Free firewall recommendations

[cy]

Hi,
I have been working on my brothers laptop for the past couple of days
just giving it a general cleanup. Whilst doing this i noticed that the only
firewall he was using was Windows.

My ISP supplied me with a firewall so i use this. I was just wondering if
using windows firewall is enough or should he be using another instead.

If so can anyone recommend a free, easy to use firewall as he is not too
computer literate.

Any help with this would be highly appreciatted.

Thanks in advance.

Colin

 

[R. McCarty]

Depends on how involved your brother wants to be in securing
the system. If he is knowledgeable enough to answer prompts on
what to allow/disallow then maybe Zone Alarm or Online Armour
may be a better choice. Otherwise the Windows Firewall is OK.
http://www.tallemu.com/free-firewall-protection-software.html
http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/catalog/products/zonealarm_free_firewall.jsp
*Both links should go to the "Free" products, but always be
careful not to inadvertently download a 30-Day free trial that
will eventually want payment to continue use.