Free Fire Wall for WinMe

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AAH

2010-02-22 21:22:29 UTC

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I am trying to find free version of Fire Wall
for WindowsMe not very completed and compact in size?
Thanks for help?

Noel Paton

2010-02-22 22:22:20 UTC

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If you're behind a router you probably don't need a software firewall - but
there used to be this link....
(hunts.....)
Ah!
"Sunbelt does not support this (very) old version 2.1.5 of Kerio. There are
several sites on the Net that allow its download, but these tend to change
frequently. Do a Google Search on "Kerio 2.1.5" and you'll find a few."
If you need a 'trusted source' - let me know, and I'll either put it back up
on my site, or email it to you <g>
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by AAH
I am trying to find free version of Fire Wall
for WindowsMe not very completed and compact in size?
Thanks for help?

Jerry Martin

2010-03-01 01:24:26 UTC

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Hello:

There is also the Jetico Personal Firewall v1 which supports Win 98/ME and
is available as freeware (but no longer supported) at:
http://www.filebuzz.com/fileinfo/36528/Jetico_Personal_Firewall.html .
Version 2 of Jetico ranks well on the most recent Matousec.com firewall
tests (
http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php ).
The Jetico Version 2 home page is at:
http://www.jetico.com/firewall-jetico-personal-firewall/ , which contains a
link to their support forums, which still has a (little used) v1 forum.

Cheers,
Jerry

Post by Noel Paton
If you're behind a router you probably don't need a software firewall -
but there used to be this link....
(hunts.....)
Ah!
"Sunbelt does not support this (very) old version 2.1.5 of Kerio. There
are several sites on the Net that allow its download, but these tend to
change frequently. Do a Google Search on "Kerio 2.1.5" and you'll find a
few."
If you need a 'trusted source' - let me know, and I'll either put it back
up on my site, or email it to you <g>
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by AAH
I am trying to find free version of Fire Wall
for WindowsMe not very completed and compact in size?
Thanks for help?

Mike M

2010-02-22 22:24:15 UTC

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Post by AAH
I am trying to find free version of Fire Wall
for WindowsMe not very completed and compact in size?
Thanks for help?

Personally I feel a firewall to be unnecessary since you are behind your
Home Hub firewall. So sorry I don't have sufficient experience to recommend
a suitable free offering for Win Me but you may want to have a look at
Comodo which I think still supports Win Me. Shane, Noel or one of the other
regulars will probably be able to provide a more useful suggestion.

--
Mike M

Shane

2010-02-23 00:45:32 UTC

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Post by Mike M

Post by AAH
I am trying to find free version of Fire Wall
for WindowsMe not very completed and compact in size?
Thanks for help?

Personally I feel a firewall to be unnecessary since you are behind
your Home Hub firewall. So sorry I don't have sufficient experience
to recommend a suitable free offering for Win Me but you may want to
have a look at Comodo which I think still supports Win Me. Shane,
Noel or one of the other regulars will probably be able to provide a
more useful suggestion.

I checked the requirements for Comodo earlier, Mike, and it only mentioned
NT versions. Personally I'd use Kerio 2.1.5 still were I still running Me
http://www.oldversion.com/download_Kerio_Personal_Firewall_2.1.5.html.

According to Secunia there are one or two vulnerabilities in 2.1.5 that, of
course, are never going to be addressed now, but my own feeling is if you're
online with a 9x version today, you need to learn to type with fingers
crossed anyway.

I supposed AAH meant 'complicated' rather than 'completed' and wonder what
*that* requirement is specifically. Of course one could still get versions
of ZoneAlarm that support 9x, too, e.g. on oldversion.com, though I suspect
they are more vulnerable than Kerio 2.1.5, today. I seem to recall you had
the choice - not that I ever used it - to install ZA in a 'novice'
configuration. Otherwise both require you to allow or deny access, and both
in my experience had glitches that required 'expert'-ise to fix, though
Kerio, if the config files had been backed up, was easiest to debuggerize.
And I still have my batch that backed the config up every boot.

I'll respond to your other replies on the morrow, Mike. I've been
rearranging partitions (to put W7 back - purely out of boredom!). I
have just finished resizing and now have 14 partitions on 2 disks and as
Rosie has just announced her return, I'm going to bed!

