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wakemeupwhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-22-09 05:37 PM
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Recommend a firewall?
Hi all, I was using zonealarmpro for years & loved it, but I got a new computer & it runs Vista 64-bit. When I went to install zonealarmpro it said that it doesn't work on 64-bit (whatever the hell that is) so I've been using Windoze which I figure is good for keeping really, really, really large bugs out, but not much else.

Any firewall you would care to recommend that run on whatever-the-hell-64-bit means?

TIA
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-22-09 06:42 PM
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1. ZoneAlarm doesn't make a 64-bit version? Odd...
...anyhoo, McAfee or Symantec would probably be just fine for you.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-22-09 07:58 PM
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2. Trend Internet Security or Kaspersky Internet Security
Norton and McAfee suck

64-bit is better: Allows more than 4GB of system RAM to be used, especially if the applications are made for 64-bit operation (most often these would be database apps, any Adobe app, et al)
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 05:35 AM
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3. Comodo
http://www.comodo.com/
Available in both 32 and 64 bit versions. You can run either or both the firewall and antivirus.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 12:33 PM
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4. I concur with Comodo.



I've used several others, free and paid versions, I like Comodo the best so far.

You can tweak it to however tight or lax you want it and it is not hoggish either.
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 02:14 PM
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5. +2
Comodo here too.
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 02:16 PM
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6. IPTables!!!

Just wanted to offer a variety.

Seriously, I recommend Comodo as well.
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wakemeupwhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 03:04 PM
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7. Thanks everyone.
Looks like Comodo wins by a mile.

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