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Firewall/antivirus Which do you use? What's the best?

#1 Jeremy

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Posted 17 August 2003 - 06:04 PM

The best firewall for windows i have seen is Tiny. It lets you make very specific rules.
Tho I dont have windows, so I just use freebsd's own firewall and no AV. I dont really download much from untrusted sites, and as long as my firewall stays in tip top shape, noone can upload virus' to me.

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#2 Black_hat

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Posted 17 August 2003 - 06:41 PM

I am using WatchGuard (Hardware Firewll)
WinRoute(softwareFirewall) (cuze i can create THe rules manually)
And i like NAV and Dr.Web and KAV (AntiVirusSoftware)

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Posted 16 August 2003 - 04:41 AM

Which software firewall/antivirus do you use, or which would you rank in the top few?

I'm interested in seeing how many of you use the mainstream firewalls.

#4 Travis

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Posted 16 August 2003 - 07:28 AM

Well I've got Firewalls :P
IPcop
Deerfield Visnetic
AVG (Anti Virus)

#5 woutiir

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Posted 16 August 2003 - 07:38 AM

I just use ZoneAlarm, free, and works good for me (too bad of that vulnerability tho...) Tho, i i would recommend it. For A/V (anti virus) i use norton antivirus, works great, updates are fast etc etc...

Hopefully it helped a bit,

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#6 DJohn84

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Posted 16 August 2003 - 11:00 AM

Firewall: Zone Alarm Pro

I think I"ll try Tiny Firewall 5.0 soon...whenever they get a comprehensive guide on how to configure that thing out.

Antivirus: http://housecall.trendmicro.com

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#7 Dillinja

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Posted 16 August 2003 - 11:47 AM

Good old IPtables, and "firestarter" firewall...great to see all those DCOM probes while I sit back and laugh in my Linux castle! :D AV? Pfffttttttttttttt!! :lol:

For Windows, Norton AV and sygate personal firewall (<----found it to be brilliant).

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Posted 16 August 2003 - 10:02 PM

blackice and Norton AV

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#9 Kenny

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Posted 17 August 2003 - 03:07 PM

Outpost firwall....create your own plugins and rules , etc

f-prot ...antivirus

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Posted 01 September 2003 - 04:00 AM

Kerio Personal Firewall is very good as well, and free. Very configurable, and also allows you to make specific rules about filtering. Has a log, and has all the basic features of a professional firewall

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Posted 02 September 2003 - 07:58 AM

I use Agnitum outpost firewall. In antivirus solutions f-secure is the fastest and rules my desktop.

#12 Guest_MpR_*

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Posted 02 September 2003 - 10:01 AM

Working Security for an ISP Ive found Firewalls too be as much of a nucense and they can be a god sent .. The best thing you could ever really do is to secure your system from square 1 and being smart about things , Doing Your Updates Turnign off services you dont need or can be easily exploited. When Installing new software think about the out come of things and thake the appropriate course of action to secure it. Port Explorer is one of the best programs Ive seen unlike a firewall it doesnt limit your activity nor close anything, but it fully allows you too see everything that is connected to the internet ports process UID etc.. another thing Ive found useful is changing the root of c$ and d$ ect to an empty directory and kill admin$, so if anyone does get your well thought of blank password the files get routed to that directory could still be executed, but if left behind you have fair enough warning there..(That is if you need shares or even creating your own personal shares) Personally from all the winsock2 errors left behind from every Windows based Firewall mentioned here Id suggest using common sence and think about whats happening, Firewalls can / will limit what you do and can be a huge pain in the ass in the end. Check out Port Explorer just google it youll get a nice trial.

#13 manu

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Posted 19 September 2003 - 10:00 PM

For Windows, I prefer to use SYGATE personal firewall. Simple and nice one.. Using Norton Anitivirus with it... I completely stand with Dillinja... In my experiance, both are excellent.... ZONE alaram too is good one..

#14 Travis

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Posted 20 September 2003 - 06:24 PM

zone alarm in my experience has proven to be a crappy firewall... mainly because the ability to make your own rules doesn't quite exist in it. While Sygate and Deerfield and a few others have that ability, Zone Alarm does not...

#15 donfrabrizio

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Posted 29 September 2003 - 04:28 PM

I use norton personal firewall and in combination with panda antivirus.
I have the panda in a trial version but I re-install it every 30 days and get a free update.

It's been a nice panda. B)

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#1 Jeremy