Hey, guys!
I just recently bought a laptop with a Vista 64 on it. Never had experience with a 64-bit OS before. I've always used Zone Alarm as my firewall of choice, but they don't have any compatible versions for this Vista. Could anyone recommend a good firewall?
Thanks a lot,
Vic
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Comodo is your best option.
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Comodo, Windows Firewall, hardware firewall via router.
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thanks, guys! it doesn't have to be free, by the way. just something that has a good protection
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Comodo is still the best firewall Vista 64 bit regardless of price.
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you could try first the vista built in firewall. I'm using it until now and never had any security issue with my NB. Using vista business 64 bit
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imo i actually like a firewall called look n stop works great also. but commodo is a awesome firewall. outpost is great but really bloated like zone is imo
also the firewall built into to kaspersky internet security 2009 is awesome from a suite that includes hips, a av anti-malware etc all in one -
Outpost Firewall Pro 2009 is the best check out this list of firewall ratings to see the top ones http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php#firewalls-ratings
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I use the windows firewall with both inbound and outbound blocking. Outbound blocking is a little tricky to configure since some windows svchost services like windows update and windows time has to be let through. Here's some info:
Allowing Windows Update:
Add a rule named Windows Update allowing svchost.exe
Restrict the Windows Update rule to the Windows Update Service
If you use Vista x64 use the system32\svchost.exe not the x64 svchost
Allowing Windows Time:
Add a rule named Windows Time allowing svchost.exe
Restrict the Windows Time rule to the Windows Time Service
If you use Vista x64 use the system32\svchost.exe not the x64 svchost
Allowing avast! services:
Add a rule allowing avast.setup (update)
Add a rule allowing ashMaiSv.exe (mail scanner)
Add a rule allowing ashWebSv.exe (web scanner)
If you use other avast services add rules allowing them through
Allowing Other Programs:
Adobe Updater, allow %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Adobe\Updater5\AdobeUpdater.exe
FireFox, allow %ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
Java Update, allow %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre6\bin\jucheck.exe
OpenOffice Update, allow C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\soffice.bin
Windows Help and Support, allow %SystemRoot%\HelpPane.exe
and so on ...
Firewall for Vista 64
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Mimino, Nov 13, 2008.