Shane

Mike M

2010-02-23 01:39:43 UTC

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Shane,

To be honest I actually meant to say Kerio but the name went right out of
head and I came up with Comodo instead.

I know we differ here but personally I wouldn't bother with a firewall when
running Win Me behind a NAT/SPI enabled router.
--
Mike

Post by Shane
I checked the requirements for Comodo earlier, Mike, and it only
mentioned NT versions. Personally I'd use Kerio 2.1.5 still were I
still running Me
http://www.oldversion.com/download_Kerio_Personal_Firewall_2.1.5.html.
According to Secunia there are one or two vulnerabilities in 2.1.5
that, of course, are never going to be addressed now, but my own
feeling is if you're online with a 9x version today, you need to
learn to type with fingers crossed anyway.
I supposed AAH meant 'complicated' rather than 'completed' and wonder
what *that* requirement is specifically. Of course one could still
get versions of ZoneAlarm that support 9x, too, e.g. on
oldversion.com, though I suspect they are more vulnerable than Kerio
2.1.5, today. I seem to recall you had the choice - not that I ever
used it - to install ZA in a 'novice' configuration. Otherwise both
require you to allow or deny access, and both in my experience had
glitches that required 'expert'-ise to fix, though Kerio, if the
config files had been backed up, was easiest to debuggerize. And I
still have my batch that backed the config up every boot.
I'll respond to your other replies on the morrow, Mike. I've been
rearranging partitions (to put W7 back - purely out of boredom!). I
have just finished resizing and now have 14 partitions on 2 disks and
as Rosie has just announced her return, I'm going to bed!
Shane

Mart

2010-02-23 12:44:02 UTC

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Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5 is still (as I write) available at :-
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/files/keriopf215.zip

Always a good one and works fine on XP - if you feel you need it (Never
tried it beyond XP but don't see why it shouldn't work in Vista or 7)

Mart

Post by Mike M
Shane,
To be honest I actually meant to say Kerio but the name went right out of
head and I came up with Comodo instead.
I know we differ here but personally I wouldn't bother with a firewall
when running Win Me behind a NAT/SPI enabled router.
--
Mike

Shane

2010-02-23 14:58:18 UTC

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Mart,

Besides the pedantic point that I gave a link to Kerio 2.1.5 in the post
Mike was replying to (not that there is any harm in more than one link! -
but I do also mention that according to Secunia there are a couple of
vulnerabilities in it - hardly surprising really and the point of which is
that 2.1.5 is these days an 'on your own head be it' choice - so definately
not a pedantic one), no, it doesn't work in Vista or Win7. It simply won't
install. But if you have the machine to comfortably run either of those, the
best modern freeware firewalls - Comodo and OnlineArmor - are not a problem.
And they are, of course, regularly updated but without screwing the
kit'n'kaboodle the way ZoneAlarm does.

Shane

Post by Mart
Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5 is still (as I write) available at :-
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/files/keriopf215.zip
Always a good one and works fine on XP - if you feel you need it
(Never tried it beyond XP but don't see why it shouldn't work in
Vista or 7)
Mart

Post by Mike M
Shane,
To be honest I actually meant to say Kerio but the name went right
out of head and I came up with Comodo instead.
I know we differ here but personally I wouldn't bother with a
firewall when running Win Me behind a NAT/SPI enabled router.
--
Mike

Post by Shane
I checked the requirements for Comodo earlier, Mike, and it only
mentioned NT versions. Personally I'd use Kerio 2.1.5 still were I
still running Me
http://www.oldversion.com/download_Kerio_Personal_Firewall_2.1.5.html.
According to Secunia there are one or two vulnerabilities in 2.1.5
that, of course, are never going to be addressed now, but my own
feeling is if you're online with a 9x version today, you need to
learn to type with fingers crossed anyway.
I supposed AAH meant 'complicated' rather than 'completed' and
wonder what *that* requirement is specifically. Of course one could
still get versions of ZoneAlarm that support 9x, too, e.g. on
oldversion.com, though I suspect they are more vulnerable than Kerio
2.1.5, today. I seem to recall you had the choice - not that I ever
used it - to install ZA in a 'novice' configuration. Otherwise both
require you to allow or deny access, and both in my experience had
glitches that required 'expert'-ise to fix, though Kerio, if the
config files had been backed up, was easiest to debuggerize. And I
still have my batch that backed the config up every boot.
I'll respond to your other replies on the morrow, Mike. I've been
rearranging partitions (to put W7 back - purely out of boredom!). I
have just finished resizing and now have 14 partitions on 2 disks
and as Rosie has just announced her return, I'm going to bed!
Shane

