Privatefirewall 7.0.26.3

[Dude111]

http://privacyware.com/personal_firewall.html

This is TOTALLY FREE and i figured someone might either not have a firewall OR want to try something new and thought what could be better than FREE,so im posting it here

What i think it strange is,IT DIDNT USED TO BE FREE,why is it now?? (Used to be $29.95)

 

[travisd]

Probably because Microsoft gives away most or all of this functionality for free now, either bult into the operating system (firewall), or as an add-on (Security Essentials - Anti-virus).

Just remember -- with most "free" services, you, the end-user are not the customer - you're the product being sold (to advertisers on a good day, to people doing questionable things with your data on a bad one...)

Most of these freebie and add-on desktop "firewalls" in my experience cause more problems than they really solve. Not to say they don't have their place, but I and many others have beaten our heads against problems that ultimately were resolved by disabling (and ultimately removing) some half-assed add-on security package. And I'm not only picking on the odd freebies here - the "big name" commercial packages have been just as bad, and ones that used to be useful and trustworthy have over time become not so much.

 

[Dude111]

This has gotton very good reviews from people and it got 98% on a security challenge.. (All FREE stuff scored higher than paid stuff (NO SURPRISE THERE))