Which Personal Firewall?

[adam-red]

I want to start playing Freelancer online. Is it worth using a personal firewall like Zone Alarm or do you think I'm okay sticking with the built-in Windows XP firewall? Zone Alarm is just so bloody annoying.

Thanks
Adam

[buckaro]

Either get ZA or Sygate, unfortunatly it is no longer updated for the free version but it works pretty well(im using currently only because the ZA beta's don't like my PC and i can't be bothered to finish a manual uninstal!)

ZA is the better of the two IMO, it does more and is quite regulary updated. The pro version is just amazing.

[paul9]

I played FL quite happily with ZA Basic. I only started using Sygate because of an issue trying to run DIMES distributed computing project. I haven't tried FL with Sygate yet, but do not expect any problems if I ever try it. My MMORPGS perform well with Sygate and ZA Basic.

[zepper]

I also use Sygate with no problems. You can download it from http://www.majorgeeks.com or you can get it as part of a complete utilities suite that also includes Trend Antivirus (a version of PC-Cillin). That is VCom SystemSuite 6 (my fave Win utilities package). You can get that from Amazon for like $15. after rebate. That's one heck of a deal!

.bh.