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Best Firewall for win xp pro?
I want to know which is the best or good Fire wall for my PC Running win Xp Pro. the windows fire wall i dont know much about.
but i had zone alarm before and when i talked to the microsoft they said that there fire wall is better then Zone alarm, i think he's just taking there side.
8 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Zone Alarm is the best free firewall. The only hard part about it is finding the free link on Zonelab's website. I believe it to be better than Microsoft's firewall. The reason being is you have more control over it. Now Microsoft's One Care is the best software for the price. Generally it is on sell somewhere for $29.99 and you can get a low price guarantee just about anywhere. One Care is only good for broadband users, people with legal copies of Windows XP, and best bang for the buck can be installed on 3 PC's. PC-Cillin Security Suite would be my alternative for people without broadband. I just focused on the firewall aspect of these products and price. I believe in not spending outrageous amounts of money on PC protection. All PC protection is only 80% effective no matter what the software people may say. I would try AVG Free Ant-Virus for viruses and they make an anti-spyware.
Source(s): 2 Years Experience Retail Software 18 Years PC experience In order by price... Zone Labs (free)- http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/prod... AVG Free AntiVirus http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 Windows Live OneCare - http://www.windowsonecare.com/ Trend Micro PC-Cillin http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/home.htm - 1 decade ago
Why compare ? I use both .
Zone alarm allows me to see what activity is happening when I am connected which is a plus over XP's
- Anonymous1 decade ago
well i prefer zone alarm over windows ,because in zone alarm you can allow certain websites , i have windows one care live now and with it and sp2 alot of your programs won't even work anymore , because of all thier security , but when vista comes out it will be even worse ,so i would stay with zone alarm as long as microsoft lets you , i heard that they aren't going to allow anything but microsoft with vista, to try to put all the other vendors out of business
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- Anonymous5 years ago
a good firewall ought to exceedingly plenty set itself up and not choose that plenty enter from the person, yet however, many firewalls can block connections from some valid classes you're employing, in general i prefer to propose ZoneAlarm, its exceedingly ordinary and additionally you cant beat loose
- 1 decade ago
I like ZoneAlarm.. Run a test at http://www.grc.com/default.htm using both. Scroll down to "ShieldsUP!" and then click on the port that says "probe my ports". Last time I ran a check ZoneAlarm was running me in total stealth mode.
- MazzLv 51 decade ago
I use WinXP's, and have had no problems.
Zone Alarm is the only one now that works with WXPpro.
