Firewalls that work with Vista

Anyone aware of Personal Firewalls that work with Vista? I tried McAfee
Antivirus Plus but caused Vista to crush after I got a message which said it
was incompatible. I had to log in safe mode and remove it.

I know Vista has a better firewall now but it does not block outgoing
traffic by default and I would really want something that would warn me when
an application wants to access internet so that I can choose to let it or not.

Vista has firewall software already that works quite well.


--
Richard Hay
Windows Live Butterfly
Windows Vista RTM (Build 6000)
http://WindowsObserver.com


"Adil Hindistan" <> wrote in message
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> Anyone aware of Personal Firewalls that work with Vista? I tried McAfee
> Antivirus Plus but caused Vista to crush after I got a message which said
> it
> was incompatible. I had to log in safe mode and remove it.
>
> I know Vista has a better firewall now but it does not block outgoing
> traffic by default and I would really want something that would warn me
> when
> an application wants to access internet so that I can choose to let it or
> not.

I already said that. It does not however do what I want which is to be
alerted with a dialog when an application wants to access internet, does it?

"Richard Hay" wrote:

> Vista has firewall software already that works quite well.
>
>
> --
> Richard Hay
> Windows Live Butterfly
> Windows Vista RTM (Build 6000)
> http://WindowsObserver.com
>
>
> "Adil Hindistan" <> wrote in message
> newsE0EE954-8EB8-4E49-854A-...
> > Anyone aware of Personal Firewalls that work with Vista? I tried McAfee
> > Antivirus Plus but caused Vista to crush after I got a message which said
> > it
> > was incompatible. I had to log in safe mode and remove it.
> >
> > I know Vista has a better firewall now but it does not block outgoing
> > traffic by default and I would really want something that would warn me
> > when
> > an application wants to access internet so that I can choose to let it or
> > not.
>
>

Yes it does.

I use One Care Live though so that may be why it is alerting me when
something tries to access.


--
Richard Hay
Windows Live Butterfly
Windows Vista RTM (Build 6000)
http://WindowsObserver.com



"Adil Hindistan" <> wrote in message
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>I already said that. It does not however do what I want which is to be
> alerted with a dialog when an application wants to access internet, does
> it?
>
> "Richard Hay" wrote:
>
>> Vista has firewall software already that works quite well.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Richard Hay
>> Windows Live Butterfly
>> Windows Vista RTM (Build 6000)
>> http://WindowsObserver.com
>>
>>
>> "Adil Hindistan" <> wrote in
>> message
>> newsE0EE954-8EB8-4E49-854A-...
>> > Anyone aware of Personal Firewalls that work with Vista? I tried McAfee
>> > Antivirus Plus but caused Vista to crush after I got a message which
>> > said
>> > it
>> > was incompatible. I had to log in safe mode and remove it.
>> >
>> > I know Vista has a better firewall now but it does not block outgoing
>> > traffic by default and I would really want something that would warn me
>> > when
>> > an application wants to access internet so that I can choose to let it
>> > or
>> > not.
>>
>>

That's probably why. Because I know that out of the box RTM firewall does
not alert me on anything and everything I read suggest that it would not

Adil

"Richard Hay" wrote:

> Yes it does.
>
> I use One Care Live though so that may be why it is alerting me when
> something tries to access.
>
>
> --
> Richard Hay
> Windows Live Butterfly
> Windows Vista RTM (Build 6000)
> http://WindowsObserver.com
>
>
>
> "Adil Hindistan" <> wrote in message
> newsC5FE729-5D3F-47D5-9E42-...
> >I already said that. It does not however do what I want which is to be
> > alerted with a dialog when an application wants to access internet, does
> > it?
> >
> > "Richard Hay" wrote:
> >
> >> Vista has firewall software already that works quite well.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Richard Hay
> >> Windows Live Butterfly
> >> Windows Vista RTM (Build 6000)
> >> http://WindowsObserver.com
> >>
> >>
> >> "Adil Hindistan" <> wrote in
> >> message
> >> newsE0EE954-8EB8-4E49-854A-...
> >> > Anyone aware of Personal Firewalls that work with Vista? I tried McAfee
> >> > Antivirus Plus but caused Vista to crush after I got a message which
> >> > said
> >> > it
> >> > was incompatible. I had to log in safe mode and remove it.
> >> >
> >> > I know Vista has a better firewall now but it does not block outgoing
> >> > traffic by default and I would really want something that would warn me
> >> > when
> >> > an application wants to access internet so that I can choose to let it
> >> > or
> >> > not.
> >>
> >>
>
>

It depends on the application is the best i can say. I don't have the One
Care beta on right now and I get the occasional prompt asking to make an
exception. The default for vista though is only unsolicited inbound
blocking which shouldn't be causing too many breaks, as something that
initiates a event still can listen. Its an elegant balance. You can enable
two way firewall but that isn't the default.

As for what works. I know the one care beta 1.5 which is on connect works
dandy.
--
Josh
http://windowsconnected.com
"Adil Hindistan" <> wrote in message
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> That's probably why. Because I know that out of the box RTM firewall does
> not alert me on anything and everything I read suggest that it would not
>
>
> Adil
>
> "Richard Hay" wrote:
>
>> Yes it does.
>>
>> I use One Care Live though so that may be why it is alerting me when
>> something tries to access.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Richard Hay
>> Windows Live Butterfly
>> Windows Vista RTM (Build 6000)
>> http://WindowsObserver.com
>>
>>
>>
>> "Adil Hindistan" <> wrote in
>> message
>> newsC5FE729-5D3F-47D5-9E42-...
>> >I already said that. It does not however do what I want which is to be
>> > alerted with a dialog when an application wants to access internet,
>> > does
>> > it?
>> >
>> > "Richard Hay" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Vista has firewall software already that works quite well.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Richard Hay
>> >> Windows Live Butterfly
>> >> Windows Vista RTM (Build 6000)
>> >> http://WindowsObserver.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Adil Hindistan" <> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> newsE0EE954-8EB8-4E49-854A-...
>> >> > Anyone aware of Personal Firewalls that work with Vista? I tried
>> >> > McAfee
>> >> > Antivirus Plus but caused Vista to crush after I got a message which
>> >> > said
>> >> > it
>> >> > was incompatible. I had to log in safe mode and remove it.
>> >> >
>> >> > I know Vista has a better firewall now but it does not block
>> >> > outgoing
>> >> > traffic by default and I would really want something that would warn
>> >> > me
>> >> > when
>> >> > an application wants to access internet so that I can choose to let
>> >> > it
>> >> > or
>> >> > not.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>