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Personal security is a problem in any part of the world. If your house is protected by different security systems, your computer is a place accessible for thieves if you don’t have a good firewall software installed on your computer.
Firewall software is different than antivirus programs and the purpose of this type of application is to block unwanted hacker’s attack from the network connection. Many users prefer to buy expensive firewall hardware, to protect their computers. If a large intranet must be protected, it’s better to protect the entire network with a physical hardware firewall. This choice is better for a large network because the price for many firewall software licenses is higher than a hardware firewall solution.
However, if the network is small or if your computer is connected directly to the network you must install a firewall software, to protect your internet connections. If you search on the Internet you can find a large number of firewall appliances, many of them for free. The real problem with these firewall softwares is that for almost all these apliances you cannot find a real, non fake review.
The purpose of this page is to find for you the best firewall software of the moment and to make you to decide which firewall appliance is better for your computer or network.
We tested for this review five firewalls, in the same environment. We tested these appliances on two types of systems: a Windows XP Professional Edition and a Windows 7. The result of this review revealed which is the best firewall software in 2010.
For this review we compare side by side these applications in the same way and from the next important firewalls characteristics:
- ease of use of every software – we compared side by side these firewalls to find which is the easiest of using program. We verified which is most intuitive and how easy to use is by an average computer user;
- included features – many firewalls have different type of features, to protect the PC’s at maximum level. We compared these features and how are integrated in the software’s menu. The results of this firewall comparison can be found on the bottom of page;
- installation and settings – in the past, firewalls software was very difficult to use because the menus was designed for advanced computer users. Nowadays, the firewall software producers decides to simplify the menus, to be more easiest to configure by a PC beginner. We tested installation time and the level required to perform basic firewall’s settings;
- effectiveness – we compared the real effectiveness in the fight against hackers. All tested appliances have capacity to hide the IP of computer from others network users. In this way, the computer is protected because is hidden and the hackers cannot see the computer activity. If they don’t know that computer is active, cannot attack the ports and the connection. We tested for this review the capacity to block the intruders, through the network.
- online support and documentation – the support provided by the software producers is very important if you want to be always protected. We verified the real level of provided support to clients to find which is the best online support for these firewalls softwares. The quantity on information about a soft is very important too, so we considered this thing in our review.
Our top five best firewall software in 2010, after these tests is:
4. eConceal Pro
You can download for free the trial versions for all these appliances, directly from producers pages. You can use and test for free, which is the best firewall software, for your computer in 2010. After testing, you can buy the software directly from the firewall producer.