Guest Mod_Man Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 I have recently downloaded PeerGuardian for my Firewall and I can't tell if it is blocking anything. Is this because it's a good piece of software or that it doesn't do anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xircon Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Not tried it myself, but have you tried "self proclaimed security guru" Gibson research firewall test page http://www.grc.com I think. I like the man:thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 As far as i know it's not really a firewall . It's for blocking Ip addresses on p2p software . Just had a look at the webpage . here is what it says . PeerGuardian 2 is Phoenix Labs’ premier IP blocker for Windows. PeerGuardian 2 integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc), making it the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on P2P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mod_Man Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 So I don't have an active firewall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steev Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 If you're just using Peerguardian, no you don't have a firewall. You say it doesn't appear to be doing anything? Recently my copy of Peerguardian updated itself & wiped out it's entire blocklist. If, in the main window, it says "blocking 0 IP addresses" (rather than the few million it should say) you will need to un-install, delete the c:/Program Files/peerguardian directory, & re-install. Just un-installing & re-installing won't fix it. Peerguardian is a bit resource-heavy, but it is dead handy for blocking adware & spyware companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steev Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Not tried it myself, but have you tried "self proclaimed security guru" Gibson research firewall test page http://www.grc.com I think. I like the man:thumbsup: While Steve Gibson's "shields up" page is handy, some of the crap he comes out with should be taken with a pinch of salt. The guy is something of a FUDmonger, self-publicist, & borderline idiot... Gibson takes his preferred route to getting the ink that he craves: technobabble and innuendo. He can't prove anything (technically, he hasn't got the chops), so he lurks in the gray area between fact and fiction, and generates torrents of fear, uncertainty, and doubt. - Thomas C Greene Gibson has a bad track record: a history of latching onto arcane issues that he doesn't fully understand and can never prove, and converting his limited understanding into fodder for the next internet melt-down. - Thomas C Greene The WMF backdoor very much in keeping with Gibson's history of getting security matters a bit wrong, filling the gaps in his understanding with technobabble, and hyping the actual matter out of all reasonable proportion in his neverending quest of ink. - Thomas C Greene I know who I'd listen to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mod_Man Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 I got rid of Peer guardian and I'm now using Softperfect. Thanks for the help guys. You can get rid of this thread now if you want Mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnkysknky Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 http://www.grcsucks.com/ Not been updated for a long while but still a good read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steev Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Had never seen that before, more fuel to the Gibson-flaming... & ModMan, thank YOU, that softperfect site has a couple of free utilities, the likes of which I'd been looking for for a while, namely the free Network Scanner (good for VMWare guinea pigs) & the file recovery program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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