Armor Free Edition

From the pages of the manufacturer's website you can download the free version of this Windows (NT/2000/XP) firewall (also available for a fee). The software aims to make your system secure. Be tested.

Armor Free Edition

Zona Alarm Free

Since the company's website Zonelabs.com, the free version of the firewall, Zone Alarm Free. To download it, since entering the site click on the Download & Buy in the side menu, then on the free version. Access a page for free download of the various products, among these are also the Firewall ZoneAlarm (basic firewall). It requires the installation of an updated antivirus program to ensure sufficient protection generally.

Zona Alarm Free

ZoneAlarm 9.1.007

ZoneAlarm is a firewall which is software that protects your PC from Internet attacks.
The free version that we propose allows to control all incoming and outgoing traffic from your personal computer.
One of the most interesting features offered by the program is one that provides real-time control on requests for access to the Internet from any application installed within the operating system.

This enables them to expose any attempts to access the network from unwanted programs or malicious applications (such as backdoors and the like).
The technologia MailSafe enables users of ZoneAlarm to check for suspicious attachments to e-mail (such as those developed in Visual Basic Script, often carriers of the virus viral code).
This version of ZoneAlarm also fully supports the Windows XP operating system.

ZoneAlarm 9.1.007

VisualZone Report Utility 5.7

VisualZone Report Utility is a program that is proposed as an addition to the ZoneAlarm firewall software, downloadable for free here.
The program provides detailed information on all intrusion attempts on your personal computer. These data can then be analyzed to make a backtrace to those who launched the attack. In this way the program is able to retrieve information on who filed the attack and to prepare for e-mail will automatically be sent to their provider to report the illegal access attempts on their systems.

VisualZone Report Utility 5.7

Tiny Personal Firewall 6.5

Tiny Personal Firewall is a firewall that protects your PC from remote attacks via the Internet.
Tiny Personal Firewall is very fast and provides good performance in terms of bandwidth. Has achieved excellent results in all tests that measure the effectiveness of a software firewall. The program offers a good chance of configuration (set of custom firewall rules) and a good procedure log.
Nevertheless it must be said that Tiny Personal Firewall offers advanced filtering (Java/Java script, pop-up ...), nor the ability to remove a few doors from the control of the program. Tiny does not offer a very detailed log of the attacks finally conceded. In any case, the software is free for personal use!

Tiny Personal Firewall is also offered with a comprehensive manual in English. The manual can be downloaded here (PDF, 310 KB).

Tiny Personal Firewall 6.5

Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.2808

Firewalls are software that allow you to prevent unauthorized access to your personal computer inautorizzati through the Net
Like other firewalls, Sygate Personal Firewall basically makes your car invisible to the rest of the world.
Sygate Personal Firewall provides the user with ample opportunity for customization. The program allows you to set criteria to suit your needs and applications you use.
It can optionally specify lists of IP addresses "trusted" to control the ports that can be used (thus allowing the software to function properly "secure") and much more ...
Any intrusion attempt is immediately reported and recorded.
Do not underestimate the fact that the program is completely free if you use it for personal use.

The new version of the firewall provides complete support for Windows XP, customizable firewall rule in advanced mode, you can configure global settings like IP addresses "trusted", a viewer/editor of firewall rules "user-friendly", a console for display alert messages and information system, better ability to manage local network traffic and Internet Connection Sharing feature of Windows.

Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.2808

NetworkActiv Sniffer (PIAFCTM) 2.2.2

Usually the software firewall can monitor the activity of applications that want to communicate with the Internet. Firewalls block further attempts of unauthorized access to your computer.

No firewall, however, at present, allows us to understand what data they are passing through and from your personal computer via TCP/IP.
NetworkActiv Sniffer enables you to analyze all IP packets, conducting research in their content, set up filters so you only get the package list which is really affected.

The filtering options include the ability to produce a breakdown of IP packets according to the port which refer to specific character strings, protocol and more.
A special indeed File Sniffer allows you to capture and store whole files on your hard drive HTTP (web pages, images, downloads, etc. ...).

In Addition to NetworkActiv Sniffer (Free) Also Have the authors released NetworkActiv Scanner (trial version can be downloaded from here, 1.3 MB), a port-scanning software, Which Is That Allows you to see what doors are Opened and used by Each application in running. This option Allows you to discover the presence of suspicious applications or Trojan on the system.

The program Allows you to identify the presence of trojans on remote systems, Allows you to Determine Which computers are currently connected to your network, check the speed of the host you are connected According To Their response time, Allows to scan UDP sub-net.

NetworkActiv Scanner is a software portentous Particularly Suitable for more advanced users and network administrators.

NetworkActiv Sniffer (PIAFCTM)

Kerio Personal Firewall 4.5.916

Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) is a software that acts as a filter between the personal computer and the Internet. It was developed to adequately control both inbound traffic to that output. All applications to communicate with the Internet are immediately recognized fact: the attempts to exchange data (in the case of "trojan horses" or other malicious software are not allowed ...) are blocked immediately and reported to you which can set, if desired, a custom security rule.

