If you just bought a new PC, what should you do first before anything else? I think there are many answers out there, but for me, it will be protecting your PC from any malicious software such as spyware, adware, rootkit, malware and so on.

So, what is the first step that you should do before anything else?

The first thing that you need to do is to turn on the Windows Firewall. Even though it’s not that good, but at least it can protect you from some threats rather than you’re surfing online naked.

After that, you can find better firewall from the Internet. There are many firewalls that are free to download. Just search it on Google and you’ll find it. I recommend you to use Comodo Firewall Pro or ZoneAlarm.

However, using firewalls also need you to have some knowledge about the processes that are running in your PC. Because if you don’t know which process is malicious and which is not, that could become a problem.

If you want to know which process is malicious and which is not, open your task manager, find the running processes tab and search for each process on Google. That should give you some idea.

After that, if you find unknown process trying to send information out or trying to get in, you will know it if it’s malicious or not.

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I just installed Comodo Firewall Pro today and I love it. The new version have several features such as The Clean PC Mode, Smart Alert, Host Intrusion Prevention System and many more.

I also love the new Graphic User Interface. The installing wizard will guide to install the firewall without hassle. If you haven’t upgrade your firewall yet, go to http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ now.

One more, if you want to test your firewall, you can use a software called LeakTest.

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Firewall is an important components in computer security. Therefore, I would like to list some free firewall that you can use. I’ve not tested all of it and I cannot give you any recommendation. But if you’ve tested it and wanted to give your review, feel free to link to this post.

PC tools firewall plus http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

Comodo Firewall Pro http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Outpost Firewall http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpostfree/download.php

Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Home-Home-Office/Sunbelt-Personal-Firewall/Download
(Paid version for 30 days and free version after that)

AshampooA Firewall Free

R-Firewall http://www.r-firewall.com/

Jetico Personal Firewall V2 http://www.jetico.com/

SoftPerfect Personal Firewall http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/

Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=53687

Filseclab Personal Firewall http://www.filseclab.com/eng/products/firewall.htm

Ghostwall Firewall http://www.ghostsecurity.com/ghostwall/

Core Force http://force.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=base&page;=main

SmoothWall http://www.smoothwall.org/

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