PC Tools Firewall Plus 5.0.0.38

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. All you need to do is install it for immediate and automatic ongoing protection.

That's why PC Tools Firewall Plus provides world-leading protection, backed by regular Smart Updates, OnGuard real-time protection and comprehensive network shielding to ensure your system remains safe and hacker free. PC

Tools applications are trusted and used by millions of users everyday to protect their business and home systems against online threats.

This program is ad-ware because it offers to download or install software or components (such as browser tool-bars) that the program does not require to fully function: Google Toolbar & ThreatFire

Major Features:

1. Protect your PC as you are working, surfing and playing.
2. Intelligent automatic protection without all the questions.
3. Easy to use. Designed for both, novice and expert users.
4. Advanced rules to protect your PC against common attacks.

Enhancements

• Password Protection – the end user has been empowered to protect critical areas of Firewall Plus with a password. These include changing or modifying Applications, Advanced Rules, Settings and Product Uninstall. When set, any attempt to make changes to these areas or uninstall the product will require a password.
• Important Please do NOT forget your password. A Password hint is provided to assist in recovering lost passwords. PC Tools cannot recover your Password, nor will any PC Tools employee EVER ask you to reveal your Password.
• Full Screen Mode – the end user can instruct Firewall Plus to behave in a different manner when a program which requires use of a Full Screen is in operation. This ensures that programs such as Games, Movies or Presentations are not interrupted by Firewall Plus messaging. The user can set Firewall Plus to run in two modes (a) Secure (temporarily BLOCK requests) and (b) Flexible (temporarily ALLOW requests).
• Network Layer Enhancements – invisible

Requirements: none