[mandude]

Hello...I am looking for a good, free firewall. I know that Zone Alarm is usually recommended, but I can't use it, it has a conflict with a program that I regularly use (BCDC). I have been using filseclab, but it's interface tends to hang every so often. Any other good recommendations? thx in advance

[packerfan1964]

sunbelt firewall is excellent

[mphenterprises]

HI Mandude. I have changed your Discussion title to give a clearer indication of your question. For future reference, please be as descriptive as possible in both the heading of your Discussion as well as the post itself.

[mandude]

thx packerfan, but sunbelt does not appear to be free.

[mandude]

dang, I spoke too soon. I see now how it is free. I think I'll give it a try, it just disables some features that I probably won't care about anyway. thx

[packerfan1964]

was just gonna tell ya it is free, lol............enjoy

[piyushsingh]

hi mandude!
There is a free firewall from pctools which also have reputed products like spyware doctor and registry mechanic.
you may use PC Tools Firewall Plus . Download it from here.

[mandude]

update:



Sunbelt did not work for me. I use a torrent program (for legitimate reasons) and sunbelt and my torrent program did not like each other.



I've got the PCtools firewall up and running now...so far so good!



thx again!

[mjd420nova]

One of the best free firewalls I've tried was Zonealarm from Zonelabs. It is also an excellent training tool when you first start it up as it will notify you of every program that needs access to the internet and and you even get to see which programs run within each and even which web sites want to send info back to your unit. It is a true two way (duplex) firewall and you will learn alot about your OS and the programs you run that need internet access.

[mandude]

thanks, but if you read my first post you will see that Zone Alarm does not work for my needs. It's great for most people, though!

[lilxkid24]

http://www.personalf...all.comodo.com/

comodo is a good free firewall right next to zone alarm

[jimyyz]

sygate - oldapps.com

[woodbat]

I would not recommend anything from PC Tools! I've had nothing but problems and can't get help or my money back.

[piyushsingh]

woodbat said:

I would not recommend anything from PC Tools! I've had nothing but problems and can't get help or my money back.

PC tools have always developed quality and different from other products . I recommended PC tools firewall, as it is a free application.

One of their products PC tools spyware doctor was one of the best anti-spywares in the past and it was there until they upgraded it to version 4.0. It would eat loads of cpu cycles in startup and lock up slower systems. Same was the problem with ver 5.0 . Most of the people had similar problems with the new versions of spyware doctor and thus the product has received a lot of criticism. But some other applications(other than spyware doc) from them are still very good .

[Skillz]

I 100% reccomend comodo firewall. It is the best firewall, not just the best free one. It is better than Zone Alarm Pro, better than PC Tools firewall, better than Sunbelt Firewall. If you look at firewall leak tests, comodo seems to pass all of them, Zone Alarm is just at the borderline, and PC Tools firewall and Sunbelt are very poor. Try out comodo, it is 100% free and there is no harm in trying.