Free Firewalls 4

[joker19745]

I'm running Windows ME and have decided to get a firewall after spending numerous hours restoring my homepage and deleting files. I have a Compaq Pressario, 1 gig processor, and 26 gb's of freespace on my drive. I would appreciate it if someone could recommend a free firewall thats worked well for them. Thanks for your responses

 

[dyarwood]

I use Zonealarm and Keiro firewalls. Both are free and good. Need some configuring but my parents have got them also. (And if they can do it so can anyone)

 

[zbnet]

I have also heard good reports of Keiro, someone told me it was more flexible in a SOHO LAN environment than Zonealarm.

 

[joker19745]

Thanks for your responses, I'll give them both a try.

 

[itsgenekramer]

You may also want to try Sygate Personal Firewall. Pretty cool! I'm running v 5.5 build 2525 and have never had any problems with it.

-Gene

 

[TekTippy4U]

I don't think any, except ZA are actually Free any more....if so, please post links

TT4U

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[jrbarnett]

TT4U

Kerio personal firewall is free for personal/charity use, but not business/commercial use.

http://www.kerio.co.uk/kpf_download.html

Sygate personal firewall is free for personal/home use:

http://smb.sygate.com/support/documents/spf/spf_register.htm

ZoneAlarm is free for individual and not for profit use, but again not commercial.

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp

Tiny Personal Firewall is also free for personal use, but requires a license for commercial environments. I can't find an official homepage for this product, but googling for the product name will locate several download sites. The company homepage is

http://www.tinysoftware.com

John

 

[TekTippy4U]

thanks jrbarnett;
I said that, cause I recently made the rounds to the usual sites and none were really clear about cost, licensing, updating cost if you go with trial...etc, etc.

case in point; (not complaining mind you, just clarifying)

-- Kerio;
FREE for home use
After installation, Kerio Personal Firewall will function as a full version for 30 days, after which it will lose some of its functionality and become the FREE version.
-->not really free, in my book


-- Tiny Personal;
I had trouble finding a d/l link

-- ZA
been hearing some probs with latest version, so wanted to check out others, and heard Kerio gives more options, nicer GUI, etc....
but very Free still..I'll agree

-- Sygate seems free with Registration...Easy enough

p.s This page may be better for sygate

http://smb.sygate.com/download_buy.htm

cause the other makes you click this link (downlaod-buy)....i guess it's just marketing

Thanks a bunch!
wanted some opinions


TT4U

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These are just my thoughts....and should be carefully measured against other opinions.
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[jrbarnett]

Of course, the release version of WinXP service pack 2 is supposed to be here next month, which will have a good firewall straight out of the box and locked down security settings. Anybody using this OS should really check out MS's efforts in this area when the release version comes out.

John

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

TekTippy4U

After installation, Kerio Personal Firewall will function as a full version for 30 days, after which it will lose some of its functionality and become the FREE version.

If you examine the features lost by examining the comparison table, you will find most features lost can be covered by IE6, Google toolbar etc.

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