I couldn't agree more. That's why I stay away from all but the native XP Firewall, and always use a hardware firewall rather than software firewall.
I bet you that software firewalls have caused their users much more grief than any virus or spyware could have.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by traveler123:
...Firewalls are very dangerous. They all work differently, and many exceptions, like virtual drives, may not be detected. So you may be blinded, and without a considerable knowledge of ports and how they’re used, you may be in big trouble. Often when a firewall closes a port, uninstalling the program will not open the port. Even restoring Windows XP to a previous state may not open the port.
I know of one person who in frustration reformatted his hard disk to get rid of the effects of Zone Alarm.</font>