I am currently trying the free version of Avast Antivirus with PC Tools Firewall Plus. In the past I had tried Avast with Zonealarm’s free firewall, and I noticed a significant lag in my internet browsing speed. So far, I haven’t noticed such with PC Tools. But I’ve only had the combination installed on my machine about an hour.
I’m just wondering, from your experience, do these two products work well together? Is there anything I need to do to the configuration of either to allow them to work together more smoothly?
Concernig the feedback given from many different users in the forum over the last months, it should work without any major problems… So, it seems to be a good choice…!
asyn
Since the OP mentions PC Tools Firewall Plus, which as far as I’m aware comes with an anti-virus.
If this is the case then yes, there could be conflict issues (rather than compatibility) as two resident AVs shouldn’t be installed at the same time. Whilst the PC Tools Firewall is fine with avast 5.0 just ensure you do a custom install and don’t install the AV element or better still just use the stand alone PC Tools Firewall.
Im running pc tools firewall plus with avast 5 free with no problems so far.
I figured it was time to drop the windows firewall and get something with outbound protection. So i put in pc tools firewall plus two weeks ago in both my laptops.
and DavidR is partially correct asyn,
when your running the setup wizard it does try to get you to download spyware doctor along with the free firewall. You have to uncheck the box. So his point was legit~grins~
ad 1. Good choice…
ad 2. Almost any installer nowadays wants you to install something else, you wouldn’t really need. (eg. some kind of toolbar…) That doesn’t mean it’s part of the software package. :
asyn
Well, I’ve dropped PC Tools Firewall and am running the Vista Firewall along with Windows 7 Firewall Control free. Seems to be working even better/faster than before, for what it’s worth.