Connection Protection

Feature comparison
Not all firewalls are created equal. Some protect you only from incoming dangers and completely ignore potential enemies within your PC. Here's the lowdown on each of the five firewalls we examined.

Comparison chart

Product Incoming protection Outgoing protection E-mail protection Blocks specific IP addresses Security logs
ZoneAlarm 2.6 Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Norton Personal Firewall 2002 Yes Yes No No Yes
McAfee Firewall 3.0 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Tiny Personal Firewall 2.0.14 Yes Yes No No Yes
BlackIce Defender 2.5 Yes No No Yes Yes

 

But how did ZDNet test these firewalls? 

•  ZDNet recommends •  ZoneAlarm 2.6
•  Norton Personal Firewall 2002 •  McAfee Firewall 3.0
•  BlackIce Defender 2.5 •  Tiny Personal Firewall 2.0.14
•  Feature comparison •  ZDNet Labs tests personal firewalls
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