Firewalls/general: "kind of shopping..."

In event our current Sygate Pro f'wall falls behind, shows its age, gets buried eventually by current "owner," and as I kind of like it (and its approach of not being a real headache to use) after trying out several firewalls sometime ago, I wonder:

May I have opinions on today's market & what's avail., and may have a Sygate "style" or similar take on things - i.e., not too tough to setup, no complex rules, and an f'wall that won't ask about everything under the sun w/zillion popups, and so on?

And yet, of course, it needs to be solid/reliable, so I may have to get used to something more demanding that what we use now and learn more about a firewall's approach/handling of the 'net.

Thanks, for any thoughts on this. SG1 (Pat)

 

Comodo if you want a software firewall.
It's being updated, and upon install, it has a rather large library of known good applications..have it run a scan of your system at first..so it "learns" what's on your system..and those early "nags" are less frequent.

 

ZoneAlarm (free or Paid), Look'n'Stop (paid, Free = No outbound after trial)

Zonealarm is very user friendly.

If you don't mind a little tweaking than go for Kerio 2.1.5 (Free) with BZ's rule.

 

ZoneAlarm is your best bet if you want ease of use yet wanting to have control over your programs.

 

i second comodo fw have it on two computers newest beta and its very easy to use and works flawless

 

Comodo is excellent if you want a free firewall. If you have some cash to spend i'd recommend outpost pro or zonealarm, both are very good however i'd say ZA is a bit more resource hungry compared to outpost.

 

I recommend Comodo firewall.
It's easy to use and gets "Tru Stealth" at Sheilds Up without any tweaking needed.

 

Another vote for Comodo. Passes all leak tests OOB.

 

i agree with betauser2.

zonealarm is one of the few remaining application-based firewalls and its very user-firendly. tho if u get a paid version, its likely to have teh OSFirewall which would add to the number of pop-ups.

looknstop is simple too, but some programs (like games and p2p) may need rules setup for them.