Free 3rd party firewalll that works on Vista?
04 March 2007, 07:51 AM
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Free 3rd party firewalll that works on Vista?
Is there one yet? I've used Sygate on XP for years as I think its the best out of all the free ones. There doesn't seem to be any out for Vista yet unless anyone on here knows of one? I know Vista's built in firewall is far more advanced than the XP one but I still don't want to use it especially as you can't set it to block all and notify you and prompt to allow or deny when there is incoming and outgoing requests.
04 March 2007, 10:29 AM
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I'm using Windows Live One Care until something better comes out. Its a 90 day trial so gives me a bit of time to find something else 
It only allows programs is recognises to access the internet, if you don't want one to then you just block it. Still can't block all though.
It only allows programs is recognises to access the internet, if you don't want one to then you just block it. Still can't block all though.
04 March 2007, 11:04 AM
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04 March 2007, 11:50 AM
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Thanks for the replies, i'll keep a look out for the Zone Alarm one and use that until a better free one comes along.
Lightning I will have a look at those suggestions but thought they had to be purchased and not free downloads. Will take a look though, thanks.
Lightning I will have a look at those suggestions but thought they had to be purchased and not free downloads. Will take a look though, thanks.
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I wouldn't touch the McAffee firewall with a barge pole. I made the misfortune of buying it (for an XP box) and had no end of trouble. Ended up binning it and using Zone Alarm pro instead (which is infinitely better and uses far less system resources). Norton is just as bad (if not worse).
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