Best FREE Firewalls for Windows

Free to download - Free to keep

After the success of the ZoneAlarm firewall a few years ago dozens of new firewall software programs are published every year. Only some of them are worth your time and your money. Especially for private and non-profit organization many excellent products are available for FREE. This web site attempts to list, test and rate the best FREE firewall products for Windows. All our TOP5 Firewalls support Windows Vista.

Our list of the BEST FREE desktop firewalls for Windows:

Ranking		Software	Comment / Review
1		Comodo Free Firewall Download	Best product in the free-firewall category with impressive performance and an easy-to-use interface.
2		ZoneAlarm Free Firewall Download	Extremely easy to use
3		Ashampoo Free Firewall Download	Good free firewall, but not as reliable as our #1 and #2 picks.
4		Agnitum Free Firewall Download	Recommended by website visitors
5		Sunbelt/Kerio Free Firewall Download	The Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall will keep on working after the first 30 days, only in a more limited mode, but free. Does not work on Vista.

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Here is a list of free firewalls that were suggested to us lately and that are queued for testing:

• Lock n' Stop (Lite version is free)
• Premedius
• BitDefender (Firewall/Antivirus)
• Jetico Personal Firewall
• R-Firewall
• Securepoint Personal Firewall & VPN Client
• SoftPerfect Personal Firewall
• AVG firewall
  

And here is a list of free firewalls that we tested recently already and rejected them, i. e. they did not make it into the "iOpus' TOP 5 List of free firewalls. Please note that these rejected services might still be good and useful. They simply did not make it into our "TOP 5" list, i. e. they are - according to our opinion and tests - not better than any of the 5 free firewalls in the IOPUS's TOP 5 list.

• http://www.tinysoftware.com - no longer available
• Sygate Personal Firewall has been acquired by Symantec and the firewall software will be discontinued.
• Kerio Personal Firewall was acquired by Sunbelt Software. The software is now available at http://www.sunbelt-software.com

Note: Windows XP already contains a mediocre firewall. This firewall is NO replacement for a dedicated software solution. 

Important: Are you connecting to the Internet via public hotspots? Then you need a VPN solution (e. g. the free iPig VPN software ) in addition to a good firewall.

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