11 replies to this topic

[Deathblow Luc]

Im not familiar with security software, but i wonder if anyone else had this trouble with this one in particular.

To start, im not sure if its normal, but the processes number went up from 32 to 41 without and with NPF respectively. Virtual memory consumption was proportional, from 164 MB to 241. As a result, i cant run Dawn Of War with the firewall installed, not even enabled.

Im not in a position to upgrade my RAM now, and my needs for a firewall are scarse, yet i feel like installing one for the sake of it. So, is there any specific soft you recommend, besides this comp eater?

[AdmiralGT]

Norton does tend to run a lot of Processes. Personally I would recommend Tiny Personal Firewall since that is quite good and doesnt take up a huge amount of memory. Its free which means it obviously isnt the best, but it never caused me any problems.

[MSpencer]

Internet Security sucks. It never caught stuff for me and always proved invasive.

[Mastermind]

ZoneAlarm is the only firewall I use, and the only one I would ever consider. It's amazingly good, and once configured it just leaves you be. With it, an Anti-virus, spybot and ad-aware, I feel fairly safe.

[chemical ali]

Couldnt agree more with mastermind by the sounds of it something is trying to get onto the net run anti virus, and any anti spyware programes in safemode first and then install zonealarm, its free and easy to use

[Ash]

I too second Mastermind.

No need for safe mode though Ali


Norton AV 2002, I find is the best (believe it or not). I can give you installers to both 2003 and 2002 (install 2k3 first, as it will give you a 4-year subscription to update, then install 2k2 and go with that. The subscription's still valid, but there is only one or 2 processes (which are very low on memory use) which means more RAM for me! ). Get ZoneAlarm, too. It is free, but it's an excellent little doozy that only opens for programs you yourself authorize. Other than that it's as close to impossible to breach as it's possible to get.

Stupid idiots Norton make their new software too heavy on the system. And you can't even shut them off the hard way (Task Manager/Processes) like you can with 2k2.

[MagicGangsta]

http://www.smoothwall.org

all you need is a spare crap pc lying around with 2 nic's

best software i have ever seen...

[Mastermind]

It looks interesting, but I'm sadly stuck with a software firewall like ZoneAlarm, because of space constraints, and the network policy here at MIT. It definitely seems a worthy idea though.

[jnengland77]

Even though this topic is kinda old. i recommend Sygate personal Firewall. Ive used it on two pcs now and it works great.

Edited by jnengland77, 27 October 2004 - 03:53 AM.

[Andre27]

BlackIce does the trick for me. It frequently stops thos slammers trying to invade my system.

[Mastermind]

Zonealarm seems to work to keep the door closed for me. It has blocked a few thousand intrusions now.

[Andre27]

Same for me with BlackIce