Hi im using Windows XP Pro SP1a and im considering getting a firewall but I wanted to hear from you guys first to suggest, which is the best.

Ty :beer:

I currently use Sygate Personal Firewall, it has been good for me, it does not use alot of ram, around 8 to 10meg on my system. Also its free.

Im using Norton Personal Firewall 2004, works great for me. It has also won some awards and sh*t..

if ya want some crazy downloading ... any firewall sucks ...
if ou do just "normal" things ...Sygate Personal Firewall is a very good and free choice ...
if ya want it as easy as possible ... install SP2 and use the new SP2 firewall which is very good!

Zonealarm is a good Firewall and it's Free.

Windows Xp has a Firewall built in you could use that one.

Windows XP SP2 will have some type of new firewall?Not sure what it will do.

sp2's fw rlz

So all or most of you already have SP2 downloaded? I kept away with it until official release. Do you think I should get it?

Ok as a quick question guys, ZoneAlarmPro or Sygate. Which has been proven to be better? Thx

Why would SP2 rule when its not even out yet?

And the one u got is just a beta test. :finger:

Y do so many people jump the gun and install Beta Stuff and says it rules.
It wont rule till it's out,and when it's comes out!!!there is bound to be a patch for it.

Here is another vote for Sygate Firewall.

Top rate stuff.

USE A ROUTER!!!

agreed to Felixml

Router

löl whats the difference between beta and final ? not much and between RC and final ? very less so why shouldn't you install the beta ot do not give any comment about it .... its nearly final ... the last changes you won't even notice ...

but zonealarm vs sygate ...
sygate is professional with all the options you need ... all setting and maximum flexibility ...
zonealarm is for noobs .. a VERY VERY bloated user interface ... 100ts of uselesss help screens .... ugly colors and a not really working engine ... it did not even pass the easy webtests ... when I tried zonealarm I was really disappointed

Honestly the best firewall to have is a router or a linux gateway. Winblows exploits make any firewall useless under that platform. But if you really need one under windows, kerio is decent.

I use the unknown Outpost Firewall.

It has won it over Zone Alarm for me.

Every (known) leaktest gets caught by it, it's nicely expendable with plugins, clear overview which program has which ports opened.

Only downside is the 22 meg of RAM it uses, but with 1GB, I can spend it.

yeah ... there is always a better way to protect ... but only one real secure one ... UNPLUG the netweork cable

not for real ... if ya look at this .. ANY firewall is useless since all of them can be cracked .... to take a deeper look into it .... its even more then only it could be cracked ... the problem is ... ppl. behind a firewall think they are secure ... but they aren't ... you need more skills to get round the firewall but there is always away ... ... I do know that I am not well protected against a real attack ... and as soon as I see some strange happening I can react ... while the firewall user will not notice it because he is relying on the firewall ....
you got to decide if you want to use a firewall or not .... I am online 24/7/365/10 and I never had some real problem with this ... without any firewall ... and even if someone would brake into my PC ... hell steal my spammed email accounts ??? ... unless you have very very critical informations on ya PC you don't really need a firewall ... especially those sucking CPU performance ... thats why sygate is also quite good ... it uses below 1%