Win 2000 firewall

Hi

Can anyone recomend a firewall I can download for this Win 2000 sp3 pc there seems to be a few that are not compatable.

Many thanks:confused

 

AVG Free edition works fine with Win2000 SP4.

Don't know about SP3 but would seriously suggest you upgrade to SP4 anyway.

 

Sorry guy's just checked it is SP4, been formatting and forgot where I was up to.

 

I used avg, bullguard, alviria, and avast did work on it if you got an older version.

If you can get your hands on the developers hardening pack, that is actually better. Win2k Pro is the only OS that I never had problems with being hacked. The anti virus is your main concern. Win2k was more of an early server OS than an average home user OS. Because of this, it has a lot more options to use to harden it. Do this and you will be a lot safer with it. I will dig around and see if I can locate my old disk with the security hardening pack / dev tools for you. No guarantees, but I will get it posted if I can find it.

Win2k was definitely one of my favorites and I really didn't move away to XP until after they killed Win2k support and I couldn't get updates any more. It didn't look like much, but it was fast. If you are interested, I may even have some mods around to improve the appearance of the OS a little.

 

Sygate will work great, simple to use, small footprint....
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Sygate_Personal_Firewall_Free_d3356.html

 

Hi
Many thanks for the info I have downloaded Zone Alarm as Plodr suggested feel more comfortable now that a firewall is installed.

Thanks again guys for taking the time to answere

 

Hi

think I may have answered twice but sorry guys if so, just wanted to say that I have downloaded Zone Alarm as Plodr suggested feel a bit more safe.
many THANKS TO ALL FOR YOU TIME AND INPUT