Lightweight FW

[TheMozart]

Originally Posted by whitedragon551

Refuse to use something from a company that openly gets caught and denies creating malware to make a profit.

Evidence? Proof?

[ellison64]

Originally Posted by TheMozart

Evidence? Proof?

http://torisefromashes.blogspot.co.u...ing-bribe.html

[jadinolf]

Originally Posted by ams963

Privatefirewall from privacyware.com

I have it on 2 computers and all is well so far. Fingers crossed.

[Amit]

Originally Posted by TheMozart

Useless, doesn't provide proper protection.

private firewall is a strong and effective firewall with multiple layer of defense against malware....it's proactive approach ensures high protection....if you find problem setting pfw or you are in doubt about it's protection you can refer to http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=322044 and http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=288509

[Amit]

Originally Posted by jadinolf

I have it on 2 computers and all is well so far. Fingers crossed.

good to hear private firewall is serving you well. I had used it for a couple of months until I moved on to paid solution. I was impressed. It is a very light firewall. Now it's installer is even smaller(only 3mb due to the removal of that id theft crap).

[ichito]

Filseclab FW? ...it's not a joke

[Amit]

Originally Posted by ichito

Filseclab FW? ...it's not a joke

did you try it yourself?.....how does it compare with pfw in lightness of course?......

[Brummelchen]

. Windows Firewall Control - [Win 7]

. Windows 7 Firewall Control

Originally Posted by whitedragon551

Those arent firewalls. They are just GUI's for the built in Windows FW.

i'm surprised this rubbish is still in mind.
NO, THEY ARE NOT!
Both are individual programs with its own settings and rules!
But all (3) uses WFP.

[ichito]

Originally Posted by ams963

did you try it yourself?.....how does it compare with pfw in lightness of course?......

Yes...I've used it

Maybe this new thread will be interesting? One of my setup is really lightweigt - total usage of system resources is about 23 MB RAM and 42 MB of swap files:
- Filseclab FW: 4,5 MB RAM and 11,5 MB (one process)
- SpyShelter: 14 and 16,5 (one process)
- avast!: 4,5 and 14 (two processes)
WinXP SP3, CPU 1,8 GHz, 0,9 GB RAM

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showp...79&postcount=1

[Amit]

Originally Posted by ichito

Yes...I've used it

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showp...79&postcount=1

ah! I see....thx a lot for the info

[majoMo]

Originally Posted by Brummelchen

i'm surprised this rubbish is still in mind.
NO, THEY ARE NOT!
Both are individual programs with its own settings and rules!
But all (3) uses WFP.

It's always adviced to remember that. To clarify general users.
And to avoid stay surprised...

[Cudni]

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[jitte]

You can enable Windows Firewall with Advanced Security through the Microsoft Management Control with a snap-in and it gives you much more control over incoming and outgoing rules.

From the site I referenced:

"Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is designed for advanced users and IT professionals, and offers more powerful configuration options than the standard Windows Firewall. You can now configure Inbound and Outbound Rules, Block or Allow incoming or outgoing connections based off Protocols and Ports and/or Programs and Services, and configure IPSec. The Inbound and Outbound Rules can be enforced on predefined profiles, Public, Private, Domain or all Profiles. WFAS becomes handy in instances where you need to enable a rule that allows traffic for a specific service while connected to one network profile, but not on another. For example, you can allow FTP traffic for the Domain (Work) Profile but not for the Public Profile. This would mean that computers at your work place can connect to your computer hosting an FTP service, whereas such traffic is blocked when you’re connected to another network."


I don't use Windows anymore but it's what I used with Vista, that and the Sphinx Software frontend just so I could see what was going on with it, and never had a bad experience with it in over 4 years.

[AMIGA500]

Originally Posted by ams963

private firewall is a strong and effective firewall with multiple layer of defense against malware....it's proactive approach ensures high protection....if you find problem setting pfw or you are in doubt about it's protection you can refer to http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=322044 and http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=288509

i must disagree with you on your view on private firewall.
i like the program but it wont stealth all the ports like others do.
this was the only reason i stopped using it because i couldnt stealth all the ports and couldnt find a workaround.

[Blues7]

I sense a return of the Dead Composers Society...