Firewall rating

Interesting.
I wish that the built in Windows firewall was included.  That's what I use and have had no issues.

I have a router instead of firewall. But I agree with you. It would be interesting to compare both Windows Vista and XP's firewall to others.

spiffy info..  :CONGRAT: 

Interesting. ESET's result is really surprising.

hmm..agree with Leo... (:( . suprising

Whenever I think of the word firewall I think of the word paranoid. :LOL:

Gotta question these tests some times. I run Norton and I've put it through online firewall tests and "those" tests said I was invisible... :LOL: So how do you really know?

The only test that means anything is the one you do with loading the software on your computer to see if it works. Well that's what I think, and I'm sticking with it.  :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL: 

This is an older test, I believe, but it does have Windows builtin firewall results included ... they're not good  :NOTSURE: 

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Norton is the worse thing you can put on your computer. You are just asking for trouble.

I would say a virus or a really nasty piece of spyware would be worse ... although just barely

Both are easier to get rid of than Norton.

comodo firewall... wow. i got rid of that awhile back. guess i will see it again.

i run norton and i've never had a problem with it...and i been doing computers for the past 15 years.

Well Whatwhere you need to talk to Jafo. He has a great sorry of what Norton can do to your computer.

Norton constantly gets bad marks in just about every test I've seen the professionals do with it.

what kind of bad test do they do? the only AV i can think of that would be better then norton is trend.

Wow. There are many AV products better than Norton and Trend.

Kona.....I've been running Norton on my PC for the past 5 years....never got a virus....in fact I never get anything. My pc runs great even unless I manage to screw something up myself. Ones persons bad experience with something doesn't make it bad. If that were the case I'd just trash my pc since just about everything I've ever put on here had a problem at one time or another.

Interesting results...shall look at Comodo...see how it goes...;)

whatwhere ... I had NAV for years...until one day it disabled the MS BIT service....which actually necessitated the re-install of XP SP2, as every single lesser solution failed.

The BIT service is required by Windows Update.  Without it you would have to seek out the updates manually, which is only fun for the true geek out there.

Bitdefender is a darn sight less of a pain than Norton EVER was.....;)

 

Web....at the time there was quite a user-base seeking solutions to the BIT service fuckup.  It very definitely wasn't 'one person's bad experience'...;)

If it had been I'd say "Jafo...you're a twit...get it right"...and have kept using it....since I had ONLY JUST renewed the sub two weeks earlier.

Instead I junked 50 weeks of crap program and moved on....;)

Yes but in this case we have more than one person that had bad experiences with Norton.

Oh and BTW WG Norton has failed just about every security test it was put to miserably.

Oh and BTW WG Norton has failed just about every security test it was put to miserably.

Jafo...Honestly....I really don't know what to say...and I can't recommend any other software...not that I don't want to or anything...every application I've ever looked at had good and bad reviews...all I can say is that I myself have never had a problem with Norton. But I can assure that if or when I do I will trash it just as fast as you did. Maybe I'm lucky in that it doesn't slow down my pc or hasn't screwed up...who knows. But I can certainly understand why you did what you did....I would have too.

Guess it depends on which test site your using. I used one that was posted here somewhere and it passed with flying colors. How about that!?

All I can say is...if Norton doesn't work for you trash it...I would too. But thats not the case...yet.