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

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

SpySites 1

SpySites is a free program that contains within it a list of more than 1500 Internet sites known for violating users privacy through the use of components "malignant" in their web pages.

SpySites allows you to add the list of harmful Internet sites for their privacy in the "Restricted sites" in Internet Explorer.
By setting the security level of the "Restricted sites" in Internet Explorer to "High" can be done so that if one day you visit one of the websites listed in the "black list" is not allowed them to install and or run ActiveX controls, Java applets, JavaScript, cookies, change the start page of Internet Explorer and the search and so on.

SpySites works with all versions of Internet Explorer from 4.0 and above.

SpySites 1

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

SecureIT Pro 4.70

SecureIT Pro is a program that allows you to "lock" the personal computer when you're not in front of it. In this way you can prevent associates or family members have access to the Windows desktop in an unauthorized manner.

The program is in charge, in fact, disable all the main Windows key functions such as, for example, the combination of CTRL+ALT+DEL, ALT+TAB, press "Windows" and is able to recognize the restart of the machine using the appropriate reset button, record access attempts by inserting passwords, and allows other users to leave a message to the owner of the computer. The program is also able to hide for a certain number of seconds.

SecureIT Pro 4.70

MRU Blaster 1.5

MRU-Blaster is a program designed to protect your privacy. And in fact able to completely clean up the personal computer from all information about recently opened files, web sites visited, searches performed on Internet.

MRU-Blaster is able to recognize and eliminate more than 25,500 objects (MRU lists - from the various programs stored on the hard disk - that record the actions of the computer or open files).

Additional features highlight the opportunity to get rid of cookies (including index.dat) and delete file securely (wiping capabilities).

MRU Blaster 1.5

Fresh UI 8.64

Fresh UI is a tool that allows you to configure and optimize all aspects of Windows, even the most secluded.

Already prepared for the adjustment, with a few clicks of the mouse, operating system aspects affecting interface user (User Interface), system settings, hardware settings, settings of specific applications, control of security policy group.
Any chance of intervention is grouped by genre and is described accurately. The only flaw is that the program is currently only available in English.
Fresh UI requires a free registration with the author.

Fresh UI 8.64

Eraser 6.0.7

Eraser is an advanced security tool that lets you delete and permanently unrecoverable any data stored on disk.

Using advanced techniques for wiping, Eraser overwrites the file specified by the user with a series of complex fingerprint default so that confidential documents or sensitive information can not be recovered in any way (using, for example, specific software for data recovery).

Eraser allows you to avoid, therefore, the possibility that personal files and documents from falling into the hands of malicious or curious.
Can be dragged from the Windows shell in Eraser, all the files you want to permanently delete.

The program is then able to override even the free areas of the hard disk so that even files that were stored in those parts of the disk can be recovered.

Eraser 6.0.7

Keywallet

Allows both to manage passwords that fill some of the modules that meet on the Internet (which are applied to the various information such as name, etc.).. Among the various functions, Keywallet also allows the automatic generation of passwords.

It a fairly good program, but we must consider that it is entirely in English and must be configured to work (that should lose a few minutes and understand what we're doing, otherwise uninstall it almost immediately). Overall it is interesting, however, is in a category where there are much more intuitive programs like KeePass, or more complete and powerful, like Cute Password Manager.

Keywallet

Cute Password Manager

It's a program that manages passwords, fill forms (modules) are online, the style of the famous AI Roboform. If you want to use for its most popular function, the automatic compilation of online forms, for example when you need to enter user IDs, passwords, emails, addresses, telephone number... in short, all those pages in which to register should fill a lot of data, we need two things: Maxthon or Internet Explorer browser (no Opera or Firefox, unfortunately), and a little patience to follow the tutorial to learn how to use it the first few times, since it is not easy or intuitive. Follow the tutorials that show it is absolutely necessary, otherwise you will not even install it.

It can also manage passwords, but this feature is KeePass which I believe is superior.

AI Roboform is less than easy to use (not that Roboform is easy), does not work with Firefox, however, has the advantage of being completely free (and incidentally, currently has competing in the function-free programs to fill the MODL online, at least to my knowledge).

Cute Password Manager

KeePass

It's a really good program for managing passwords. Open Source, save your passwords in an encrypted database, and especially does not need installation and can be exported everywhere (on floppy, cd, dvd, etc..) So that if one day we are going to use another computer, we all our password ready for use.

Unlike Roboform does not fill forms and passwords automatically on IE (or if it does, we must instruct us to do and it takes a few minutes to setup), its job is to save all your passwords in a secure environment (and where necessary to suggest new ones), ready to be used when needed, in this or other computers (as always in such cases, if you want the version that is installed, you must download the zip and the exe version).

KeePass

Password Keeper

It's a good program for managing passwords, usable free even for commercial purposes. It very similar to KeePass (currently my favorite in this category), but, in my opinion-less Intute latter. Password Keeper can also create groups and categories, to group together similar passwords. It can also copy the values of a field (user ID or passwords, etc..), with a single mouse click, or write brief notes for each field.

The password database is protected by one master password (Master Password) is encrypted by a key encryption algorithms (AES, Twofish), user selectable.

It has many interesting features, but my preference in this field remains to KeePass.

Password Keeper

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