Windows Help & Advice – May 2019

Formanyofus,ZoneAlarmFree

Firewall 2019 wastheappthat

introducedustofirewallsinthe

firstplace,andit wasa must-have

appbackinthedayswhen

1 ZoneAlarmFreeFirewall 2019

http://www.zonealarm.com/software/free-firewall/

RATING

Windowseffectivelytoldthe

Internet“Hackme!I’measy!”

Thecurrentversionof

ZoneAlarmFreeFirewallhides

openports,identifiespotentially

dodgytraffic, disables malicious

appsand connects to DefenseNet,

whichprovides real-time security

updates as new threats are

detected. It also protects your PC

onpublic Wi-Fi networks, and

offers5GB of online data backup.

When installing ZoneAlarm,

readeach step carefully if you

don’twant to set Yahoo as your

defaulthomepage; the ‘Customise

installation’ option is well hidden.

You’llalso need to submit an

emailaddress to activate the

firewall. If that isn’t an issue,

ZoneAlarm Free is the best free

firewallyou can download.

RATING

It’sworthtakingyourtimewhen

installingComodoFreeFirewall

sinceit comeswithanextraweb

browser,andif youclickthrough

toohastilyyoumightfindit’s

installedwithoutyourealising.

ComodoFreeFirewallsitsina

smallwindowatthetoprightof

yourdesktop,providingone-click

accesstosandboxedversionsof

Chrome,FirefoxandComodo

Browser.Youcanalsorunother

appsina sandbox – handy when

experimenting with free software.

It’seasy to control permissions

fordifferent networks, and you

cancreate rules for specific apps.

Viruscope monitors the behaviour

ofprocesses for anything

suspicious (though your regular

anti-virus software probably has

this covered), and website filtering

enables you to block certain sites.

Comodo Free Firewall will offer

to set Yahoo as your homepage,

but this option is easily avoided. It

will also offer to change your DNS

provider to Comodo Secure DNS

for more faster, safer browsing.

ZoneAlarmFree

Firewalloffers

real-time

protection,as

wellasWi-Fitools.

2 ComodoFreeFirewall

https://personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Comodo Free

Firewall is effective

with sandboxing

that stops malware

in its tracks.

THE BEST FREE FIREWALLS 2019

Secure your 3&ZLWKDIHDWXUHSDFNHGWKLUGSDUW\ÀUHZDOO

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