I would personally recommend against the free version of ZoneAlarm. In
my not so humble opinion, you get what you pay for ;) As I work in an
IRT, I can tell you that in my experience the free version may not be
what you are looking for.
Additionally, don't be lulled into a false sense of
Actually, when I had Windows at home I used AtGuard until they sold to Symantec, then
I got Norton Personal Firewall mainly to ensure upward compatibility. NPF seems to
have the same features as AtGuard with the exception of the ad blocker, and offers
some small improvements over AtGuard's
Indeed, I share your opinion that AtGuard is really cool, easy to use and
powerful but if you are looking for something else you can check further
ZoneAlarm (http://www.zonealarm.com) that is free and also the ZoneAlarm Pro
that is not free but give you more feature like protection against
