What are some good firewalls that you can use that are free or relatively cheap?? Are they better than the Windows firewall??
grgreen 0 Light Poster
DimaYasny 180 Godmode enabled Team Colleague Featured Poster
I use a router at home. it keeps attackers out. and a good antivirus to stop trojans from getting out.
if you're connected directly, without a router I'd suggest comodo or zonealarm.
grgreen 0 Light Poster
Yeah, I use a router at home too. I didn't know if that sufficed or if it was good to also have firewall software.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
a desktop firewall as well as a router is a good idea. I use zonealarm.
Johnathan 0 Junior Poster in Training
I would recommend comodo or zonealarm for free firewalls however these can often attract people or things trying to harm your computer. I would recommend you use a router or buy a hardware firewall but these can get very expensive.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
my wireless router with builtin firewall and vpn cost me £39.99 - ($75?)
grgreen 0 Light Poster
yeah, i have a pretty basic linksys wireless router that I believe provides the same features
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
yeha. mine is a linksys too (ive got the really small silver wireless g one)
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