i tried webroot firewall b4.. its quite nice.. not many topup. no alert.. ITS FREE TOO!!!
have a try for it

can't open Security Center in Control Panel

pls help

assistance much appreciated

no popup, no alert can be dangerous if u don't know what is going on
I'm using ZoneAlarm Free here, quite satisfied with it and the latest updates are making it quite stable on my WinXP SP2

comodo firewall kinda annoys me abit..remind me of old firewall..

it use to be good..till today...when i killl some unwanted stuff forced me to g safe mode n uninstall it..argh..

the firewall of KIS is good enough for me hehe

ermm... i wanna ask a very noob question... i'm usin mc afee and it has it's own firewall. should i close my vista's firewall?

^ I suppose u should. No point having 2 guardhouses at the same entry/exit point to your pc

can try kaspersky internet security 2009. it comes with 2 way personal firewalls. so you can get double protection lolz.. with 2 guards houses at the same exit/entrance point should i say. ha..

agreed...it help to secure my pc too

got pop up lah, depends on the setting only.

Matousec still ranks Comodo & Online Armor at the top, no surprise.

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

What surprises me is one newcomer, Netchina S3 2008. Since it comes from China, no surprise coz they do have the Great Firewall of China.

PC Tools Firewall Plus is also surprising since the older test ranks them as the worst, huge improvements for them to climb the charts drastically.

Wow, good read. Thanks.

sygate: easy to configure, to change rules 4 application
zone alarm: same as above
jetico: i really dunno how to configure this one, seems like not enough option, not very user friendly, even block my access to internet
comodo: a good firewall but slow down my pc

sygate already stop released liao for a long time after being taken over by symantec ler.

For Comodo if ya don't want too many popup you gotta configure abit

Symantec always buy over other softwares, like they did to Atguard too

Yes. the first time installed sure lots of pop-up cuz the firewall is LEARNING your system..After using for 2 months or so, lesser pop-ups trust me

zone alarm.very good software for my personal taste

Agree with you. ZoneAlarm and Comodo.

any firewall can block internet access from a .exe?

i must able to run the exe but block from internet access

i used zone alarm free (ver 7), but the firewall kept having a big X sign on my taskbar eventhough i restarted and reinstalled it. Now using Webroot Desktop Firewall

almost all firewalls can be configured to do that