please suggest a good freeware firewall for windows.
thanks.
niceboy -1 Newbie Poster
Riptyed 0 Newbie Poster
For personal use, usually Windows Firewall (included) is the sensible choice. If you mean antivirus etc., check out Malwarebytes and AVG for good free options.
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
I never advise a software firewall, but a hardware one. Most personal LAN routers provide this service quite reasonably. Set your computers to use DHCP, or a local static IP address, and your router will use NAT (Network Address Translation) to map local->internet->local addresses. That way, unless you configure the router to tunnel specific ports to local servers (such as HTTP requests to a web server on port 80 or 443), nothing from outside can connect to your systems and compromise your network.
JessieMay 0 Newbie Poster
If you need a free Firewall s/w I would advice you to go for the Zone Alarm. The basic version is free and works great.
http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/free-upgrade-security-suite-zonealarm-firewall.htm
You can also visit the below link for other alternative.
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/security/fwfirewall.html
http://www.iopus.com/guides/free-firewall.htm
XP78USER 30 Posting Whiz in Training
Comodo Firewall although not free but can offer a trial through it's webpage
LCTech
Yes I agree, ZoneAlarm has been great free Firewall in the past. Although, I'm not familiar with the product since CheckPoint purchased it.
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