PC Tools Firewall Plus: free firewall for Windows Vista/XP/2000

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PC Tools Firewall Plus: free firewall for Windows Vista/XP/2000

by Brad Linder Oct 4th 2007

Sure, Windows comes with a basic firewall, but when it comes to protecting your computer from malicious attacks, you can never be too careful. PC Tools Firewall Plus is a powerful firewall from the makers of Spyware Doctor. And it also happens to be free.

PC Tools Firewall Plus gives you much more control over your firewall than the built in Windows Firewall application. There's an expert mode for advanced users, and a normal mode for umm.. normal users. The first time you run the firewall you'll get a bunch of pop-ups asking if you want to allow any programs you're currently running to access the internet.

But once you get past that, you can leave the firewall running in the background and pretty much ignore it. If you want to edit advanced permissions, view your history, or see the packets that have been blocked, you can do that. There's also a new stealth mode that lets your system hide from other computers on the network. In other words, you can connect to other computers, but they cannot connect to you.

[via Cybernet]

Tags: firewall, firewall-plus, pc-tools, spyware-doctor

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Joel Verhagen said 6:04PM on 10-04-2007

I wonder how it compares to Comodo or ZoneAlarm...

Tscharli said 7:15PM on 10-04-2007

Perfect killer- application: install, restart, never the winlogon again!

Scott said 8:51AM on 10-05-2007

I tried it, and had to uninstall it; too many problems. Still waiting for Kerio/Sunbelt & Comodo to get off their asses.

Arie said 9:48AM on 10-07-2007

During installation of PC Tools Firewall I got 2 warnings not to continue installation, because software not compatable with Window Logo test and might dammage my system. Can I install firewall or should I look for another one. Please advise.

jgs said 8:33AM on 10-08-2007

comodo just got a great write up in cnet http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9792351-12.html?tag=head. thier new version is coming out in a few weeks

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