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08-21-2010, 08:17 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Doylestown, PA
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Firewalls
My free subscription to Norton Internet Security will be expiring soon and I'm looking at alternatives.
From everything I've read, and the positive feedback of the users here, I'm going to give the Microsoft Security Essentials a go for anti-virus. Looking at (free) firewall software, in the review sites I viewed, by far the top three in order of popularity seem to be:
Following those top three, the next most popular (but with nearly half the number of endorsements as the first group) I found were:
What Firewall software are you using? Have you used any of the ones listed here? If you have another recommendation, what is it and why? Looking forward to your feedback. __________________
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08-21-2010, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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I use MSE, and the standard Windows Firewall. Unless you need an OUTOING firewall, the Windows Firewall in Windows is sufficient.
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11-06-2010, 03:31 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Iowa
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If you are using a router you do not need software.. Otherwise like Ken said just use the Windows Firewall..
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