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PC Tools Firewall Plus Free Edition
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PC Tools Firewall Plus Free Edition is a powerful personal free firewall for Microsoft Windows that protects your computer from hackers and intruders. Firewalls control the network traffic in and out of your PC by monitoring applications that connect to the network. Firewall Plus can stop Trojans, backdoors, and keyloggers from damaging your computer and stealing your private information. PC Tools Firewall Plus is advanced technology designed specially for people, not experts. Powerful prevention against attacks and known exploits is activated by default and advanced users can also easily create their own packet filtering rules to customize the network defenses. The program is recommended for use alongside of AntiSpyware and Antivirus software like AVG or Spyware Doctor to protect PC against Spyware, hackers, worms, and viruses.
Does not work on Win 8.1
October 17, 2015 By steveos001.
2015-10-17 :09 By steveos001.
Version: PC Tools Firewall Plus Free Edition 6.0.0.74
Pros
Works fine on Win7 i use it on 2 machines
Cons
Compatibility problems Win 8.1, will not uninstall properly and disables Wireless Internet.
To re-enable go to adapter settings and uncheck PC Tools Firewall Driver
Summary
The best since the ZoneAlarm Pro 4.5 days
August 22, 2015 By ll_Cartel_ll
2015-08-22 :27 By ll_Cartel_ll
Blocks everything I want it to by default
Runs on 64bit
Never let me down for almost 10 YEARS..
Symantec jerks bought it out and discontinued it
Sometimes has a unknown error pop-up, 2-3 times a year
Symantec shut down the support forum
I ve used this since 2008 and was a beta tester and my version it still registered in my name for the last 6 years.
I used it when ZoneAlarm Pro was not compatible with Vista, I had ZAP 4.5 since Windows 98SE and swore by it.
When I switched to Windows 7 64bit, PCTFP was the only firewall that supported 64bit, thats when I became a beta tester, testing the 64bit beta version.
I run this firewall and the other stuff is garbage compared to this, including sphinx firewall control.
The only issue I have is sometimes in a blue moon, a popup will say PC Tool Firewall has had a unspecified error, followed by cannot communicate with the firewall service.
The developers PM d me some files to fix the error, it had to do with tcpip.sys being updated by M but now after multiple M udates the error persists, but very rarely.
I run a hardware firewall too, always, and so its not a big deal as I use the software firewall as a outgoing filter, so even without it, I m protected.
Never use a computer without a router, even a WRT54 is 100times better than a software firewall alone.
I don t use software suites, I only want a darn firewall, and a simple one that doesn t have a bunch of stuff disabled if I don t buy the extra garbage.
I believe PCTFWP was too good, NSA couldn t have that and it was shut down.
Thank you to the original developers and the forum mods, I won t forget you guys, you had a great product that I trusted now for many years, I miss your great support.
Cartel
Only page known to exist with the error on the forum.
PCToolsFirewallPlus -had-unspecified-error
Updated on Aug 22, 2015
Link to the error I get
https://web.archive.org/web/20130222180800/ 28PCToolsFirewallPlus 29-had-unspecified-error
Reply by ll_Cartel_ll on August 28, 2015
THIS IS THE WORST SITE TO GET IT FROM THOUGH.
JUST POSTING THIS REVIEW GOT ME SPAMMED BY CNET, UNSUBSCRIBING DOES NOTHING.
BEWARE
January 26, 2015 By jnupin
2015-01-26 :00 By jnupin
The best free firewall I ve ever had
March 15, 2013 By heeed11uknw
2013-03-15 :02 By heeed11uknw
Easy to use, install, operate. Dependable
None what so ever in my best knowledge
I really don t get all these dissatisfaction and problems people are conveying here. Really like to get it.
I ve had Pc tools along with avast for years. Both on my Pc and laptop till few months back. They were compatible and not even once had problem or infection.
Now that I ve bought my new Vaio love this Sony btw. that comes with Kasperski per-installed, thought of uninstalling it for I m fed up with it s pup ups. and install Avast along with PC tools BUT to be honest all these negative comments got to me and since I m not a Pc savvy. wish i knew what best to do.
