Firewall
Any recommendations for a firewall for Windoze? The one I'd been using decided that they had to expand to a combo package that integrates Firewall & anti-virus. I've got an AV I'm perfectly happy with (F-prot).
I'm currently limping along with the freebie Norton package I can get as a Comcast subscriber, but it's just too annoying for words. Not only does it *not* let my turn off the AV part of the package, but when it runs the "background scans" (which, as I said, can't be turned off) it *ignores* the exclusuions I set. So it keeps reporting stuff as "needing action". Including files from a drive that's no longer in the system. Grr.
So, I need a free/cheap firewall program that *doesn't* include anything else. Windows built-in firewall is not remotely trustworthy in my opinion. Mostly because when I switched to the one I was using, I found out how often Windows was "phoning home" without letting me know what was going on.
Anyway, I need somethiing that will work with XP (and Win2k if possible, for an older box I've got).
And working with Win 7 when I get a new box, would be a plus as well.
I'm currently limping along with the freebie Norton package I can get as a Comcast subscriber, but it's just too annoying for words. Not only does it *not* let my turn off the AV part of the package, but when it runs the "background scans" (which, as I said, can't be turned off) it *ignores* the exclusuions I set. So it keeps reporting stuff as "needing action". Including files from a drive that's no longer in the system. Grr.
So, I need a free/cheap firewall program that *doesn't* include anything else. Windows built-in firewall is not remotely trustworthy in my opinion. Mostly because when I switched to the one I was using, I found out how often Windows was "phoning home" without letting me know what was going on.
Anyway, I need somethiing that will work with XP (and Win2k if possible, for an older box I've got).
And working with Win 7 when I get a new box, would be a plus as well.