The laptops are really popular these days, and this is thanks to their big advantage – the portability. A laptop is small and light enough to be easily carried around when traveling, and it can also work with a battery, so no power source is required. So this means that you can do all your favorite computer activities wherever you want, and thanks to the wireless technology you can also browse the internet from about any place you want.

No matter if you are using a computer or a laptop, you definitely need to have a firewall on your computer, in case you often access the internet. A firewall is a part of a computer system that is made to block unauthorized access. But in the same time it permits authorized communication. Usually the new versions of the Windows operating system have an included firewall, but you can also buy and install some other firewall software.

So for today we’ll try to find some of the best firewalls for laptops , and discuss a little about them. We found a top that is already made, and it is quite a recent one (for 2010) and this was made by the editors from the site all-internet-security.com. And this is quite a good site, so we can trust that the top 5 is good too.

The first firewall from the top (so the best one) is the Zone Alarm Pro Firewall 2010. It is easy to install (it has a step by step installation wizard) and also easy to use (it has some default security settings, that are just great for those who are not specialists in such things). It combines the firewall with identity protection and also an anti spyware software. It is compatible with the best software and Windows operating system and it is not so expensive either, with a price of just 29 dollars.

The second place goes to the F Secure Internet Security 2010, a program that is a little more expensive, with a price of 59 dollars. It is a good and complex firewall that will protect your computer from internet threads, and some of its main features would be: it tells you which websites are safe in real time, it includes a web surfing time lock for kids, it detects and also removes rootkits, it prevents malicious dialer programs from using your internet connection and has other features too.

The third position in this top of the best firewalls for laptops is occupied by the Prisma Firewall 2009. This software has a price of 29 dollars, and it was designed for home and small office settings. It provides a reliable solution for preventing intrusions on your PC, and also a personal firewall for individual computers. It can also filter network traffic, monitor the traffic connections that you have, scan the web traffic, and also has Trojan protection.

The forth firewall software from this top is the Net Firewall 3.0, 2009, which is an effective solution for protecting your system or your local network from external threats and other malicious acts, without limiting the capabilities of your network. This one costs 49 dollars and it has three levels of stealth security, a port mapping and it is a comprehensive firewall.

And finally the fifth position is occupied by the ESET Smart Security 4 Firewall, which will protect you from viruses, worms, spyware and other threats that come form the internet. It also blocks spam and includes a personal firewall, and fast scanning speeds. And it costs 59 dollars.

So now you know the top 5 preferences of the editors from all-internet-security.com, and if you know some other firewalls that worked really well for you, please tell us more about them. Have a nice day!11