Comments on: Is there a way to disable Windows firewall without deactivating McAfee firewall?

By: pressler2904

pressler2904 — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:09:30 +0000

Having been involved with the configuration of desktop systems in a variety of environments for several years noe, I would strongly suggest NOT running the McAfee firewall (or Symantec/Norton either for that matter). Both are rather resource intensive.

In the course of my testing and (informal) research, I would suggest instead using Comodo firewall.

Now i realize that there are people who swear by McAfee and Symantec just as much as I swear at them, but unless you have a relatively fast system (three years old or newer), you WILL see a performance hit with either of the big two firewalls in place. Comodo is relatively lightweight, and has proven to be effective in a wide variety of situations and against a wide variety of threats.

Note that I AM NOT associated with Comodo in any way except as a user, and do not receive any compensation from them…

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By: kevinbeaver

kevinbeaver — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:54:32 +0000

I would definitely choose one firewall and stick with it…using multiple ones will not only cause problems, it also uses resources (CPU/memory/network) that don’t need to be used.

By: flame

flame — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:05:16 +0000

After installing SP2 you should go ahead and install SP3 you can get it here