ZoneAlarm is garbage

[Vampiel]

After using this program for a while, I noticed that Ebay does not search properly, it constantly has problem's allowing me to view .gif animation's even though I turned the option 'off' to block them. CNN doesnt display properly and a slew of other problem's, also the add-blocker is not that great.

Is there any other good ones out there better than Norton Internet Security?

[michaeln]

I use Agnirtum outpost without any problems. www.agnitum.com

[fishybawb]

Sygate's free personal firewall has served me well:

http://soho.sygate.com/download_buy.htm

[cdroman]

http://eu.download.kerio.com/dwn/kpf/kpf2-en-win.exe is a very good packet filter but replace the default rules with http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...3708~mode=flat . You can then set up the rules the way you want. The Proxomitron with JD5000 configs is about the best pop-up/add and anything else you want to prevent on a web page app there is.http://www.jd5000.net/

The 2 combined are very light on system resources and very effective.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

ZoneAlarm is garbage

Tis true.

Agnitum Outpost
Sygate Personal Firewall
or Kerio

are the best IMHO, ZA is bad, and has been for a long time as far as im concerned.

--Jakk

[fishybawb]

I never had much of a problem with ZA. It's a little bloated, but does the job for your basic "standalone PC connected to the Internet" and has a decent GUI for people who aren't confident enough to tweak stuff manually

[DocEvi1]

ZoneAlarm was decent before the kiddie-fiddler layout that came about a few years ago. Swapped (is it swapped or swopped?) to SPF a while ago and have never had any trouble with it.

I'm on bb now and all is grand

[dajogejr]

Originally posted by fishybawb
Sygate's free personal firewall has served me well:

http://soho.sygate.com/download_buy.htm

Seconded.... Been using it since I abandonned NIS 2003 mid-last year.

Low overhead...does what it needs to and no more!!

[Vampiel]

Originally posted by cdroman
http://eu.download.kerio.com/dwn/kpf/kpf2-en-win.exe is a very good packet filter but replace the default rules with http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...3708~mode=flat . You can then set up the rules the way you want. The Proxomitron with JD5000 configs is about the best pop-up/add and anything else you want to prevent on a web page app there is.http://www.jd5000.net/

The 2 combined are very light on system resources and very effective.

I looked at those and it look's pretty involved as to setting everything up manually but if im bored some day I might give it a shot. Ill try out sygate or agnitum. Anyone better than the other or are they both pretty good?

[dajogejr]

Sygate is very...very easy to set up.

You can make it very complicated...fine tune it...or just leave as is.

it works...plain and simple...

[cdroman]

Originally posted by Vampiel
I looked at those and it look's pretty involved as to setting everything up manually but if im bored some day I might give it a shot. Ill try out sygate or agnitum. Anyone better than the other or are they both pretty good?

Both good, agnitum has ad blocking etc.

[mireland]

I've seemed to have no problems with Zone Alarm..

[bob05]

I have no problems with ZA, I just had to turn off their ad-block feature as it was conflicting with the browser. I did like ZA 4 over their new version 5, as it interfered less, but I guess it's all good now.

[Vampiel]

I have been using Sygate and I really like it. But it doesnt have ad-blocking, and I hate ad's. Im used to seeing virtually no ads because im so used to norton.

agnitum has ad blocking

So I will give this a try. Wait it looks like this one only has a 30-day free trail period.

[dajogejr]

You must have installed professional version trial.

The personal version I'm using (5.5) has,is and will be free...

Yeah, no add blocking, but...use Firefox...