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The McAfee Security Centre firewall program that came with my laptop is due to expire in the near future- what other freeware variant would users here recommend as a replacement?

Trolly wrote:

QUOTE (Trolly @ Aug 12 2009, 10:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The McAfee Security Centre firewall program that came with my laptop is due to expire in the near future- what other freeware variant would users here recommend as a replacement?

I used to run Sygate Personal Firewall (SPF) ... but it's pretty old now. I have installed Comodo (also free, but new) on two systems so far and have been very pleased. It has an anti-virus component, but I disable that as I run AVG.

ive been recomended kapersky but i havent actually tried it myself, i usually just grab a copy of Nod32 from waihi gold mine

I used AVG for a year or two until their last major upgrade. A lot of the computer forums were reporting problems with it so I went over to AVAST. This has worked perfectly for me and I have installed it on four other systems for family and friends - there have been no problems. Everyone has their favourites though so you'll probably get a variety of replies.

ZoneAlarm is still the best in my opinion. Some users find it a bit too complex, but at least it doesn't eat all your resources (CPU/RAm) for a scan like Symantech does.

Let my system hungry load of cr@p Norton antivirus expire and replaced with Avira AntiVir Personal which is free. It's basic and works a treat. Don't even notice it.

I use Avira AntiVir as well which is pretty good.

Trolly wrote:

QUOTE (Trolly @ Aug 12 2009, 10:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The McAfee Security Centre firewall program that came with my laptop is due to expire in the near future- what other freeware variant would users here recommend as a replacement?

If you are looking for a Firewall and anti-virus programs try the best free firewall is Comodo firewall and for free anti-virus Avast Home edition or Antivir personal another very good program for keepping your computer clean is C-cleaner all these can be found on
http://www.filehippo.com/
I have used all three of them and find they are the best I used to use AVG but found that the odd nasty did slip through it now and again that the other two picked up.
Comodo firewall free is very savage and a pain until you get it trained and configured to your computer.
Another very good one is Online Armor Free
http://download.cnet.com/Online-Armor-Pers...4-10426782.html
Those would be probably the best two free firewalls and far better than a lot of the paid for ones.


Doug