Firewall recommendations?

[TheFaQQer]

By phone home I mean apps that contact 'home' without your explicit knowledge or agreement (with or without malicious intent).

True AV does detect most trojans but not all. Also my kids use the PC so I'd like as much protection as possible.

Ahh - I was confusing them with rogue diallers.

[gadgetman]

Ah I'm still on XP. It sounds like the Vista one is much more functional.

So is Kaspersky an integrated AV/Firewall? It sounds like it if its blocking connenctions.

The Vista one does and I'm using Vista on all of my machines now. I also have Kaspersky AVP to catch virus' and trojans. It also blocks connections it thinks are suspicious.

You should be regularly scanning your system for dodgy stuff anyway, and also scanning all files you put on it to stop the virus'/trojans before they get as far as your machine anyway.

[Ardesco]

Yes and No.

The base version (which i have) scans your internet traffic and stops any websites that try to do something dodgy:

http://www.kaspersky.com/kaspersky_anti-virus_details

It pops up a box asking you if you want to allow the connection or terminate it.

However you can
also get:

http://www.kaspersky.com/kaspersky_internet_security

Which has a built in firewall too.

[oracleslave]

Sygate, old product that has been replaced I think but still works for me and should be available as a free download.

[portseven]

Have heard good things about core force, it's based on pf from the OpenBSD project, a very good firewall platform