Mart

2010-02-23 22:22:36 UTC

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Cheers Shane, I included the link as several of my 'older' links have either
now removed the download or the link has become dead. I only added it in
case someone looks at these posts in a future life and hopefully at least
one of the links might still work. Thanks for the update on Vista and 7 -
saves me messing about. I gave up ZA years ago due to it "screwing the
kit'n'kaboodle". It became a PITA.

Mart

Post by Shane
Mart,
Besides the pedantic point that I gave a link to Kerio 2.1.5 in the post
Mike was replying to (not that there is any harm in more than one link! -
but I do also mention that according to Secunia there are a couple of
vulnerabilities in it - hardly surprising really and the point of which is
that 2.1.5 is these days an 'on your own head be it' choice - so
definately not a pedantic one), no, it doesn't work in Vista or Win7. It
simply won't install. But if you have the machine to comfortably run
either of those, the best modern freeware firewalls - Comodo and
OnlineArmor - are not a problem. And they are, of course, regularly
updated but without screwing the kit'n'kaboodle the way ZoneAlarm does.
Shane

Post by Mike M
Shane,
To be honest I actually meant to say Kerio but the name went right
out of head and I came up with Comodo instead.
I know we differ here but personally I wouldn't bother with a
firewall when running Win Me behind a NAT/SPI enabled router.
--
Mike

Post by Shane
I checked the requirements for Comodo earlier, Mike, and it only
mentioned NT versions. Personally I'd use Kerio 2.1.5 still were I
still running Me
http://www.oldversion.com/download_Kerio_Personal_Firewall_2.1.5.html.
According to Secunia there are one or two vulnerabilities in 2.1.5
that, of course, are never going to be addressed now, but my own
feeling is if you're online with a 9x version today, you need to
learn to type with fingers crossed anyway.
I supposed AAH meant 'complicated' rather than 'completed' and
wonder what *that* requirement is specifically. Of course one could
still get versions of ZoneAlarm that support 9x, too, e.g. on
oldversion.com, though I suspect they are more vulnerable than Kerio
2.1.5, today. I seem to recall you had the choice - not that I ever
used it - to install ZA in a 'novice' configuration. Otherwise both
require you to allow or deny access, and both in my experience had
glitches that required 'expert'-ise to fix, though Kerio, if the
config files had been backed up, was easiest to debuggerize. And I
still have my batch that backed the config up every boot.
I'll respond to your other replies on the morrow, Mike. I've been
rearranging partitions (to put W7 back - purely out of boredom!). I
have just finished resizing and now have 14 partitions on 2 disks
and as Rosie has just announced her return, I'm going to bed!
Shane

Shane

2010-02-23 23:03:02 UTC

Permalink

Mart,

I actually resumed using ZA in the last year or two - after a very long
absence! - albeit not on the main system, and it was fine up until a few
months ago when they made it nagware. Now at every boot you get an ad for
the full version (though I haven't tried it in a couple of months but I
seriously doubt they've relented meantime). Whether or not a once-excellent
product became flaky in the extreme long ago, the nagging alone is enough to
stop me - or anyone else I know of - running it today. I guess they conclude
that the model of inherent advertising by providing a well-respected free
version either doesn't work or, I suspect more likely, the current owners
simply don't hold with giving anything whatsoever away. Now they try to have
the best of both worlds by making it a trial version thinly disguised as
freeware - which I suppose is the definition of nagware, really!

