Hi guys,

I planning to use a personal firewall for WinXP, which should I use?
I heard about ZoneAlarm that many users have problems with this one..

What do u thing which is the best?

Greetz
Trigger

How about the one that comes with WinXP?

No, i don´t wonna trust Ms :wink:

I was using the one w/ XP until I failed evry test possible. I use Tiny Persoanl Firewall. It caught alot more attempts and programs then any of the others. Plus it allows alot more personalization then the others also.

I am using Zone Alarm Pro and Windows XP Professional. No problems and work like a charm ! Good luck

Tim

Use a dedicated Linux box instead

@TriggerOne

No, no problems with ZoneAlarm (Pro). On my system ZoneAlarm runs fine. But make sure, that you use the latest Version. Version 2.6.357 and higher has support for WinXP.

Mhh.. A buddy of mine has used the version and after installing it on his computer he has tonz of BOSD and Windows faults.

Before he had nothing and so i am a bit sceptical.

It works, it works not?

Okay, check it out!

You will see...

Will se lots of BOSDs he he.

What you think about the Sygate Personal?

I will probably get Flamed to Sh*t for this but I really like Norton Internet Security, it has built in ad/popup blocking and is very very configurable, it seems to block pritty much everything with the tests I have tried and couple that with the fact you get Norton Anti-virus and very regular updates and the 30 odd quid cost really isn't very much.

I have used Zonealarm 2.6 and it really does not come close and does not support upnp for things like MSN Messenger VIP which I use a lot.

Regards

How about Sygate Personal /Pro/...I've been using this for several months and I didn't have a single crash!!!
The same cannot be said for Zone Alarm...

I heard nothing bad over it. For some of my buddies it is the best on earth :wink:

But in my opinion it is only for "professionals" who know what they are doing. The configuration requires a lot of know how, especially in internet protocols, isn't it?

ZoneAlarm is easy to configure.

zonealarm all the way :wink:
works great with xp

tiny has change to Kerio work fine for me

http://www.kerio.com/parser/mainpage.php?id=204&lg=1