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the lightest & the most user friendly free personal firewall?

24 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/the-lightest-the-most-user-friendly-free-personal-firewall.57301/

ssk_the_gr8
ssk_the_gr8 Original post #1
May 8, 2007 at 8:53 PM
which is it is it kerio or zone alarm or any other
plz give ur suggestions

ps- this is for a real old celeron rig
sam_1710
May 8, 2007 at 9:03 PM
i'll suggest zone alarm !! :)
kumarmohit
May 8, 2007 at 9:03 PM
I am using Ashampoo Firewall Free with Windows 2000 Pro. I does the trick and does not eat resouces. Its eating around 8 MB RAM now
koolbluez
May 8, 2007 at 9:05 PM
COMODO works fine for my rig... light & free...
Choto Cheeta
May 8, 2007 at 9:07 PM
I am happy with what came with Kapersky Internet Security :)
S
May 8, 2007 at 9:20 PM
@Choto Cheeta, read the post request - he is asking for free personal firewall. KIS is not free...

I like both Kerio and ZoneAlarm because they are easy to use... ZA is easier, but Kerio gives more flexibility...

Arun
Choto Cheeta
May 8, 2007 at 9:26 PM
opps sorry missed it... :(

which is it is it kerio or zone alarm or any other
plz give ur suggestions

as he didnt said in the Thread body...

:(

anyway for free options, Zone Alarm would be my choise... its been here for a long time.. and user friendly too.. so Zone Alarm :D
Third Eye
May 8, 2007 at 9:32 PM
I like Windows SP 2's firewall
kaustav_geek
May 8, 2007 at 10:00 PM
^^^^
I like Windows SP 2's firewall
Yeah... SP2's firewall is really user-friendly. You can either set it to on or off :D ... User-friendly Its light.... but isn't customisable to say the least...
R
rahul_becks23 #10
May 8, 2007 at 10:22 PM
and yeah ........ there no difference in it in security either when its on or off............ :) ....... its very light ...... it dosent even work ........ :)
ssk_the_gr8
May 9, 2007 at 7:57 AM
sam_1710 said:
i'll suggest zone alarm !! :)

isnt ZA very heavy so should i go with ashampoo
B
boosters #12
May 9, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Zone Alarm is best for me .
ssk_the_gr8
May 20, 2007 at 5:02 PM
im goin for ashampoo any other suggestions
kaustav_geek
May 20, 2007 at 5:08 PM
Outpost.... Its good too...
s18000rpm
s18000rpm #15
May 20, 2007 at 5:38 PM
if you've Windows XP SP2, then ONLY go for ZA Free :wink: & make sure you've enuf RAM (ZA7 takes 25MB+ RAM), or try to get older version of ZA Free (v6.5... was lighter).
bbalegere
bbalegere #16
May 20, 2007 at 6:07 PM
Get comodo firewall.
Its the best with least resources.
ravi_9793
ravi_9793 #17
May 20, 2007 at 6:20 PM
windows default firewall is lightest & the most user friendly.
anandk
anandk #18
May 20, 2007 at 8:10 PM
za is not lite. stick with the sp2 fw. good enuf considering ur pc ...
NucleusKore
May 20, 2007 at 8:19 PM
I use Comodo when I use Windows XP
prasad_den
May 20, 2007 at 9:51 PM
Comodo is my suggestion..!!
Zeeshan Quireshi
May 20, 2007 at 10:12 PM
anandk said:
za is not lite. stick with the sp2 fw. good enuf considering ur pc ...
Win XP SP2 firewall works perfectly for me :D
D
dabster #22
May 20, 2007 at 11:29 PM
try some leak tests and you will know how secure is windows XP+SP2 firewall
Commodo is best...one more vote for it :)
ssk_the_gr8
May 21, 2007 at 6:55 AM
but comodo is not that user friendly?
Faun
Faun #24
May 21, 2007 at 7:01 AM
Ashmapoo is extra lite on resorces..:-D

I am using this piece (Ashampoo firewall) for six months and still found no reason to uninstall it:)

Yeah Comodo is the best firewall...but its tricky to set port forwarding for certain apps.
Zonealarm free is second to comodo.

Dont use XP built in firewall..its a kind advice