PeerBlock Interim Release 1.0

4.7 out of 5 stars 4.7 (61 votes)

(September 30, 2009)

Windows (All) / Open Source / 4,001 downloads

PeerBlock is a new version of the popular Peer Guardian 2 software. It blocks "known bad" computers from accessing yours, for example governments, corporate entities, and those flagged for anti-p2p activities. It maintains the functionality of the original Peer Guardian 2 program, but includes fixes for various issues that remain unaddressed in the latest (~2 year old) version of PG2.

Interim Releases are generally considered to be less stable than Public Releases, as they contain bugfixes and new features that haven't yet had enough airtime to be considered stable enough for inclusion in a Public Release. However if you're looking for the latest "bleeding edge" of PeerBlock development, this is what you want.

  • Publisher

    PeerBlock, LLC

  • Homepage

    PeerBlock

  • Uninstaller

    Yes

  • Latest Changes

    - Signed driver for Windows 7 both 32 and 64-bit versions

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    ckasprzak

    Reviewing 1.0 (Oct 14, 2009)

    Has replaced PeerGuardian for me.

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    Tockman

    Reviewing 1.0 (Oct 1, 2009)

    The most necessary piece of software... at least for me now:)

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    Sativarg

    Reviewing 1.0 (Sep 30, 2009)

    Yea! This is great news. It installed without missing a beat no more uninstall first.

    I hear the developers and friends are having a little celebration in a bar near New York. I hope they have a great time, They sure did earn it. This is, so much, piece of mind. I love this jewl of a program A++
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    LATEST Public Release: PeerBlock 1.0

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    gsteele

    Reviewing 0.9.2+ (r172) (Sep 24, 2009)

    Indispensable and better then ever

  5. 3 out of 5 stars
    dhry

    Reviewing 0.9.2 (r131) (Sep 5, 2009)

    When it works, it works great. When it doesn't work (which for me is 50% of the time) it states "Unable to load the packet filtering driver" - even after a fresh install, and refuses to start. PeerGuardian used to do this but they had some sort of tool which would reset the driver so it worked again. Peerblock doesn't have that. Solid 3 stars until they correct this recurring bug.

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  1. Aug 5, 2009 - 10:55 AM
    MarkSide

    Hi all, this is the lead developer of PeerBlock.

    Just wanted to warn you that this version of our program, PeerBlock 0.9.1 (r71), has a bug in it that can cause a rare Windows crash during shutdown/reboot. We've released a fix for this problem last night (PeerBlock 0.9.2 (r86), just now noticed that this site is linking directly to the old version. I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO UPGRADE to the fixed version, and apologize for the inconvenience.

    (For what it's worth the bug looks to be a day-one bug in the old PeerGuardian code, but for some reason our recent release included some changes that made the problem happen more frequently. Frequently being a relative term, we only have three reports of this problem being hit after 1000+ downloads...)

    Also, as far as the "Peerblock is unable to load the packet filtering driver" error goes, this is caused by Windows Vista and Win7 requiring a "signed driver" before it will let the driver be loaded. We have some workarounds listed on our website that will help you bypass this checking and get PeerBlock working on your machine: (http://www.peerblock.com...ver-signing-workarounds). We are also collecting donations for a "signed driver fund", to enable us to purchase the code-signing certificate we need to generate a true signed driver so we won't need any of these workarounds - if you're in a position to help out, please consider contributing a few dollars: (http://devblog.peerblock...want-signed-driver.html).

    Thanks!

    --- Mark ---

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