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Old 11 September 2004, 08:27 PM
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As above really, Zone alarm seems ok but someone has suggested EZ Armour.

Just wanted to know what other people thought?

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Old 11 September 2004, 08:30 PM
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sygate personal firewall.

i have had a few niggles with zonelabs zonealarm in the past so tried sygate and it has worked perfectly.
Old 11 September 2004, 11:32 PM
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Software or hardware??


I run Mcafee with a netgear hardware firewall......

Mcafee doesn't register any attempts............well perhaps 5 per week??!

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Old 12 September 2004, 12:43 PM
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I'm paranoid - I run hardware and software Sygate is very good - I have noticed a few niggles with XP SP2 though - nothing serious. Seeing as most of them are free for personal use, download a few and see what one you prefer.

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Old 12 September 2004, 03:13 PM
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I run Hardware - Sonic Wall. i never know its doing it

Network Engineer says it is though.
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I use Sygate Personal Firewall Pro & cannot fault it apart from Windows XP Pro SP2 not recognising it in the Security Centre.

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I've recently found Kerio Personal Firewall. Free for person use, it runs as a full featured prodict (with ad blocking etc) then reverts to thre freeware firewall after 30 days unless you pay for it.


It replaced Zonealarm on my machines and I much prefer it. I do also run a hardware firewall as well though

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Old 13 September 2004, 01:22 AM
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belt and braces me. agnitum outpost pro with a NAT router
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I use Kerio and much prefer it over ZoneAlram. It's much more stable on my machine at least and I like the way it tells you what apps are using what bandwidth too.
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