McAfee Firewall 4.0

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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: At the time of this writing I have had Firewall 4.0 up and running for two weeks. In the two years I have had my computer, they have been the most frustrating two weeks. In my view Firewall 4.0 is a very poor platform at this time. Since I installed it I have been to their support forum ... many times detailing problems. In general it does not work with standby mode enabled, does not allow me to view secure web sites without shutting it off, and my system in general has become unstable. To add insult to injury, they know they have problems with this product and provide patches that cause more harm than good. ...

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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: At the time of this writing I have had Firewall 4.0 up and running for two weeks. In the two years I have had my computer, they have been the most frustrating two weeks. In my view Firewall 4.0 is a very poor platform at this time. Since I installed it I have been to their support forum ... many times detailing problems. In general it does not work with standby mode enabled, does not allow me to view secure web sites without shutting it off, and my system in general has become unstable. To add insult to injury, they know they have problems with this product and provide patches that cause more harm than good. ...

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Summary: annoying restart and awful visual interface
Review: I can not figure out how to get McAfee's Firewall product to automatically enable when I boot my PC. It really should automatically boot, rather than have to be enabled everytime the PC is booted. McAfee's FAQ section on their website does not answer that question, and in fact, it seems that McAfee's customer support strategy is to force customer to pay an annual fee of $$ or to pay $ per minute for customer service calls. BAD, BAD, BAD, AVOID THIS PRODUCT AND AVOID MCAFEE.

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Summary: Terrible Customer Support
Review: I can not figure out how to get McAfee's Firewall product to automatically enable when I boot my PC. It really should automatically boot, rather than have to be enabled everytime the PC is booted. McAfee's FAQ section on their website does not answer that question, and in fact, it seems that McAfee's customer support strategy is to force customer to pay an annual fee of $$ or to pay $ per minute for customer service calls. BAD, BAD, BAD, AVOID THIS PRODUCT AND AVOID MCAFEE.

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Summary: dud
Review: i cannot get this firewall to run at all, very unimpressed. mcafee firewall 3 is a dud

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Summary: Beware! No toll-free support. If it creats problems you pay
Review: I don't recommend this product. If Firewall has bugs and blocks all traffic, then you pay them for help to fix it. I down loaded Firewall 3 in Aug 2002. I had constant problems with it. It locked up my internet access, blocked my computer constantly from accessing the internet, and the online support comments were vague. FireWall had features for VPN and UDP protocols but were not supported, but you could turn it off. If you did not turn it off the firewall blocked all traffic. The only way to restore internet access was to re-boot. In Nov 2002 the preferences suddenly would no longer remain set. I tried the online patch and it did not correct the problem. I decided to cut my losses, and remove the program. Firewall set some switches, which block internet traffic, when the product was removed it did not release the setting and left my browser (both Netscape and IE) blocked from accessing the internet. I spent 25 hours troubleshooting the removal... I don't recommend McAfee Firewall under any circumstances...

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Summary: Beware! No toll-free support. If it creats problems you pay
Review: I don't recommend this product. If Firewall has bugs and blocks all traffic, then you pay them for help to fix it. I down loaded Firewall 3 in Aug 2002. I had constant problems with it. It locked up my internet access, blocked my computer constantly from accessing the internet, and the online support comments were vague. FireWall had features for VPN and UDP protocols but were not supported, but you could turn it off. If you did not turn it off the firewall blocked all traffic. The only way to restore internet access was to re-boot. In Nov 2002 the preferences suddenly would no longer remain set. I tried the online patch and it did not correct the problem. I decided to cut my losses, and remove the program. Firewall set some switches, which block internet traffic, when the product was removed it did not release the setting and left my browser (both Netscape and IE) blocked from accessing the internet. I spent 25 hours troubleshooting the removal... I don't recommend McAfee Firewall under any circumstances...

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Summary: Does a nice job
Review: I'm using McAfee Firewall version 4.02. I installed this directly from the McAfee VirusScan Home Edition CD-ROM. So far, this Firewall has not crashed my system and performs nicely. Included is an interesting program called McAfee Visual Trace. It tells you where the probes the Firewall blocked are coming from. This is useful if you want to report a hacker or spammer. McAfee Firewall 4.0 constantly monitors your Internet connection, and thus will use up a fair amount of system resources. I wouldn't use this program unless you have at least a Pentium II 450Mhz or faster processor, with 256MB or more of RAM.

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Summary: McAfee Rox
Review: McAfee Firewall 4 was everything I had hoped it would be. I use a T1 line at school and our school does not have a firewall. It has provided me security and has prevented any hacker attacks thus far. I would recommend this to any DSL/Cable/ or T1, T3 line users who don't have firewalls. It will make sure you have your security on the internet.

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Summary: A TYPICAL NIGHTMARISH SOFTWARE!
Review: The best thing I will say about this version of "McAfee Firewall" is that it is compatible with all the Windows Operating Systems, starting with '95. However, McAfee has not done enough in order to alleviate the problems that were notoriously inherent in the previous version.
Expect this Firewall to destabilize your system. Once you install it, you have little control over it. It is the software, (and not its user), that decides what to allow in, and what to deny access to the PC. Attempting to reconfigure it often worsens the problem. Its VPN and UDP protocol features have no support.
Bear in mind that it is very difficult to completely uninstall this Firewall, once you have installed it. And when the nightmares start, McAfee will choose to offer minimal support; but then, advises you to purchase 'McAfee Uninstaller' in order to remove it from your computer. An annoying trick, I would say!
In a nutshell, acquiring this Firewall is a big gamble, which I will not recommend.