The last years I’ve relied on Tiny Personal Firewall as my firewall program (the old 2.x version that used to be free that is). That was until today when I decided I needed something that felt a bit more powerful and adjustable. I’ve tried a lot of firewalls out there, but I’ve never been able to find anything that I’ve felt satisfied with. I think the closest I came was Kerio’s free personal firewall, the only problem with that is that it freezes up a lot for me for some unknown reason, and it feels really slow and unresponsive when using it.

Today I discovered a hidden gem amonst the bloatware: Comodo Personal Firewall. Their page might make it seem a bit generic and dull, but it truly is a great program. It has a lot of customization options regarding program and access rules, and every time a new program tries to use an internet connection you’ll get a popup dialog asking what to do (optionally, you can turn this off and rely on the firewall’s internal database of safe programs to allow). Granted this isn’t a new feature or anything, even Tiny Personal Firewall had this, but it’s the overall impression that it conveys which makes it feel a bit more advanced. Something like that. Anyway, download it if you are in need of a light weight firewall program that doesn’t suck ass.

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