Firewalls and dial up

[mal]

I friend of mine recently asked me about a firewall for her PC.

She only uses a dial up internet connection, which I wouldn't have thought worth worrying about, but she was quite adamant about needing one. Is a firewall a must for everybody these days?

 

[Curtis]

Yeah pretty much. I remember getting the "blaster" worm (the one that continusously shut your computer down) when I was on dial up. You never know what flaw the next hacker will exploit.

 

[mal]

<s>Any recommendations for a software firewall?</s>

Nevermind, I read through Jaded's thread a bit further down the forum.

 

[Curtis]

<s>The usual suspects - Zone Alarm, Sygate Personal Firewall, Kerio. I'd suspect for dial up, they are all as good as one another.</s>

Oh. Ok.

 

[Alexvrb]

I still like ZA's interface the best, out of the free/inexpensive firewalls I've tried. They should have an "I know the drill" checkbox for the installer though, so I don't have to go through the extra crap when installing/updating.