Best Firewall Software - Editor's Choice
#1 ZoneAlarm PRO Firewall 2009                                                  
Review date:04.18.2009

Description:

Protect yourself with the best multi-layered firewall technology around. Simple to install (step-by-step installation wizard gets you up and running in minutes). Easy to use (comes with default security settings for "out-of-the-box" protection). Combines the firewall with identity protection and anti-spyware software.

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Price:

$29.95

Advanced Features:

  • Triple Defense Firewall
  • Best alternative. Wireless PC protection
  • Multi-layered security for your PC
  • Quarantine suspicious attachments
  • Complete Package

Review:

The latest release improves the operating system firewall and applies more robust spyware detection and removal functions.
  • Allows to assign different security levels
  • Prevents intrusions with professional-grade firewall
  • Manages and blocks pop-up ads, online profiling, cookies
  • Perfect for anyone concerned about online privacy
Best of all, fully compatible with major antivirus software and Windows operating systems. Besides, ZoneAlarm Pro's documentation is well organized, making it easy to find answers fast. Overall, ZoneAlarm Firewall Pro is a great product that will keep your computer safe from intrusions and online Internet threats.
#2 F-Secure Internet Security 2009                                              
Review date:04.15.2009

Description:

Today a huge amount of computers around the world are still unprotected against threats spreading through the Internet. You can keep your private data to yourself with the personal firewall that stops hackers from breaking into your computer. This advanced firewall provides a complete and easy-to-use protection against Internet threats.

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Price:

$59.99

Main Features:

  • Detects and removes rootkits
  • Prevents malicious dialer programs from using your connection
  • Enhanced Anti-Spam tool
  • Helps you stay free from spam email

Review:

F-Secure provides maintenance free, easy-to-use solutions for computer security
and virus protection that you need in order to ensure safe and easy online surfing.
  • Enhanced usability through flexible product configuration
  • Automatically distributes new spyware and virus signatures to your PC
  • Detects and removes security threats
  • Supports Windows XP, Vista (64 and 32-bit)
F-Secure DeepGuard, a new technology, constantly monitors the heart of your computer, ensuring that no malicious programs can take over your computer. It filters unwanted spam and phishing attempts from your email. The installer gives an option to choose from F-Secure Internet Security 2009 or F-Secure Anti-Virus 2009 installation.

F-Secure Internet Security is a good personal firewall protection software. It includes an antivirus and an improved anti-spyware.
#3 Prisma Firewall 2009                                                               
Review date:04.23.2009

Description:

Designed for home and small office settings, Prisma Firewall software provides both a reliable solution to intrusion prevention and a personal firewall for individual PCs.

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Price:

$29.50

Main Features:

  • Filtering network traffic
  • Monitors your Internet connections
  • Web Traffic Scanning
  • Simple configuration
  • Supports packet filtering
  • Firewall with Trojan protection

Review:

Using a private network, Prisma Firewall protect your computer of threats coming from internal users.
  • POP3, IMAP and SMTP traffic are scanned for viruses
  • Search function to search the intruders, applications and filters list.
  • Wizard to create rules for applications and to create filters.
  • Monitor inbound and outbound packets and be alerted to suspicious traffic
Prisma Firewall uses minimal resources of the system where it will be installed (less than 3.24 MB on the disk, 8 MB memory and less than 1% processor. Best of all, this application constantly adapts its behavior based on network traffic analisys in order to build the best defence for your computer.

#4 NeT Firewall 2009                                                                     
Review date:04.23.2009

Description:

NeT Firewall is an effective solution for protecting your system or local network from external and internal threats and malicious acts without limiting network capabilities. Only the data permitted by security policy in use are passed along.

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Price:

$49.95 (1 to 9 licenses)

Software Summary:

Don't change public IP address for NAT manually if it is not necessary for proper NAT working.

Main Features:

  • Three levels of stealth security
  • Port mapping availability
  • Comprehensive stateful firewall
  • Current version: 3.0

Review:

All packets are blocked in emergency level, regardless of security rules in use.
  • Monitors activity at the Transport Driver Interface
  • Pre-loaded security settings provide easy, instant protection
  • Protection Against Zero-day Attacks and Rootkits
  • Stateful Inspection firewall technology
NeT Firewall implements complete network traffic monitoring cycle on your system as well as it allows viewing and sorting traffic. It allows enabling and disabling access to your personal computer resources such as files and printers, mail services and web-server.

#5 ESET Smart Security - Firewall                                                 
Review date:04.10.2009

Description:

Eset Smart Security protects you from viruses, worms, spyware, and all Internet threats; also blocks spam and includes personal firewall. The best way to constantly monitors and defends your PC from internet attacks.

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Price:

$59.99

Software Summary:

ESS's firewall offers three security modes to choose from depending on your security preferences.


Main Features:

  • Proactive Security
  • Firewall Protection
  • Fast Scanning Speeds

Review:

It analyzes each application behavior and detects any suspicious activity before allowing internet access.
  • Designed to block all attempts to disable protection
  • Port scan detection denies access to intruders
  • Protects you against the most nefarious cyber-threats attempting to gain access to your PC and personal details.
  • Recognized for having zero false positives
ESS builds upon the latest version of the company's NOD32 ThreatSensescanning engine by augmenting it with firewall and spam filtering. .
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