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  1. December 30th, 2004 07:06 AM #1
    Isaviel
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    Suggested Firewall??

    Help please!

    Does anyone have a suggested firewall for DSL?
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  2. December 30th, 2004 07:14 AM #2
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    Personally I am using Norton Personal Firewall, but if you are looking for a free solution, I have heard a lot of good things about Kero Personal Firewall. Another good free solution is Zone Alarm.
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  3. December 30th, 2004 07:31 AM #3
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    *mwah*

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  4. December 30th, 2004 10:57 AM #4
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    I have heard nothing but bad things about Norton's firewall.

    It is buggy, it is a tremendous resource hog, and it is not very secure.
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  5. December 30th, 2004 11:41 AM #5
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    Has anything Norton made not been a memory hog? *mutters*
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  6. December 30th, 2004 03:11 PM #6
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    I have used zone alarm extensively and find it to work quite well and has a price you can't beat. I use it in conjunction with AVG anti-virus software which is also free and has an auto-updater and an auto-scan so you have a very good chance of avoiding problems there as well.
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  7. December 30th, 2004 06:40 PM #7
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    If you have windows XP, use windows update to install SP 2. It has a built-in firewall which is perfectly adequate for normal home users.
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  8. December 31st, 2004 12:22 AM #8
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    Zone Alarm is excellent. I've used it on two completely different setups and been happy with it both times. It includes a traffic meter - the "ZA" toolbar icon changes to show when there's incoming/outgoing traffic - which is really handy.

    Whatever firewall you pick, set it up and then look around at http://grc.com/ - use their Shields Up! tool to test your firewall's effectiveness.
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