Windows Firewall

[Lisandro]

Hi Tech let me know if you find one that works with Vista as I have had no luck so far.  Even with the ones that are supposed to be Vista compatible 

Like I've said, just tested Comodo v3 beta and PCTools. No luck (yet).
I'm waiting for Comodo stable version (or a new beta to test again).
To be true, I'm waiting for Alwil firewall

[Cactusjack]

Tech you waiting for the Alwil Firewall.
Are there signals that a Firewall is coming.
And a Suite? Or have Avast not the strategy for building a Suite?

[DavidR]

From information that has been gleaned from snippets in the forums.

There is a likelihood that avast will have a suite of firewall and anti-virus in the future, this is more for those people who are looking for an all in one package so they don't have to go searching around.

I don't know if this suit option would be paid only or not, but by all accounts there would still be the stand alone AV option and possibly the same for any avast firewall.

[Lisandro]

Tech you waiting for the Alwil Firewall.
Are there signals that a Firewall is coming.

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=29259.msg240216#msg240216

And a Suite? Or have Avast not the strategy for building a Suite?

As far I know, a standalone product that could be integrated with avast. It's not a suite, but two programs that could be integrated.

[ght1]

ZoneAlarm is still the best free firewall.

http://forwardme.de/63f963.go 

I use windows firewall because it is integrated in windows and free. I read a lot of tests, and they all said: a personal firewall on desktop brings no security, because more code brings more risks and a personal firewall can be easily shut down by a trojaner. The only thing which was recommended: a router with firewall.