Presumably you are talking about the free version of the Outpost Firewall and it is ‘very’ good as essentially it has all of the protection features in the Pro paid version (which I have used for over 6 years) that got it good results in this firewall test. See http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php.
A better way is Layered Protection:
- anti virus application active and up to date and I choose avast!
- malware detection active and up to date and I choose Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
- application detection active and kept up to date and I choose Windows Defender and WinPatrol
- browser protection active and up to date with Web of Trust (WoT)
I choose not to run a software firewall as it is un-necessary:
http://www.besttechie.net/2008/08/20/malwarebytes-developer-interview <==software firewall discussion begins 8 minutes into the excellent video
Why do you keep trotting out this tosh ???
Nothing has changed outbound protection is a must and to get that you invariably need to install a third party software firewall.
I thought that you were also using the Vista Firewall Control.
Outpost Free 6.5 firewall slows my internet speed drastically! I don’t know why, we’ve been through this before.
The only other fw that slowed down my internet that bad was the Sunbelt fw.
I’m running OA Full on one pc & OA Free on the other with little or no slowdown.
Not for me it doesn’t (whilst I have the Pro version the firewall function is the same) and I’m on dial-up.
Why do you keep trotting out this tosh ???
Nothing has changed outbound protection is a must and to get that you invariably need to install a third party software firewall.I thought that you were also using the Vista Firewall Control.
Not any more.
I just sat there doing nothing.
When anything was about to be changed either Windows Defender or WinPatrol alerted me before it could be activated.
So for those that don’t have windows defender and winpatrol, there would be nothing other than the outbound protection in a software firewall.
So it isn’t just a simple case of you don’t need a software firewall. If you haven’t got one you need other applications that will hopefully alert you to changes or suspicious outbound activity.
So for those that don’t have windows defender and winpatrol, there would be nothing other than the outbound protection in a software firewall.
So it isn’t just a simple case of you don’t need a software firewall. If you haven’t got one you need other applications that will hopefully alert you to changes or suspicious outbound activity.
That is a true statement.
By the way, I update Windows Defender daily as it does not update by itself but once per week:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal <== current v1.59.792.0
-= Eh…? So, I’ll go for Win Defender instead…? Okay, I’ll start downloading… Thanks for all the help…
Windows Defender is not a firewall.
Don’t let the OT discussion distract you. (Hard though it is.)
There are various sites around that offer a list of firewalls, some also offer reviews, (which of course are sometimes biased), one of the sites I find very useful for all sorts of security software is AndyManchester.
This one is quite useful, too. Just a couple of examples.
Popular firewalls that seem to work well with Avast include PCTools, OnlineArmour, Comodo, and of course the Windows firewall.
-= rdmaloyjr said Outpost was heavy so, I’ll go for Online Armor instead…? I’m sorry if I am being picky 'cause my pc is somehow, aged… I’ll consider upgrading the next 3 months… ;D
If you are short of resources (RAM?CPU) you may have to consider something that doesn’t demand too much, such as the basic but very good (rules-based) Kerio 2.15.
But see how Online Armour goes. It has a HIPS component, too, and beyond that I don’t know much about it, except that it’s popular, well supported, and the forum is supposed to be helpful, with the developer taking an interest.
If OA is too demanding you may have to try something else.
-= I have no problems with CPU or anything else but RAM…
-= 15% already in download…
-= Thanks to all… :-\