Freeware Tools: Quick Heal Firewall Pro 3.0

Quick Heal Firewall Pro 3.0 provides the first line of defense against malicious software by proactively controlling how programs behave and interact on a PC and preventing security breaches. The Host Protection module proactively monitors for and blocks sophisticated hacking techniques used to compromise or steal data. By analyzing threats and displaying actionable alerts, Host Protection blocks zero-day attacks and other unauthorized activities, providing advanced protection against botnets, rootkits and inadvertent data disclosure.

Among the protection layers available in computer security suites is the firewall, a component that checks the incoming and outgoing traffic and it block abnormal activities or alert the user about them.

Quick Heal Firewall Pro is available for users of the Internet and Total Security (2010 or below) suites from the same developer. The tool does not install on the system unless one of the two packages is present on the system.

The configuration panel of the application is not too complicated but it may present itself as a challenge for the less experienced user. On the other hand, the developer delivers a default configuration that is suitable for most users.

The firewall can create rules for well-known programs that are signed by trusted vendors or developers automatically for a less intrusive activity.

On the same note, it can be instructed to run in background or entertainment mode and have most of the connections blocked.

However, fine-tuning options are also present, allowing a more experienced user to enforce stricter rules. As such, there is the possibility to define the ICMP messages that are allowed for inbound or outbound connections.

Furthermore, the attack detection level of the application can be set to trigger an alert when specific conditions imposed by the user are met. Among the automatic actions that can be taken there is the possibility to block the connection from the intruder IP for a user-defined period of time.

Properly set up, Quick Heal Firewall Pro should provide pretty good protection. It includes flexible configuration options that could lead to silent protection.