so avast would still work with zonealarm free? I was thinking of downloading Jetico Firewall since I saw the leak proof stats.
The failure of Zone Alarm to detect avast doesn't stop them working together.
Whilst Jetico has better leak test results than ZA (free) there is nothing to stop you from trying it and see if you can live as the Jetico Firewall is also free. If you like it great, if not try another free one. You could also do a forum search for Jetico and see what information you find.
So the best free firewall is not Zone Alarm tut so what is the best free firewall
Firstly you didn't ask what is the best firewall, "Is Avast compatable with Zone Alarms free firewall " tut, tut
Best doesn't come into it, apart from the fact I never said it was the best free firewall.
Best is a subjective title and depends entirely on a users requirements and experience. Also if you are concerned about security in your firewall you also have to consider paying if the free ones don't meet your requirements.
There are some excellent firewalls (and some are free) but their user interface is terrible for an inexperienced user seeing persistent pop-ups, death by pop-up. The user gets into the habit of just clicking OK without ever reading what is in the pop-up making the firewall worse than useless when they automatically click either OK or Deny without thinking what it is about.