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PeerGuardian (Windows 98/Me) User Reviews
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"Nice"
Version: PeerGuardian (Windows 98/Me) 2.0 beta 6b
Pros
Works very good. This tool can be used for many different things.
Cons
*****
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"A must-have if you do any P2P filesharing"
Version: PeerGuardian (Windows 98/Me) 2.0 beta 6b
Pros
Protects your privacy while on peer-to-peer networks; Keeps companies like the MPAA and RIAA from seeing what you're downloading.
On a side note, I'd like to make it clear that PeerGuardian DOES NOT keep your IP address invisible. This is a common misconception.
PeerGuardian keeps people from seeing what you're DOING on the internet. Anyone can see your IP address, but if you have PeerGuardian on, they can't see what websites you're on or what you're downloading.
Cons
LOTS of false positives. For example, I get pings from "The Office of The President of The Republic of Lithuania" and from other wierd locations.
It also blocks a lot of legitimate services. For example, if you play "World of Warcraft", you'll have to turn PeerGuardian off because it blocks all of Blizzard's IP addresses. Sure, you can put them in your allow list, but Blizzard uses many different IP addresses so it will become a hassle.
In the next release of PeerGuardian, this will be fixed, so it's only a temporary problem.
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"This Program was better than expected"
Version: PeerGuardian (Windows 98/Me) 2.0 beta 6b
Pros
What's not to like about this program? You see it blinking in the bottom right hand corner, hit the ball and it shows you who's tapping in. Shows you if it blocked it or not.Which it usaully does. Plus it even blocks Government hits.
Cons
N/A
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"This Is Not Only For File-Sharers!"
Version: PeerGuardian (Windows 98/Me) 2.0 beta 6b
Pros
I strongly disagree with anyone who says this program isn't worth it's salt if you don't use P2P apps. Even when I'm not running Limewire or Azureus, PG2 routinely blocks attempted HTTP probes by the likes of the Dept. of Labor as well as various other American, Chinese, Korean and South American governmental agencies. (no joke, try it yourself, you'll see)
Microsoft, something called the "asian data collection center", lol, is a constant HTTP threat, probing my computer at least 100 times a day!
PG2 imports list of IP ranges to block from the sourceforge website. In addition, you should try Blocklist Manager, for even more IP's that can be set to export to apps like PeerGuardian and ProtoWall, increasing their capability even further. As of right now, my PG2 is blocking nearly 3 billion addresses. Yes, I said "billion". 2,915,505,692 to be exact.
Without this program your computer is wide open....
Cons
It can be a pain in the ass to deal with at times. You can set the tray icon to blink on probes (HTTP recommended, not TCP/UDP or it'll be blinking constantly). It will do this often, sometimes preventing you from loading the site you wish to visit. Other times, the site loads fine, and you'll see that PG2 just blocked a tracking probe that loaded w/the page.
When it blocks something legit, you have to open it up, click "history", "blocked", and find the address you want to allow. (you can try right-clicking on the adress as it flys by on the interface screen, but it's nearly impossible to catch them) You can allow it for 15 mins., an hour, or permanently.
The program would be greatly improved with the addition of either a right-click context option to allow the page you're trying to load, or a button on the interface to "allow last blocked".
But that's the only bad thing I'll say about it.
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"Sweet software! Highly recommended! Compatible with Win98"
Version: PeerGuardian (Windows 98/Me) 2.0 beta 6b
Pros
Light-weight: works on a Windows 98 computer along other other programs at the same time (amazing!)
Can enable the different levels of protection that you desire!
If downloading, you can see the innumerable IP addresses as they are being blocked. Privacy is a GOOD thing you know!
Cons
I'm never sure how much protection I am actually getting. I mean, I skim the logs and see massive numbers of IP addresses, but what if something slipped by? Of course, one product can't take care of it all.
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"If you share files and do not will to get busted, this piece of soft is for you"
Version: PeerGuardian (Windows 98/Me) 2.0 beta 6b
Pros
Light-weight, protects a your privacy and your very freedom.
Cons
Do not enable all the protection.
If you are not bit-torrent network user, you do not need HTTP blocking.
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"Perfect"
Version: PeerGuardian (Windows 98/Me) 2.0 beta 6b
Pros
nothing
Cons
graphic of this program
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"You need this if you plan on using P2P Filesharing networks"
Version: PeerGuardian (Windows 98/Me) 2.0 beta 6b
Pros
Its free.
Its open-source.
It blocks undesirable P2P traffic, such as suspected federal agents, or, more importantly, spam inteded to flood networks with fake content.
Lets you sleep happy at night.
Works as a firewall in some respects.
Cons
Has a lot of false positives.
Blocks ALL University traffic...which in most respects is a bad thing since those are usually where the fastest downloads speeds come from.
Not good for use with general internet traffic...intended for use ONLY with P2P filesharing programs. Use with web browsing produces undesirable browsing results (it blocks a lot of safe servers associated with many safe and well-trafficed websites).
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