Free wifi access around India

Anders · Sep 29th, 2005, 12:22

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Originally Posted by thaneb

Old post I am bringing up here, and slightly off topic but can anyone recommend a good firewall that is available online for free? I don't know much about this but will be bringing my laptop to India and it seems like something worth looking into.

Thanks

Zonealarm from http://www.zonelabs.com is both free and great.

Anders · Sep 29th, 2005, 12:26

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Originally Posted by sticky

its virtually pointless to run free antivirus unfortunately.

Have a look at Avast and you will probably change your mind. http://www.avast.com

GoanCanuck · Sep 29th, 2005, 13:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anders

Zonealarm from http://www.zonelabs.com is both free and great.

I will second that. Zone Alarm is very good.

thaneb · Sep 29th, 2005, 14:15

Thanks for the advice guys. I subscribe to Norton, it was more the firewall that I was concerned about. Will look into that based on the feedback you guys have provided.

snowcrab · Sep 29th, 2005, 14:44

Try this:

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

Free anti-virus nd firewall, small footprint. Panda is good too (Trend), but you have to pay for it, or be forever manually scanning at their online site. I hate Norton, very intrusive and robs system resources especially at startup if you are using a machine with limited ram.

Zone alarm is very good if you actually want to find out just which applications you have loaded are asking access to the net.

That is something I'm beginning to find disturbing, how many applications, freeware or paid assume that they need unlimited access to the net for whatever.

I keep both my wireless and wired connections disabled when my machine is on standby or traveling.

Connell · Sep 29th, 2005, 17:35

For People traveling around india with laptops this site might help

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=4

Sep 29th, 2005, 14:15	#34
thaneb Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 65	thanks Thanks for the advice guys. I subscribe to Norton, it was more the firewall that I was concerned about. Will look into that based on the feedback you guys have provided.

Sep 29th, 2005, 17:35	#36
Connell Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Harrogate Posts: 22	Tools of the Trade For People traveling around india with laptops this site might help http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=4

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snowcrab Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alberta, Can Posts: 1,045	Try this: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 Free anti-virus nd firewall, small footprint. Panda is good too (Trend), but you have to pay for it, or be forever manually scanning at their online site. I hate Norton, very intrusive and robs system resources especially at startup if you are using a machine with limited ram. Zone alarm is very good if you actually want to find out just which applications you have loaded are asking access to the net. That is something I'm beginning to find disturbing, how many applications, freeware or paid assume that they need unlimited access to the net for whatever. I keep both my wireless and wired connections disabled when my machine is on standby or traveling.

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