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After important tips and comparative reviews, this page provides links to vendors and reviews of over sixty personal firewall products.
I will not pretend this is my work, but thought the site was reasonably organized and thorough.
IMO, it warrants your consideration for info on firewalls.
Important Tips
22 More Choices -- Bullguard, Computer Associates, Comodo, F-Secure, Jetico, Kaspersky, Lavasoft, Look'n'Stop, McAfee, Microsoft Windows, Net, Norman, Online-Armor, Outpost, Panda, pcInternet Patrol, Preventon, PrivateFirewall, Terminet, Trend Micro PC-cillin, VisNetic, Webroot
11 Not Reviewed Yet -- 8Signs, Ashampoo, Iolo, MicroWorld, Netveda, PC Tools, Prisma, R-Firewall, Rising, Sphinx [Software] & TheGreenBow
29 Gone or Fading Away -- Armor2net, BlackIce, Checkit, ConSeal, eSafe, Fireball, Firekeys, Firewall X-treme, Freedom, Hackersmacker, HackTracer, InJoy, Internet Firewall 2000, Mindsoft, Norton, Omniguad, PC Viper, Primedius, NeoWatch, Safeworld Hacker Stopper, SecurePoint, SecureUP, SoftPerfect, Sphinx (BioData), Surf Secret, Sygate, Tiny, The Shield & VirusMD
the article may be seen here
I will not pretend this is my work, but thought the site was reasonably organized and thorough.
IMO, it warrants your consideration for info on firewalls.
Important Tips
* Check Windows -- Before installing personal firewall software on a Windows XP computer, be sure that the firewall built into the Windows XP operating system is turned off.
* Just One, Not Two -- Never use two software firewalls at the same time. Completely uninstall one before installing another. Use the vendor's uninstall utility or if not available, use the Windows XP add/remove software tool in the control panel. You can use a hardware firewall including a Wired Router, Wireless Router or Broadband Gateway.
* Patches & Updates -- As soon as your firewall is installed, check the vendor's website for patches and updates. If the firewall offers an automatic update function, turn it on.
* Testing -- After you install a firewall, be sure to check it with an online service like Security Space to make sure that it is configured correctly [a basic audit for a home PC is free]. Testing your firewall is the only sure way to tell that your computer is really being protected.
2 Top Products -- Sunbelt & ZoneAlarm Pro* Just One, Not Two -- Never use two software firewalls at the same time. Completely uninstall one before installing another. Use the vendor's uninstall utility or if not available, use the Windows XP add/remove software tool in the control panel. You can use a hardware firewall including a Wired Router, Wireless Router or Broadband Gateway.
* Patches & Updates -- As soon as your firewall is installed, check the vendor's website for patches and updates. If the firewall offers an automatic update function, turn it on.
* Testing -- After you install a firewall, be sure to check it with an online service like Security Space to make sure that it is configured correctly [a basic audit for a home PC is free]. Testing your firewall is the only sure way to tell that your computer is really being protected.
22 More Choices -- Bullguard, Computer Associates, Comodo, F-Secure, Jetico, Kaspersky, Lavasoft, Look'n'Stop, McAfee, Microsoft Windows, Net, Norman, Online-Armor, Outpost, Panda, pcInternet Patrol, Preventon, PrivateFirewall, Terminet, Trend Micro PC-cillin, VisNetic, Webroot
11 Not Reviewed Yet -- 8Signs, Ashampoo, Iolo, MicroWorld, Netveda, PC Tools, Prisma, R-Firewall, Rising, Sphinx [Software] & TheGreenBow
29 Gone or Fading Away -- Armor2net, BlackIce, Checkit, ConSeal, eSafe, Fireball, Firekeys, Firewall X-treme, Freedom, Hackersmacker, HackTracer, InJoy, Internet Firewall 2000, Mindsoft, Norton, Omniguad, PC Viper, Primedius, NeoWatch, Safeworld Hacker Stopper, SecurePoint, SecureUP, SoftPerfect, Sphinx (BioData), Surf Secret, Sygate, Tiny, The Shield & VirusMD
the article may be seen here
