Avast and which firewall? in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21047352 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:19:46 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:19:46 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21058213 mjmsr : Thanks!

I thought there might have been a mistake there.

Mike]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21058213 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:53:26 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053925 Kerodo :
said by mjmsr See Profile :

I cannot find any info on Avast firewall???
Probably referring to Avast's Network Shield.... if not, then there's nothing else even remotely resembling a firewall in Avast....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053925 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:22:52 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053811 mjmsr : I cannot find any info on Avast firewall???]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053811 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:02:00 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053320 Its a Secret :
said by mjmsr See Profile :

Good to know I really do not need more than a router and windows f/w....

Thanks
Mike
Except for those pesky programs ( and virii, trojans) phoning home... Win FW doesn't stop that.
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"In the future, that which is not mandatory will be illegal"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053320 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:29:38 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053080 Dragons1970 : Avast has a firewall, so you might want to check out, first. Another thing I like about Avast is the VRDB. Right click on the icon and look for where it says, VRDB and read about it.

BTW, just a little detail -- if you get two icons, you can right click one and tell it to merge with the other.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053080 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:45:38 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21052715 mjmsr : I do have a router. I just installed Comodo and all sems good except the bbot up time is a bit longer - otherwise seems ok. I might just remove Comodo and see if I can see a performance difference.

Good to know I really do not need more than a router and windows f/w....

Thanks
Mike]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21052715 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:41:01 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21050743 Kilroy : Do you have a hardware router? If so the Windows firewall should be sufficient.
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I have Norton 360 Version 2 on a couple of machines and it has been fine also The Norton firewall is effective and SILENT. The AV seems fine. However Norton replaces Comodo's constant firewall access user prompts with annoying interactions for scans that all should be unobtrusively running in the background.

I recommend either Comodo with Avast or Norton 360.
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regards,

Lou]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049438 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:34:20 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21048822 PeeWee : You should be happy with that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21048822 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:39:14 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047849 mjmsr : Just added Comodo - free version.

All seems good so far!

Thanks for the help!

Mike]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047849 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:10:41 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047637 poppster :
said by jadinolf See Profile :

Well,your choice of avast! is good.
Yes, yes indeed. I've tried Online Armor (nice), PcTools (decent), and Comodo (tied with OA for me). Personally I prefer Comdo, but those three will provide a nice layer of defense. Do you have a router with NAT capabilities? If so that might be all you need, unless you are wanting program specific control.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047637 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:34:29 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047503 MarkAW : »Firewall Poll 2008]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047503 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:07:51 EDT My 2 cents http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047477 Its a Secret : Comodo. I run it with Avast and have no problems at all on XP Pro SP3.
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"In the future, that which is not mandatory will be illegal"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047477 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:03:02 EDT Re: Avast and which firewall? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047419 jadinolf : Well,your choice of avast! is good.

At least install Zone Alarm and then if you wish try other firewalls.
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I just removed Norton 360 and placed Avast on the Vista64 System.

I am confident all will go fine, however, is Windows firewall sufficient or should I use an 3rd party firewall?

I want something NOT complicated, simple and small...free ia always nice but a little $$ is ok too!

Thanks
Mike]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047352 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:40:32 EDT