The firewall is one of the most important security features in a computer environment. In the classic sense, a firewall is set up on an appliance, such as a computer that fulfills just a single, ...

Yesterday when we asked you what your favorite Windows firewall software is, we got back tons of responses, from ZoneAlarm to Sygate from free to commercial. Now we want to narrow down the choices to ...

Security has become more secure! An update to the leading free firewall software, ZoneAlarm has been released adding more features and tweaks to the software. ZoneAlarm Free Firewall for Windows 11/10 ...

Running multiple firewall programs is inadvisable because of the way firewall software interacts with your computer. Firewalls need access to system resources at a very low level in order to work ...

As internet threats have evolved, Windows has consistently provided tools to help users stay safe online. One of the earliest ...

Windows Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick access to the most frequent options of Windows Firewall. It runs in ...

Two recent studies confirm what many security experts already know: Ninety-nine percent of Windows-based malware attacks can be stopped by the simple steps of turning on firewalls and applying routine ...

Windows Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick access to the most frequent options of Windows Firewall. It runs in ...

It my recent story on "Patching the Internet" a discussion on how Dan Kaminsky broke, then subsequently helped fix DNS and the Internet, a lot of discussion centered around how the patch was breaking ...

You may feel safer with police or security guards patrolling the streets and wish you could have similar protection for your devices and online activity. That’s essentially what a firewall provides.

Some users have reported that they cannot access the internet after installing security software, and the Windows Firewall throws up an error. In such a situation ...

A flaw in Windows Firewall may prevent users from seeing all the open network ports on a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 computer. The flaw manifests itself in the way the security application ...