Bad to have multiple firewalls?

[bartthecartoon]

I recently received a Trojan Horse and since then I have been obsessed with keeping my computer secure. I currently have 3 firewalls installed on my computer (Norton, Windows, and Zone Labs). I have read that you should only have one firewall enabled, is that true, if so why?

 

[brady]

Thats true... These FW's negatively impact eachother and the other web apps you might have/use.

These FW's hinder internet access badly.

 

[Ste]

Might wanna look into a router. Also Norton is very crappy, Try Avasti or AVG for free anti virus protection, if you use IE, don't and download Firefox and use it, its safer.

 

[Spork 2.0]

Might wanna look into a router. Also Norton is very crappy, Try Avasti or AVG for free anti virus protection, if you use IE, don't and download Firefox and use it, its safer.

Sound advice indeed; combining a router with a good firewall like Kerio Personal Firewall or Tiny is a good choice. Also, check this site out.

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

 

[spyro187]

I think that one of the main key points that is mentioned is the use of Firefox. Most problems that happen with spyware and such these days are due to IE. I generally like to stay away from the large vendor personal firewalls. They seem to cause more problems than they fix.