Firewall in AVG Internet Security

I see from 'Shields Up' at www.grc.com that Ports 13 and 37 are Open when using the firewall which comes with AVG Internet Security. Detailed steps to block (but not stealth?) these two service ports from AVG only resulted in access to the Internet being stopped. I had to delete the new Rule just made to restore access. I then tried Windows XP Firewall, after disabling the AVG one and as well as Ports 13 and 37, Port 123 was Open, so I stopped the scan and reverted to AVG Firewall.

I have read that Commodo and Look 'n' Stop do not coexist with AVG.

Is there any firewall, paid-for or free, which will work with AVG Internet Security and stealth all service ports please?

 

the free firewalls available for windows are mostly
kerio sunbelt personal firewall
zonealarm

you can try one of them, to see what happens.

otherwise, in all honestly, avg is really poor. throw it out the window and get a combined av/fw product from eset or kaspersky

 

Or if you already spent money on the Internet Security Suite, you can actually download the Suite exe from the Grisoft website and by clicking on it to go about as if you were installing AVG ISS again you can uninstall the Firewall from the Security Suite by selecting the Custom Install option by simply unchecking the firewall section. I use the AVG AV from the suite with Comodo Pro 3.0 and BOClean instead of the AVG FW and the Antispyware Component that also comes with it. PC Tools Firewall may be a good choice to use with AVG AV. I used it and they ran very well together.

 

Thanks for your replies ethernal and Woodward!

 

I have just received by e-mail from AVG Technical Support, a zipped diagnostic and debugging tool. Having run this file, I am delighted to report that all service ports are now shown as fully stealthed by Steve Gibson's 'Shields Up' test at www.grc.com.

 

i fail the test at grc.com