Avast! and a new firewall [recommendation request]

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Dear All,

My first post although I’m using Avast! for two years to my entire satisfaction.

have just acquired a laptop running under Vista Home Premium.

Avast! is of course the a.v program I want to keep! Point!! The only question I have now is
which f.w. should I install. With my Toshiba came a trial version of Mcafee Security which I
dont like. I’ve heard about PCTools f.w but learnt(understood) it has some issues with
Avast!. Other firewalls are mystery to me.

Can you be of assistance to me? You people here at Avast are the most experienced
regarding this jewel. Your recommendation will be mine :slight_smile:

With best personal regards,

M.D. Miron

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My favorites

http://filehippo.com/download_sunbelt_personal_firewall/ Sunbelt Personal Firewall

http://filehippo.com/download_sygate_personal_firewall/ Sygate Personal Firewall

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Hello D Miron, important to note the McAfee trial must be completely removed, or a confliction with Avast is likely. On this page, about halfway down, is a removal tool http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507 plus instructions to completely remove the AV.
I have no problems with Avast and PCTools firewall, which suits me well. It seems to be fairly easy for a dummy to configure. (Well, I did it.)
Others use Comodo, Online Armour (by Tall Emu), Zone Alarm etc. Can’t speak for them, sorry. Certainly the first two seem effective, with a built in HIPS, I have heard the most recent version of ZA has a problem with some machines.
Other names include Kerio, Sygate, and a whole list here: http://downloads.andymanchesta.com/firewall.html

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I would stay with McAfee firewall only (if you can).
PCTools works great in some systems with avast. The same for Comodo.
The other possibility is Online Armour and, if you want the last resource, Zone Alarm.
In July, avast will release it’s own firewall (although not free).

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These are excellent news! Can I book a seat already? :wink:

In this case, looks like I’m gonna uninstall McAfee and install one of the free f/w stated above
till Avast f/w gets launched.

Thanks Tarq57,Tech and Pondus.

With best personal regards,
M.D.Miron

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I think you need to wait… the first beta test wave will be limited.

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Will wait then Tech, Obrigado.

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Hey… This is legit Portuguese. Do you speak it? There are a lot of people from your country in my city :wink:

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Hey... This is legit Portuguese. Do you speak it? There are a lot of people from your country in my city
As opposed to, say, "bastardo", which would be illegitimate Portuguese? ;)
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@D.Miron:

הלו! Hello!

if you don’t need to block any outband connection and just want to be safe from in-band connections from hacker from out-side, your windows Firewall is enough and you don’t to any other software, but if you really wish to block out-band connection, for example to block virus.exe file that maybe (wish never!) be in your computer from access internet, here is a good list that you can choose between them:

http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php

בהצלחה! Good Luck!

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Thanks a lot.

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i can say vista got a good firewall and outbound protection if i was you i will choice to stay with windows firewall but if you want another firewall i can say Comodo have a good firewall rate another way is to choice the recommandention of the other guy :slight_smile:

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על לא-דבר! you’re welcome!

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D Miron, you might want to check this out. It is a GUI to enable more user-friendly control and configuration of the Vista firewall.
http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html
I’ve read a few user reports about it, but have no experience of it (nor Vista. Think I’ll wait for Windows8.) so don’t take this as an endorsement.

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Hi. You sould use Comodo Firewall until Avast firewall release ;D

Last firewall leak test results (source: http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php )

http://i44.tinypic.com/2n8yex4.png

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Thanks everyone for your kind collaboration :slight_smile:

Have installed few hours ago PC Tools Firewall Plus which seems to work just
fine. No conflicts with Avast! or any other programs sofar.

Awaiting with a certain impatience Avast! f/w ;D

@Tech: speak a little Portugese, Here also a rather large community of people originating from Brazil.

With best personal regards,
D.Miron

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You’re welcome, there are many forum users also using PC Tools Firewall Plus.

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Hey, it won’t be free…

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I use the Free version on my Vista system and it is real small and it does all that I need without the bloat of the other firewalls.

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Yes Comodo look not bad with Avast! but Vista Firewall is not a bad firewall too