When Do I Need A Pro Firewall?

Just installed ZA free and AVG free after hasseling for over a week with McAfee's new Total Protection 2007 (major hog) and their useless help desk. So far, I like ZA free and AVG free and am grateful to the Major Geeks.

I work with confidential client information and sensitive log-ons.

Is this a reason to move to a Pro Firewall? If yes, which? I've heard of some resource problems with ZA Pro.

Thanks again for your feedback. You guys are great!

 

I wouldn't. The security features, which is the core of the ZoneAlarm firewalls are almost assuredly the same. (Firewalls are simple things that only allow or deny traffic). The professional edition will simply add functionality to your firewall, and not boost security, IIRC.

 

thanks, mada. i really appreciate your feedback.

 

this article at pcworld goes into some of the differences between zonealarm pro and basic
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,18670-page,1-c,legalissues/article.html