Guest Damo Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Well, now that my subscription to Norton fire wall has run out which firewall should i get??Im thinking about a free one, the obvious one is zone alarm, but is there any more??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 There is one called Sygate...I haven't used it myself but have heard of good reports.......go here and scroll down the list until you get to the Sygate link.http://gwynneb.netfirms.com/favourite%20things.htmYeah ok, I know I could have given you the Sygate link direct but I'm showing off ok!!!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Damo - You could always re-format and re-install Norton....You then get another 12 months of subscriptions. ;)I have a file that may help you. If you PM me I will send you the link to download it. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Damo Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Thanks gwen and scarthy, ill have a look.....whats the score with the legality of extending your subscription using that tool, dont get me wrong, im not preaching or anything, just fancy a change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Or you could completely remove it from your registry........careful!!.......and start again. I did this on W98 a while back and it worked with the 2001 edition. Instructions here.http://search.symantec.com/custom/us/techs...p/kb/query.htmlwould just like to say that I had to completely remove it because it had gone all corrupted......no other reason :huh: but was surprised to find that I started again with the subscription thingy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 whats the score with the legality of extending your subscription using that toolDamo 1......Symantec 0I don't think Symantec will be pleased, and maybe it doesn't even work.If you use Nellie2's link, type "norton registry removal" in the search box for the info... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Damo Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Dont get me wrong....dont wanna sound like Gandalf from that OTHER forum *ahem* :D :lol: Just getting a bit tired of norton and the drain on the system, had it for years now and wouldnt mind something different......and free!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 The only other Firewall program I have used is Sygate. I used the free version. It's OK, but nothing special... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Damo Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 ive just tried the free edition of Zone alarm, dont really like it, might have a look at sygate then.I dont think the firewall market is the same as the AV market, there's quite a few free av programs out there, but only 2 free firewalls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Actually.......I have just had a look on Cnet and there are quite a few free firewalls but Zone Alarm and Sygate are the only ones I know about.Here is the link for the first pagehttp://download.com.com/3120-2001-0-1-0.ht...=49&dlsize=&ca= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 A word of advice on Sygate....It will ask you for your details to register the software...I suggest you give it wrong info. It will also 'fake attack' you in order for you to upgrade to the pro version...(or so I am told) ;) If your bothered by the Sygate registration screen popping up at times, you can "dummy" register it yourself. Taking the usual precautions, open regedit and navigate to:- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sygate Technologies, Inc.\Sygate Personal Firewall click on that last folder, then double click each of these entries entering the value against it:- company_name "none" email "noone@home. co.uk phone_number "012 2345 6789" position "none" Session 0x00000001 (1) (NB:just enter 1 to get that line.) user_name "anonymous" user_type "0x0000000 (0) (again just enter 0 to get that line.) Regedit puts in the quotation marks, you don't need to type them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Damo Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 thanks for the link gwen, and thanks for the info scarthy....think ill steer clear of sygate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Well I have just been reading the reviews on Sygate on Cnet and they are very positive............I wonder if anyone in the forum uses it and can give you some feedback Damo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter e Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 I tried Zone-Alarm initially but didn't like it much. I switched to Sygate (free one) about 6 months ago and have had no problems at all. It very occasionally warns me that I'm being scanned and I can check the log of what's been happening. Now and then I visit a site that checks out firewalls by faking an attack and it always comes out as OK. I don't get hassled to upgrade to the "pay for" version.It was quick to download and easy to install.All in all I think it's excellent (but I'm no expert).Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 peter e have you tried the latest za its very good,as someone running two computers one with za the other sygate in my opinion za is a much better firewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 I've used 3 different Free firewalls, Outpost, Sygate and ZA, the easiest I found to use was Sygate, easy to set up, good logging and easy to juse whois/backtrace. I found ZA getting a bit resource hungry nowadays, and had one or two hiccups with XP, not insurmountable and now fixed I believe, but I'm just lazy. :o Outpost has some extras , can't remember what they are now, adblocking was 1 I think.Two others spring to mind Tiny and Kerio both have free versions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cookie Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Had ZA PRO until they told me my support was coming to an end so thought I'd try Sygate. So far so good, no problems and not yet hassled to upgrade. Easy to use and change settings etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sureshot Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Can anyone tell me how much the subscription is to NAV after the first year is up?And whether having 2 firewalls conflicts causes them to conflict with each other or work in tandem?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Outpost,Kerio,Zone Alarm,Tinyand Sygate are the best of the free ones to choose from - I've tried all 5.They all have their good and bad points !My personal preference was Outpost, but the family couldn't get used to it, so I've gone back to ZA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 I use sygatei did have problems at 1st when i upgraded to XPSorted it all now and no problemsIn PCA a few months ago i had a big discussion about firewallsI will try and find the threadmadboy33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 ok found the 2 linksWhich Firewall and The Result of best onemadboy33happy readings folks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Damo Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Thanks guys and gals......cheers for the links madboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest he he :-)™ Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 I like zone alarm better than sygate because sygate messed up my puter :(... or was that me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest moon Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 I'm an ex ZA user and , excellent though it is, Outpost Free is better. It's more versatile, for one, and behaves properly for networking. Just tuppence worth. :) http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volt Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 I'm running ZA,, but am about fed up with some buggy updates!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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