Free firewall recommendations

[Guest cy]

Hi,

I have been working on my brothers laptop for the past couple of days

just giving it a general cleanup. Whilst doing this i noticed that the only

firewall he was using was Windows.

 

My ISP supplied me with a firewall so i use this. I was just wondering if

using windows firewall is enough or should he be using another instead.

 

If so can anyone recommend a free, easy to use firewall as he is not too

computer literate.

 

Any help with this would be highly appreciatted.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Colin

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Free firewall recommendations

 

Depends on how involved your brother wants to be in securing

the system. If he is knowledgeable enough to answer prompts on

what to allow/disallow then maybe Zone Alarm or Online Armour

may be a better choice. Otherwise the Windows Firewall is OK.

http://www.tallemu.com/free-firewall-protection-software.html

http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/catalog/products/zonealarm_free_firewall.jsp

*Both links should go to the "Free" products, but always be

careful not to inadvertently download a 30-Day free trial that

will eventually want payment to continue use.

 

"cy" <cy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Hi,

> I have been working on my brothers laptop for the past couple of days

> just giving it a general cleanup. Whilst doing this i noticed that the

> only

> firewall he was using was Windows.

>

> My ISP supplied me with a firewall so i use this. I was just wondering if

> using windows firewall is enough or should he be using another instead.

>

> If so can anyone recommend a free, easy to use firewall as he is not too

> computer literate.

>

> Any help with this would be highly appreciatted.

>

> Thanks in advance.

>

> Colin