firewall

Usagi

Usagi

Trial Member
hello smart tech people, just wonder what firewalls/virus checkers you'd recommend to use... prefer ones that i dont have to pay for :p
 
Agravaine

Agravaine

Professional Slacker
Grisoft do a nice free version of AVG anti-virus.

I don't bother with a firewall these days other than the one on my router.
 
Bunty

Bunty

Full Member
i use zonealarm too.

my router is firewalled and nothing at all hits the pc so i only use zone alarm to control what goes *out* of my pc. everything nowadays trys desperately hard to grass you up or download updates. :)

never had a virus yet, so don't use anything. might look at the one mentioned now though. was kinda looking on and off for a good free one.
 
McHoff H. McChrist

McHoff H. McChrist

4" Member
Yeah, I recommend Grisft's AVG, use the free edition for personal use, and the corporate one at work.

I'd advise against using Norton though; not only does it cost dollah, but it's annoying and somewhat crap. :p
 
Zed

Zed

Rogue Chimp
AVG only. My routers firewall is enough from a firewall perspective.

If its not ill switch to Proventia Desktop since i can still get it for free
 
Potnoodle

Potnoodle

On The Move
Im not smart or a techy but i use AVG antivirus and Zonealarm firewall (and also spybot for the adware and tracking cookies, thats a good one) and i dont ever have any problems, and its very easy to use

Pot
 
Agravaine

Agravaine

Professional Slacker
It's by Agnitum.

Always found it more powerful yet easier to use than Zone Alarm. Might just be me but I could never work out wtf was going on in ZA whereas I could instantly tell everything that was happening in Outpost.
 
Chick

Chick

Cartwheel RIGHT
i could never get on with ZA. as Ag says, it's a bit yo counter-intuative. I used to use Tiny Personal Firewall, but it went overcomplex after version 2.5.
 
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