CNET Forums: Message List - Are two firewalls better than one or can it cause conflicts? http://forums.cnet.com/ The latest posts in Are two firewalls better than one or can it cause conflicts?. CNET Forums: Message List - Are two firewalls better than one or can it cause conflicts? http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/cobd/cnet/cnet_88x31.gif http://forums.cnet.com/ 31 88 CNET.com CNET http://www.cnet.com Yes, two are better; yes, they can conflict with each other. Two are better than one, especially if you have a constant connection (DSL or cable modem) then a hardware firewall is a ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5318971.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5318971.html 04 Jun 2012 19:11:12 PDT Two are absolutely too many. Windows OS firewall works great, I've trusted it for years. If you installed two, one might be incompatible with another ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5316816.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5316816.html 30 May 2012 02:56:18 PDT The short version is - 'NO' Two firewalls will sometimes (not allways) collide, thus stopping (or crashing) your system.<br><br>The longer version i ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5316821.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5316821.html 30 May 2012 02:29:55 PDT I'm not sure about the origin... of that site; but I have been under attack by Chinese groups since 2006. I can attest that it is wise to use particular ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314785.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314785.html 24 May 2012 09:03:09 PDT Wilders security another good source... I trust sites like Wilders Security Forums as one of the better sites for imformation. This was a pretty good discussion ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314798.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314798.html 24 May 2012 08:56:40 PDT Make all decision with your eyes wide open I agree there 'could' be concerns with both the tests conducted and their results. However, since the site appears to b ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314800.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314800.html 24 May 2012 08:48:47 PDT I've had my doubts about matousec.... But one must read more than one source to get a balanced view.(fair and balanced?) Yes Comodo requires more user interve ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314795.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314795.html 24 May 2012 08:36:14 PDT Re: Comodo.............Yet I beg to differ! Well you almost had me believing you but........................... Did you actually &quot;READ&quot; the revues?????? A ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314720.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314720.html 24 May 2012 04:05:16 PDT Comodo is ranked highest for many reasons Matousec agrees with you regarding Comodo. <a href="http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge-64/re ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314574.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314574.html 23 May 2012 15:47:36 PDT I still agree with you but.... My Vista firewall has blocked plenty of outgoing communications, and also let me know that because of that, I had an inf ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314218.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314218.html 22 May 2012 18:40:50 PDT I'll take your advice!....(nt) <img border="0" src="http://www.cnet.com/i/mb/emoticons/happy.gif" alt="happy"> ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314187.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314187.html 22 May 2012 17:42:18 PDT AVOID PC TOOLS Yes, I meant for that to be all caps because of what it did to my system. <br><br>I had originally bought version 8 ( v ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314118.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314118.html 22 May 2012 14:07:07 PDT Windows Firewall I have to disagree: having Windows Firewall is not &quot;fine&quot;. Sure, it blocks (most) INCOMING threats, but still ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314059.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5314059.html 22 May 2012 13:09:15 PDT I probably should add... to my statement, that generally if you get a bad infection, you should turn system restore off and go to the files and f ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313934.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313934.html 22 May 2012 08:54:58 PDT Just to avoid any confusion about this, my experience is with the full avast! Internet Security program. Avast! Pro is the version between that and ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313833.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313833.html 22 May 2012 01:04:06 PDT That may be a new problem... I hadn't had a problem with it before dropping it in 2010. The one client I have on NIS, has not done a restore in a whi ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313765.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313765.html 21 May 2012 19:05:57 PDT I'm positive... that your Avast Pro firewall is superior to the built in Windows one! For everyone who may not be familiar, it is indust ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313772.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313772.html 21 May 2012 18:57:22 PDT Ahh I see and that makes sense.<br><br>Thank you.<br><br>Mark ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313698.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313698.html 21 May 2012 14:20:13 PDT I have the full version of avast!, which does include a firewall. <br><br>The point of my comment about turning the Windows ones off was that I ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313686.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313686.html 21 May 2012 14:18:33 PDT Good to read but I would just say that if none of your other security software includes a firewall, then personally I wouldn't turn t ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313704.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313704.html 21 May 2012 13:52:56 PDT Maybe I've just been lucky but I haven't picked up any malware since I changed from Norton to avast! (tho' it only happened once with Norton, and t ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313684.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313684.html 21 May 2012 13:39:54 PDT Still has that one little problem with System Restore. Are they still blocking System Restore? ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313669.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313669.html 21 May 2012 13:21:25 PDT Norton was improved in 2008... and tested well for me in my lab through 2010, but I dropped it just because it wasn't free. I do recommend it for compu ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313679.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313679.html 21 May 2012 13:20:08 PDT Prevx isn't too bad either... you can get it free at FaceBook, and maybe from sources you mentioned already. I've used it with Avast and they seem to ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313652.