to AVs... Come on, get with it

aliEnRIK

Deleted_User wrote: »

They're referring to AVs... Come on, get with it

Im well aware. Im saying that ESET isnt THAT good as an av anyways and if people buy the suite (Or maybe it IS just a suite?) then the ESET firewall is full of holes

Jaffa.

Ah you all beat me too it, I was going to edit it and put just get the Antivirus though

I too have seen some things on youtube about eset not removing some malware once infected and I've read bitdefenders the same with a pos firewall on it's suite.

They all do a great job of preventing viruses, malware, adware and spyware though.