Sygate Personal Firewall Pro

[Andrei Liutec]

Probably one of the best firewalls out there, Sygate Personal Firewall Pro combines stability, performance and low resource consumption with a highly accessible interface thus offering you the safest online experience.

Unfortunately no longer available for sale, this firewall is a "must-have" for all Windows XP users.

"Sygate Personal Firewall has been replaced by an advanced "Smart Firewall," available in Symantec’s Norton Internet Security. This firewall is based on Sygate Personal Firewall’s same IPD/IDS technology and provides you with robust online security. This firewall, included in the Norton Internet Security product, provides a simple, unified way to stay protected from online threats. Norton Internet Security also includes essential protection from viruses, spyware, hackers, phishing, and more. " Quote from http://www.symantec.com/norton/sygate/index.jsp

Download link: http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=sygate

I personally recommend version 5.5.2637.
The program is free for personal use without registration with limitation of some advanced features.

[laurentio]

Fully agree here with Andrei on this one!
Sygate is my favourite firewall by far.
The only thing I’m not too sure about is Norton as it is hard to tell how much of Sygate's technology has been used to develop the new Norton Security Suite. They've always had problems with the firewall side of their products and that's something unseen with Sygate Firewall.