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313652.html 21 May 2012 13:03:07 PDT Ratings conundrum... Avast never rates as a top anti-virus, but that is because the rules for the tests are vastly obsolete. Most test agenci ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313638.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313638.html 21 May 2012 12:51:33 PDT That was not a firewall that stopped the virus that was simply the antivirus function doing it's job - checking it against the database of known malware - a firewall d ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313660.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313660.html 21 May 2012 12:44:05 PDT PIck one - and then set it up correctly First the easy answer to your question: unless you are an experienced network engineer, I'd go for one firewall, because ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313636.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313636.html 21 May 2012 12:29:02 PDT Re: Panda Cloud I'm not sure to which program jrap30 inferred was slow Panda Cloud or my Norton. Yes, more often than not Norton 2012 is ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313568.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313568.html 21 May 2012 10:47:41 PDT Panda Cloud Consumers just review antivirus.... June issue......rated slow. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313459.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313459.html 21 May 2012 06:12:20 PDT AVAST Free I have AVAST Free running on an XP laptop....by some error messages it provides, I would say It has some firewall capabi ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313458.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313458.html 21 May 2012 06:10:20 PDT These are newbies... if you are going to give them this excellent test idea, a little help is in order. At the top of the GRC web page, click ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313360.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313360.html 20 May 2012 17:47:34 PDT Re: 2 versus 1 can it cause problems? I wish I had or could give you a definitive answer. I don't know 100% for sure if it will cause problems. My gut feeling ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313293.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313293.html 20 May 2012 14:59:24 PDT If you have nothing to protect... I suppose it <u>is</u> too much bother. And then, of course, you could simply boot to a Live CD of Puppy Linux and happi ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313057.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313057.html 19 May 2012 23:02:00 PDT Blended is the only defense... it isn't so much whether it is free, it is that fact that you cannot rely on one or two products to protect the PC. You ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313064.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313064.html 19 May 2012 22:55:54 PDT Free = you get what you pay for I thought I'd use ms security essentials and windows' firewall. huge mistake. I got hit with a trojan, very badly. That ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313050.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313050.html 19 May 2012 19:55:15 PDT bought the full version Thank you, Gordon. Yes, i did purchase the full version of it. I finally did get the license key file after requesting i ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313025.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5313025.html 19 May 2012 19:07:03 PDT Thx! Cool! ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312989.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312989.html 19 May 2012 15:12:29 PDT Tip? Try this on it's own new discussion. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312992.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312992.html 19 May 2012 15:10:43 PDT Not trying to get off track here, but........ has anyone here tried the new Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition that came out recently? Have tried looking for reviews, ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312988.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312988.html 19 May 2012 15:10:02 PDT Just FYI... I liked the paid version of Avast, and especially the firewall. However, when I downloaded the update for my blu-ray pla ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312935.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312935.html 19 May 2012 12:08:19 PDT Yes IF... and that is a BIG if; you don't do banking and/or shopping online. Then it gets stickier if you want the best solutions. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312941.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312941.html 19 May 2012 11:56:53 PDT Comodo free firewall... is all the software firewall you will need. With Defense+ enabled it is about the most bullet proof firewall for newbies ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312933.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312933.html 19 May 2012 11:53:16 PDT It is possible... now to make the built in Windows firewall almost as good as third party firewalls; by downloading templates for configur ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312916.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312916.html 19 May 2012 11:14:55 PDT The new NT6.. based Windows firewall has outbound detection and blocking; it has saved my bacon many times. I feel Comodo is the best ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312930.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312930.html 19 May 2012 11:02:12 PDT True... but the free Comodo Personal Firewall comes about as good as you can get for a software firewall. It has passed every le ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312899.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312899.html 19 May 2012 10:53:16 PDT Dual firewall conflict. So no more Internet security suite expense. Please advise. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312847.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312847.html 19 May 2012 08:16:05 PDT avast! free antivirus does not include the firewall you have to buy the full version for that, so I think the email you received may be instructions for upgrading (is it as ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312811.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312811.html 19 May 2012 02:01:45 PDT Software Realities It is not a good idea to criticize a security software product because this shows a bias and complete lack of understand ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312788.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312788.html 19 May 2012 00:52:51 PDT The simple answer is not so... simple :-) Using multiple firewalls solution depends on what you want to protect. If you are looking at only your home computer you ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312747.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312747.html 18 May 2012 19:41:20 PDT thank you for asking Hi Giuseppe, thank you for asking the same question that's been bugging me for over 2 weeks now. I received an alert fro ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312750.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-5312750.html 18 May 2012 18:18:12 PDT