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Hi.
I know I should google this one, but you guys know best. 
I am now a proud owner of a i5 Laptop with Windows 7.
I've always enjoyed win xp 32bit stuff as things have always been running best and fine, but now that my laptop is in the 64bit world, things are certainly to wrong.
To cut to the chase, I use sygate personal firewall 5.5 on my winxp PC which has served me many years well but it won't work with win7.
Now I know SPFirewall is an outdated thing but I really like using lightweight programs (let's not forget that using IE is most of the time a no-go and Firefox or w/e else should be used).
Are there any musthave firewalls for win7 or is that even redundant due to win7 internal firewall being more effective than normal?
So yeah, any free win7 firewalls to go for?
Thanks
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Use the one in windows. It works fine as far as Software Firewalls go.
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I will second that suggestion. MS's default Security Essentials is actually a rather good firewall now.
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Lol. I mean, like, wow.
Okay. Didn't expect that one tbh. 
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I'm using the free version of ZoneAlarm firewall and love it.
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Didn't expect Zonealarm to still be strong and kicking .
Okay thanks for the swift answer.
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MSE isnt really any sort of firewall, it's just av. i would never trust the built in windows firewall for anything. i have used http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html in the past and it's done really well. i would start there.
or do like i do and disable the windows firewall altogether and just get yourself a hardware firewall.
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What is wrong with the Windows firewall in Windows 7?
It passes just about every 3rd party scan out there (Nessus, Qualys, et cetera, which are all enterprise class vulnerability scanners), if you use it correctly.
Personally, I'd trust it before something like Zoneminder or Norton's Personal Security any day of the week.
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I would trust no firewall over norton's bloatware.
I find no issues with the windows7 firewall. I can see where it might be a little overwhelming for the normal users out there (same could be said for many firewalls though). Would def be something easy to F-up. But unless you are running your own server the defaults are pretty spot on.
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Sprawl-zero1eye- posted:
What is wrong with the Windows firewall in Windows 7?
It passes just about every 3rd party scan out there (Nessus, Qualys, et cetera, which are all enterprise class vulnerability scanners), if you use it correctly.
Personally, I'd trust it before something like Zoneminder or Norton's Personal Security any day of the week.
I agree, I use windows firewall + router firewall along with microsoft AV and have had no problems.
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What I like about ZoneAlarm is that asks me if I want to allow internet access for all programs that try to access it.
I can deny or allow access only for this one time, or have I remember my choice. Win Firewall does not do that. I could deny programs internet access using it, but I would have to manually go and do it. ZA asks me for every program automatically. So it is convenient.
All 3rd party firewalls that I have tried do this, but I like ZoneAlarm because it is light on resources and it is unobtrusive - does not bug me with unnecessary pop-ups or ads.
It does not have issues with the default Windows firewall either, so I have my Router's firewall, ZoneAlarm and Windows Firewall running.
Never had any incompatibilities, slow-downs or issues. So far I haven't had anything unwanted get through that I have noticed either.
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if you have a hardware firewall (router), why install a software one on your pc as well? if a hacker gets through your hardware firewall, the computer's firewall will be a joke to get through.
the software firewalls on the pc that block everything by default and ask you to open access as necessary are nice, but still, i'm not sure the point. if you get infected with something that tries to go out, it seems the AV software should fix that. the firewall doesn't do much to prevent it from happening in the first place.
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I still use the software firewall even behind a hardware firewall to limit virus spreading within a corporate network, to keep one user from prying on others, and otherwise adding a second fail-safe to protect against misconfiguration and other human errors.
Hardware firewalls are generally more resilient, but still require someone to not make a mistake. Also, it is easy to port scan an external firewall to start penetration, but once you get in, you gotta scan again to get past software firewalls. In many ways, this needs to be done by exploiting the Operating System instead of a firmware.
Anyhow, my point I guess is not to underestimate the software firewall and the Windows's one at that. It was pretty bad back in XP days, but these days, it is fully featured (if not a bit too complex at times). Zonealarm is nice for the popups. Windows does have this if you turn on outbound filtering, but it doesn't seem to be as user-friendly.
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The ultimate hardware firewall: unplug your network cable when you're not using the computer.
And like everyone said, MSE is a pretty good Antivirus. Also, MS's malicious software removal tool is nice too (MRT from the start menu in admin mode).
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Windows firewall is fine and easy to configure on the fly. I would suggest coupling it with your rotuer's firewall. It's a lot of overhead for the home, but every time you get things squared away within Windows, take a few minutes to duplicate the settings on your router. That way if you accidentally change something in Windows later you're still covered at a lower level.
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