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Title: Do I need a firewall to run with avast! separately ?
Post by: experience on April 23, 2008, 05:53:27 PM
Do I need a firewall to run with avast! separately ?If yes which one is a good choice and not resources hungry ?
Title: Re: Do I need a firewall to run with avast! separately ?
Post by: onlysomeone on April 23, 2008, 06:12:53 PM
Avast! has no own firewall (not yet) so you should/can use an other software firewall...

i personally can recommend Comodo Firewall Pro: http://www.comodo.com (http://www.comodo.com)
i think its not very difficult to use and i think it doesn't need much resources...
but unfortunately its not in German  :'( (I'm from Austria)

if you have got a hardware firewall (in your router or so...) a software firewall is not really necessary (people say) - i although use Comodo... ;)

yours
onlysomeone
Title: Re: Do I need a firewall to run with avast! separately ?
Post by: CharleyO on April 24, 2008, 03:17:17 AM
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Use the SEARCH button near the top of each page and search using the word firewall or firewall recommendment. You will find many posts about fiewalls and opinions about them.

Abuse the search button!


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Title: Re: Do I need a firewall to run with avast! separately ?
Post by: Lisandro on April 24, 2008, 03:20:36 AM
Personal Firewall Tests & Results. Firewall rating:
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/results.php

Freeware firewalls:
http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests_overview.php
http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/firewalls.shtml
Title: Re: Do I need a firewall to run with avast! separately ?
Post by: CharleyO on April 24, 2008, 03:26:33 AM
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I had just a few mins ago went looking for your post on that, Tech ... but you beat me to posting it.    :)


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Title: Re: Do I need a firewall to run with avast! separately ?
Post by: Lisandro on April 24, 2008, 03:28:47 AM
Quote from: CharleyO on April 24, 2008, 03:26:33 AM
I had just a few mins ago went looking for your post on that, Tech ... but you beat me to posting it.    :)
Never mind... keep helping as I'm not all the time here ;)
Title: Re: Do I need a firewall to run with avast! separately ?
Post by: DavidR on April 24, 2008, 02:43:27 PM
Quote from: Tech on April 24, 2008, 03:20:36 AM
Personal Firewall Tests & Results. Firewall rating:
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/results.php
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The above test is now dated and when you visit the ling it says This Page is Outdated and refers you to this page, http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php (http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php).