I'm looking for something that's at least as secure as Sygate Pro that isn't buggy, and is compatible with KAV. Any recommendations?

Thanks

Free or Paid?

Paul

Either one, I'm just interested in the best.

Your best choice would be to upgrade to KIS to avoid compatibility issues. Users of Kaspersky products can give you info on how to upgrade.
The best paid 'third-party' firewall is probably Outpost, although on the Russian forum compatibility problems have been reported. That seems to depend on the hardware you have.
The best free firewall that is compatible with Kaspersky is Comodo (it's even better than most paid versions).

Paul

So there's no decent paid firewall (third-party) that is known to be compatible with KAV, that doesn't have any hardware issues?

It would be a bit extreme to put it that way. I just prefer to be on the safe side, not to see you here again with trouble. Some people are very lucky with Outpost. ZoneAlarm 7+ is a big don't, I know that for sure.
P.S.: The Firewall in Kaspersky Internet Security is decent enough, I can tell you that. Besides, KAV is also present in that suite...
Here's a review:
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-p...rity-6.0.2.614/
And believe me, the guys at matousec are not easy-going when it comes to testing.

Paul

hmmm... just read reviews from Firewalls from matousec from the bottom of this page...
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-p...sis/results.php
... looks like you're right, they bash every single firewall, but Kaspersky is "one of the best that are available today" and the only one it recommends... nice one

Okay, thanks. I'll check back here later to see if anyone else has had luck with something other than Outpost. I read something that ruled out Comodo for me, and Outpost went buggy on me once. As for KIS, I greatly prefer separate components, so if something goes wrong with the AV, the firewall is still in place. (A new software or hardware upgrade in the future could cause incompatiblities with KIS.) Sygate Pro has always been as stable as a rock, and it passes all leak tests. Just my luck that it doesn't work with KAV.

Sygate is also among my favorites, especially because of the extensive log options...

Paul

Well, I tested Comodo and it worked well. The reviews for it were very good and it the leaktest results are excellent. So you may try out this one. It's for free. The rest was already mentioned by p2u and dawgg.

best is KIS.
If you would like a seperate one than go for Comodo or Sygate.

That's his problem: Sygate is incompatible with KAV...

Paul

Two choices left. KIS or Comodo

I add two more: Looknstop and jetico. That are for expert users, but you can set and filter tcp packets by flags, for example.
Maybe an option is windows firewall, very very easy.
Also, you can install Astaro in a old box.

Hi ratface well on my opinion kav its fully compatible {with ZoneAlarm Firewall} and i think that's the best combination

I've heard of both of those firewalls, does anyone of some good third party review sites for firewalls? (I can't use the Windows firewall after seeing a review on it.)

Hi aroon7651,

I would love to be able to use ZoneAlarm Pro since I can't use Sygate Pro, but it's been said that KAV isn't compatible with it. Have you had some personal experience with it recently? I'm using the 2005 XP Media Edition OS with the latest updates, a video card, sound card, 1 GB of ram, and over 3 GHz for the processor.

Too late to edit this again. I left out the word "know" above. It should read "does anyone know of some good third party review sites for firewalls?"

Dear All,

I used Comodo Firewall Pro (it's completely free) until some months ago, when I finally found the great KIS.

Comodo F P is a free good product.

Stay tuned,
___Nicola____

Ratface,
You could try reading the user reviews for firewalls on Download.com.

You can get some good info there.

Sunbelt Kerio is compatiable with KAV. It's pretty safe if you know how to configure it.

KIS is the best IMO.

KIS, since it is completely integrated

There are some good sites, but all they will tell you is that one firewall is even better than the other, but the compatibility of KAV and that firewall WILL NOT discussed anywhere. As a technical review, the matousec link I gave you is really the most reliable; no snake oil.

Paul

Would you care to mention your KAV version and your ZoneAlarm version, aroon7651? Maybe it's time then you participated on the Russian forum, since they report nothing but trouble there; from BSoD to dead Internet connections...

Paul

I second that opinion: Looknstop and Jetico are very good products but require more knowledge, that's why I didn't mention them.
So now we have the following options:
KIS
Outpost
Comodo
Kerio
LooknStop
Jetico

I myself am running the inbuilt Windows Firewall (I don't believe in Outbound protection), but you can do that only if you have configured your OS for maximum security. Against Inbound attacks it's enough though.

Paul

I've never installed either of these, though I've read good things about Jetico. If I'm not mistaken, it was listed as the second best, behind Comodo, in the leak-test results from matousec. And, I read that it comes pre-configured with some very solid rule-sets.

I used free ZA for years. Never could get Outpost to work well .. it was buggy on my box. I liked Comodo. Probably my favorite, certainly aesthetically, though it's often reported as weak, is Sunbelts Kerio. I just recently uninstalled Avira's suite. Among other things (like burner software incompatibilities), it's FW component is reported very weak.

Right now, KIS is showing me lot's of love. Ratface, I'd suggest trialling KIS .. there's much to be said for component integration.

Paul, if i'm not mistaken.....the free PC-Tools firewall is a LookNstop clone, maybe you have some info whethr this is true or not?

From my information this is true.
I saw it on the pctools forum

As always, you are not mistaken...
Art. 1: The global moderator is always right.
Art. 2: If, all of a sudden, the global moderator turns out to be wrong, see Art.1

Paul

You're too kind and correct of course!