Shane

Post by Mart
Cheers Shane, I included the link as several of my 'older' links have
either now removed the download or the link has become dead. I only
added it in case someone looks at these posts in a future life and
hopefully at least one of the links might still work. Thanks for the
update on Vista and 7 - saves me messing about. I gave up ZA years
ago due to it "screwing the kit'n'kaboodle". It became a PITA.
Mart

Post by Shane
Mart,
Besides the pedantic point that I gave a link to Kerio 2.1.5 in the
post Mike was replying to (not that there is any harm in more than
one link! - but I do also mention that according to Secunia there
are a couple of vulnerabilities in it - hardly surprising really and
the point of which is that 2.1.5 is these days an 'on your own head
be it' choice - so definately not a pedantic one), no, it doesn't
work in Vista or Win7. It simply won't install. But if you have the
machine to comfortably run either of those, the best modern freeware
firewalls - Comodo and OnlineArmor - are not a problem. And they
are, of course, regularly updated but without screwing the
kit'n'kaboodle the way ZoneAlarm does. Shane

Post by Mike M
Shane,
To be honest I actually meant to say Kerio but the name went right
out of head and I came up with Comodo instead.
I know we differ here but personally I wouldn't bother with a
firewall when running Win Me behind a NAT/SPI enabled router.
--
Mike

Post by Shane
I checked the requirements for Comodo earlier, Mike, and it only
mentioned NT versions. Personally I'd use Kerio 2.1.5 still were I
still running Me
http://www.oldversion.com/download_Kerio_Personal_Firewall_2.1.5.html.
According to Secunia there are one or two vulnerabilities in 2.1.5
that, of course, are never going to be addressed now, but my own
feeling is if you're online with a 9x version today, you need to
learn to type with fingers crossed anyway.
I supposed AAH meant 'complicated' rather than 'completed' and
wonder what *that* requirement is specifically. Of course one
could still get versions of ZoneAlarm that support 9x, too, e.g.
on oldversion.com, though I suspect they are more vulnerable than
Kerio 2.1.5, today. I seem to recall you had the choice - not that I
ever used it - to install ZA in a 'novice' configuration.
Otherwise both require you to allow or deny access, and both in
my experience had glitches that required 'expert'-ise to fix,
though Kerio, if the config files had been backed up, was easiest
to debuggerize. And I still have my batch that backed the config
up every boot. I'll respond to your other replies on the morrow, Mike.
I've been
rearranging partitions (to put W7 back - purely out of boredom!).
I have just finished resizing and now have 14 partitions on 2
disks and as Rosie has just announced her return, I'm going to
bed! Shane

Joan Archer

2010-02-24 12:49:01 UTC

Permalink

Have any of you tried Online Armor, that has a free version, well it did
when I bought my licence a couple of years ago, mine runs out in 7 days but
as I've been using the built in firewall since last year I'm not going to be
renewing.

It is a pretty decent firewall and when it asks for permission to run
something at least it tells you in English just what it is and not something
cryptic that only a tech could understand. <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://crossstitcher.webs.com/

Post by Shane
Mart,
I actually resumed using ZA in the last year or two - after a very long
absence! - albeit not on the main system, and it was fine up until a few
months ago when they made it nagware. Now at every boot you get an ad for
the full version (though I haven't tried it in a couple of months but I
seriously doubt they've relented meantime). Whether or not a
once-excellent product became flaky in the extreme long ago, the nagging
alone is enough to stop me - or anyone else I know of - running it today.
I guess they conclude that the model of inherent advertising by providing
a well-respected free version either doesn't work or, I suspect more
likely, the current owners simply don't hold with giving anything
whatsoever away. Now they try to have the best of both worlds by making it
a trial version thinly disguised as freeware - which I suppose is the
definition of nagware, really!
Shane

Post by Shane
Mart,
Besides the pedantic point that I gave a link to Kerio 2.1.5 in the
post Mike was replying to (not that there is any harm in more than
one link! - but I do also mention that according to Secunia there
are a couple of vulnerabilities in it - hardly surprising really and
the point of which is that 2.1.5 is these days an 'on your own head
be it' choice - so definately not a pedantic one), no, it doesn't
work in Vista or Win7. It simply won't install. But if you have the
machine to comfortably run either of those, the best modern freeware
firewalls - Comodo and OnlineArmor - are not a problem. And they
are, of course, regularly updated but without screwing the
kit'n'kaboodle the way ZoneAlarm does. Shane

