Here's a challenge.......how many firewalls (by name) have you used up to the current date?
This is my list:
1.McAfee
2 Norton
3Outpost
4Comodo
5 Avast
6 Bifdefender
7 OnLine Armor
8 ZoneAlarm
9 Kaspersky
10Kerio
11 Bullguard
12Jetico
There are some I can't even remember since 1999........................currently using Windows Firewall.......................so which is the best???? IMO what suits your needs............
Well for me just 3:
Norton
Look`n`Stop and I still use it with WSA`s smart Firewall (Lifetime License and not being developed anymore so Win 7 is the last OS for it)
Windows Firewall with WSA`s smart Firewall.
I have tried Online Armor but too noisy and I would never try Comodo for certain personal reasons.
Outpost Pro I have a Lifetime License but never tried it but why the need? With Win 8 all third party firewalls use the same API`s from Windows Firewall so it`s best just to run
Windows Firewall with WSA`s smart Firewall right? Also WSA's Firewall on Win 8 and up it's great
that's why you are missing some WSA Firewall settings on Win 8 as Webroot doesn't waste it's time to use the same API's as Windows Firewall again because it has all the settings in WF on Win 8 already.
Daniel 😉
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Well for me just 3:
Norton
Look`n`Stop and I still use it with WSA`s smart Firewall (Lifetime License and not being developed anymore so Win 7 is the last OS for it)
Windows Firewall with WSA`s smart Firewall.
I have tried Online Armor but too noisy and I would never try Comodo for certain personal reasons.
Outpost Pro I have a Lifetime License but never tried it but why the need? With Win 8 all third party firewalls use the same API`s from Windows Firewall so it`s best just to run Windows Firewall with WSA`s smart Firewall right? Also WSA's Firewall on Win 8 and up it's great https:///t5/Webroot-SecureAnywhere-Complete/windows-8-missing-firewall-options/m-p/111120#M7103 as Webroot doesn't waste it's time to use the same API's as Windows Firewall again because it has all the settings in WF on Win 8 already.
Daniel ;)
Point well made Daniel WSA smart Firewall and Windows Firewall is great I have the same on my pc and no problems whatsoever.:D
@Antus67 wrote:
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Well for me just 3:
Norton
Look`n`Stop and I still use it with WSA`s smart Firewall (Lifetime License and not being developed anymore so Win 7 is the last OS for it)
Windows Firewall with WSA`s smart Firewall.
I have tried Online Armor but too noisy and I would never try Comodo for certain personal reasons.
Outpost Pro I have a Lifetime License but never tried it but why the need? With Win 8 all third party firewalls use the same API`s from Windows Firewall so it`s best just to run Windows Firewall with WSA`s smart Firewall right? Also WSA's Firewall on Win 8 and up it's great that's why you are missing some WSA Firewall settings on Win 8 as Webroot doesn't waste it's time to use the same API's as Windows Firewall again because it has all the settings in WF on Win 8 already.
Daniel ;)
Point well made Daniel WSA smart Firewall and Windows Firewall is great I have the same on my pc and no problems whatsoever.:D
On my laptop I have win 8.1 and I use only WSA "s smart Firewall and Windows FIrewall.
In the past, on my desktops that I had, I used Norton on 1 of them and tried Zone Alarm.once on another.
While I cannot compete with Antus I have used several Firewalls as well until now which were included with a security suite they were (not in order of preference):
Norton
Kaspersky
Eset
Panda
and now WSA's
In case you are wondering my least favourite was Panda and the one I had most trouble with was Norton.
Hi Jasper there no need to compete I was running most of these firewalls on my test computer and comparing the features at the time the firewalls came out............over a period of years I have piles and piles of notes I made on all of these, this has been a passion of mind. I also agree with you I disliked Norton as well as Panda;)
Well, I will add to the list as I have used:
ZoneAlarm
Sygate
TinyFirewall
Sphynx
but all of them a long, long time ago before moving to KIS.
Of all the ones I have used in the past the best IMHO where Kerio & Sygate...but then I was an inveterate tweaker...not not really anymore...;)
Aww I didn't see PANDA...I was a fan years back but they got rather expensive .. 😉 oops I see it in Antus67! Scanned right over it!
Happy birthday to Firewall.
I've used:
Private Firewall
Outpost
Comodo
Online Armor
AVG
avast
McAfee (only because it came free with my pc)
Sygate
Keiro
Now I use WSA's fw with Win FW.:)
I'm not a big fan of client firewalls and WF can offer a sufficient security. Besides WF I've used comodo some time ago because of their great HIPS.
In a consumer environment you have a router firewall and in an enterprise environment a dedicated hardware firewall or UTM should be implemented.
@Daniel: As a security MVP I wonder what your standard alternative to TMG is.
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What's TMG? I know about TMZ lol.
Ah I understand now. Thanks a lot.:)
Baldrick is right; Forefront Threat Management Gateway is or was a network security solution from Microsoft.
Okay got it. Thanks.:)
