360 Total Security and which firewall??

[starchild76]

hello guys.

I wanted to try out 360 ts again , but which firewall should I install next to it?

options :

comodo
online armor free
or zonealarm free

are there any exclusions I should make in both programs??

 

[BoraMurdar]

Windows Firewall
in most cases its enough. If you want a third-party firewall I heard a lot of nice words of Private Firewall

 

[silversurfer]

I have tested COMODO and Online Armor with 360TS...
with both I had no problems... but I liked COMODO more!

 

[rebel4life]

go with privatefirewall better than comodo becausing sandbox technolgies can be bypass by hackers or spammers

 

[silversurfer]

go with privatefirewall better than comodo becausing sandbox technolgies can be bypass by hackers or spammers

you can turn off the auto-sandbox at COMODO and just use their HIPS...

 

[cruelsister]

There is a pretty big issue with Private firewall. After the training period when running an application that is not on their whitelist (which isn't all that extensive) it will ask if the file should be run or not, the choice being up to the user. If you choose to run it and it turns out to be malware you are out of luck as PF offers no further protection.

I personally don't like a security solution that is basically no better than flipping a coin.

 

[yigido]

Comodo Firewall is good and version 8 will be more powerfull.

 

[dowN1]

There is a pretty big issue with Private firewall. After the training period when running an application that is not on their whitelist (which isn't all that extensive) it will ask if the file should be run or not, the choice being up to the user. If you choose to run it and it turns out to be malware you are out of luck as PF offers no further protection.

I personally don't like a security solution that is basically no better than flipping a coin.

That's why I always recommend OA. In most cases it tells you if the file is malicious/dangerous.

 

[BoraMurdar]

There is a pretty big issue with Private firewall. After the training period when running an application that is not on their whitelist (which isn't all that extensive) it will ask if the file should be run or not, the choice being up to the user. If you choose to run it and it turns out to be malware you are out of luck as PF offers no further protection.

I personally don't like a security solution that is basically no better than flipping a coin.

C'mon, you and starchild76 are experienced enough to know what file (program) you run in the first place. Antivirus is used to whitelist and blacklist, and at least give some reputation of a file that you see first time in your life or/and it's named xxx.exe, and if firewall has that option too, IMHO it's a bottleneck, overlap.

You don't need a firewall for that scenario, just common sense

 

[cruelsister]

Even an experienced user can get distracted and make a mistake. Personally I would rather use something that will catch me if I fall.

 

[Cats-4_Owners-2]

Starchild.., isn't it wonderful how your choices are all good ones? Something tells me Windows firewall just won't satisfy your need for a hands on experience.
Having been a happy Privatefirewall user, my first choice (originally) was Online Armor which I probably would have used had I known there was a free version. Perhaps there wasn't back then.. I've not used Comodo, although I've always wished to. I voted other for Windows firewall, and use it on both 8.1 & 7. That said, my fall back vote for you would be for Online armor (..go on, let me live vicariously through You!) and you can always fall back on one of the others, choice B or choice C, if you don't like the feel!

 

[Fel Grossi]

I'm using 360 TS + Private Firewall a week and so far I'm enjoying it, no problem with me.

 

[Rahadian Putra]

I choose other (Windows firewall), I'm not a fan of HIPS based firewall, too distracting and annoying for me, also some of 3rd party firewall causing compatibility issues sometime soon or later, well at least from my experience, yes I know we can configure it and fix it since most of MT members are advanced users and just like to configure/tweak/ anything and understanding how a security software works, but it's time consuming and not worth for me for my daily use of course. If I have to choose 3rd party firewall, then I prefer pure based firewall, but regarding those 3 hips firewall mentioned by OP, my vote goes for private firewall, had a good time with it

 

[phyniks]

In my opinion:

For Win 7 and higher....

the built-in firewall is enough


360 TS also has lots of net features

 

[starchild76]

hello guys thanks to you all for your time and effort for replying to my threat extensively verry much apreciated!! I have made my choice : 360 ts and Online Armor free it is , like it more than Comodo ; Based on the negativity it faces lately , the almost impossible unistall ( the firewall and some other drivers that precist ) , also I like the popups Online Armor gives ( that might sound strange to most of you ) but hey.....I am a strange guy . those show me exactly what is going on , perfect for a controlfreak like me......

the only strange sidenote I have is , that when I first installed Online Armor I had to completely shut it down , before I could install 360 ts

I did not choose private firewall , because in the past it ran very very heavy on my machine. also webbrowsing halted to a crawl.

 

[Razor555]

In my opinion:

For Win 7 and higher....

the built-in firewall is enough


360 TS also has lots of net features

Exactly, 360 TS scores 270/340 when i tested it on its own which is not bad.

 

[Solarlynx]

Now I use 360 IS with CF. I believe 360 TS + CF or OA is OK.

 

[Yile Wang]

I think Windows Firewall is enough.

 

[Alucard]

I voted other.
I think you should use private firewall, I think it will serve you well.
Fairly easy interface to understand and easy on the system.
Best of luck with your choice though.

 

[Dr.Virus]

Hi,

360 Qihoo and Comodo FW, thats top.