*NEW* Sunbelt Personal Firewall

On one hand, Sunbelt's Personal Firewall is a simple product: it's just firewall software. But that's a good thing. It does one thing and it does it well.

Sunbelt's Personal Firewall is a two-way personal firewall that monitors, filters, and blocks incoming and outgoing traffic from your PC.

Why would anyone want to block outgoing traffic from your PC? Image you've got a sneaky piece of malware on your PC already. Each time it connects with the Internet, it can send out all kinds of personal and malicious information to its creators. Sunbelt's Personal Firewall blocks that attempt and prevents future connection attempts in the process.

Editor's Overview

• Solid two-way firewall
• Improved network performance
• Good packet filtering
• Prevents Process Injection attempts
• Improved stability
• Updated translations files
• Affordable price
• Seamless integration with VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware

How Well Does the Sunbelt Personal Firewall Filter and Block Traffic?

Independent tests show that the Sunbelt Personal Firewall is able to catch the majority of threatening attacks before they even happen. And they've ingeniously done it in a way that doesn't scare the user like many other firewalls do.

Instead of poping up a barrage of scary warning windows, Sunbelt Personal Firewall just blocks the intrutions and logs them for future reference. You can then go in and count how many malware attempt were made on your PC and review which, if any, were actually harmless.

The design is straightforward. You can either use the standard settings, or for those who want to easily add more firewall rules, an advanced setting is also available.

Firewall Features

• Filters ingoing and outgoing traffic
• Protects private data
• Works with VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware
• Supports Windows XP & Vista
• Clean interface

And if a solid bi-directional firewall wasn't enough, they've made it one of the most complete ones we've ever tested.

For instance, how about a cookie management system that helps prevent your personal and sensitive data from being entered into forms on a website?

Or how about the Enhanced Process Injection which prevents code injection attempts into vulnerable Windows access points?

All-in-all, Sunbelt has put together a much, much more comprehensive set of features than most antivirus firewall software for much greater protection than most hardware or software firewalls can provide.

What About Antivirus or Antispyware?

Sunbelt's Personal Firewall has that covered too. While the firewall doesn't include antivirus or antispyware by default, it easily integrates and runs in perfect harmony with Sunbelt's other fantastic program: VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware.

You can buy the firewall and antivirus separately or together for a discounted price. Having only a firewall -- or only antivirus -- or only antispyware these days just isn't enough. You really need all three. And Sunbelt makes it easy by bundling these all together. Thank you, Sunbelt.

If you're thinking of relying on the default Windows firewall, think again.

The basic Windows firewall isn't very good at all. In fact, the firewall built into Windows is guilty of being both overly simplistic and clunky. Aside from which, its reputation is mediocre at best--it's known to have all sorts of flaws and weaknesses. Avoid this problem with a 3rd party firewall like Sunbelt's Personal Firewall.

Conclusion

Sunbelt's Personal Firewall is a fantastic bang for your buck. It's straightforward and effective.

The bi-directional firewall is top-notch and combined with VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware makes for one of the most solid defenses against antivirus, spyware, malware, rootkits, and all other malicious attacks on your PC.

System Requirements

Sunbelt Personal Firewall 4 requires 10 MB of disk space for installation and runs on:

• Windows 2000 Professional (desktop version)
• Windows XP Home
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Windows Vista 32-bit

Sunbelt Personal Firewall 4 DOES NOT run on:

• Any 64 bit Versions of Windows
• Windows 2003 Server
• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows NT4
• Windows Me
• Windows 98
• Windows 95

$19.95