Try PC Tool and u will be amazed by this little toy though it is freebie. Easy to use and uer frenly. ANd most important of all, not resource hungry.

Look N Stop is another good one. Cheers

PC Tools Firewall Plus 2.0.0.25
Released: Jun 7, 2007
Size: 4,664 KB
Platforms: Designed for Windows Vista™ 32-bit, XP, 2000 and Server
2003.



PC Tools Firewall Plus is a powerful personal firewall for Windows
that protects your computer by preventing unauthorized users from
gaining access to your computer through the Internet or a network.
By monitoring applications that connect to the network Firewall Plus
can stop Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers and other malware from
damaging your computer and stealing your private information.

PC Tools Firewall Plus is advanced technology designed specially for
people, not experts. Powerful prevention against attacks and known
exploits is activated by default while experienced users can
optionally create their own advanced packet filtering rules,
including IPv6 support, to customize the network defenses. All you
need to do is install it for immediate and automatic ongoing
protection.

That's why PC Tools Firewall Plus provides world-leading protection,
backed by regular Smart Updates, real-time protection and
comprehensive network shielding to ensure your PC remains safe and
hacker free. PC Tools products are trusted and used by millions of
people every day to protect their home and business computers
against online threats.


PC Tools Firewall Plus feature highlights

* Protects your PC as you are working, surfing and playing.
* Intelligent automatic protection without all the questions.
* Easy to use. Designed for both, novice and expert users.
* Advanced rules to protect your PC against common attacks.
* Best of all it’s FREE. No catches, limitations or time-limits.

A new version of the firewall has been released (2.0.0.25) and we
suggest everyone upgrades when possible. For those that have
installed PC Tools Firewall Plus 2.0.0.24, please perform a Smart
Update to obtain the latest version. To check the version, click on
Help|About.

If you have an older version, you can download the new package from
http://www.pctools.com/firewall/download/

PC Tools Firewall Plus 2.0.0.25 contains fixes to issues found in
the previous version: These include:

1. BSOD after reboot PC (found in our test labs) resolved.

2. Minor Bug fixes.


PC Tools Firewall Plus 2.0.0.24 contains fixes to issues found in
the previous version. These include:

1. Users could not connect to the internet because of ARP problems.
2. 2.0.0.12 now supports the following languages - English (US),
English British, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Korean,
Japanese, German, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Italian, Spanish,
Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian and French.
3. Firewall disable Windows firewall on Vista.
4. Fix a BUG that caused the FWLIB to ignore an Advanced Rule with
custom Ethernet Type.
5. A BUG that caused the s/w to browse to the wrong page when users
tried to register online.
6. Firewall could not shutdown Windows Firewall in windows 2003.
7. Ethernet settings are not saved after firewall is shutting down.
8. Provide full support for limited user Smart Update.
9. BSOD in TDI driver
10. Problem in detecting adapters in Vista
11. Smart Update failed to identify administrator under Vista
12. Changing an application status (from allowed to blocked) does
not affect running applications.
13. Fix an error in logs display for Firefox browser
14. Firewall displays an error after disabling Smart Update using
‘User Account Control’
15. Smart Update fails to shut down the Firewall GUI if there are
more then one user logged on to the machine (Vista fast user switch
and Remote Desktop)
16. Minor bug fixes.

New features:

1. Firewall engine works as a service, this means it is up very
early in the boot phase
2. Added support for Vista and IPv6
3. Monitors all network drives
4. Introduces two zones (Internet and trusted) with different rules
5. Allows a user to create ‘allow rules’ from a blocking log for
TCP/UDP/ICMP protocols (Simply find the blocking log and right
click-> add the rule).
6. Allows import/export of rules
7. Firewall remembers activation settings (It can be activated
without application filtering and this will be remembered)
8. More protocols are available in the rules
9. More options in settings


Known issues:

1. FW sometimes shows the wrong path for an application on the pop
up menu (only if it’s a parent application that was deleted before
the child had tried to access the Internet)
2. Quick user guide does not reflect the new changes in the firewall
3. Do not support multiple languages (coming very soon)
4. The firewall does not detect the following leak tests: Thread
injection, DLL injection, OLE automation (PC Flunk)


Download the latest version of PC Tools Firewall Plus and activate
complete network protection for free!

Homepage & Download PC Tools Firewall Plus



This post has been edited by paradox3696: Jan 1 2008, 10:22 PM