May i know which commerical firewall available works the best with winxp or vista? Does it work well with the best anti-virus software? I am using winxp and i intend to scrap the windows bitdefender program thus would anyone here recommed me a combination of both anti-virus and firewall?

AVG 7.5 and Zonealarm Free will do you fine.

And both free

Hello LebronJames, we appear to be from the same place, aint' we?


AVG and ZoneAlarm should do you all fine, as Upgrader suggested. Here are the sites:
AVG Free Advisor: Free anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-malware tools
Check Point ZoneAlarm - ZoneAlarm FREE Download

However they are most likely not Vista-compatible. If you are using Vista and not XP, you could actually stick with the Windows Firewall built in Vista for the time being for it's considerably better than that which can be found in Windows XP. Aside from that it's mostly betas available right now, such as TrendMicro Internet Security suite, which is in a free public beta. Others, such as Norton, are in closed betas. Antivirus software is much more up-to-date, though, with Avast, AVG, and others offering compatibility in some of the latest builds.



If you have any questions at anytime during the installation or use of AVG and ZoneAlarm, feel free to ask in the appropriate area.