Which Firewall is the best?

 
Unless your being singled out by a hacker or are stupid enough to donwload junk and virus' from stupid looking sites then you dont really need virus, spyware or firewall software.

If a hacker wanted into your machine he woudl probably get in anyways, if you use IRC then you propably get what you deserve, if you want to be taken in by the corparate scaremongering then go ahead, there is market for n00bs but people with brains seldom get infections.

Antivirus companys make you think its the online equal to what road tax is in the UK but If you have common sense then its quite the diference, I know many apps are free but IMO you dont need them either, unless you take risks on the net then forget about them, I know this might conflict with the boards security section but they mainly advise naive browsers.

As for spyware as my friend tells me he gets new spyware everyday and spyware software is a must??? I cant get through to him that the cookies he is picking up are all but harmless, not a moderate threat as some apps like to label them, anyone with a little web knowledge can delete cookies manually with out a subscription fee

my two cents worth
 
apj101 said:
I think we have covered this a few times ;)


http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=25395
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=25207
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=24488
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=22018
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=9481
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=7366
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=8560
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=9401
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=252
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HeHe I would guess by the amount of times I have seen a mod posts a post similar to the one you have that your gonna have to get used to how forum activity conducts itself, either that or keep repeating yourself, new posters or even experienced posters dont bother with the search option, they think of something that isnt current and post it, without this most forums wouldnt work. a couple of 'jobs worths' wont change the whoel internet forum structure, bu they might impress there boss.
 
Hakka said:
HeHe I would guess by the amount of times I have seen a mod posts a post similar to the one you have that your gonna have to get used to how forum activity conducts itself, either that or keep repeating yourself, new posters or even experienced posters dont bother with the search option, they think of something that isnt current and post it, without this most forums wouldnt work. a couple of 'jobs worths' wont change the whoel internet forum structure, bu they might impress there boss.
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Been banned from a few other forums?
 
Buzz1927 said:
Been banned from a few other forums?
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No buzz? why you ask? do I take away your infinite powers of being the all might slyware assasin or do I just simply reapeat what goes on in internet forurms, through my experience I can post that this is the nature of internet forums.
 
a couple of 'jobs worths' wont change the whoel internet forum structure, bu they might impress there boss.
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Strike 1 :)

do I take away your infinite powers of being the all might slyware assasin or do I just simply reapeat what goes on in internet forurms,
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strike 2 ;)
 
Buzz1927 said:
Been banned from a few other forums?
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No buzz? why you ask?
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There is a first time for everything, and from reading apj's post's youre getting closer and closer to a brand new internet forum experience. :rolleyes:

OnTopic: I used ZoneAlarm for a while and I must say i didn't like it at all. It slowed my browsing to a crawl and stopped me from playing ANY online games. I know you can get past this with configuring it and adding in exceptions and the like, but honestly that really is a pain. I actually don't use a firewall since i'm behind a proxy and i do an entire system scan at least 1-2 times a day. i think the worst infection i ever had were pop ads on my desktop, and this was when i was using Norton and nothing else, probly 1-2 years ago before i knew anything about internet security.
 
Lets stay on topic or there might be some bannings involved :)

And to answer the original question, Kerio 4 Life :P
 
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