PC Tools Firewall Plus 5.0.0.38

4.0 out of 5 stars 4.0 (130 votes)

(February 24, 2009)

Windows 2000/2003/Vista/XP / Freeware / 7,691 downloads

PC Tools Firewall Plus is a powerful personal firewall for Windows that protects your computer from intruders and controls the network traffic in and out of your PC. By monitoring applications that connect to the network it can stop Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers and other malware 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. All you need to do is install it for immediate and automatic ongoing protection.

Reviews of PC Tools Firewall Plus

  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    sturgess

    Reviewing 5.0.0.38 (Feb 24, 2009)

    Security on both my machines is free, it's never let me down, and it's all been supplied by PC Tools. I use their Firewall, their AntiVirus and the superb Threatfire. They all get a five from me every time.

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    Firewally

    Reviewing 5.0.0.37 (Feb 21, 2009)

    I just install it and no problems at this point but I know it runs okay compering to comodo firewall this is on windows vista I LIKE IT

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    anomoly

    Reviewing 5.0.0.37 (Jan 31, 2009)

    I am a big agnitum fan but the application rules for that fw were somehow very mixed up which was a 'concern'. Icons pointed to a different file and mouse over did the same??.
    So comodo fw v3.8 beta was 'installed' and what a mistake that was. I had to reinstall my os because comodo would not take leave and I had no previous backup image.
    This fw has a better score on matousec.com than does agnitum and it's free!
    Installed in advanced/expert mode and couldn't be happier.
    PC boots faster than with agnitum or that POS comodo. FW is also seemingly very easy to use. No boot issues whatsoever.
    Xp pro sp3 with sharpe enviro shell replacement on an amd cpu

  4. 1 out of 5 stars
    Joco

    Reviewing 5.0.0.37 (Jan 29, 2009)

    Completely freezes my WinXP (Windows Update all done). Reproducible everytime. Must power off.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    RandyN

    Reviewing 5.0.0.36 (Dec 29, 2008)

    Completely surprised by how good this is. Tried it several versions ago and wasn't impressed. Installed this on Vista HP and it runs great and offers decent HIPS functions. You cannot even tell it's there from a performance perspective.

    Best way is to try this yourself (after imaging your system) and ignore many of these reviews since a lot of these people either don't know what they're talking about or haven't even tried it.

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