Pros

• Sunbelt Personal Firewall has a unique interface which you’ll find easy to use
• It’s one of the best firewall software suites at blocking malware (malicious software) like viruses, worms and Trojans
• It is also one of the cheapest in the market
• Updates are available automatically and every hour of the day keeping your PC secure 24/7

Cons

• It’s password protection is not as secure as what we’ve found in other firewall software suites

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Sunbelt Personal Firewall is built for one main purpose. And that’s to stop malicious programs reaching your PC.

It doesn’t matter what threat it is, as long as it’s not right for your PC, Sunbelt will ensure it is blocked to prevent harm to you.

Threats do evolve over time of course and new ones emerge daily. And at times your spam filter software may not be able to keep up with it all. So you could be left open to various threats and data theft could be a reality you may face.

But that’s not what we found during our Sunbelt Personal Firewall software review. And the best part is it works well with antivirus and antispyware programs to bring you additional protection. This includes security products from other manufacturers and not just Sunbelt.

The threats that Sunbelt personal firewall will protect you from are many and varied. They include all forms of malware(malicious software) threats and hackers, phishing attacks, spam, keyloggers and more.

An antivirus program can only go so far in protecting you from hackers. You need a combination of all security programs including your antispyware software. But most importantly, you need a firewall like Sunbelt that will prevent these threats from actually reaching you.

And that’s the beauty of a good firewall software program. It blocks threats and doesn’t allow them to infect your PC. As they say, prevention is better than cure.

So why pick Sunbelt personal firewall over other programs like Outpost Firewall Pro, ZoneAlarm Firewall Pro or Norman Personal Firewall?

From the firewall reviews we’ve carried out, all the above have been effective and have easily stopped the threats we’ve thrown at them.

But there are a couple of things we liked about Sunbelt that give it an edge over the competition.

For starters, Sunbelt Personal firewall software is easy to install, irrespective of your computer skills. Whether a novice or experienced user, the process will be simple and you’ll have it fully installed in a few minutes.

During installation, you’ll have the choice of a simple or advanced installation. The latter involves a learning mode and you’ll be able to familiarise yourself with the software.

After installation, the software will allow you to tweak the various interface features to your specific needs and it will now be fully operational, ready to protect.

The interface has a traffic monitor that will display a graph with the amount of incoming or outgoing traffic in Kilobytes per second. It has a switch which will allow you to stop all traffic, and you’ll notice the graph will quickly record it.

It also has a pop-up blocker and ad-blocker which you use to stop all annoying pop-ups and adverts. You create rules and define the ports to be accessed and the firewall software will act accordingly.

Summary

There are many other good features we found during our Sunbelt personal firewall software review and they easily match and beat some of the competition.

All in all, it’s a good firewall program and it will provide you with the high level of protection you need.