Post by Mike M
Shane,
To be honest I actually meant to say Kerio but the name went right
out of head and I came up with Comodo instead.
I know we differ here but personally I wouldn't bother with a
firewall when running Win Me behind a NAT/SPI enabled router.
--
Mike

Post by Shane
I checked the requirements for Comodo earlier, Mike, and it only
mentioned NT versions. Personally I'd use Kerio 2.1.5 still were I
still running Me
http://www.oldversion.com/download_Kerio_Personal_Firewall_2.1.5.html.
According to Secunia there are one or two vulnerabilities in 2.1.5
that, of course, are never going to be addressed now, but my own
feeling is if you're online with a 9x version today, you need to
learn to type with fingers crossed anyway.
I supposed AAH meant 'complicated' rather than 'completed' and
wonder what *that* requirement is specifically. Of course one
could still get versions of ZoneAlarm that support 9x, too, e.g.
on oldversion.com, though I suspect they are more vulnerable than
Kerio 2.1.5, today. I seem to recall you had the choice - not that I
ever used it - to install ZA in a 'novice' configuration.
Otherwise both require you to allow or deny access, and both in
my experience had glitches that required 'expert'-ise to fix,
though Kerio, if the config files had been backed up, was easiest
to debuggerize. And I still have my batch that backed the config
up every boot. I'll respond to your other replies on the morrow,
Mike. I've been
rearranging partitions (to put W7 back - purely out of boredom!).
I have just finished resizing and now have 14 partitions on 2
disks and as Rosie has just announced her return, I'm going to
bed! Shane

Shane

2010-02-24 13:34:56 UTC

Permalink

Heh. I mention it in the post Mart replied to me to! This is quite funny -
unless you're winding me up, though that would be funny too!

Shane

Post by Joan Archer
Have any of you tried Online Armor, that has a free version, well it
did when I bought my licence a couple of years ago, mine runs out in
7 days but as I've been using the built in firewall since last year
I'm not going to be renewing.
It is a pretty decent firewall and when it asks for permission to run
something at least it tells you in English just what it is and not
something cryptic that only a tech could understand. <g>

Post by Shane
Mart,
I actually resumed using ZA in the last year or two - after a very
long absence! - albeit not on the main system, and it was fine up
until a few months ago when they made it nagware. Now at every boot
you get an ad for the full version (though I haven't tried it in a
couple of months but I seriously doubt they've relented meantime).
Whether or not a once-excellent product became flaky in the extreme
long ago, the nagging alone is enough to stop me - or anyone else I
know of - running it today. I guess they conclude that the model of
inherent advertising by providing a well-respected free version
either doesn't work or, I suspect more likely, the current owners
simply don't hold with giving anything whatsoever away. Now they try
to have the best of both worlds by making it a trial version thinly
disguised as freeware - which I suppose is the definition of
nagware, really! Shane

Post by Mart
Cheers Shane, I included the link as several of my 'older' links
have either now removed the download or the link has become dead. I
only added it in case someone looks at these posts in a future life
and hopefully at least one of the links might still work. Thanks
for the update on Vista and 7 - saves me messing about. I gave up
ZA years ago due to it "screwing the kit'n'kaboodle". It became a
PITA. Mart

Post by Shane
Mart,
Besides the pedantic point that I gave a link to Kerio 2.1.5 in the
post Mike was replying to (not that there is any harm in more than
one link! - but I do also mention that according to Secunia there
are a couple of vulnerabilities in it - hardly surprising really
and the point of which is that 2.1.5 is these days an 'on your own
head be it' choice - so definately not a pedantic one), no, it
doesn't work in Vista or Win7. It simply won't install. But if you
have the machine to comfortably run either of those, the best
modern freeware firewalls - Comodo and OnlineArmor - are not a
problem. And they are, of course, regularly updated but without
screwing the kit'n'kaboodle the way ZoneAlarm does. Shane

