Firewall Help

[HardWareBoss]

I got rid of AOL broadband and now Have RoadRunner. I need a Firewall for my Computer. Tech at RR mentioned Tiny when I asked him. What would be the best Firewall? Thanks Also Antivirus which is the best?

 

[jihiggs]

zone alarm is my pick. as for antivirus, either nortons or mcafee.

my computer is so fast, it completes an endless loop in less than 4 seconds!

 

[PeteFeet]

I used to use tiny, which was great, nice and simple

However, for my free f/w i've now switched to zonealarm [cough] pro, which i used to hate, but now get along with ok [glowers at PC] we understand each other [holds fist menacingly]

As for AV s/w, they all bug me, but i'm using Norton AV atm

I'm sure if a terrorist organisation attacked various IT resources on a Friday evening, they'd do ok, seeing as every Norton AV machine would be bogged down in a scan! :0(

Hence if you use NAV, remember to change the schedule <b>(Friday afternoon? eeeJits!)</b>

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[sbolinger2]

I use AVX(AntiViruseXpert), it has a firewall and antivirus in one program(murphy). It has been very stable overall since I bought it 2 years ago.

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[upec]

I have good experience with Norton Antivirus. I have been using it for serveral years. It have have stop the virus a serveral time and my computer never infected by any virus.

 

[4Ryan6]

I'm also on Road Runner, I use Zone Alarm Pro and Nortons Anti-Virus, both programs have Email filters so you get your mail double checked.











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[monkeyspank]

i use <A HREF="http://soho.sygate.com/products/shield_ov.htm" target="_new">sygate personal firewall</A>. Its free, and easy to use if you have a very basic understanding of which programs you want to be able to access the internet. I use it on all the systems i build/configure for people.

Also, Norton AV does the job nicely for me. I dont like using realtime protection and i can just turn that bit off.

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