Protect your PC with this comprehensive free personal firewall
PC Tools Firewall Plus 6.0.0.88
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21 Jan 2010, Chris Wiles , V3
Verdict
Use this free firewall to protect individual computers on your existing networkReview Rating:
Platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista
Manufacturer: PC Tools
Size: 8.1MB
Number of Downloads: 11394
Price: $ Free
This is the software publisher's description.
PC Tools Firewall Plus is a powerful personal firewall for Windows that protects your computer from intruders and controls the network traffic in and out of your PC. By monitoring applications that connect to the network Firewall Plus can stop Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers and other malware from damaging your computer and stealing your private information.
PC Tools Firewall Plus is advanced technology designed specially for people, not experts. Powerful prevention against attacks and known exploits is activated by default and advanced users can also easily create their own packet filtering rules to customize the network defenses. All you need to do is install it for immediate and automatic ongoing protection.
That’s why PC Tools Firewall Plus provides world-leading protection, backed by regular Smart Updates, OnGuard real-time protection and comprehensive network shielding to ensure your system remains safe and hacker free. PC Tools products are trusted and used by millions of people everyday to protect their home and business computers against online threats.
We recommend you use PC Tools Firewall Plus in combination with Spyware Doctor for comprehensive system protection against spyware, adware and other threats.
The latest Firewall Plus contains a number of new features including smart application rules that enable you to quickly set up how applications on your system access the Internet. The new Stealth Mode protection will hide your presence on your internal network and stop other computers from access your machine.
This is the new v6 release which contains a number of new features including the ability to password protect your firewall, reduced alerts for an improved end-user experience and a normal/expert mode.
© Incisive Media Investments Limited 2010, Published by Incisive Financial Publishing Limited, Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4RX, are companies registered in England and Wales with company registration numbers 04252091 & 04252093
Do you agree?
Bizarre behaviour
Is this any good? Dunno - didn't get that far. Having scanned the download I ran the installer. First thing that happened was my current firewall flagged a warning that the installer was trying to access MySpace. I put a stop to that and, a few seconds later, the installer itself flashed a message that it was trying to access a remote IP address. At that point I cancelled the download and binned the thing.
Posted by Ron Graves, 14 Apr 2008
Wow! Hands down the Best Firewall Ever!
Easy enough for the 1st timer yet has all the pro advanced features for us who want more control like port blocking, has so many advanced blocking that its insane. Truly a tweakers dream but straight out the gate it blocks all the bad guys in the place........truly the BEST Firewall hands down.
Posted by JDAHalo, 07 Aug 2008
Wary of this program!
I tried it and its rubbish! It slowed my computer to a crawl and then constantly locked up. Then to add insult to misery it took ages to remove. After numerous attempts to uninstall I had to use system restore to get rid of it. To be honest I have become so worried by this download that I have now carried out a total format and reinstall of my computer to ensure that I've got rid of this awful piece of software.
vnunet.com comment: PC Tools software is some of the best around and this is completely legitimate. However, remember that security software works differently across each PC and it might simply clash with another security app on your computer. You can't, for example, have more than one software firewall on your computer.
Posted by David Lowe, 16 Aug 2008
Problems with PC Tools Firewall
Used PC tools firewall 3.0 for a long time with no problems. PC tools 4 (downloaded oct 24 2008), resulted in problems on my XP pro system. Initially worked fine, then after two reboots noted:
1. My wireless connections were no longer detected.
2. Tried to uninstall but had difficulty as system froze. After rebooting it may have only partially uninstalled, but now is apparently gone, as I have my wireless back.
I liked the GUI and I was pleased with the organization of the thing, but what am I going to do? I'll try 5.0 when it comes online.
I'm a B+ level in terms of all things computers. Nothing special about my relatively new system.
Posted by John, 25 Oct 2008
What are you going on about
There is nothing at all wrong with this Firewall, its user friendly, works well and unlike Zone Alarm it wont slow down start up.
Posted by BazBeresford, 29 May 2009