Block Freeware to access the Internet

[ridakash]

There are a lot of Freeware for years not change to Shareware!
For strict security measures against this kind of software, I suggest to block it to access the Web.
For updates, you get them manually.
Simple idea that I practice long ago.
It's your choice.

 

[Jonathan_King]

What kind of software are you referring to?

What is the difference between freeware and shareware? What are the dangers?

Thanks for posting, anyway.

 

[hackerman1]

hi !

"There are a lot of Freeware for years not spent in Shareware!"

what do you mean ?

what´s wrong with freeware ?

why block internet connection ?

 

[Schroff87]

i think he means that there are a lot of freeware programs and there's no need to spend money on shareware but seriously .. wuttt?!

 

[thathagat]

What is the difference between freeware and shareware?

here......What Are Shareware, Trial Software, and Freeware? | CoffeeCup Software
and
Shareware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

to be read at leisure

 

[ridakash]

Some Freeware are suspicious like Unlocker for exemple..
We don't know if they have connection with theire websites to communicate informations about users...
Excuse me for my bad english ..

 

[Jonathan_King]

I see. Well thanks for the warning.

 

[Thorsen]

I know Zone Alarm has the ability to check or uncheck each program's access to the net.... I dont know what other programs are available for this.

 

[CarlTR6]

PCTools Firewall & Comodo Firewall both do this..

 

[Schroff87]

you can setup rules in windows firewall but ya .. i remember ZA was quite simple to use. comodo too has the function.

 

[ridakash]

The most AV Intenet secutity can block software to access internet by there Firewall:kaspersky,eset smart security,Avira ...but Windows Firewall doesn't..

 

[Schroff87]

windows firewall with advanced security??

 

[CarlTR6]

windows firewall with advanced security??

It does; but it uses user unfriendly rules to do it.

 

[Schroff87]

ya .. i wish there was a better interface to it

 

[fseal]

Er, Windows firewall DOES automatically block all new software fom acessing the internet til you say "OK" to a popup the first time you run it.

Unless youpve turned it off or changed it's settings from default.

 

[CarlTR6]

Some software, I prefer to be asked every time if I want it to access the internet. I did this with WGA in XP.

 

[hackerman1]

Er, Windows firewall DOES automatically block all new software fom acessing the internet til you say "OK" to a popup the first time you run it.

Unless youpve turned it off or changed it's settings from default.

WRONG !

Windows Firewall (WF) does NOT block outgoing connections (by default).

i know, since i have tested several firewalls, WF has several leaks when you are running on a USER-account, and a few more on an ADMIN-account.

yes, it CAN block outgoing connections, but that requires that you create rules regarding what to block and what to allow.

do a search on the forum, this has been posted before, both by myself and others...

 

[hackerman1]

The most AV Intenet secutity can block software to access internet by there Firewall:kaspersky,eset smart security,Avira ...but Windows Firewall doesn't..

WRONG !

ESET has several leaks, it doesn´t block,
in fact it performed so bad that i really couldn´t believe the results,
so i ran all test once again, with the same bad results.

i have tested several firewalls, the only firewall of those i tried that really blocks is Comodo.

i have not tested Kaspersky & Avira, so i don´t know anything about them,
except that both performed bad in the tests by Matousec,
so i didn´t have any interest in using (and testing) them.

the new Kaspersky 2010 has got better results at Matousec, so i might do some tests later.

http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php

 

[ridakash]

The most AV Intenet secutity can block software to access internet by there Firewall:kaspersky,eset smart security,Avira ...but Windows Firewall doesn't..

WRONG !

ESET has several leaks, it doesn´t block,
in fact it performed so bad that i really couldn´t believe the results,
so i ran all test once again, with the same bad results.

i have tested several firewalls, the only firewall of those i tried that really blocks is Comodo.

i have not tested Kaspersky & Avira, so i don´t know anything about them,
except that both performed bad in the tests by Matousec,
so i didn´t have any interest in using (and testing) them.

the new Kaspersky 2010 has got better results at Matousec, so i might do some tests later.

Results and comments - www.matousec.com

Eset makes problems with connection to the web when you choose advanced mode to configure the firewall..It's poor.
But kaspersky has a strong firwall.
Comodo is best but Av is not (Free),but we can install the firewall standalone and choose a good AV(avast,kaspersky antivirus,Microsoft Security essential(Update is manual!)..
Outpost Firewall is better with an antispyware.
Thank you.

 

[lonny]

Use PeerBlock but make yr own block list and insert all these prog's IP addresses into it. It runs independently and runs from boot up.