Some firewalls are application oriented whereas others are location-based. Some are equipped with antivirus features while others are good at spyware protection. Here we bring a brief description of firewalls on the basis of their features
1. Application or Location-based Firewalls
An application firewall operates by monitoring and potentially blocking the input, output, or system service calls which do not meet the configured policy of the firewall while a location-based firewall blocks the traffic of a particular territory
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2. Firewalls with Antivirus/Antimalware protection
Viruses, malwares, root-kits, Trojans etc are potential threats that cause abnormal behavior in a system. Some firewalls have the ability to counter the threat while others leave it for the dedicated antivirus software
Other firewalls having antivirus protection are AVS firewall and Wallix Pro firewall while ZoneAlarm, Online Armor and Geo Firewall do not possess this feature.
(This article was first published on pcquest.com)