Free firewall recommendations

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Hi,
I have been working on my brothers laptop for the past couple of days
just giving it a general cleanup. Whilst doing this i noticed that the only
firewall he was using was Windows.

My ISP supplied me with a firewall so i use this. I was just wondering if
using windows firewall is enough or should he be using another instead.

If so can anyone recommend a free, easy to use firewall as he is not too
computer literate.

Any help with this would be highly appreciatted.

Thanks in advance.

Colin
 
Depends on how involved your brother wants to be in securing
the system. If he is knowledgeable enough to answer prompts on
what to allow/disallow then maybe Zone Alarm or Online Armour
may be a better choice. Otherwise the Windows Firewall is OK.
http://www.tallemu.com/free-firewall-protection-software.html
http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/catalog/products/zonealarm_free_firewall.jsp
*Both links should go to the "Free" products, but always be
careful not to inadvertently download a 30-Day free trial that
will eventually want payment to continue use.

"cy" <cy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have been working on my brothers laptop for the past couple of days
> just giving it a general cleanup. Whilst doing this i noticed that the
> only
> firewall he was using was Windows.
>
> My ISP supplied me with a firewall so i use this. I was just wondering if
> using windows firewall is enough or should he be using another instead.
>
> If so can anyone recommend a free, easy to use firewall as he is not too
> computer literate.
>
> Any help with this would be highly appreciatted.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Colin
 
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