Peer Guardian 2 alternative for Windows Vista

**speed2** · March 31st, 2007, 04:20 AM

As Peer Guardian does not yet support Windows Vista are there any alternatives to it that will do the same job on Windows Vista

**Feather** · March 31st, 2007, 03:23 PM

http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php

use blocklist manager and convert the files to your firewalls format.

you could also try and use the win98 version of peerguardian in legacy mode in vista. 98 version only blocks tcp but it is better than nothing.

also keep checking the forums at phoenixlabs.org

**hawkburn** · March 31st, 2007, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by Feather

you could also try and use the win98 version of peerguardian in legacy mode in vista. 98 version only blocks tcp but it is better than nothing.

also keep checking the forums at phoenixlabs.org

I wouldn't recommend running the old version. I just tried it (since I didn't know the XP version was incompatible) and it randomly stalls, freezes, and generally does not work right.

**Feather** · March 31st, 2007, 09:12 PM

Ok they were talking about it at phoenixlabs said it was a possibility.
i guess stick with the bluetack suggestion for now will keep looking for something.

oh and hawkburn did you try the newest release (pg2-051118-9x.exe)?

**Funky_Junk** · April 2nd, 2007, 10:56 AM

Im in the same place you are. I am also running Windows Vista and couldn't use Peer Guardian anymore. Luckily I found something that Is Vista compatible that works just as well.

Heres the wiki on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProtoWall

**Feather** · April 2nd, 2007, 05:34 PM

I am gklad to know that protowall from bluetack works with vista there was not much docs on vista usage.
speed2 this is a reputable program it is from the same folks that do the block lists for peer gaurdian. Give it a try and please post with your impressions.

**meyou123** · April 2nd, 2007, 07:32 PM

Good luck to anyone using vista! I will stick with win xp...at least it is stable.

**NyaR** · June 13th, 2009, 02:01 PM

There is the alternative method of using utorrent's built in ipfilter. Check out more info on this here: http://www.bayareatechpros.com/2009/...-dat-utorrent/

**1cooldude** · June 13th, 2009, 06:56 PM

just don't delude yourself that anonymity is actually present with any of these applications.

**Aaron_Walkhouse** · June 15th, 2009, 08:50 AM

Protowall isn't for Vista or any of the 64-bit versions of Windows. If you go to the
Phoenix Labs forums you'll find detailed instructions on getting PG2 to work reliably
in Vista and plenty of people to walk you through it.

I always use the built-in filter capacity of P2P programs alongside PW, PG and any
other firewalls because I can use more extensive lists that block more ranges.