Hey, I'm looking for a good and free firewall and antivirus. i was thinking Comodo for the firewall but I am not sure about the anti virus. Is Windows Defender an anti virus? Cause I have that already but I am not sure what it is exactly. Also, is Comodo actually any good? Thanks.
If you're worried about incoming traffic, the Windows firewall can work fine. Any of the free 3 (AVG, Avast, Avira) work well enough, though I prefer Avira by far myself (edit: it's the most lightweight out of the 3 while also having the best detection rates, which I like!)
If you are behind a router, you don't need a firewall (routers are hardware firewalls). If you are still scared, just use the windows one- there is no reason to bog down your system with something that won't help you in the long run.
If you are behind a router, you don't need a firewall (routers are hardware firewalls). If you are still scared, just use the windows one- there is no reason to bog down your system with something that won't help you in the long run.Munkyman587
Not all routers had firewall builtin. i know my wifi router has firewall builtin. but not the wiered router.
Just google it, the way routers (not splitters) handle incoming traffic at least acts as a simplistic firewall through network address translation. However, some manufacturers beef up the security so it is more robust (and they can advertise it).
Thank you everyone for replying, I think I am going to go with the Windows Firewall because I tried Zone Alarm and Comodo, and I wasn't big fans of both of them. As for Anti-Virus/Spyware I'm using AVG right now and it seems to be pretty good, but I'm wondering which one is more of a resource hog, AVG or AVast?
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