Which free Windows firewall do you use now?

There have been a lot of new free firewalls for Windows popping up lately- Online Armor free, Webroot Desktop Firewall, PC Tools, etc. Those are added to the large amount we already had- Comodo, Zone Alarm, Jetico and some of the older versions- Kerio 2.1.5 and Sygate. Which do you currently use, if any?

 

Jetico 1 in main PC. Kerio 2.1.5, Ghostwall and ICF (XP SP2) on other PCs.

 

OnlineArmorFree.

 

Online Armor free here too

 

Online Armor free here also and am very impressed (more so than any other free firewall I've used and better than some paid versions).

 

With multiple computers people often use more than one I'm sure. I have voted for Sygate as I use it on one box, have Comodo on another nad Jettico on yet another.

 

Kerio 2.1.5
Plus a SPI/NAT router.
12fw

 

As of now I just use Windows built-in firewall coz it don't nags me asking me questions....besides...its light and don't use cpu...and dial up speed is just ok, it protects me effectively from inbound attacks. I think my BoClean will neutralize any trojans that will try to compromise my pc and I also have some other protection softwares.

Maybe, I will try OnLine Armor...but worried that it might just slow down my surfing speed, ram and cpu and etc...etc...etc...

Are online armor works fine in limited acct, coz this was the acct i always use when i surf the web. ??

 

I've just uninstalled Comodo to try Online Armour but dumped OA due to install licensing farce so it's back to Comodo.

 

I switched to OA from Comodo because:

1.) I have tired of the false positives Comodo popuped. Popup texts do say nothing to inexperienced user (and very often to experienced user as well) It's often hard to make a correct decision.
2.) Comodo does not have HIPS and can be easily deactivated by agressive rootkit.
3.) Comodo destroyed my partner program windows activation (so no restore is possible) on uninstall

 

Hello,

On Windoze, it's Sygate, for 5 simple reasons:

1. Steady like an iceber in winter - no crashes, bugs or such.
2. Extremely light memory / cpu wise even under heavy duress.
3. Excellent logging.
4. No slowdown of browsing or anything else.
5. It was the first free firewall to offer ICS and I loves it.

Mrk

 

Kerio 2.1.5 plus NAT Router.

 

SPF 5.6 3408
For many of the same reasons mentioned by Mrkvonic.

 

Windows (SP2) firewall.
Reason - I hate pop-ups!

 

Online Armor free.
Switched from Comodo which wasn't a bad firewall for me.

 

PCTools V2 not V3

 

I'm using WinXPproSP2's Firewall + router at this moment, no icon, no messages, I don't even know if it does something.
Look'n'Stop lost its activation code and/or serial number too often and I'm not going to beg each time for another activation code and serial number.
I didn't have time enough to look for another firewall, because I was reinstalling my computer, so Windows Firewall was the quickest solution.

 

Using Vista's firewall behind a router firewall from a standard user account (Vista HP).

 

Zone Alarm, XP firewall, and Sygate on different machines.

 

I suppose for the purposes of the poll, if you have more than one Windows box just list the appropriate answer for your main computer.

thanks

 

At home or office...always behind a NAT router.
Laptop..when on the road....Windows firewall (XP or Vista) is fine for me on the few times I boot to Windows.

 

What's the actual cpu and ram memory usage with Online Armor free?

Did it affect net speed, coz I am on slow dial-up?

How can you compare it with Webroot Desktop Firewall?

 

Kerio 2.1.5 with Smoothwall out front. Even if I didn't use a hardware firewall, I'd stay with Kerio. It's never let me down.
Rick

 

It doesn't really matter which firewall I use :
1. Anything that passes my router, will be stopped by my firewall.
2. Anything that passes my firewall will cause a change on my harddisk.
3. Anything that causes a change on my harddisk, will be removed by FDISR.

 

you should have added hardware firewall and/or nat only. no software firewall active. thats what i use. see sig below.