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flamingpie2500 Donating Member (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 08:29 PM
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Just got Verizon DSL- Running Windows 98SE. Do I need a Firewall?
Any suggestions for good ones? External? Internal?
Totally clueless about firewalls.
Thanks in advance
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Berserker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 09:51 PM
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1. Yes a Firewall is always a good Idea
Edited on Mon Feb-14-05 10:15 PM by Berserker
Both programs are free

I like Kerio
http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_home.html

Here is another Sygate
http://www.sygate.com/

You will also find more information in my sig line.

edited for mass confusion
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 10:07 PM
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2. AVG ...

AVG is not a firewall. It's an anti-virus program.

I agree that Kerio is a good product.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 10:33 PM
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3. ZoneAlarm -- Free -- UserFriendly
www.download.com
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idiosyncratic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-05 05:11 PM
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4. Absolutely . . . I've used the free version of Zone Alarm for years.
I use the Opera browser along with the AVG Antivirus and Zone Alarm.

All three "play" well together and I have had no problems since incorporating all of these programs.

Prior to this, I was using McAfee. A worm/trojan infected my computer between updates. That was a nightmare which necessitated reinstalling the OS. :cry:
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