This has been discussed in the past. The best incoming Firewall is a 
router that has a hardware firewall (most do). Even if you are not using 
a local area network, you can get a cheap router with firewall and 
install it.

As to any outgoing firewall, I have seen numerous recommendations. I've 
tried several of them and have yet to find a user friendly program. One 
or more even say they set up automatically and yet when you dig into it 
they rely upon manual directions for outgoing protection and are 
primarily automatic for incoming only. It would not be bad manual 
selecting when to block outgoing if the description of the item was 
understandable to the common user and/or there was a recommendation from 
the firewall. Most of the time it is trial and error as to blocking. In 
essence, you chose to block and then see what happens. If blocking 
produces undesirable results, you need to go into the program settings 
and unblock. By now, Firewall programs have been around long enough to 
know what to not block without having to ask.

Tom Mayer

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> I'm sure this has been posted before, but have not kept all  inquires, but 
> which of the FREE firewalls would you recommend.  At the  present time, I'm 
> using Windows, but want something else, or do you think  Windows is equally as 
> good as any of the others.   Harriet
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