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Offline Chris Thomas

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The Best Firewall
« on: December 06, 2009, 11:44:26 AM »
Which is the best firewall that will protect me from hackers and which will not use much resource?

Is Comodo the best?

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2009, 12:35:10 PM »

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2009, 01:17:12 PM »
Hi Chris Thomas,

I have been running PC Tools Firewall Plus now for around three weeks. It uses minimal resources and is very user-friendly. Personally, I would recommend it!

The choice of a firewall is a personal preference. As you know, protection against hackers and other nasties involves a layered approach. That is, install a good anti-virus programme (my choice is Avast Pro), use a well-respected anti-malware programme (my choice is Malwarebytes Anti-Malware), keep all of the aforementioned as well as Window$ up to date and most importantly stay away from the porn! :-)

Hope that helps!

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2009, 01:39:49 PM »
For Vista/Windows 7:
http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista

+1 Just started using it... Very simple ;D

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2009, 01:45:06 PM »
Avast 5 Pro antivirus, is there included a firewall and spam blocker?

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2009, 01:48:19 PM »
AIS beta works well for me on the firewall front.  Unobtrusive, does its job and no apparent overheads (win7 64 bit)  


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Just ran shields up and this is the only failure
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Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it visible on the Internet. Most personal firewalls can be configured to block, drop, and ignore such ping requests in order to better hide systems from hackers. This is highly recommended since "Ping" is among the oldest and most common methods used to locate systems prior to further exploitation.
Not sure how to stop that yet

Otherwise all ports gave full stealth
« Last Edit: December 06, 2009, 01:54:11 PM by essexboy »

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2009, 01:51:21 PM »
Avast 5 Pro antivirus, is there included a firewall and spam blocker?

As indicated by essexboy's post, the firewall and antispam will be in the Internet security version, not the pro version.

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2009, 02:08:25 PM »
Avast 5 Pro antivirus, is there included a firewall and spam blocker?

As indicated by essexboy's post, the firewall and antispam will be in the Internet security version, not the pro version.

Ok, thank you for reply.

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2009, 02:32:08 PM »
EDIT
Just ran shields up and this is the only failure
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Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it visible on the Internet. Most personal firewalls can be configured to block, drop, and ignore such ping requests in order to better hide systems from hackers. This is highly recommended since "Ping" is among the oldest and most common methods used to locate systems prior to further exploitation.
Not sure how to stop that yet
Firewall>Application Rules>System
Uncheck "Allow outgoing ping and trace requests (ICMP)"

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2009, 02:38:28 PM »
hpguru, are you the originator of hpHosts HOSTS file now run by Steven Burn?

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2009, 02:40:45 PM »
No. A am from Finland. Hpguru is my nickname. :)

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2009, 02:44:07 PM »
Thanks you guys for your words of wisdom

But, Why did Download.com give Comodo the most Editors ratings and it doesn't give much rating to PC Tools Antivirus? :o :o

It features in the upcoming Security List 2010

Since, you told me about Comodo, I am doing an uninstall and installing PC Tools

 ;D ;D

God Bless!

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2009, 02:50:33 PM »
Ta re-running now

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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2009, 03:40:57 PM »
Please, not another Comodo thread.  :'( :'( :'(
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Re: The Best Firewall
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2009, 10:33:54 AM »
I am using Online Armour and I am very satisfied with it