FilterGate for Windows

Name: FilterGate
Rating: 4.7 (577 reviews)
Author: FilterGate

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffNovember 8, 2008

This program demonstrates good performance against the majority of Net-borne ads but also provides a couple of handy extras. As is the case with many ad-fighting utilities, FilterGate sits in your system tray; right-clicking the small, green icon lets you access its bland but well-organized control panel. You can choose to allow ads on the fly by pressing a hot key, but you won't find a dedicated whitelist. This program did a good job of suppressing just about every pop-up, banner, and Flash ad we tossed at it, but even though we enabled sound notification, it didn't alert us when it quashed an ad. Therefore, we had to view the log to confirm the app lives up to its promises. FilterGate also can block cookies, referrers, and Web bugs to give you additional privacy protection. The AdultFilter feature, which prevents access to Web sites containing pornography, profanity, and violence, is a nice touch but produces mixed results. For testing purposes, we visited two well-known smut sites, but AdultFilter only blocked one of them. Thankfully, you can forbid certain URLs by adding them to a blacklist. We recommend FilterGate to privacy-concerned home users, especially those with children.

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GENERAL

Release: May 16, 2006

Latest update: November 8, 2008

Version: 5.21

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 95
Windows ME
Windows 98
Windows XP
Windows 10
Windows 2000
Windows NT

Additional Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 166,712

Downloads Last Week: 17

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User Reviews

4.7/5

577 User Votes

Good Program
CyberTangerOctober 22, 2008
Pros
This is a Good Program to block adult and porn sites
Cons
It didn't let me use some chat and music sites that use new pop ups
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I think the owner of such great program should fix it for a better use. Thank you.
pip4218July 18, 2008
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theonlymanatarmsJanuary 1, 2008
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kim76thewimDecember 31, 2007
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rinojakeyDecember 9, 2007
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pop-ups are first shown, then blocked
J WatsonAugust 7, 2006
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This piece of popup blocker software almost always allows a popup window to get to your desktop and eyes and only then it is destroyed. This creates ugly user experience when pop-ups flicker before your eyes which annoys you though less than popups themselves but still annoys you. I recommend to turn your attention to other popup blocking software without this annoyance
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Its use defeats the purpose
drumulAugust 5, 2006
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None.
Cons
I couldn't play anything using Win media Player, I was gwtting all displayed windows <p>popping up garbled with the tool bars moving accross the monitor, showing up in different places. 1 star is too much.
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Too restrictive in pop-up removing
SolariaJuly 25, 2006
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During trial FilterGate removed too much popups even those which are supposed to open when I click on a link on my own to open a new pop-up. I tried to turn on its SMART bypass option but it appeared not too smart :) and useful popu-ups were blocked all the same
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A waste of money
AbnoticReviewsJuly 15, 2006
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It has nice features that can help you block pop ups almost exactly as you want.
Cons
The software is too hard to use. It costs way too much. I don't see why someone would buy this when they can get one for free.
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couldn't get it to work
Steve ShellMay 28, 2006
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I agree with the previous reviewer, this program blocked access to all sites, too, and I couldn't surf at all until I removed it from my computer
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Developer’s Description

By FilterGate

Block pop-up windows, banner advertising, adult sites, and privacy abuse.

Internet advertising and pop-ups can slow down your browsing to a tenth of its speed. Ads also can track and record your browsing habits. FilterGate can eliminate all this distracting and intrusive clutter by intelligently blocking pop-up and pop-under windows, banner and tower ads, JavaScript, Web bugs, referrers, rogue cookies, graphics, music, blinking text, and applets. Also, when all you need is high-speed information, turn on the Text Only mode for graphic-free browsing. FilterGate prevents the viewing and downloading of adult content via its user-password-protected AdultFilter. AdultFilter gives you the added ability to build your own personalized list of sites to be blocked or accessed. FilterGate has now combined all filters into one friendly and easy-to-use package. Once you purchase FilterGate you are automatically entitled to free, unlimited upgrades and enhancements.

Version 5.21 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

FilterGate for Windows

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User Reviews

Good Program

pop-ups are first shown, then blocked

Its use defeats the purpose

Too restrictive in pop-up removing

A waste of money

couldn't get it to work

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