ZoneAlarm Firewall Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to ZoneAlarm Firewall for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is simplewall, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to ZoneAlarm Firewall and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to ZoneAlarm Firewall are Fort Firewall, BiniSoft Windows Firewall Control, TinyWall and Comodo Free Firewall.

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  1. Fort Firewall icon
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    Standalone firewall for Windows 7 and later featuring flexible rules by application, address, or protocol, wildcards, parent process filtering, SvcHost controls, blocklists, bandwidth graphs, traffic stats tracking, speed limits, and real-time network monitoring.

    40 Fort Firewall alternatives

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  2. TinyWall icon
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    TinyWall is a free software to harden and control the advanced firewall built into Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. TinyWall includes a combination of features that sets it apart from both commercial and freeware firewalls: TinyWall does not annoy you with popups at all...

    32 TinyWall alternatives

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  3. Comodo Firewall is a personal firewall, a genre of security software that secures PCs by policing Internet traffic on an app by app basis. The most prominent feature of a personal firewall is generating popup notifications when an unknown program attempts to access the Internet...

    36 Comodo Free Firewall alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Bundleware

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    • Windows
     
  4. Minimal Firewall is a portable Windows firewall frontend that alerts users to internet connections without requiring custom kernel modifications or disabling core isolation, striking a balance between TinyWall's security and SimpleWall's functionality.

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  5. Windows Firewall Notifier (WFN) extends the default Windows embedded firewall behavior, allowing to visualize and handle incoming or outgoing connections.

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    • Windows
     
  6. Free Firewall icon
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    Free Firewall is a full-featured professional firewall that protects against the threats of the Internet. Control every program on your computer by permit or deny access to the Internet. Free firewall notifies you when applications want to access the Internet in the background...

    15 Free Firewall alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  7. Privatefirewall icon
     26 likes

    This personal firewall and intrusion detection application provides comprehensive online security. It constantly monitors your PC for intrusion and reports any findings, so you can take the appropriate action.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  8. PC Tools Firewall Plus is a powerful free personal firewall for Windows® that protects your computer by preventing unauthorized users from gaining access to your computer through the Internet or a network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  9. SpyShelter icon
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    SpyShelter is an effective and easy-to-use security application that helps you to protect your system against known and unknown malware.

    62 SpyShelter alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  10. Enables per-application network monitoring with instant notifications, detailed logging, multiple predefined security zones, blocking of zero-day malware and telemetry, support for portable use, remote management, IPv6 networks, and flexible LAN connectivity settings.

    26 Windows 11 Firewall Control alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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