ZoneAlarm Free 7.0 compatable With Avast Home Edition 4.7 (free) ?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi Guys ,

Just wondering if ZoneAlarms 7.0 (free) firewall is compatable with Avast’s 4.7 Home Edition AV (free) ?

Thanks for any responses .

                                             best regards
                                                         JOEY
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Yes it is but there are some that feel it is now bloated and it doesn’t score to highly in some firewall leak tests.

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Hi David ,

Thanks for the info . :slight_smile:

                   best regards
                              JOEY
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Your welcome.

  • There are many freeware firewalls such as, Comodo, PCTools Firewall Plus, Jetico, etc. - Zone Alarm free works fine with avast and has a reasonably friendly user interface, however, the free version is becoming bloated with trial ware and is also crippled as far as outbound protection goes In the Program Control, configuration area, the slider will only goes as far as Medium protection, if you want more you have to buy the Pro version.

See some firewall tests for comparison, some are freeware but many are paid for versions http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests.php. Also see http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/firewalls.shtml
Also see http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/leak-tests-results.php later set of results

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Hi David ,
Thanks for the info on firewalls . I did read some disturbing info on ZoneAlarms V7 free firewall , seems that it needs an upgrade . Also noticed that Comodo’s Free firewall was at the top of most lists . Does Avast Home Edition 4.7 free work well with Comodo ?

Thanks for any imput on this .

                                 regards
                                      JOEY
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Your welcome, many forum users have comodo firewall so you shouldn’t have any problem.

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Both working smoothly here 8)

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Thanks for the info , Guys !

                       regards
                             JOEY
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Glad we could help.