Free personal firewalls software
Now that you know where to get free antivirus and free antispyware programs it’s now time to get to know the personal firewall programs that’s available for free on the Internet. Here they are in no particular order:
ZoneAlarm 6.0
ZoneAlarm 6.0 is a free personal firewall program that protects your computer against any type of unauthorized connections to your computer.
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall is a free network firewall designed to protect your PC against attacks from the Internet or via a local area network.
SmoothWall Express
SmoothWall Express is an open source firewall distribution based on the GNU/Linux operating system. Linux is the ideal choice for security systems; it is well proven, secure, highly configurable and freely††† available as open source code.
Firestarter
Open source software with easy to use graphical interface with powerful features for Linux desktop users and system administrators.
Sygate Personal Firewall
FREE for personal use, Sygate Personal Firewall 5.x provides best of breed security in a user friendly interface, protecting your PC from hackers, trojans and DoS attacks.
WyvernWorks Firewall
WyvernWorks Firewall is freeware that protects your computer from being attacked via its ports. You can add an unlimited number of ports to the firewall protection list. Once installed, WyvernWorks Firewall is located in the system tray and blocks unauthorized inbound and outbound traffic. If someone tries to hack into your network, WyvernWorks Firewall alerts you to the attempt and includes the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the perpetrator.
AnalogX PortBlocker
Protect your server from intrusion. When you run a server on your machine, it uses “ports” to allow other machines to connect to it. You might be running the server just for internal use, yet there’s no easy way to stop someone outside from accessing the server. AnalogX PortBlocker lets you block the Internet port of most servers, making them unreachable to other computers on the Internet. In addition to blocking your ports, you can log any access attempts made by other machines.