Kerio Personal Firewall is based on the experience gained from Tiny Personal Firewall (the user interface and many settings just the same) while maintaining its completely free for personal use.

Kerio Personal Firewall 4.5.916

Firestarter 1.0.3

Firestarter is a firewall software, completely free, for Linux operating systems.
Whether you want to protect your single personal computer or a local computer network, Firestarter will greatly simplify your life.

This firewall comes with a graphical interface optimized for Gnome 2, has a "wizard" that allows you to create rules optimized to suit your needs, you can open and close doors with a few mouse clicks.

Firestarter shows, in real time, all the attacks "unleashed" against your systems.
The firewall has been translated into 25 languages, including Italian.
Supports Linux kernel versions 2.0 and Gnome 2.5, 2.4 and 2.2.
The installation file is in RPM format (RedHat 8.x).

Firestarter 0.9.1

FileGateway 1.2

FileGateway is a small program that lets you share files in a folder or folders with friends and colleagues.
The software consists of a server and a client: the server must be run on the computer containing the files to make cash out remotely. It simply specify the folder "share" then set a password.

At this point you just run the client on the remote machine to get the files offered for sharing the "server" you can download/upload files by simply selecting them.
FileGateway uses the HTTP protocol so it works correctly even in the presence of proxy servers, routers and firewalls.

The program requires no installation, supports file permissions of Windows NT/2000/XP and can be configured as a system service.

FileGateway 1.2

Agnitum Outpost Firewall 7.0.1

Agnitum Outpost Firewall is a powerful firewall - less well known than "competitors" ZoneAlarm, Norton Personal Firewall, Kerio, Sygate - but has proved a powerful, easy to use and, above all, efficient.

This firewall can not protect themselves only by attempts to gain access to your personal computer, perpetrated by "hackers" and other bad people, but also to defend themselves against other dangers of the Internet: cookies, banner ads too "invasive" virus distributed via Email, spyware and so on...

The program offers a open support for the addition of new plug-in: This feature allows developers all over the world to add new functionality to Outpost.
The firewall allows you to perform operations on attachments to e-mail filtering and detects attempts to scan ports on your personal computer.

The basic version of Outpost is completely free. It still available on the website of the manufacturer, even a more advanced Pro version (fee).

Agnitum Outpost Firewall 7.0.1

Advanced Anti Keylogger 3.7

Advanced Anti Keylogger is a powerful program - although it is extremely easy to use - which allows you to find the activities of any keyloggers that may be present on the system.

Recall that the keyloggers are software that can track all actions that are under your personal computer. In particular, they record all the keys are pressed while using the computer. These tools enable then to check what actions have been completed with your computer, especially if you suspect that this has been used for illegal purposes or in any way improper. It should be emphasized that these instruments should be used only by those who have the title and the rule of law.
The other side of the front: how you can defend against those who get in an unauthorized manner, keyloggers on our personal computers? As you can notice the presence of these "intruders"?

First, it should be emphasized as well as keyloggers are, of course, normal Windows programs, as are the applications we use daily to write text, graphics, photos, surf the Net Since keyloggers programs, these must necessarily leave a trace on the system.

Keyloggers "smarter" (as well as some worms, viruses make use of keyloggers ...!) not be identified between applications or between the processes listed in Task Manager window (Ctrl+Alt+DEL).

Advanced Anti Keylogger is able to intercept all attempts to logging keystrokes by the user. Because the software is not based on a database (as in the case of the most popular anti-spyware ...) but intercepts the Windows API functions used by the keylogger, it can happen that are flagged as suspicious, the activities of software. For this reason, the user - similar to what happens with a firewall - can set up rules that allow you to block or allow the activities of certain applications.

Advanced Anti Keylogger 3.7

Zone Alarm free

Zone Alarm free firewall was the first free mass, for which I must be given great credit, has been what has made everyone understand the importance of having a firewall at a time when most people had barely a virus. On hitfreeware.blogspot was the first safety program to be reported (long before the various Spybot, AntiVir, Ad-Aware, Comfortable, etc.).

During these years many things have happened that have missed in Zone Alarm that had the huge advantage over competitors, and that they did back in the bottom (as seen from the last comparison firewall): first the birth of fierce competitors, and the other gap to the paid version, which has increased a lot with the passage of time (and understandably, do not doubt it), since delay in certain security patches were applied in this free version (in some cases some holes were not corrected at all).

With some P2P programs, there are problems, if detected malfunction after installation (for example, the RAM that slowly goes to zero), he is probably the first indicia. Unfortunately a number of users reported difficulties with the latest versions.

Zone Alarm free

DcFirewall

DcFirewall is an open source firewall that has two particularly interesting features: not installed, and is very light. This is one of the best, if not the best firewall out there. However ... have a very lightweight firewall may not be sufficient. DcFirewall is not very powerful, especially to filter outbound traffic, and many of vulnerability tests put him in great difficulty (not aware of anything, and the various malicious programs from your computer can get out whatever they want).

