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New version Comodo Free Firewall

What’s New?

Application Component Authentication - validates all the components of an application before allowing it internet access.

Application Behavior Analysis - analyzes each application behavior and detects any suspicious activity before allowing internet access.

Defense against Trojan Protocols - advanced protocol driver level protection

Smart Alerts - Every alert includes a Security Consideration section with advice to users.

Comodo Firewall is one of the smartest firewalls you can ever see. While providing answers to firewall questions, users usually do not understand the complex questions which involve complicated connection details like IP addresses, Ports, Application paths etc.

Comodo Firewall helps you to understand what is going on by analyzing each alert and providing you an intuitive, easily understandable Security Considerations section with each question it asks.

With its built-in application database, Comodo Firewall classifies more than 10.000 applications according to their risk level such as SAFE, SPYWARE, ADWARE etc. It is the only firewall which has such a big application database and which uses such a database to analyze the security risks.

Comodo Firewall is a complete, easy to manage and effective barrier that keeps hackers out and personal information in.

Free download.

Free Jetico Personal Firewall for Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP

The software offers detailed, configurable event logs, reports, plus the option to view and edit the firewall configuration. The modular architecture is as open as possible to assist with easier evaluation of the security.

The Jetico Personal Firewall enables you to:
Protect your computer against hackers and malicious software when networked or connected to the internet.
Choose a pre-defined Security Policy.
Edit an existing Security Policy (i.e. the firewall rule set configuration).
Create your own Security Policy.
Monitor running applications that access the network.
Monitor selected/all network packets as well as selected network events.

Three-layer protection:

I. Low-level. (Network packet filter). This checks the validity of network packets and parameters such as source & destination addresses, protocol, etc. Using this process, Jetico Personal Firewall can make your computer invisible to a non-trusted network. By selecting the Optimal Protection Policy, your computer becomes “stealthy”. Any security probing tests (for example, ShieldsUp! tests) by internet hackers will report that your computer does not exist.

II. Application-level. (Network events filter). This checks and enables you to monitor network/internet connection requests made by applications. If you are not sure why an application wishes to send or receive data from the Internet you can limit or block the activity.

III. User-level. (Process activity filter). This notifies you of and prevents dirty tricks by Trojans and other malicious programs. (A Trojan can inject its own code into programmes on your computer and send data about you to a third party. e.g. a Trojan in Internet Explorer could transmit details of your browsing preferences.)

Total control over network events

The user can view the list of critical network events in the firewall Log tab. For example, if the firewall rejects some dangerous network packet, a correspondent string appears in the list of logged events.

In general, the user can evaluate all the network traffic that is under control of the firewall. Besides of this, the user can enhance a pre-defined firewall Policy set of rules. In the Configuration tab in the firewall interface you may notice a “tree” structure of the firewall rules set, created for the selected Policy. The user can add his/her own rules, view or edit existing rules or make firewall log events, correspondent to some firewall rules.

Jetico Personal Firewall performs Stateful Inspection of applications’ network activity. It means that the firewall examines the states of all internet connections, looking for the telltale signs of hacking, such as source routing or IP spoofing. Connections that exhibit these characteristics are dropped.
At the moment Jetico Personal Firewall detects and prevents the activity of malicious programs found in these test programs such as: AWFT, DNStest, Copycat, FireHole, Ghost, LeakTest, MBTest, Outbound, PCAudit, PCAudit2, Surfer, Thermit, TooLeaky, WallBreaker, Yalta and Yalta Advanced

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Zone Alarm Firewall - Excellent protection against hackers and intruders

Supported Protocols for Email Protection

* POP3 (Incoming only) — available in all ZoneAlarm products
* SMTP (Outgoing only) — available in all ZoneAlarm products except free ZoneAlarm
* HTTP (Junk email filtering in conjunction with Outlook or Outlook Express) — available in ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite only
* IMAP4 (Incoming only) - IMAP4 is not supported for virus scanning of email. — available only with ZoneAlarm Antivirus and ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite

Support Browsers

* Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.0 SP1, 6.0 SP2
* Netscape Navigator 7.2, 8.0 Beta
* FireFox 1.00 and higher
* MSN Explorer 6.0 and higher
* AOL 9.0

Compatible IM Clients

* MSN 6.2.0205 and higher
* Windows Messenger 4.7.0.2009 and higher
* Yahoo! IM 5.5.1226 and higher
* Yahoo! Japan IM* 5.1.0.1095 and higher
* AOL IM 5.2.3292 and higher
* ICQ Pro 2003b and higher
* ICQ Lite 5.0 and higher
* Trillian (/MSN/YIM/AIM/ICQ) 0.74i and higher
* Trillian Pro (/MSN/YIM/AIM/ICQ) 1.0 and higher
* GAIM (/MSN/YIM/AIM/ICQ) 0.74 and higher
* Miranda (MSN/YIM/ICQ) 0.3.2 and higher

Download FREE ZoneAlarm® (Firewall Protection)

Outpost Firewall Pro 3.0 Software

Agnitum, a developer of personal and corporate security software, has released Outpost Firewall Pro 3.0 which the company says adds integrated anti-spyware capabilities to its existing firewall application.
According to Agnitum, Outpost Anti-Spyware actively monitors programs for known spyware traces, controls internal attributes of the operating system, prevents program tampering, and prevents spyware from activating. The on-demand scanner lets users run custom or recommended spyware scans of fixed and removable disks, USBs and other storage devices, and is updated automatically at user-definable intervals.

Additionally, Outpost’s ID block lets users protect specific items of confidential information such as tax identification, bank account numbers, passwords, or insurance policy details; once defined, this information is locked into the computer and cannot be transferred through email, web forms or IM chat sessions. The Active Content and Attachment Quarantine options close off the most common attack vectors used by spyware.
In addition to the new anti-spyware capability, the company says Outpost 3.0’s base firewall has been substantially reinforced and ease of use significantly improved. Features include:

Smart Advisor prevents common security breaches by helping users correctly configure firewall rules, program interdependencies and Internet access permissions. It also displays hints in real time and advises users on the best course of action if an unknown program tries to do something new.
Attack Detection proactively defends against zero-day attacks and helps plug existing vulnerabilities in Windows.
Smart Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) filtering protects users from fake requests to initiate communication and shields wireless networks (WiFi LANs) against unauthorized connections
Exclusive Anti-Sniffer Protection protects data transmission – including chat sessions and their related password entries, names, addresses, etc - against interception by specialized sniffing programs, including encrypted files.
ARP Scan Enumeration protection shields the user’s local network from massively propagating viruses that use mass host enumeration to hop from one computer to another, infecting them as they go.
Anti-IP Spoofing protects computers against attacks that disrupt or disable Internet communications and other network access.

You can download a free trial from the company here.

Yahoo Toolbar with Anti-Spy - Great pop-up blocker with spyware protection

Yahoo! Toolbar
# Instantly access your favorite sites
# Open new tabs from Toolbar buttons
# Quickly add RSS feeds to My Yahoo!
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# Adjustable search box - resizable to fit your needs
# Pop-up blocker with spyware protection