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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: schmidthouse on November 30, 2010, 04:08:55 PM
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I upgraded from Avast AV Free to Avast AV PRO (trial)and am convinced it would definitely be worth the investment ;D
My curiousity lays with the Firewall in AIS. I am wondering about its strength and reliability. Now I realize that this is Avast forum( and a good one at that) and comments or opinions will be 'somewhat biased' ;) but I have noticed many of the folks in the forum commenting and giving excellent support use other firewalls ???
I am hoping for some straight talk and any comments or development info that might shed some light on this observation.
Just curious...and Thanks 8)
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You realize that the pro version has no firewall, that's included in the AIS version, i think the firewall choice come's down to what you think runs better on your system and if you want to pay for it,of course you also have the benifit of all your security being in one place which make's thing a bit easyer. I haven't used the avast firewall but user opinion's review it as a good firewall.
Myself being on windows7 running the free avast prefer the windows 7 firewall as it's quite good and i dont get bothered with any popup's but i also like the online armor firewall which if i was running xp or vista would be my choice as it's very strong with a good hip's and super simple to setup.
Hope this helped you some :)
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Thanks for your reply Craigb: Yes I do realize the firewall is in AIS.. and I understand OS configuration realities..and also personal choice, which is really my point.
Is there any comparison info with other Internet Security Suites that would provide relevent and useful info on strength and effectiveness and added protection goodies?
It seems there little is known of the Avast firewall and certainly not alot of push that I am aware of.
I appreciate it..Thanks..just researching :)
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If you want to pay then go for AIS; you will get more value of your money.
Otherwise you can use a free firewall but only comodo's firewall will give you a full featured firewall (to be honest more than full featured)
Regards,
Tenko
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If you want to pay then go for AIS; you will get more value of your money.
Otherwise you can use a free firewall but only comodo's firewall will give you a full featured firewall (to be honest more than full featured)
Regards,
Tenko
Why would only comodo give full features, no more features than avast firewall, online armour, outpost or privatefirewall, plus comodo is resource hungry and problematic compaired to these four,honestly comodo would be my last choice.
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as far as I know All free firewall(except Privatefirewall) wants people to buy their firewall. Comodo doesn't give any pop up thats says: Buy this, for this and this. You see?
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Comodo model is sell services and not the software (free for home and business).
avast model is freemium (free + premium product).
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Thanks for the converstion :D For me Resource use is a big issue..and it does seem from my personal experience, the more going on in a firewall program in the form of overdoing the modules that make up the program...the more likely it is to use system resources and not play well with the other software. ;)
I have heard on a number of occassions the 'privatefirewall' mentioned but know absolutely nothing about it ???
A person could Trial AIS but knowing some basic info first is only prudent...we all know how wierd things can get when installing and uninstalling Firewall Security software :)
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Comodo model is sell services and not the software (free for home and business).
avast model is freemium (free + premium product).
Comodo definitely pushes "fee for services" and from what I can tell...pretty good services.
But back to AIS....How configurable is the firewall??
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as far as I know All free firewall(except Privatefirewall) wants people to buy their firewall. Comodo doesn't give any pop up thats says: Buy this, for this and this. You see?
How does this relate to full feature's,online armor does not have any sale's add's either.
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if you look at the attached pic you will see that you get few features for the free version. With Comodo firewall you get ever that comodo has to offer.
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Privatefirewall is the lightest firewall around, it's hip's aren't quite as strong as online armor and you will get a few popups, online armor is the bee's knee's of being intuitive, i only ever got popups for this twice, once for my mobile broadband and once for windows live mail.
It's also got webshield, keyloggers detection and run safer which is similar to sandbox.
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I haven't tried it but I will on my WMware.
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if you look at the attached pic you will see that you get few features for the free version. With Comodo firewall you get ever that comodo has to offer.
Sorry Tenko but you cant blacken online armor to me, iv tried all these firewalls except for the avast one and know exactly how they all perform and what i can expect in the way of help from there forums.
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Comodo model is sell services and not the software (free for home and business).
avast model is freemium (free + premium product).
Comodo definitely pushes "fee for services" and from what I can tell...pretty good services.
But back to AIS....How configurable is the firewall??
Sounds great guys...but can anyone tell me about the firwall in AIS :-\
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I will download my Xp and try AIS but give AIS a try for 30days
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Comodo model is sell services and not the software (free for home and business).
avast model is freemium (free + premium product).
