Help me with my firewall
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There's also Kerio (which is part of the commercial version of AVG)
Go to www.nonags.com and look under "Security Tools - Freeware"
(NoNags is a great source for freeware)
Go to www.nonags.com and look under "Security Tools - Freeware"
(NoNags is a great source for freeware)
Any firewall which isn't a seperate piece of hardware between your computer and your internet connection will slow the computer down a bit. Firewalls work by examining all the "packets" of data that come through the connection. There are thousands of these every second, and if it's running a firewall program, your computer's CPU has to spend time "thinking" about each one and deciding what do do with it based on the firewall rules.
It's a bit like having loads of electrical extras on your car, the power they use then isn't available at the wheels, so it's not as fast.
It's a bit like having loads of electrical extras on your car, the power they use then isn't available at the wheels, so it's not as fast.
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Agreed. Especially Norton which seems to really eat processing power and also has annoying popups every so often.
I use Sygate Personal Firewall (free edition) which does run in the background but doesn't have any noticable effect on the overall performance of the Pc.
http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160
I use Sygate Personal Firewall (free edition) which does run in the background but doesn't have any noticable effect on the overall performance of the Pc.
http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160
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