PC Tools Firewall V7 Beta

[wolfstr]

Originally Posted by anothermack

Hello Wolfstr,

what did you change in Privatefirewall to get Avast to auto-update?

By the way have you tried the updated Online Armor Free wall yet?

Thanks,

brgds
anothermack

The first thing I did was uninstall avast. Of course uninstalled PCTFW as well. Then I installed Private Firewall and left everthing at default settings. Then reinstalled avast but I am only installing "File, Network and Behavior Shields". But that shouldn't be relevant. Now while into setting up avast registration etc.. Go to "Settings" top right corner and click on "Updates". Go down to "Update Parameters" and check "My computer is permanently connected to the internet". Next go down to "Proxy Settings" and click "Direct Connect (no proxy) after which I did a bit more tweaking such as disabling sounds etc.....then closed out of avast and within minutes it automatically updated sure made me a happy camper.
I will leave PFW in this training mode for a few days then I will harden it up a bit by going into settings and use "Manual Control" and disable "auto response".....just want to make sure the Avast virus auto updates keep on working first though. Hope this all helps. By the way I am in XP Pro SP3 32bit and have a cable connection and router.
Anothermac...I gave up on Online Armor. It just didn't play well with my system. A better alternative for me awhile back was Outpost free which I found to work well with my system as well. Kind of leery about that program also as they don't seem to update it so am staying with PFW for now.
Cavehomme ....PCTFWbeta showed my "cable name and address" as "untrusted" when I first installed PCTFW so I don't know if that would be the same as home or public or not. Best would be to ask in the PC Tools forum. Me personally am going to stick with Private Firewall for now.
I hope you all didn't find this post confusing.

[26Dolphins]

Hi,

I noticed yesterday that the "Best Free Firewall" Article was among those recently updated and thought that the news about PC Tools Firewall Plus being discontinued would be now included, but it's not.

Shouldn't it?

[anothermack]

Originally Posted by cavehomme

I noticed that it no longer has home, work and public zones but just trusted and untrusted. I prefer to have some differentiation between home and work networks and i guess that trusted is the equivalent of home, not work???
.

Hello Cavehomme,

I am not an expert but I would have assumed that it is best to use 'untrusted'. To my understanding 'Trusted' would be if you are linked to a secure network (and some other firewall or router guarding your link to the outside). Donno if you are having such a Trusted Home network or not, but if not and directly linked to outside I would make the profile 'Untrusted'

Brgds
anothermack

[anothermack]

Originally Posted by wolfstr

The first thing I did was uninstall avast. Of course uninstalled PCTFW as well. Then I installed Private Firewall and left everthing at default settings. Then reinstalled avast but I am only installing "File, Network and Behavior Shields". But that shouldn't be relevant. Now while into setting up avast registration etc.. Go to "Settings" top right corner and click on "Updates". Go down to "Update Parameters" and check "My computer is permanently connected to the internet". Next go down to "Proxy Settings" and click "Direct Connect (no proxy) after which I did a bit more tweaking such as disabling sounds etc.....then closed out of avast and within minutes it automatically updated sure made me a happy camper.
I will leave PFW in this training mode for a few days then I will harden it up a bit by going into settings and use "Manual Control" and disable "auto response".....just want to make sure the Avast virus auto updates keep on working first though. Hope this all helps. By the way I am in XP Pro SP3 32bit and have a cable connection and router.
Anothermac...I gave up on Online Armor. It just didn't play well with my system. A better alternative for me awhile back was Outpost free which I found to work well with my system as well. Kind of leery about that program also as they don't seem to update it so am staying with PFW for now.
Cavehomme ....PCTFWbeta showed my "cable name and address" as "untrusted" when I first installed PCTFW so I don't know if that would be the same as home or public or not. Best would be to ask in the PC Tools forum. Me personally am going to stick with Private Firewall for now.
I hope you all didn't find this post confusing.

Thanks wolfstr,
will try to play likewise next time i try PFW.

brgds
anothermack

[Anupam]

Symantec have done it yet again... trashed a wonderful free product.

PC Tools Firewall retiring is a sad news, because the firewall was quite good. Anyways, on 31st Aug, the PC Tools Firewall page was showing that the firewall is retiring. Today, when I accessed the page, there is no such notice. I was confused if they were really retiring the firewall. So, I looked up in their forum, and got this post. :

Just be to clear, we are still releasing the final version 7 of the FW. However, there will be no further developments in regards to the standalone Firewall. You can still continue to use the Firewall for as long as you like and post on this forum. However, should you wish to upgrade in future, you will need to install PC Tools Internet Security.

So, from the above post, the final version of PC Tools Firewall 7.0 will be released, and will be free, but no further development of free firewall will be carried out.

This page also shows PC Tools Firewall as retired product :

http://www.pctools.com/support/answers/id/2521/

Anyways, I don't think that many users who know about the retirement of the firewall will be using it anymore. They will go for another free firewall.
But, people who like the firewall, or don't know about the retiring might still use the version 7.0.

Goodbye PC Tools Firewall from me.

[cavehomme]

The product page has been re-instated on the PCT site ! Let's wait and see what this means, permanent or just a temporary reprieve.

[wolfstr]

Originally Posted by Anupam

Symantec have done it yet again... trashed a wonderful free product.

PC Tools Firewall retiring is a sad news, because the firewall was quite good. Anyways, on 31st Aug, the PC Tools Firewall page was showing that the firewall is retiring. Today, when I accessed the page, there is no such notice. I was confused if they were really retiring the firewall. So, I looked up in their forum, and got this post. :



So, from the above post, the final version of PC Tools Firewall 7.0 will be released, and will be free, but no further development of free firewall will be carried out.

This page also shows PC Tools Firewall as retired product :

http://www.pctools.com/support/answers/id/2521/

Anyways, I don't think that many users who know about the retirement of the firewall will be using it anymore. They will go for another free firewall.
But, people who like the firewall, or don't know about the retiring might still use the version 7.0.

Goodbye PC Tools Firewall from me.

I agree. It was a good firewall as was sygate years ago. I have since moved on to Private Firewall which now is working great for me along with Avast so there is no turning back for me. Online Armor is another consideration but it didn't work well on my system. Outpost free don't seem to get updated either so I uninstalled that a while back. Comodo is another choice but don't care for the extraneous bloatware in the download just to use the firewall.
Yes, It is a sad day for PCTFW users.

[vasa1]

I'm planning to stay with version 6.0.0.88 for quite a while! I've just turned off the smart update option (which wasn't working overtime in any case).

[wolfstr]

The drama never ends http://www.pctools.com/forum/showpos...5&postcount=55

[vasa1]

Originally Posted by wolfstr

The drama never ends http://www.pctools.com/forum/showpos...5&postcount=55

He is a Man of Few Words ! (and fewer explanations)