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I'm accustomed to having a 2 way firewall in XP. Which free firewall is
recommended instead of W 7's built in firewall?

I've used Zone Alarm Free in XP but was thinking of switching to Comodo.
Do these work well in W7 Home Premium *64 bit*?

Other suggestions?

Thanks, Jeff

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In article <df46n.6117$_96.5457@newsfe02.iad, Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com
says...Use Windows 7 built in one. There is an advanced configuration interface
for it which will give you all the control you will ever need in a
firewall.

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Conor

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.

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<Jeff@couldbeinvalid.comwrote in message
news:df46n.6117$_96.5457@newsfe02.iad...In spite of Comodo's claims, I've found it doesn't always play nicely with
W7 64-bit. PC Tools comes highly recommended. You might want to check
here:



And with W7's firewall you can implement your own rules:

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On 1/21/2010 2:42 PM, Conor wrote:Not a good advice.
Windows built in firewall is weak, could be disabled by a small hack and
is usually the favorite target for malicious software and hacker wannabes.

I heard all sorts of good things about PC Tools firewall, didn't try it
personally though.

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On 1/21/2010 5:42 PM, Conor wrote:But it is all incoming. I need both in and outgoing.

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On 1/21/2010 6:20 PM, Thip wrote:Thank you. I also heard from a friend that Comodo did not work well on
his 64 bit W 7 system which is why I asked. I'll check out the links.
PC Tools is not free however. Do you know if Zone Alarm plays nicely in
W 7 64 bit?

Jeff

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<Jeff@couldbeinvalid.comwrote in message
news:Jq56n.2681$3n2.1700@newsfe01.iad...
The Windows 7 Firewall will do both ways when you access the advanced
functions.

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"Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com" <Jeff@couldbeinvalid.comwrote:
Huh?

Best of all it’s FREE. No catches, limitations or time-limits.

Download PC Tools Firewall Plus Free Edition

Download the latest version of PC Tools Firewall Plus and activate
complete network protection for free!



You need to look harder.

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"John Smith" <notarealemailaddress@connected.com.INVALIDwrote in message
news:hjanmr$v4v$1@news.eternal-september.org...Can you give a cite? I've never read a review saying it's weak.

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"chrisv" <chrisv@nospam.invalidwrote:
*plonk*