Freeware Firewall?

I need a freeware firewall that is compatible with FF.
I have already tried:

-Sygate (unable to view pictures)
-Outpost (when FF was started, generated serious system error, required restarting, could not correct)

 

Try Zone Alarm... its always worked great for me.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/ZoneAlarm_Free_d388.html

 

YES,ZONE my choice too.

 

Here's some other free firewalls (I haven't tried 'em all tho'):
AShampoo
PCTools
Comodo
They're all available in the Firewall section here at MG. There's a bunch of other free firewalls listed there also. Of the ones I listed above, I've used Comodo and I liked it and never had any trouble.... Or you can go here: http://www.snapfiles.com/downloadfind.php?st=firewall&action=s&search=Find+it&lc=1 and look thru some other free firewalls....

hd2k

 

I use and recommend Comodo as well. No problems with it at all.

It rates quite highly here;
http://www.matousec.com/projects/wi...ysis/leak-tests-results.php#firewalls-ratings

 

Hi:

I've been using Comodo a while and I'm happy.
I was a long-time user of ZoneAlarm but I gave up on it.
In the latest version (7.xx) you have to install the full Pro trial to
access the switch that turns off the auto IRC blocker.
Also, with the last version 7.xxx Final I tried, when the Pro trial finished, the
program didn't revert to the free version.
It sat there bugging me to buy it.
Bye.

Though I have a hardware firewall (router), I like the ability to build an approved list
of who/what can call out.

Comodo seems to be doing that just fine.

Happy trailz,

 

MG link for Firewalls, go to http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads34.html :cool Bazza

 

I too use Comodo and I love it. I tried some of the other ones and it seems to bog down my computer. Comodo doesn't seem to do that.

 

Hi Kestrel13!:

If you use a router, you probably have a hardware firewall included with it.
A hardware firewall is very good at blocking all unsolicited incoming traffic to your computer.
It keeps a record of all the requests for info your computer makes and only allows in resposes that match up with your computer's requests.
Hackers etc are thwarted as their probes don't match up with anything on the requested list, the hardware firewall ignores them and your system remains invisible to them.
One catch is that if you do get malware on your system that calls out with your info or to invite its friends, the hardware firewall sees that as a legitimate request and will allow the answering traffic in.
A software firewall helps close this loophole by building a list of approved out calls that you verify at least once.
Thats is very crude/simplistic but that is how hardware and software firewalls basically work.

Happy trailz,

 

I think you're fine just with the router which takes care of most incoming intrusions. I've only had one log entry in the last couple months.

 

My new broadband modem / router is advertised on the box as having "Double Firewall Security". confused
Don't know what that means as yet. :cry
I'm too busy trying to tweak speeds and settings, but will check that out with Netgear soon, I hope. Bazza

 

Thanks Halo, you are a gem. A mine of info, as usual. :major :cool
I've printed out the link, now all I have to do is understand it.

Yep, I've got a NETGEAR wireless ADSL2+ Modem / Router, model DG 834 Gv3, recently firmware upgraded to v4.01.27 (uypgrade is for outdide Nth America) and USA.

Only thing I don't like so far, is that you have to pull the power cord to turn it off.
No on/off switch on the device. I like to turn everything off, and disconnect all, when I finish a Net session. Bazza

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Not meaning to point fingers at anyone, but

Software firewalls get a bad rep, and 99.9999999999% of the time, it is because the user does not know how to configure them correctly.

I'm getting the feeling you might fall into this category, because technically speaking, ALL FIREWALLS should allow Firefox access, if properly configured. The problem you've had with Sygate particularly catches my eye. You could still get internet access, but could not load pictures? That is almost definitely NOT a firewall problem. What you have sounds MUCH more like a problem with Firefox, itself.

Any course of action you take, I recommend you research the hell out of your firewall, get the user manuals, bookmark their user forums, etc. You will encounter SOME issue with any firewall you choose, and it is better to know how to handle it than to scrap it. (Un/reinstalling software firewalls all the time can cause some serious problems.) Not knowing just leads to a lot of frustration.