I was wondering whether if anyone had used GhostWall FireWall and if they had whether if it was any good or just plain crap http://www.ghostsecurity.com/index.php?page=appdefend
I use Norton internet security 2005 and i find that it does the job fine for me. On my second computer i have used Comodo, ZoneAlarm and PCtools firewall (not at the same time though ). I found that Comodo was good for giving the user enough information as to decide whether if it is an illegitimate program that is trying to access the internet and it also passed all of the tests on Shields Up website (http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2) although some user may find it confusing to use and as it has been stated before it does not un-install well as windows security centre still seems to think that i have it on the system.
With PCTools firewall i liked the GUI and it is an easy firewall to use compared to Comodo and of course as everyone harps on about, it is light on resources. however i un-install it only after about two hours of use as i didn't like it that much and it also failed the shields Up test, which prompted me to visit the PcTools forum to see if anyone had posted about this and whether if there were any good solutions, but the help that was on there did not rectified the issue and it still failed the test.
I am now using ZoneAlarm which also has a pleasing GUI and it is simple to use and is also light on resources, it doesn't have the same features as the pro version but it still keeps you secure enough when surfing the net and i feel that this may be the one that i stay with or i might go back to Comodo.
If any of you can tell me how to configure PCTools firewall so that it doesn't fail the Shields Up test then i would appreciate it as it might have been because i did something wrong.
If you have read all of this then i am amazed and would like to wish you a nice day