From: "Ckyp" <ckypper@crew>

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| "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote:
>> What are some of the better choices (see Subject), free or commercial? Are
>> there some reviews on this topic?
|
| I like the freeware "Comodo" firewall:
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| http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
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| I do find it necessary to disable it, though, whenever I install a new program.
| You can "switch to installation mode", but then it will keep nagging you if you
| want to switch back. Apart from that nagging problem, it seems to work as
| advertised. And it's a big improvement over previous versions of this firewall.
|
| I don't know much about it, but I've read that a hardware firewall is supposed
| to provide more security, at an added cost.
|

Hardware based FireWall appliances are far better then software FireWalls and don't hog
resources.

Even a NAT Router with simplistic FireWall constructs is preferred.

Such devices can also be monitored with software such as WallWatcher.
http://www.wallwatcher.com/

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp