Firewalls - are they important?

Tonny

Sep 20 2005, 10:34 AM

louds of peoples dont use firewalls. they dont know that firewalls are important in internet security. firewall is very useful for begginers on net. they dont know what are they clicking. they dont even read what are they installing. its just important to install something, never mind what is. and then they get slow pc with louds of errors. why' because they have on their comp all the craps from net.

i remember when i was first time on net. a louds of pop-ups, with sings like: you have win a prize, or like this one: you have win a 1000$. i just clicked on money prize and in a moment something was installing. i couldnt cancel it or close it. my comp was so slow. of course i havent got a firewall or antivirus or even spyware protection. i was so stupid. i tried everything(system restore, deinstalling manualy) but it couldnt erase the crap. i reinstalled windows and it was all normal. i learned a lesson. from that day im using firewalls and spyware protection. i tried allmoust every personal firewall.

i am now using kerio personal firewall, and i am happy because it protects me. i also use Spyware serach and destroy and Adaware(best for syware protection). i can now say that my comp is safe. and im not falling on popup prizes.

but does anywone knows are their better firewalls than kerio, couse im still seraching for software which will alow me to sleep in peace.

any sugestions?

mayank

Sep 20 2005, 11:04 AM

Firewalls are good softwares and make your computer more safe and secure from various internet attacks but they can be pain as well for beginners...because firewalls they stop applications to gain internet access depending upon wheather have you allowed that application or denied the internet access. I am in HP's Technical support and we hear lot of problems of the customer saying that they are getting PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED...after doing most of the troubleshooting we find out that it was the firewall which was creating the problem and these days whenever a customer says that he is facing problem of not getting the webpages, email or infact in any network activity my first question is "do you have firewall?"

and beleive me most of the time...they have one and problem gets resolved once we disable the firewall.....so basically what I want to say is that its good to have firewalls but knowing their working is equally important.

rvalkass

Sep 20 2005, 06:10 PM

My friend learnt about the advantages of a firewall the hard way, by getting the Sasser virus! The Windows firewall with SP2 seems to work pretty well, but I still use Norton if only for a working pop-up blocker!

snlildude87

Sep 20 2005, 06:50 PM

The best firewall is Outpost. I saw a thread on anandtech (sic.), and I found out that it was very good because it was put through several tests...and Outpost came out to be the best one.

You can view what firewalls people from trap17 use here: http://www.trap17.com/forums/page-1-t7747-s0.html

wariorpk

Sep 20 2005, 07:09 PM

I personally think that Zone Alarm is a good firewall. It is free and should not be confused with Zone Alarm Pro (made by the same company but you pay for it because it has more features). It has blocked many access attempts to my computer. None of them were high rated but still I am glad that I have a firewall.

crapoartworks

Sep 24 2005, 05:30 AM

I also use Zone Alarm and it has saved me greatly.

I have once downloaded a file, scanned with AVG 7 free... nothing detected... clicked it and BAM, HIDDEN TROJAN VIRUS ACTIVE!

Good thing zone alarm denied its many attempts to connect while I removed it... but it wasn't enough. It had disabled my registry editor and task manager..... but thanks to system restore and going back a few days... (nothing important was lost... *whew*) All was ok.

Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware SE are great tools in getting rid of spyware..... but I recommend that you give SpySweeper a try as well. I did and it found a trojan on my computer which wasn't active, but my AVG, Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware SE did not detect it.

I hate spyware and all those sneaky things that try to do stuff on your computer without you knowing.

Tyssen

Sep 24 2005, 05:57 AM

Zone Alarm used to screw up some of the sites I'd visit, so I ditched it for Sygate Personal Firewall.

Inspiron

Sep 24 2005, 07:36 AM

Firewalls are definately a must in today's internet technology. Without them, trojan horses and viruses can get into your PC without your knowledge. I am using Norton Internet Security and so far it has been serving me well. However, it's interface and load time seems laggy and takes a long time to load. It always slows down my computer likewise.

I'm not sure about other Firewalls. Probably if anyone can tell me which Firewall loads fastest and doesn't slows down a computer in anyway, still serving as a good firewall that protects from pop-ups and keypresses records additionally.

amhso

Sep 24 2005, 06:42 PM

i would always have a firewall and antivirus on each computer, then a hardware firewall in my router. im thinking of getting a better hardware firewall that auto filters any attempts of access.

Adrian

Sep 25 2005, 08:46 AM

I totally agree with Inspiron. The firewalls are a must-have today, especially for the windows os, which is very vulnerable to outside attackers. Of course this is not the only thing you need in order to secure your computer. You should also have an anti-spyware software and an antivirus software.

My favorite firewall is Sygate. You should give it a try if not already.

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joeymuch

Nov 25 2005, 06:22 PM

i use a firewall i made in visual basic not the best but it works lol

moogie

Nov 1 2005, 06:45 PM

I have a wireless router with a built-in firewall, plus Norton installed on both machines in the house.

Results have been very good with this configuration, and of course, Norton Anti-Virus, Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware help keep the machines clean.

exhale

Oct 29 2005, 10:50 PM

yeah i think firewall is pretty important..since my brother doesnt even let me turn it off so i can host a game on the frozen throne haha well i quit that game now it was a while ago

adriantc

Oct 28 2005, 04:44 PM

I can say I have quite an experience when it comes to Firewalls or Antivirus software. I have tried a lot of firewalls and antivirus solutions, but I can say I have found my "one true love". Till this day I have tried everything from Norton Antivirus and Norton Firewall, to ZoneAlarm and BitDefender. I had a great time with ZoneAlarm which at some point seemed great for me. Still with the new versions there started to be problems with it like not loading everything (for example I couldn't use a LiveSupport system... I tried everything it just didn't want to load with ZoneAlarm). Since I had those problems I started thinking I have to look for a new firewall solution. And I had decided to try BitDefender (it's made in my country so there were patriotic resons involved) which also had along with the AntiVirus solution (which by the way it great... didn't have any problems with viruses since I installed it...well I had some...I use dc++ quite a lot and get a lot a viruses, But BitDefender detected and deleted them corectly) a firewall module which isn't that advanced but it has the basic functions. I use BitDefender firewall with the Windows Xp firewall on and I can say I didn't have any spyware or such. Also BitDefender is great on resources (I have seen + and - on my friends computers but I have been very happy with it), I think much better then Norton Antivirus for example. You should try it someday...

Mithshark

Oct 28 2005, 02:18 PM

Firewalls are , to me, The MOST IMPORTANT internet secuirty componets
without them you can get royally screwed.

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