pcInternet Patrol for Windows

User Reviews

• Not perfect, but the best in the wrong category

  Troll424/24/2005

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  I am using Patrol for the last 6 months and sincerely believe that this is a technological gem that for whatever reasons has not yet been discovered by the main stream. After reading sloppybones post I killed Patrol with Ctr-Alt-Del (my 5 years old coul do that) and it popped back asking if I want to restart it. I think that is pretty good! <p>Diamond Security has completely different functionality and certainly does not have any of Patrol, but I think that they would work well together. I do not understand why they call Patrol a firewall. I think in a conventional sense a free ZA is much, much better firewall. BUT! without Patrol any firewall in the hands of 99% of us is just a guessing game as far as authorization of applications is concerned. I use Patrol side by side with ZA. I do not know any program that authenticates components in real time.

  Cons

  I guess the only problem with Patrol is that it is slows you down in the first few minutes after installation. I wish they would install the local database of some common components, when they install the program. Or, may be that just the price to pay for real-time. I think that it should not be in a firewalls category, but not sure which place would be appropriate.

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• It does not work.

  slappybones4/20/2005

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  It can find and terminate most "firewall breakers" such as PcAudit, which is a program, by coincidence, designed by the makers of Pc internet patrol.

  Cons

  I purchased this product after doing some research and I found the reviews to be very good. However, this program does NOTHING to stop unknown threats and malicious activity. A 18 year old programming student at my university took about 15 minutes writing a harmless rogue program that not only beat this junk, but shut it completely down..We had a good laugh, then I remebered the $39 I spent on it. Just check Ghost security and download a small program called regtest, then try a program called advanced process termination from Diamond Security if you think I am lying.

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• Not a stand-alone firewall

  Rulor3/12/2005

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  Its not a stand-alone firewall, but its a good extra layer of protection

  Cons

  to expensive for me ...

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• Cant evaluate..Forces you to purchase.

  slappybones3/6/2005

  Pros

  C|net gives it 4 stars..

  Cons

  Upon installing and restarting my computer as instructed, I was directed to the companies website where I was presented with three options...Mastercard, Visa or PayPal! Apparently my trial was over even though I had never heard of said product. (Scam??)

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• 9/23/2004

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• Very unique

  9/3/2004

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  A little buggy..Reffers to Cyberscrub as a "Potentially unsafe program" but overall pretty good. I dont understand why all firewalls arent like this..Even though this isn't really a firewall.

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• 8/28/2004

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  very good zone arlarm too agressive.But do not know if i should use another firewall with it.

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• Great Product!

  8/28/2004

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  runs smoothly on my old pc (with p166, ram=32mb, win98se), no crashes, no headaches, just install an forget it! web surfing is nice even on my slow machine. no rules, no presets. all leaktests other firewalls failed this one passes breezy. try it! stick with it! you'll never regret!

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• Overall a good product

  wlfheart8/27/2004

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  My only prblem I had with this program was that when you download a file it wants to put dll files in the wrong place then you can't set up the program. I think $59 is probably alittle steep.

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