Free Personal Firewall Software - Free Firewall Solution

Free Personal Firewall Overview

Is free firewall good enough to protect my computer? This is very important question, since most free personal firewall packages are provided only for basic protection with limited feature (Most companies provide free firewall version and they sell the professional version with fully functional features, but there are also few free personal firewall software that provides complete features like Comodo Firewall Pro). So if you need only basic protection, free firewall is fine. But if you needs more advance features, you should consider professional version.

Free Personal Firewall here is refer to firewall software that user can download and use for free. The following is the list of free firewall (with short description) for Windows user:

List of Free Personal Firewall Software

Ashampoo Firewall Free

Ashampoo Firewall Free is the free firewall solution that provide as basic protection. Beside, there is another package, Ashampoo Firewall Pro is paid version which has complete features.

Comodo Firewall Pro

Comodo Firewall Pro is the complete protection from hackers, spyware that provided for free By Comodo Company. This package is good for you to try.

Filseclab Personal Firewall Professional Edition

Filseclab Personal Firewall Professional Edition is available for free of charge. This package developed by Filseclab. This company also sells firewall source code as commercial.

GhostWall FireWall

GhostWall FireWall is also personal firewall software that completely provide for free of charge. The package support Windows 2000, 2003, XP and XP64.

Online Armor Personal Firewall Free Edition

Online Armor Personal Firewall Free Edition is the version which provides basic protection. There is also professional version which is for advanced protection with additional features.

Outpost Firewall Free

Outpost Firewall Free is standard firewall protection and connection monitoring which provide for free of charge by Agnitum. This company also has other firewall package as Outpost Firewall Pro with advance features.

PC Tools Firewall Plus

PC Tools Firewall plus is a free personal firewall package developed by PC Tools Company. This company not only provides firewall for free but also offer anti-virus software package for free of charge.

SoftPerfect Personal Firewall

SoftPerfect Personal Firewall is free network firewall that use to protect against attacks from internet and local area network.

Webroot Desktop Firewall

Webroot Desktop Firewall now available for free of charge to user. Two way firewall protection and keep your computer safe from unauthorized access.

ZoneAlarm Firewall

ZoneAlarm firewall is provided by Check Point for free as basic network and program firewall. This company also provide anti-virus plus firewall solution as paid version (the firewall in that package is fully functional feature that contains advance features).

Firewall Software Installation Tip

As there are many free firewalls, you may want to try installing some of them or all. Personal firewall unlike other software, you need to close Windows firewall in your computer first before start installing the firewall.

One more important note is you should uninstall the firewall software that you had installed before you try to install another one to avoid error and conflict between the programs.