Finding a good and free firewall
Due to a recent Trojan attack, I reformatted my computer and decided to try a new firewall. I had been previously using the free version of Sunbelt Personal Firewall, which I highly recommend as a good and easy to use firewall, until the constant prompt that my free version is running in limited mode got on my nerves. It’s hard to find an ad-free, friendly and non-resource hogging free firewall these days. Kudos to companies like Check Point (Zone Alarm), Sunbelt Software (Sunbelt Personal Firewall) and Tall Emu (Online Firewall) for releasing a free version of their firewalls. Oh, and not forgetting ALWIL Software (Avast!) and AVG Technologies (AVG) for their home versions of anti-virus too. Without further ado, here’s some thoughts on the firewalls I’ve tried: Sunbelt Personal Firewall 4 (Free version) Pros: I started using this when it was still Kerio Personal Firewall. Loved the simple interface and how easy it was to install and setup. Heck, there was hardly any setup required u...