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   Review - Online Armor Personal Firewall Free Edition

   3.0.0.190 (Jul 29, 2009)

   I recently installed Online Armor Free Edition. I had read the blurb, and given it came out 4th in a test of both PAID and free firewalls, outperformed Zone Alarm Free by a good margin and was allegedly light on resources, it seemed like a good plan to at least try it.
   
   Firstly, it was easy enough to install. I didn't mess about and just went for recommended install, and it was on. It asked me about outgoing programs at first - I clicked on ' allow / trust ' etc each time, and that was it.
   
   I gave it a quick blast on Shields Up and no problems, fully stealthed etc. It is certainly lighter than ZA and Comodo. I don't get any reminders now as it knows what is a goodie and that's the end of the story. All in all, the whole procedure has been a doddle and I'm pretty pleased that I went over to it. My reasoning is that if I can have a good firewall that offers better protection than ZA, is lighter and also free, then it's a no brainer. I tried Comodo and it was just too intrusive for my liking and slowed things down irritatingly. Who needs that for maybe a very slim protection advantage?
   So far, I'm absolutely satisfied. I had Kaspersky firewall a while ago, along with the anti virus, but while it was a decent program, the whole Kaspersky thing is just a little too highly strung for me.
   
   I'm happy with this nice n easy, light, yet powerful and very well respected firewall, and the fact that it's free is even more praiseworthy.