Comodo definitely pushes "fee for services" and from what I can tell...pretty good services.
But back to AIS....How configurable is the firewall??
Sounds great guys...but can anyone tell me about the firwall in AIS :-\
Probably the best idea would be to download it and give it a free try for 30 day's, it's the only way you'll see if it's what you like.
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That's why you should try it before you buy it if you are unsure. ;)
Here's some information about the firewall gathered from Avast documentation:
The avast! Silent Firewall quietly controls inbound and outbound traffic to a user’s computer. Designed for autonomous operation, it automatically answers questions about location, applications and files with minimal, if any, user input. Decision autonomy of the Silent Firewall is based on three factors. First, the list of secure applications comes from on-going research and review by avast! of over 50 thousand popular applications. Second, avast! recognizes connection attempts by applications with digital signatures from renowned major vendors. Last but not least, the Firewall also shares information with other components in avast! such as the Behavior Shield which monitors the activities and behavior of applications trying to connect and the new PUP detection of key logger programs. Together, those three evaluations help the avast! Firewall decide whether to deny or allow inbound or outbound traffic with better precision than the ordinary computer user. The Firewall encourages easy user input. At the beginning, it will ask users to choose one of three standard profiles for inbound traffic. But, this decision can also be made automatically. Settings will be automatically remembered when returning to the selected network at a later time. Firewall settings can be easily adjusted and users can add favorite applications to their own white list. Applications can also be grouped into a logical context such as browser processes, chat programs, or executables for specific programs like Microsoft Office. The key visual component to the Silent Firewall is its Geo IP. This lets people map the geographic routes that data packets travel on their way from a point of origin to the user’s computer.
Here are some more sources of information you can look at:
- Configuring the firewall application rules (https://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=482) This is a nice guide for configurating the firewall if you wish to
- AIS User Guide (http://files.avast.com/files/documentation/quick-start-guide-is-en-ww.pdf) Basic information
- PCMag Review (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358467,00.asp) Reviews the whole suite. Firewall component achieved a 4.5/5 sub-rating (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358470,00.asp). Overall suite got a 3.5/5
- avast! 5 Reviewers Guide 2010 (http://files.avast.com/files/marketing/materials/avast_reviewers-guide.pdf)
Do you have any specific questions?
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That's why you should try it before you buy it if you are unsure. ;)
Here's some information about the firewall gathered from Avast documentation:
The avast! Silent Firewall quietly controls inbound and outbound traffic to a user’s computer. Designed for autonomous operation, it automatically answers questions about location, applications and files with minimal, if any, user input. Decision autonomy of the Silent Firewall is based on three factors. First, the list of secure applications comes from on-going research and review by avast! of over 50 thousand popular applications. Second, avast! recognizes connection attempts by applications with digital signatures from renowned major vendors. Last but not least, the Firewall also shares information with other components in avast! such as the Behavior Shield which monitors the activities and behavior of applications trying to connect and the new PUP detection of key logger programs. Together, those three evaluations help the avast! Firewall decide whether to deny or allow inbound or outbound traffic with better precision than the ordinary computer user. The Firewall encourages easy user input. At the beginning, it will ask users to choose one of three standard profiles for inbound traffic. But, this decision can also be made automatically. Settings will be automatically remembered when returning to the selected network at a later time. Firewall settings can be easily adjusted and users can add favorite applications to their own white list. Applications can also be grouped into a logical context such as browser processes, chat programs, or executables for specific programs like Microsoft Office. The key visual component to the Silent Firewall is its Geo IP. This lets people map the geographic routes that data packets travel on their way from a point of origin to the user’s computer.
Here are some more sources of information you can look at:
- Configuring the firewall application rules (https://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=482) This is a nice guide for configurating the firewall if you wish to
- AIS User Guide (http://files.avast.com/files/documentation/quick-start-guide-is-en-ww.pdf) Basic information
- PCMag Review (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358467,00.asp) Reviews the whole suite. Firewall component achieved a 4.5/5 sub-rating (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358470,00.asp). Overall suite got a 3.5/5
- avast! 5 Reviewers Guide 2010 (http://files.avast.com/files/marketing/materials/avast_reviewers-guide.pdf)
Do you have any specific questions?
Excellent! Thanks GloobyGoob....No specific questions. I have installed AIS on both my computers( Trial) and first impression is "very nice" Easy to configure and yet options to confrum Firewall strenth ;)
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You're welcome, schmidthouse.