Webroot Firewall 5.8 resource hungry

I was previously using this firewall because it is free at the moment, but when I checked the task manager Webroot desktop firewall was eating more than 500MB of ram under Vista 32bit

I've now uninstalled because this is unacceptable, but I wonder if this is a Bug or is the firewall just a Pig?

 

well 500mb cant possibly be something normal, so im going to guess its a BIG bug.

 

I'm not aware about the specific version:

The Webroot firewall has supposedly a memory leak. Which could explain your problem.

 

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1361501&postcount=11

Install this update:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949700

 

Hmmph, if I knew about that hotfix, I would have kept running webroot. Now I have CIS (FW and D+ only) and couldn't be happier. Was a shame too, I really wanted to like Webroot/Privacyware's offering. Especially since Privacyware is located about 5 miles from where I live. =p

 

Has this problem been solved?

 

Did you read the rest of the thread?

Install this update:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949700

 

This isn't an issue with XP. I've been running Webroot a couple of days on both my Vista sp1 laptop and XP pro sp2 desktop. Not a single problem on the desktop. Webroot is light with no apparent slowdowns.

On the Vista sp1 laptop, I had the memory problem. The hotfix cured it. I like this firewall and I'm glad it wasn't a Webroot/Privacyware problem.

 

Any other experiences?

Is there no Webroot Firewall 5.8 Free?

 

you can get free version here http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer-products-desktopfirewall.html

 

No way to get it without register?

 

There is a download at Softpedia


- Stem

 

I think you still have to register it though because it requires a key. You will have to give them your email address to get the key. If they send you any emails in the future you can unsubscribe from them and they won't bother you anymore.

 

how do you rate this firewall?

 

moderate/mediocre

 

I tried it on my mom's xp x86 and except for the resource usage problem the firewall did well. Has an easy setup and you can enable the process monitor if you want which is disabled by default. It has network discovery. It has a splash screen at windows startup that I couldn't disable.