> Zone alarm is to slow. Comodo was working fine with my system and that
> it all of sudden shut down monitoring. I uninstalled and reinstalled
> several times, but it still keeps happening. I downloaded the latest
> version of Comodo also. Is there any other freeware firewall that is
> good?
Give Sygate 5.6 a try. It's very well-behaved. Once you learn how
to go into the "properties" window for each application and neuter
it by turning off "server" and so on, it is safe. It gives full
stealth on Gibson's Shield's Up.