windows firewall-avast 4.8 pro

[george56]

Hello,
I saw that after the Avast 4.8 home ed. was installed,windows firewall,was still active.
Is this a need,or can i turn it off.
George

[intrepid44]

Avast home does not have a firewall, leave windows firewall on until  you find one you like. You can try pctools that works fine for me with avast .  But make sure you have your firewall on .

[Tarq57]

You absolutely should have a firewall active; it is the primary filter for what your computer is exposed to on the web (after a hardware router, if connected.)
The Windows firewall does a fine job of inbound protection, but has very little outbound control, which may be important. Certainly worth investigating if you want to use a two way firewall, like the one mentioned above.
Avast is an antivirus. It does (IMO) a fine job of filtering what you then might choose to connect to, that may have been compromised.

[Lisandro]

If you want further (outbound) firewall protection, try:

Online Armour
PCTools
Outpost Firewall Free
Comodo
ZoneAlarm

Personal Firewall Tests & Results. Firewall rating:
http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php
About the leak tests limitations: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=29259.msg247460#msg247460

Freeware firewalls:
http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests_overview.php
http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/firewalls.shtml

[george56]

Thank you all for the information, i thought that Avast home was an internet security programm that has a firewall included.
Thanks again
George

[Lisandro]

Thank you all for the information, i thought that Avast home was an internet security programm that has a firewall included.
Thanks again
George

No, it's an antivirus only (yet). On avast 5, by the end of the year, we'll have the option of a suite (antivirus + firewall).