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Since I now have an extremely fast internet connection, what are some good firewall programs to protect a PC? I have ea budget up to around 100USD for this.
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Windows Firewall? I hear it's a really quality effort by some company out of Redmond, VA.

Forgot their name though...
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My Dlink DIR-100 is a 100Mbit router and is cheap as hell.

And I am pleased with its throughput:

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Re: Firewall sugestions

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Redleader34 wrote:Since I now have an extremely fast internet connection, what are some good firewall programs to protect a PC? I have ea budget up to around 100USD for this.
I have this router + free ZoneAlarm, works for me. :wink:
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