Firewall Software Reviews

PC Tools Firewall Plus 2.0

Thu, 5 Jul 2007

PC Tools’s free firewall was one of the first to work with Windows Vista and, for that reason, has won a lot of new fans. It blocked two out of the 10 Atelier Web tests...

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Comodo Personal Firewall v3

Thu, 5 Jul 2007

For the purposes of this test we got our hands on the very latest version of Comodo, which was still undergoing tweaking but should just be ready by the time you read this.

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Ashampoo Firewall Free 1.20

Thu, 5 Jul 2007

Ashampoo is a fairly new kid on the free firewall block but it performed reasonably well. However, it fell down on one element of the Shields Up test by responding to a ping.

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Windows Live OneCare

Thu, 1 Mar 2007

Microsoft’s all-in-one entry into the home security business is here – Web User puts it to the test...

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Norton Internet Security 2006

Thu, 2 Feb 2006

Symantec’s Norton Internet Security is one of the best-selling security suites – is the latest version worthy of its reputation?

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F-Secure Internet Security 2006

Thu, 27 Oct 2005

F-Secure lines itself up against Norton and McAfee to provide an all-in-one security suite

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ZoneAlarm 5.5

Mon, 20 Jun 2005

Possibly the best known of the free firewalls, ZoneAlarm has plenty to be said for it. In addition to being free for personal use, it is easy to operate and very effective in action.

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Outpost Free 1.0

Thu, 26 May 2005

With its unfriendly and complicated interface, it’s easy to make mistakes with Outpost.

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Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6

Thu, 26 May 2005

Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 boasts protocol driver-level detection, which prevents malicious programs and Trojans accessing the network...

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Kerio Personal Firewall 4

Thu, 26 May 2005

Kerio Personal Firewall 4 is completely free for home users. Detecting intrusions, controlling which software is allowed access to the internet and updating itself automatically.

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Windows Firewall

Thu, 26 May 2005

Already proving popular (if only by default) is the Windows Firewall that became available to owners of Windows XP upon installation of the security-tightening SP2 update.

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BT already has fingers and thumbs in all sorts of corners of the internet pie, from broadband to modems, so it was probably only a matter of time before the telecommunications giant decided to offer a security suite.

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McAfee Internet Security Suite 2005

Thu, 6 Jan 2005

You can now buy McAfee’s 2005-branded security software as a single suite, offering a complete set of security features in one package at an attractive price.

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