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24giovanni
06-15-2006, 09:53 PM
Can someone please recommend a free firewall software which works well other than zone alarm please
Budfred
06-15-2006, 10:03 PM
There are a number of threads that talk about this issue... I prefer Kerio... Some like Outpost.... Sygate used to be good, but was bought by Symantec and apparently is not free anymore...
malcore
06-15-2006, 10:16 PM
Kerio Free (2.1.5) : http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page7.html

Outpost Free (1.0) : http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpostfree/index.php

Sygate Free (5.6) : http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=53687

Jetico Free : http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/jpfirewall.htm
classicsoftware
06-15-2006, 11:29 PM
I vote for Sygate or Kerio.....
Fred_Flintstone
06-15-2006, 11:40 PM
I installed Kerio the other day.
Pleased with it so far...seems good.. :D
FastLearner
06-16-2006, 02:48 AM
What do you not like about Zone Alarm?
mjc
06-16-2006, 01:06 PM
Since they started trying to compete with Symantec in the Bloat Ware division, ZA has gone down hill....
Fred_Flintstone
06-17-2006, 07:40 AM
Like I said, not had Kerio installed very long, but by comparison I would say it does a perfectly adequate job but uses probably half the overhead on my PC that Zone Alarm did.
As mjc said above, as they (Z/alarm) have "progressed" the program has seemed to "put on weight" shall we say.. got a lot more bloated and resource hogging etc.. :confused:

As for Symantec/Norton... well, we won't even go there..been there done that ..never again!!! ;)