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Firewalls; antivirus software: ratings.(Evaluation)
Firewalls
Overall Ratings
Within types, in performance order
PRODUCT PRICE OVERALL
RATING
SOFTWARE FIREWALLS
ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 (Zone Labs) $50 86
Norton Personal Firewall 2002 50 85
(Symantec)
Personal Firewall Pro 5.0 (Sygat) 40 76
McAfee Firewall 3.0 (Network Associates) 30 74
BlackIce Defender (workstation)2.9 40 60
(Internet Security Systems)
Internet connection firewall -- 58
(Included in Microsoft Windows XP Home)
HARDWARE FIREWALL
Etherfast Router BEFSR41 (Linksys) 80 62
PRODUCT PROTECTION
INCOMING OUTGOING
SOFTWARE FIREWALLS
ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 (Zone Labs) a a
Norton Personal Firewall 2002 a a
(Symantec)
Personal Firewall Pro 5.0 (Sygat) b b
McAfee Firewall 3.0 (Network Associates) a b
BlackIce Defender (workstation)2.9 a --
(Internet Security Systems)
Internet connection firewall a --
(Included in Microsoft Windows XP Home)
HARDWARE FIREWALL
Etherfast Router BEFSR41 (Linksys) a --
PRODUCT FEATURES SETUP/USE
SOFTWARE FIREWALLS
ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 (Zone Labs) a a
Norton Personal Firewall 2002 b a
(Symantec)
Personal Firewall Pro 5.0 (Sygat) b a
McAfee Firewall 3.0 (Network Associates) b a
BlackIce Defender (workstation)2.9 b b
(Internet Security Systems)
Internet connection firewall c a
(Included in Microsoft Windows XP Home)
HARDWARE FIREWALL
Etherfast Router BEFSR41 (Linksys) b b
PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS & NOTES
SOFTWARE FIREWALLS
ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 (Zone Labs) Outstanding performance.
Gives detailed information
about intrusions.
Norton Personal Firewall 2002 Outstanding performance.
(Symantec) Security Assistant with
plain English advice.
Creates automatic
rules for new
software applications that
it recognizes. Macintosh
version available.
Personal Firewall Pro 5.0 (Sygat) A notch lower in
performance. Lets
you control incoming
traffic for specific
Internet addresses
and time periods.
McAfee Firewall 3.0 (Network Associates) A notch lower in
performance. Also
bundled with company's
antivirus software.
BlackIce Defender (workstation)2.9 A notch lower in
(Internet Security Systems) performance. No phone
support. Graphs events
and traffic over time.
Replaced by version 3.5,
which manufacturer says has
outgoing protection.
Internet connection firewall A good line of defense if
(Included in Microsoft Windows XP Home) your computer uses the
Windows XP operating system.
HARDWARE FIREWALL
Etherfast Router BEFSR41 (Linksys) OK performance. Versatile
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