DOING THE JOB ON TWO Win7 64-bit Notebooks
February 22, 2013 By ThomasinaPaine
2013-02-22 :52 By ThomasinaPaine
I had no problem with installing this firewall on a Compaq and Toshiba Win7 64-bit dual cone laptops. Have been using it for around 6 months and have fiddles around with the settings a bit. Application blocking particularly to see what is crucial. It has been an education, and I ve learned a lot :
I tried ZA and Comodo and MS Essentials. The first two were ARGHH. maddening. Hard to understand and adjust settings onunless you re an accomplished geek. I m not, but I hand in thereheh
MS Essentials didn t seem to do much of anything.
PCTools FW actually obeys ms when I block something from connecting to the internet
I ve been well pleased, felt a little more in control with the newest version. I also run Kingsoft AV along with its partner Kingsoft PCDoctor along with SAS and Malwarebytes, CacheCleaner and Glary s and never seem to get invaded by anything. SOI m pretty pleasedor pretty deluded one.
I deducted one star because I think ANY security software should tell you what all those dang svchost.exe files that you see in TaskManager running processes actually are LINKED to. I mean,why not tell us, you know. LOL.
I tried MANY more than I mentioned above and decided for free Since F-Secure costs now I don t think you can beat PCTOOLS Firewall :
love the firewall and its services.
February 08, 2013 By Lonnie6aa
2013-02-08 :31 By Lonnie6aa
for free ware it has all the bells and whistle that should come with paid subscriptions. Gives me the peace of mind that I had even with a full paid subscription to kaspersky.
none that i have found
Now retired by PC Tools, but good while it lasted
November 02, 2012 By johntdrums
2012-11-02 :50 By johntdrums
This WAS a very dependable and capable free Firewall. PC Tools have retired it now and have instead incorporated it into their Internet Security Suite thanks to their merger with Symantec. HOWEVER, after uninstalling it since it s no longer updateable you might be faced with some problems. See Cons
After uninstalling this great program using Revo Uninstaller and doing a forced uninstall to find extra little bits, I was still left with some PC Tools Drivers in my Device Manager. I had been trying for months to uninstall or delete these annoying network devices which didn t serve any purpose other than to sit there in my Device Manager with a little yellow exclamation mark saying they didn t work but to no avail. Finally, after heaps of internet searching, I found the solution - yay Ironically, it was from a PC Tools Moderator, but you can t find it on their website. See my summary below for the fix
The problem many people have with PC Tools Firewall Plus is that since the program was retired many users have decided to uninstall it from their computers. The trouble is that it leaves the PC Tools Drivers in your PC s Device Manager with no possible way to uninstall them. BUT, I managed to find a solution Here is the best way to uninstall these drivers:
1. Click on Start or the Windows logo at the bottom left of your computer screen.
2. Click on Run or type Run into All Programs, then type in regedit, then press OK. You may have to sign in as an administrator.
3. Go to registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Enum Root S4_PCTDRIVERMP
You will find some sub-keys: 0000, 0001, etc.
4. Open a sub-key and look for a value with the name Driver. It should contain something like 4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318 00xx, where xx a digit. It may also state the name of the PC Tools driver involved. If it does, this is your culprit.
5. Now, go back up and open the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Class 4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318 and click on this to find the sub-key 00xx, where xx the same as above.
6. Find the value called Characteristics. Click on this and change the value from 29 to 1.
Please note: If a key does not contain the name Characteristics, you can create a REG_DWORD value by going to Edit - New - DWORD 32-bit Value, then rename it Characteristics. Make the value 1 for each relevant key.
7. Repeat stages 4 to 6 for each appropriate PC Tools sub-key found in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet ENUM Root S4_PCTDRIVERMP
8. Restart your computer and then uninstall the PCTools Drivers using Device Manager.
This method was originally posted by Alexey, a moderator from PC Tools. There were many posts back and forth because of discrepancies and misunderstandings. However, I edited the whole thing to make it easier to understand. After months of trying to find a solution, even with Alexey s original hard-to-follow description that I had to deal with, I tried this method and it actually worked. I hope it works for you too. Cheers.
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