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Anyone with a recommendation ? ...can't seem to find a good solution.

Dunno if your referring to xp 64 Pro or vista. If referring to the former, here are some possible solutions:

Tiny firewall used to have a decent 64 bit version:

http://www.start64.com/index.php?option ... &Itemid=37

But they were acquired by these wankers and it seems they have released with a new name but not 64 bits:

http://shop.ca.com/firewall/personal_firewall.aspx

Check this site out if you run 'firewall' under search you'll dig some good info up:

http://www.start64.com/index.php?search ... h&Itemid=5

Otherwise, AVG has a combined firewall+antivirus xp 64 firewall / antivirus: (sorry for the ITA link)

http://www.avg-antivirus.it/prodotti/av ... nalfw.aspx

Outpost pro runs on xp 64:

http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/whatsnew40.php

Avast!

Free, light an good firewall & antivirus.

Avast! free is realy a firewall? Is see no hint for it at the webpage.

Do somebody know this:

http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/

Is it a firewall or something other? My english is not good enough to understand it.

Avast! does not have a full feature firewall but has a module that acts a bit as a firewall (at least is enough for me)

Network Shield

A new resident protection module was added to avast! 4.5: the Network Shield. This module provides protection against known Internet worms/attacks. It analyses all network traffic and scans it for malicious contents. It can be viewed as a lightweight firewall (or more precisely, an IDS (Intrusion Detection System)).

The Network Shield is only available on NT-based systems (Windows NT/2000/XP/2003).

Micha wrote:Avast! free is realy a firewall? Is see no hint for it at the webpage.

Do somebody know this:

http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/

Is it a firewall or something other? My english is not good enough to understand it.

this is from the FAQ:

Can PeerGuardian replace my firewall?

No! PeerGuardian has been heavily optimized for what it needs to do and is _not_ a replacement for your firewall.

Thank you. I will test Avast! and if I find a free firewall, I will be back.

hey Micha, ..

check this one out too ...


http://www.ghostsecurity.com/ghostwall/

Thanks Ivox. But this one dosn't seems to block outgoing programms or?

It seems to be not so easy to find a free firewall for XP64. So, my next step could be to buy a security solution. Now, it could be great to buy a product one time only and not every year again like AVG.
I have seen the CA Internet Security Suite. Do anybody use it?

No Micha, .. it does and it's configurable.

my experience with ghostwall it that it blocked everything and it's mother. installing apps became a bitch. uninstalled it, reinstalled my nvidia firewall, living with the lousy 1 min delay at boot up till I can run my apps.

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lsega77 wrote:my experience with ghostwall it that it blocked everything and it's mother. installing apps became a bitch. uninstalled it, reinstalled my nvidia firewall, living with the lousy 1 min delay at boot up till I can run my apps.

Must be where Microsoft got the idea for Vista.......

michaelplogue wrote:

lsega77 wrote:my experience with ghostwall it that it blocked everything and it's mother. installing apps became a bitch. uninstalled it, reinstalled my nvidia firewall, living with the lousy 1 min delay at boot up till I can run my apps.

Must be where Microsoft got the idea for Vista.......

ivox3 wrote:No Micha, .. it does and it's configurable.

Hmm, I install it and let it run. For example: if I start the internet explorer or Rhino or ... no window popup and ask me: "did you like that this application go to the internet?". Or should I setup anything?