lemonade
join:2003-12-13
Los Angeles, CA | Jetico???
i notice Jetico seems perform best among all the candidates, anyone used it before? recommend? |
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PGHammer
join:2003-06-09
Accokeek, MD
clubs:
 ·Comcast
| said by lemonade  :i notice Jetico seems perform best among all the candidates, anyone used it before? recommend? I noticed that. Amazingly, it's a freeware product (the *only* freeware product in the Advanced Category). As to why Free fails where Pro does not (Zone Alarm), there has to be a *reason* to upgrade to Pro (unfortunately, that reason is a more secure product). |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | reply to lemonade
I think I will be dumping my mccaffe personal firewall plus for jetico freeware has more protection than software you pay for is just crazy |
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jdmatl
join:2000-04-27
Deerfield Beach, FL | I believe that freeware version jetico is the *last* free version. Jetico is releasing a shareware version. don't know the price yet. They will probably keep the freeware version and offer a more "features" version of shareware. |
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Mordy
Comfortably Numb
Premium,MVM,ExMod 2004-07
join:2001-12-02
Denver, CO
·Comcast Formerly ..
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I took Jetico off my machine. The reason that it is such a tight firewall is that it stops just about every activity you do on your machine, nonstop. Look at the task manager - get it blocked. Load your mouse driver - get it blocked. Access your control panel - get it blocked. It blocked programs that were not trying to get outside of the firewall, instead of monitoring those programs for some kind of exploit. It also had this nifty problem of not remembering the decisions that it made; every time I started my computer it asked if I wanted to execute my startup programs, no matter whether I added the program to my trusted programs. It blocked my AV program from scanning my inbound email. It also corrupted my Spyware Sweeper; and instead of letting me use Bit Comet by just approving it, it blocked every single peer IP that it connected to.
Yeah, it's a hell of a firewall for people who don't really have anything they need to do with their computer. |
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ironweasel
Weezy
join:2000-09-13
Belen, NM
| I tried to install Jetico after reading the results of that test because the only firewall I have is the inbound firewall on my Linksys router.
It would load long enough to block almost everything that was running, including my Avast antivirus, Nvidia display control panel, and other stuff that shouldn't have been blocked. After it blocked pretty much everything, my machine would crash.
Having Jetico is good protection, if my computer won't run, nothing can get out......
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I let my mind wander, and it didn't come back. -Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes) |
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timcan
join:2005-07-26
| Using jetico with no problems.Very light on resources,anywhere from 4mb to 8mb memory. This firewall doesn't just block programs & processes without user intervention as I've read in previous posts.There is a good thread on how to configure jetico at wilders security forum.;) |
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Holy Cow Batman
@cox.net | reply to ironweasel
I also installed it and it reaked havoc on AVG anti-virus and made the audio on shoutcast radio stations pop and crackle with some speed changes. |
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