Last comparison hitfreeware.blogspot firewall is placed in the bottom (more or less above Ashampoo). I also like light programs, but subject however they are not too far from competing applications.

Therefore suggested to those seeking a lightweight firewall that filters traffic applications we have, but that does not go too deep. This is appropriate.

DcFirewall

Jetico Personal Firewall free

Simple and intuitive graphical interface, not excessive use of resources, good overall protection. Perhaps we must start to spend a few minutes to configure it more than others, and understand what they ask us to stop and allow, however, made me very positive impression. Are not necessary interventions strange, all you need is to answer YES or NO when prompted ... However ... if you do not know what had to respond and answer Yes to No, and vice versa, undergoes understandable problems.

To summarize, if you have no time or desire to spend to understand what you do (when you tell or not to block some traffic), it is better to directly use a less powerful firewall (like Zone Alarm or Kerio or maybe free Norton Internet Security) but it is less user intervention.

NOTE: Unfortunately after the release of version over payment has been blocked development of the free (which still remains more than valid and free to download). Jetico free slowly lose positions (as seen from the comparison firewall).

Jetico Personal Firewall free

Ashampoo Firewall free

And free after registration (also free) on the Ashampoo site, the house that develops.

It a firewall easy to use, with few options and not much to configure.

If ever I make a comparison between the firewall lighter Ashampoo certainly finish in the top, since that occupies very little RAM (the average utilization is less than 10 MB of memory) and very few resources.

Unfortunately the same can not for the protection of outbound traffic, in reality, all the tests I did, a malicious program can simply bring out from our computer whatever he wants without Ashampoo Firewall free noticing (as seen by comparing firewall end of 2008). Other free firewalls, this offer much greater protection.

This does not mean however that the configurability of this firewall remains good, and that combined with its lightweight (and simplicity) it still makes an interesting product.

Ashampoo free firewall is compatible with Windows XP but not Vista.

Ashampoo Firewall free

Sunbelt Personal Firewall

Kerio free (the actual name is Sunbelt Personal Firewall) is a simple personal firewall, light, but several tests on the control of outbound traffic is not as effective as others, and especially there is a considerable distance from his own version payment (same as Zone Alarm). It easy to configure, and even this is much appreciated by users looking for something ready or almost everything.

The free version available for non-professional-after 30 days lost many security functions (which only remain in the fee), although less than Zone Alarm, as shown by tests on safety.

Overall, however, there are currently firewall free to consider other level (Comodo and PCTools Firewall, for example), as from my test is if anything better than the free version of Zone Alarm.

NOTE: The downloadable version is in charge, after 30 days turns into free, losing the extra features.

Sunbelt Personal Firewall

PrivateFirewall

It's a firewall between the lightest in circulation: it is not based on the recognition of digital signatures, as the behavior of programs. Requires, when you start a program for the first time, allowed his execution, if this program can be allowed access to the Internet (with more detailed configuration options).

It also possible, by configuring PrivateFirewall, IP block access to undesirable or even to websites that we want (simply by adding the site URL to the list of block).

Thus it would seem an excellent product, however, when you go to do some more targeted testing, you notice some flaws. There are in fact of the vulnerability tests that other firewall (like Comodo Personal Firewall, for example) easily overcome, but PrivateFirewall not (at least so far) able to overcome.

Its use is free for both private and commercial purposes.

Overall not a bad way firewall, but when we have free firewalls that are more powerful and complete (Comodo, Outpost Free, Online Armor).

PrivateFirewall

Webroot Desktop Firewall

It a firewall very interesting product from Webroot (SpySweeper the same company) on some of the things which shall be called for Comodo Personal Firewall: by default it just freezes (chances are that a malicious program is able to bring out the he wants the computer without the firewall problems), while if we change any parameter becomes the best firewall, able to filter out most of the threats (he has passed all the tests that I raised, as shown by comparison firewall).

Basically we have to choose whether to leave it in its default configuration, where Webroot Desktop Firewall does not block almost anything that comes out of this computer, or change any parameter, especially (Process Monitor, setting it to Medium), making the firewall much stronger, but also more irritating to the user (often asks what to do).

Among the positive notes, the ease with which you can block lists of IP or undesirable websites.
Among the less positive note, the fact that this firewall, by default, to let go 3 days out everything on your computer, considering now trust: if we have a trojan on your PC without our knowledge, him considered a trusted program. If a feature like that bothers you, you should deselect the Enable Training Mode.

Valid firewall, though, at least until now, my personal preference is to Comodo and Outpost.

Webroot Desktop Firewall

Pc Tools Firewall Free

Good firewall, home (PCTools) which also produces the excellent (though heavy) antirootkit pay Spyware Doctor. Quite configurable, it is also light enough. It can overcome almost any vulnerability tests (after version 5, virtually without touching anything the original configuration), as shown by the good results last comparison firewall.

Like comfort, consider a free firewall respectable among the best around, and not too heavy for the system, at least until last.

Pc Tools Firewall Free