Moderators hazelnut Posted February 12, 2007 Moderators Share Posted February 12, 2007 A good article here on the vista firewall, which can monitor incoming and outgoing traffic, but outgoing is switched off by default! http://www.agnitum.com/news/securityinsigh...ues/january2007 Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 12, 2007 Moderators Share Posted February 12, 2007 It would be nice if they'd have an XP SP3 role out (this decade) with a bidirectional firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 It would be nice if they'd have an XP SP3... I thought that was Vista fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPSP2 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Microsoft has encountered a problem. Fatal error#Vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfipps Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Anybody know of a Vista snap-on for the new firewall that will make predefined rules for popular programs? Manually setting the rules is nearly useless because the firewall doesn't tell what programs are being blocked outbound. Maybe some configuration files that can be added to the rules lists? Kaspersky's firewall is greatly weakened because App integrity control doesn't work in Vista and my trial is running out! However, my ISP offers Mcafee's Firewall with anti-virus and anti-spam (you pick and choose; although I use NOD32, and did use Zone Alarm). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted April 24, 2007 Moderators Share Posted April 24, 2007 Stay away from mcafee. Honestly its garbage. Is your ISP comcast? I don't know of anything that will configure the vista firewall though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfipps Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I found an add-on to the Vista Firewall from Sphinx Software. It adds program based firewall rules and the like. It seems ok, but the fit and finish of the software look kind of old. Anyone try it? They have one for XP too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfipps Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Stay away from mcafee. Honestly its garbage. Is your ISP comcast?I don't know of anything that will configure the vista firewall though. I use Comcast, and it has been quite good. I just don't understand their choice of software, but I didn't think Mcafee was that bad? To be honest, Comcast is so damn fast (with TCP optimizer too) everything else seems slow, even the 1.5-3.0 Mbps. Kaspersky firewall slows down my connection a bit. I am spoiled, because it is still fast, but I am used to it being faster under Zone Alarm Pro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotse Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I found an add-on to the Vista Firewall from Sphinx Software. It adds program based firewall rules and the like. It seems ok, but thefit and finish of the software look kind of old. Anyone try it? They have one for XP too. Yes I mentioned it here. I'm still using it after about 6 weeks, so its passed the test in my opinion: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=9774 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted April 24, 2007 Moderators Share Posted April 24, 2007 I use Comcast, and it has been quite good. I just don't understand their choice of software, but I didn't think Mcafee wasthat bad? To be honest, Comcast is so damn fast (with TCP optimizer too) everything else seems slow, even the 1.5-3.0 Mbps. Kaspersky firewall slows down my connection a bit. I am spoiled, because it is still fast, but I am used to it being faster under Zone Alarm Pro! http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showto...6&hl=mcafee Comcast isn't that bad I guess. (I have it too) But Mcafee is pure crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 24, 2007 Moderators Share Posted April 24, 2007 But Mcafee is pure crap. I've used umpteen versions of McAfee products in the past and it is indeed crap! And calling it crap isn't software bashing in this instance, especially when it's the absolute truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromy Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Anybody know of a Vista snap-on for the new firewall that will make predefined rules for popular programs? Thread is a little old, but I just found this free add-on for the Windows Firewall. http://www.pctools.com/firewall/ I haven't tried any of the leak tests, but it does prompt you to allow or block any program trying to access the internet. No problems on my Vista Ult. machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 15, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 15, 2007 Thread is a little old, but I just found this free add-on for the Windows Firewall. http://www.pctools.com/firewall/ I haven't tried any of the leak tests, but it does prompt you to allow or block any program trying to access the internet. No problems on my Vista Ult. machine. PC Tools Firewall Plus isn't an add-on to Windows Firewall it is a complete replacement. It will completely disable Windows Firewall. I've been using it for several weeks now and I'm really liking it as it doesn't bother me one bit. Something else I like about it is the visual systray animation can be disabled during traffic so I don't even notice it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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