Well, sad to say that in Symantec's ongoing assimilation of smaller,
better companies they've recently acquired Sygate. They wasted
no time in discontinuing Sygate Personal Firewall, with some type
of inducement to move to Norton Internet Security.

"Guppy" <bogus@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> what is the thought on Sysgate Firewall?
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> Guppy
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> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>> If you're willing to purchase AV, I'd recommend eTrust 7.0. For the
>> freeware AV's, I'd choose AVG or Avast. For firewall, I'd just get
>> the Zone Alarm Free version which provides adequate protection
>> but needs a little training to learn what to allow & block. If you choose
>> Zone Alarm be sure during setup to choose the free version or you'll
>> end up with a trial version and a 30-day nag to pay the full price.
>>
>> "Gizmo" <wmjrx@mchsi.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ewhvf.709786$xm3.701768@attbi_s21...
>>> Hello . I am presently using Symantec products on Windows XP, but
>>> knowing that these can be resource hogs, it is time for a change. Any
>>> help is welcome.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> GIZMO
>>>
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