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Old 19 July 2004, 09:35 AM
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I'm after a good free ware firewall for my home pc could someone recomend a good one please?
Old 19 July 2004, 10:03 AM
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www.zonelabs.com
Old 19 July 2004, 12:53 PM
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lots to choose from but dunno which is "the best"...

www.zonealarm.com
www.sygate.com
www.kerio.com
Old 19 July 2004, 08:59 PM
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I've found Sygate tends to have less impact on the PC. Whether it's a more compact / better written program I don't know. Wasn't hugely impressed with Kerio - worked OK, just didn't like the design. Go for Zonealarm or Sygate (Sygate would be my preference if you pushed me).

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Old 19 July 2004, 10:37 PM
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Why not buy Norton Internet Security 2003? It's only £10 on Ebay and works well for me.

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Another vote for Sygate. Definately tender towards the PC.
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Why not buy Norton Internet Security 2003? It's only £10 on Ebay and works well for me.

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Because Sygate is better and free. IMO Norton is crap and uses alot of resources.

Some viruses can turn Zonealarm off so avoid that too.
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Another vote for Sygate.
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Thanks a lot.
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have used sygate and zonealarm

prefer sygate but both do the job.
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