said by ironwalker:Software firewalls are great for monitoring what programs and os parts want to call out. Being able to see these details and block accordingly is why I use a software firewall.
Beyond the Windows firewall, for most average users I think they just cause paranoia and worry. Every single outgoing request needing to be dealt with, and triggers and rules. Even high knowledge users get tripped up:
"Oh, why is such and such process wanting to connect? What is IP X.X.X.X? Is it malicious? Am I infected with something?" Then do research, while growing increasingly paranoid, to find out it's a normal Windows process trying to update the time or check for updates or something harmless like that.
That's all I ever got out of the things at least! If malware gets on the computer then you're screwed anyway. Not to mention the malware is probably operating under a completely innocuous sounding process name anyway. Maybe it is injected into a legitimate Windows process, which won't look unusual when it's trying to connect out.
Anyhow just my thoughts. I still recommend to the OP Kerio 2.1.5 !