Peerguardian 2

[thecrip]

Does Peerguardian 2 work? Any feedback?

[RACKnRAIL]

It works, but it's not fool proof. Look at it this way, its better than not blocking bad IP's. Other than having to turn it off in order for my outlook client to work, I like it. It does not suck up very much resources either. Give it a try. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

[.:sp00ky:.]

depend on what you want it to do, the answer to does it work is well yeah it works very well at what it was made to do and thats block ips in the list you give it.

If your question was "does pg2 make me teh supa annoymuss!11" then the answer would be no.

[lion7718]

Omnly way to be 100% safe is not to Download.........
PG2 is better than nothing at all.....I use it on all P2P Apps & Safepeer (Azureus)

[axlman]

Would anyone say it's better than Protowall? God know protowall's driver is a pain to get installed and working?!

[ROMANTICGUY50]

Does Peerguardian 2 work? Any feedback?

I like it and use it. I can tell u that much. I use it when I down load music

[ccc1005]

I have it running 24/7 just an added layer of protection, no really reason not to use it...

[charlesmelissa]

Yes it does, sometimes too good. It blocks tracking cookies and click throughs so if you have it set high, it will slow your internet down. I removed it when I left P2P and moved to IRC/newsgroups for downloads.

By the way, you can download and remain anonomous- go from P2P to newsgroups to download your MP3's and movies.

[tomars]

Using NewsGroups doesn't make you anonymous. Might make you a difficult target for anti-piracy groups, but you are not anonymous.

[axlman]

Are there any good "free Newsgroups" out there? My ISP provides me with them, but are there others? What is the best or easiest way to find what your looking for in the newsgroups?

[ducttapeBigSexy]

To answer your two questions, axlman:

1. I'd say it's a lot better then Protowall. I've personally ran into stability issues with Protowall, such as it starts making my computer boot really slow, etc. Not to mention Peer Guardian 2 works without installing any painful drivers - and it blocks just as much as Protowall.

2. Check out Slyck's website on newsgroups: http://www.slyck.com/ng.php

[notbob]

maybe it prevents pregnancy, via the pitiful vibe that its users give off that repels women, but as far as acually protecting you from anything on the internet, it's bogus

it's still crap, it has always been crap, and it always will be crap

the idea is backwards--instead of blocking the "bad" (90% are not bad because their blocklists are total bullshit), it's easier to just make a private p2p just for your friends and only allow "good" people in

[zarquon]

maybe it prevents pregnancy, via the pitiful vibe that its users give off that repels women, but as far as acually protecting you from anything on the internet, it's bogus

it's still crap, it has always been crap, and it always will be crap

the idea is backwards--instead of blocking the "bad" (90% are not bad because their blocklists are total bullshit), it's easier to just make a private p2p just for your friends and only allow "good" people in

IP filtering is still better than no protection whatsoever.

[littlebits]

I have Peer Guardian2 setup to run when Windows starts and I always have it running. I set it to update everyday for Ads, P2P, and Spyware. I can't believe the number of online ads it blocks. It doesn't slow down my computer like older versions or ProtoWall does. It blocks better than Protowall also. It's not a complete firewall but it does it job. It should be used with a complete firewall. I use Norton Internet Security 2005 Firewall and Peer Guardian2 blocks a lot of things that get by Norton.

ThankYou :icon_sunn

[ccc1005]

maybe it prevents pregnancy, via the pitiful vibe that its users give off that repels women, but as far as acually protecting you from anything on the internet, it's bogus

it's still crap, it has always been crap, and it always will be crap

the idea is backwards--instead of blocking the "bad" (90% are not bad because their blocklists are total bullshit), it's easier to just make a private p2p just for your friends and only allow "good" people in

So what if the lists aren't perfect its just one more layer of protection, not like its going to hurt anything, and it will even block some ad servers

[notbob]

IP filtering is still better than no protection whatsoever.

i'll use your analogy in another situation

dialup is better than no internet at all

but i'm not going to use it for that reason, that's for sure

i never used a firewall or peerguardian (other than to test them out) and how many ISP letters do i have? 0. how many lawsuits? 0. and that's with nearly 24/7 p2p use for years

use your useless add ons. believing something works does not make it so

[truelyme]

Protowall drivers are a bitch to install when you don't read how tos. While I have not used the newer PeerGuardian, I do believe in Protowall. It reacts far faster than the old PeerGuardian. It blocks many more types of protocols. It has a larger blocklist. Not all the blocklist can be used by Peerguardian unless it has improved to cover more than just tcp.

I used to have problems with Protowall slowing down my net surfing until I found the host file works in conjunction with it to speed back up the surfing. Most of the delay is spyware trying again and again to get on your computer or attempting again and again to send your data to the spyware servers before opening the page.

You have a choice. You can say you are not the owner of your security and offer up your data to anyone that requests it, or you can take charge of your security and at least deny the majority of attempts to do so. If you choose not to attempt to guard your data then you have no reason to complain if you are made a target.

[method]

It blocks many more types of protocols. It has a larger blocklist. Not all the blocklist can be used by Peerguardian unless it has improved to cover more than just tcp.

All comparisons to the old version. - The new PG (v2) blocks everything Protowall can.