Haha
You are too kind to eachother.
Is this part of the Kaspersky love virus?

I have used Jetico PFW 1 with KAV 6 MP0.

http://www.jetico.com/jpfirewall.htm

It seemed to work well, but as others have noted, it is not for the faint of heart. And one of the knocks (not for me) is that the rules are not importable. I have not tried Jetico PFW 2 yet. Perhaps I will before I upgrade to KIS/KAV 7.

http://www.jetico.com/jpf2.htm

I have used the Sunbelt-Kerio PFW 4.3 (I still have a license for it) with KAV 6 MP0, and I liked it as well as any that I have used.

Note that some of the poor ratings for several of the PFWs have to do with leak-testing, and none of that means anything to me. Like Paul, I only use a PFW for inbound protection. Except when I am evaluating PFWs for nag factors.

ISTM that the most important factors in choosing a PFW are 1) absolutely, positively no flaws WRT inbound protection, 2) absolutely, positively no vulnerabilities introduced by merely installing the PFW, and 3) the PFW has the ability to protect itself against shut-down, modification and tunnelling. If a PFW fails on any of these, then IMHO, the Windows FW is a better choice.

Ron

I have been using Avast! Home with the Windows Firewall for some time, recently decided to change to a KAV6 + Comodo combination. I installed Comodo first, and when I started to install KAV6, the installer told me that Comodo was incompatible with KAV6, and refused to proceed until I uninstalled Comodo.

So, is Comodo really compatible with KAV6?

I am running Windows XP SP2, if that information is of any use.

There are some running KAV and Comodo together.

Try installing KAV first then install Comodo.

It should work then.

Hi
Are you using a router with a built in firewall,if you are all you really only need to bother about is the outbound protection(you can configure some routers for this but it is a pain!)provided by a software firewall,I use LnS with internet filtering disabled,the application filterng informs you if anything is trying to access the net,and is seems to work well:-very light a lot lighter than comodo,which I tried for a good while but went back to LnS as it seemed better overall FOR ME

Hi, All.

It's true Third-Party Firewall is good and compatible with KAV, but in my opinion, I like KIS the best because of integrity and Support.

When an unexpected trouble and conflict happens, it is difficult to analyze the reason correctly and decide which products are to blame for and who to ask for help.

And about Zone Alarm 7, Outpost Firewall Pro, Jetico 2 Beta is now under developing and is not the final build now.

Best Regards,

I read through the other threads concerning Comodo+KAV6 as well, and tried it out. I can confirm that so far, Comodo works with KAV6 if it is installed after KAV6 and both made to reciprocate trusted application status.

Thanks for the help

Hello!

I would have to say KIS. Comodo is also very solid firewall. You have install KAV first and then comodo.

Wow, this has turned into a very informative thread! I'm sure it will help a lot of people who have incompatibility problems with KAV and their existing firewall. Thanks to all the people who have contributed. All these options make it a lot easier for me to give up Sygate Pro in order to use KAV.

Indeed, KIS would be wise!

Why want two programs if you can have both in 1 and from same company (no conflicts)??

Hi

ZA should work okay, but please do not use the ZA Free version 7. It has the ZAISS underneath it. That ZAISS has the KAV components included and it will very possiblely conflict the KAV6. Instead use the ZA Free 6.5 or the ZA Free 6.1

Best regards.
Oldsod

Because third party programs are available that also don't have conflicts, and a lot of people may prefer Comodo for example, because it has features or performance they like more than what they'd get with KIS. And some people prefer to have a separate firewall in case something conflicts with KAV. Because then they would still have a firewall in place. With KIS, you would lose your firewall and AV at the same time. But I'm still considering KIS anyway.

The Russian forum has a lot of reports about Zone Alarm conflicts, but I'm wondering now if it may be due to Russian made computers. I'm going to reformat and install KAV first, then the firewall Zone Alarm Pro 7.0 and see what happens. Because I think under these conditions, there's a possibility it might work. If it doesn't, then I'll probably trial KIS after another reformat.

I know the ZA AV has the Kaspersky engine, but you're saying the free ZA firewall has KAV components?? What about ZA Pro?

Just the modified AV Core, no other components

I have ZA pro and it works well with KAV 6.0.2.621.

So the ZA firewall has some regular type virus detection capabilities?? Hmm, I can see how that could cause conflicts, since KAV doesn't like any other programs performing any type of virus detection, right?

The 7.0 version??

Hi, ratface!

You are free to use ZoneAlarm, of course, it's a nice firewall. I found some information about programs that are known to cause trouble and under what circumstances:
http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=193239260
Keep in mind, however, that this list is not complete, and that some things may depend on your hardware configuration and on how well you removed previous security solutions.

Paul

Hi Paul,

Great link/info, but it doesn't mention Sygate. And when I installed KAV, it prevented Sygate from connecting to the Internet properly. But I'll report back here if it works. (KAV for my AV and Zone Alarm Pro for my firewall are my TOP choices.)

ratface (aka possumface)

GL, i had that combo for a while too and it wasn't working too well for me.

That's probably because Sygate is no longer supported by anyone after Symantec bought it out...

Paul