can anybody recommend a good firewall, or do i even need one, i have always run one, but my free use period on mine is almost up and i was wondering if there was a good one out there that was free i have been using McAfee personal firewall, and its nice, but they now watn to charge me for it so do i even really need one, and what would you guys recommend

 

Are you connecting to the 'net through a router? If so, that can be your firewall...then you don't have to pay for one....

 

You can download ZoneAlarm here http://www.zonelabs.com/. They have a suite version that they charge for, but the basic firewall is free. It's rated as good or better than most pay for software by Znet, PC Magazine, PC World, etc.
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unless the router has a hardware firewall i would go with a software for sure. i use comodo. It is the number two on the last rating i saw. beter than zone alarm and alot of pay firewalls.

http://www.comodo.com/
I personally recommend the comodo pro 2.4 version over the 3.0. its free and very effective.

 

i do connect through a router, but i dont think it has much of a firewall built in to it so ill look into those thanks alot guys