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Nug
March 31st, 2006, 08:54
I really, really need a spyware firewall! PLEASE HELP!
ardnat
March 31st, 2006, 08:57
what do you meen well firefox is good for keeping out spyawre
Nug
March 31st, 2006, 09:06
but it's not a firewall...
DarkBlood
March 31st, 2006, 09:37
SpywareGuard, as located in T.M.'s list in the "Big PC Freebie List." But it's ONLY for Spyware, and is NOT a firewall.
Bruce
March 31st, 2006, 09:47
CommonSense 2.3 is my current favorite.
DarkBlood
March 31st, 2006, 09:49
CommonSense 2.3 is my current favorite.

Is it free? :p
Nug
March 31st, 2006, 09:53
SpywareGuard, as located in T.M.'s list in the "Big PC Freebie List." But it's ONLY for Spyware, and is NOT a firewall.
Thanks! I'll try:)
ardnat
March 31st, 2006, 10:07
zonealarm is a good fire wall
DarkBlood
March 31st, 2006, 10:08
zonealarm is a good fire wall

That isn't free. Unless Garfield didn't care if people replied with non-free ones.

(I mean free without trial, like Spyware Guard, or GhostWall)
Bruce
March 31st, 2006, 10:34
ZoneAlarm is free. I've been using it for years. :p

It does a good job of blocking outgoing requests.
Nug
March 31st, 2006, 10:57
ok thanks! that'll have to do for those that dont have commensense 2.3!
DanTheMan
March 31st, 2006, 12:00
zonealarm is free...and use firefox to keep out spyware...then scan w/ spybot ...all are free programs
DarkBlood
March 31st, 2006, 12:07
zonealarm is free...and use firefox to keep out spyware...then scan w/ spybot ...all are free programs

Is it free, along with free UNLIMITED updates? (Norton is free, but the updates only go for a year)
Bruce
March 31st, 2006, 12:24
ZoneAlarm is free.

ZoneAlarm Pro is not.
Yellowmc
March 31st, 2006, 16:48
The free version works perfectly well though.
Brandon
March 31st, 2006, 20:16
The free version works perfectly well though.
I have had ZoneAlarm, it was a major CPU and RAM hog.
Bruce
March 31st, 2006, 20:24
3MB RAM, 0% CPU on my system.
Brandon
March 31st, 2006, 20:34
3MB RAM, 0% CPU on my system.
Hm, I guess some things work for some people, and some things work for others :|
DarkBlood
March 31st, 2006, 22:55
Hm, I guess some things work for some people, and some things work for others :|

That is a problem for most people... for example one computer may handle resources differently than my computer does due to the fact that some settings for regulating hardware may be turned off whilist other people may have those settings on.

The processor on the other hand is just a piece of hardware that processes information at a fixed rate (defined by the processor hardware), this information USUALLY pertains to hardware and not ALWAYS software. Because software is basically PART of the hardware when you look right at the clusters on the disk platter.
Decker
April 1st, 2006, 10:11
Firewalls don't really stop that kind of intrusion unless you configure them specifically for it.
Unfortunately if you get a Trojan/spyware it'll still kill your CPU (or use as much as it can) and slower speeds of connections.
Had one this week totally wallied a system, do regular scans and stop going to dodgy sites ;)
Best bet get a good spyware scanner and let it do it's job, there are some online ones that are pretty good too, just google it :)
Brandon
April 1st, 2006, 11:08
If you need a good "All-In-One" Security solution, I recommend McAfee Security Suite:
AntiVirus
Firewall
AntiSpyware
AntiSpam
It's a great deal at $49.99 (1 Year Download), more if you want the shiny cd.