For any of you that missed out on the Zone Alarm Pro 2009 Offer check out this link.
http://dotnetwizard.net/vista-stuff/comodo-firewall-pro-30/#more-2328
It describes a freeware alternative to Zone Alarm that experts say is better then Zone Alarm 2009. What is this awesome piece of freeware? It is Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0. I have use this product for little while now and I have really liked it. So check out the article and download it today.
Quantum Dragon
offlineMember
Comodo is listed as the best of the free programs for firewall protection on this page:
http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php
I've been using it for a month now and it works very well.
Thanks to Spirit of Nicopol (http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/profile/10738) for providing the link.
Ciao
QD
I would have to agree. Comodo is an EXCELLENT firewall program.
You can also grab Threatfire if you need antispyware (just be sure to turn off the AV feature in ThreatFire if you have another AV program running!)
Ashraf
Whiterabbit-uk
offlineGames Guru
Thanks for the links. I'm looking to change my Norton firewall and F-Secure AV (which scores really badly).
Really? F-Secure 08/09 got pretty good results here:
http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02
thewebmaster
offlineEnglish Mod
Try Ad-Aware at Lavasoft.com. There is a free version that works well.
-Webmaster
Testing results (October, 2008) Platinum Malware Treatment Award
Dr.Web Anti-Virus 4.44 (100%)
Gold Malware Treatment Award
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 (80%)
Avast! Professional Edition 4.8 (80%)
Bronze Malware Treatment Award
Agnitum Outpost Antivirus Pro 6.5 (53%)
Norton AntiVirus 2009 (53%)
Panda Antivirus 2009 (40%)
Poor results
BitDefender Antivirus 2009 (33%)
Trend Micro Antivirus plus Antispyware 2008 (33%)
McAfee VirusScan 2008 (33%)
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2009 (33%)
AVG Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware 8.0 (33%)
Avira AntiVir PE Premium 8.1 (20%)
Sophos Anti-Virus 7.3 (33%)
Eset NOD32 Antivirus 3.0 (0%)
VBA32 Antivirus 3.12 (0%)
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BuBBy
offlineAdministrator
hotdoge3, I'd take those results with a very large handful of salt.
Their testing methodology as explained Here is in my opinion not a realistic test.
Essentially - they hand select twelve (12) sources of Malware - and install and confirm the malware is running "correctly" - and then install one of the listed Antivirus products to determine to what extent it can remove them.
Of course in the real world - the test would be: The user already has an AntiVirus product installed and running - and an attempt to install Malware is blocked from the outset.
Ask yourself is it better to have a product that knows how to remove an infection, or to identify it then prevent it ever occurring in the first place?
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