Post by Mart
Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5 is still (as I write) available at
:- http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/files/keriopf215.zip
Always a good one and works fine on XP - if you feel you need it
(Never tried it beyond XP but don't see why it shouldn't work in
Vista or 7)
Mart

Post by Mike M
Shane,
To be honest I actually meant to say Kerio but the name went
right out of head and I came up with Comodo instead.
I know we differ here but personally I wouldn't bother with a
firewall when running Win Me behind a NAT/SPI enabled router.
--
Mike

Post by Shane
I checked the requirements for Comodo earlier, Mike, and it only
mentioned NT versions. Personally I'd use Kerio 2.1.5 still
were I still running Me
http://www.oldversion.com/download_Kerio_Personal_Firewall_2.1.5.html.
According to Secunia there are one or two vulnerabilities in
2.1.5 that, of course, are never going to be addressed now, but
my own feeling is if you're online with a 9x version today, you
need to learn to type with fingers crossed anyway.
I supposed AAH meant 'complicated' rather than 'completed' and
wonder what *that* requirement is specifically. Of course one
could still get versions of ZoneAlarm that support 9x, too, e.g.
on oldversion.com, though I suspect they are more vulnerable
than Kerio 2.1.5, today. I seem to recall you had the choice -
not that I ever used it - to install ZA in a 'novice'
configuration. Otherwise both require you to allow or deny access,
and both in
my experience had glitches that required 'expert'-ise to fix,
though Kerio, if the config files had been backed up, was
easiest to debuggerize. And I still have my batch that backed
the config up every boot. I'll respond to your other replies on the
morrow,
Mike. I've been
rearranging partitions (to put W7 back - purely out of
boredom!). I have just finished resizing and now have 14 partitions
on 2
disks and as Rosie has just announced her return, I'm going to
bed! Shane

Mart

2010-02-24 15:14:42 UTC

Permalink

Now Shane, would any of this gang ever try to wind YOU up?

Mart

Post by Shane
Heh. I mention it in the post Mart replied to me to! This is quite funny -
unless you're winding me up, though that would be funny too!
Shane

Joan Archer

2010-02-24 21:49:03 UTC

Permalink

<lol> We wouldn't dare now would we Mart <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://crossstitcher.webs.com/

Post by Mart
Now Shane, would any of this gang ever try to wind YOU up?
Mart

Post by Shane
Heh. I mention it in the post Mart replied to me to! This is quite
funny - unless you're winding me up, though that would be funny too!
Shane

Joan Archer

2010-02-24 21:48:05 UTC

Permalink

Oops! Sorry Shane just been back to read the post and see it now, I must
have missed it when I skimmed over the post. <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://crossstitcher.webs.com/

Post by Shane
Heh. I mention it in the post Mart replied to me to! This is quite funny -
unless you're winding me up, though that would be funny too!
Shane

Post by Shane
Mart,
I actually resumed using ZA in the last year or two - after a very
long absence! - albeit not on the main system, and it was fine up
until a few months ago when they made it nagware. Now at every boot
you get an ad for the full version (though I haven't tried it in a
couple of months but I seriously doubt they've relented meantime).
Whether or not a once-excellent product became flaky in the extreme
long ago, the nagging alone is enough to stop me - or anyone else I
know of - running it today. I guess they conclude that the model of
inherent advertising by providing a well-respected free version
either doesn't work or, I suspect more likely, the current owners
simply don't hold with giving anything whatsoever away. Now they try
to have the best of both worlds by making it a trial version thinly
disguised as freeware - which I suppose is the definition of
nagware, really! Shane

Post by Mart
Cheers Shane, I included the link as several of my 'older' links
have either now removed the download or the link has become dead. I
only added it in case someone looks at these posts in a future life
and hopefully at least one of the links might still work. Thanks
for the update on Vista and 7 - saves me messing about. I gave up
ZA years ago due to it "screwing the kit'n'kaboodle". It became a
PITA. Mart

