Antivirus and firewall software represents two different categories of protection programs, with very specialized role in computer security industry. On our website you can find free advice about how to choose the best anti virus and firewall program to protect with maximum of effect your PC against unwanted threats.
The antivirus program is projected to eliminate unwanted virus infiltrations. Viruses are small pieces of code which can access resources from the infected PC and plays different roles. A part of infiltrations are dedicated to destroy data from the hard drive, other viruses steal different private info from the infected PC. The purpose of a virus is usually to make from computers, accessible entities or to destroy important data from hard drives, without any material advantage for the virus creator.
However, a large part of viruses launched on the Internet are created by the antivirus producers. In this way, the public is determined to buy different types of antiviruses to assure their computer protection against this type of web threats.
Comparing with antivirus, the firewall software is made to protect the PC’s against other types of threats: the hackers. This type of problem is determined by the unsecured networks and low protected computer ports. To be protected against the hackers you must have blocked the communication gateways from exterior.
The best firewall is a physical firewall. For this purpose it can be used specialized hardware firewall but the price for this solution is very high for a home user. For example, Barracuda produces very good specialized hardware fire wall, but the price is still high for an average computer user. Other solution for home is using of a router which separate the computer from the network.
If the hacker tries to enter from the network through the ports of computer will be limited by the virtual PC represented by the router. In this case, almost any hack attempt will be blocked. However a very good hacker is able to enter in your computer directly through the router but this is difficult for a non experienced hacker.
The software solution is to install a firewall on the PC. This type of software is specialized to block the hack attempts by monitoring and blocking different communication ports. However, no one usual antivirus is not able to block these attacks because are not projected for this purpose. The firewalls are specialized and able to block almost all these threats. An important part are very advanced and it can made the computer hidden for the hackers.
However, if you need an antivirus – firewall software you can choose a security suite solution which integrates a firewall and a antivirus software in the same time.
Our recommendations for a good firewall software are: ZoneAlarm Pro 2009 and Norman Personal Firewall. If you needs a good anti virus solution we recommend you using of: Kaspersky Antivirus and Bit Defender 2010.
If you still needs a antivirus firewall soft we recommend you to try Kaspersky Internet Security and ZoneAlarmInternet Security 2010. Both programs offers good features and are able to replace a good antivirus firewall software.
