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Anybody know of any good free firewall?

by shclarkson Dec 6, 2005 3:54AM PST

i,m using avg free anti-virus, does anybody know of a free firewall to go with this please? thanks steve

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Free firewall
by jshapiro Dec 19, 2005 1:42AM PST

Hello --

Comodo, a leading provider of Identity and Trust assurance solutions is offering an award winning firewall - free. Below is a review from a user not a Comdo employee). Happy holidays!

________________________________________________

Hello,
> >>
> >> My name is Greg Fisher. I just wanted to send
> this e-mail to let you know how much I enjoy and
> appreciate your product. I have the Comodo Firewall version 1.1.002.
I switched to your product in October of 2005
> >> after having Zone Alarm Pro Firewall. Zone Alarm
> had a very large footprint, caused a long delay in the shutdown time of my pc and other problems. I
> heard about your product here where I live in Texas,
> U.S.A. and thought I would give it a try.
> >> I uninstalled ALL of Zone Alarm from my pc and
> >> retrieved your product. I must say that is has
> passed the Steve Gibsons GRC test with flying colors. It shows a better GRC test result on my WinXp Home,
> SP2
> >> machine than Z.A. did. For a short period of time
> I even tried Kerio P.F. version 4.2.2 which alot of
> >> folks are raving about. When I took the GRC test
> with the "limited free edition" of kerio the test
> results from GRC failed the stealth test very badly.
> >> I just wanted to let you know that your product
> is the best I have used paid for or free of several
> >> different Firewalls I have used. I am letting
> folks in several different forums that I am a member of know about your product and also letting them know of the wonderful test results I have received from GRC
> etc.
> >> Once again thank you for making this available to
> >> folks like myself that do not use a external
> router but just a software type of firewall. I firmly
> that with your product and sensible surfing that my
> machine is as well protected as it can be in todays
> Internet society. Thanks for your time and all of you and
> your
> >> staff have a very "Merry Christmas".
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Greg Fisher

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good free firewall
by gdempsey100 Dec 19, 2005 8:04AM PST

Sygate Technologies - re: Syshiel.exe

check it out - just search Sygate

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Router plus earthlink plus WP ok?
by Greg F. Dec 20, 2005 4:38AM PST

Would it be adequate to use the router hardware firewall, Windows XP firewall and the Earthlink spyblocker and Earthlink virus blocker, all in combination? Could you rely on something like this?
Thanks, Greg

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