Post by Shane
Mart,
Besides the pedantic point that I gave a link to Kerio 2.1.5 in the
post Mike was replying to (not that there is any harm in more than
one link! - but I do also mention that according to Secunia there
are a couple of vulnerabilities in it - hardly surprising really
and the point of which is that 2.1.5 is these days an 'on your own
head be it' choice - so definately not a pedantic one), no, it
doesn't work in Vista or Win7. It simply won't install. But if you
have the machine to comfortably run either of those, the best
modern freeware firewalls - Comodo and OnlineArmor - are not a
problem. And they are, of course, regularly updated but without
screwing the kit'n'kaboodle the way ZoneAlarm does. Shane

Post by Mart
Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5 is still (as I write) available at
:- http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/files/keriopf215.zip
Always a good one and works fine on XP - if you feel you need it
(Never tried it beyond XP but don't see why it shouldn't work in
Vista or 7)
Mart

Post by Mike M
Shane,
To be honest I actually meant to say Kerio but the name went
right out of head and I came up with Comodo instead.
I know we differ here but personally I wouldn't bother with a
firewall when running Win Me behind a NAT/SPI enabled router.
--
Mike

Post by Shane
I checked the requirements for Comodo earlier, Mike, and it only
mentioned NT versions. Personally I'd use Kerio 2.1.5 still
were I still running Me
http://www.oldversion.com/download_Kerio_Personal_Firewall_2.1.5.html.
According to Secunia there are one or two vulnerabilities in
2.1.5 that, of course, are never going to be addressed now, but
my own feeling is if you're online with a 9x version today, you
need to learn to type with fingers crossed anyway.
I supposed AAH meant 'complicated' rather than 'completed' and
wonder what *that* requirement is specifically. Of course one
could still get versions of ZoneAlarm that support 9x, too, e.g.
on oldversion.com, though I suspect they are more vulnerable
than Kerio 2.1.5, today. I seem to recall you had the choice -
not that I ever used it - to install ZA in a 'novice'
configuration. Otherwise both require you to allow or deny access,
and both in
my experience had glitches that required 'expert'-ise to fix,
though Kerio, if the config files had been backed up, was
easiest to debuggerize. And I still have my batch that backed
the config up every boot. I'll respond to your other replies on the
morrow,
Mike. I've been
rearranging partitions (to put W7 back - purely out of
boredom!). I have just finished resizing and now have 14 partitions
on 2
disks and as Rosie has just announced her return, I'm going to
bed! Shane

Jerry Martin

2010-03-01 01:52:14 UTC

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Hello:

I recalled reading that last year, on July 16, 2009, older versions of
ZoneAlarm Free that supported Windows 98/ME stopped functioning correctly as
Check Point did not renew the root certificates for these older versions.
See the posting for July 2009 and later at:
http://forums.zonealarm.com/archive/index.php/t-63832.html .

Cheers,
Jerry

Post by Shane
I actually resumed using ZA in the last year or two - after a very long
absence!
Shane

Jerry Martin

2010-03-01 00:59:00 UTC

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Hello:

The most recent Matousec.com firewall tests (
http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php )
also rank PC Tools Firewall Plus ( http://www.pctools.com/firewall/ ) and
Outpost Firewall Free ( http://free.agnitum.com/ ) as 2 other excellent free
firewalls (but not for Win ME, of course).

Cheers,
Jerry

But if you have the machine to comfortably run either of those, the best
modern freeware firewalls - Comodo and OnlineArmor - are not a problem.
And they are, of course, regularly updated but without screwing the
kit'n'kaboodle the way ZoneAlarm does.
Shane

Corday

2010-02-22 22:28:03 UTC

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Even though Sygate was bought out by Symantec, the firewall is still
available at a bunch of sites. Unlike AV, as long as a firewall is doing it's
job blocking intruders to your ports, updating isn't necessary.
--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!

Post by AAH
I am trying to find free version of Fire Wall
for WindowsMe not very completed and compact in size?
Thanks for help?
.

webster72n

2010-02-23 02:42:34 UTC

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Post by Corday
Even though Sygate was bought out by Symantec, the firewall is still
available at a bunch of sites. Unlike AV, as long as a firewall is doing it's
job blocking intruders to your ports, updating isn't necessary.
--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!

In that case I must be fairly good at it too since I'm still using it.

Harry.

Post by Corday

Post by AAH
I am trying to find free version of Fire Wall
for WindowsMe not very completed and compact in size?
Thanks for help?
.