Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

gadean reviewed v2.0 RC1 Test 2 on Jun 5, 2007

Looks promising. I gave up hope with Vista support since it appeared that this project had been abandoned. I'm very happy to see that it's still alive and well!

This build causes my 2.8Ghz Intel HT CPU to periodically spike which causes my pc to freeze up - especially when running bittorrent. I do hope to see further optimizations before this is finalized but nonetheless I am very satisfied so I will rate this a 5.

DJHasis reviewed v2.0 RC1 Test 2 on Jun 5, 2007

The link is dead but here is a proper link for the installer http://phrosty.phoenixla...rc1/pg2-rc1-test2-2.exe

This version is less buggy then the previous was so I'm giving this 5.

EMkaEL reviewed v2.0 RC1 Test 2 on Jun 4, 2007

ok kids.. remember:

This is not the final version of RC1. This is an initial testing release only. Things are broken. Please do not release any new build to download or news sites!

http://phrosty.phoenixlabs.org/pg2-rc1/

EMkaEL reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 15, 2007

DONT use the new version if you have w2k or 9x!
its not working!

its only working on Xp or 2003 right now.
dont know about vista..

ksponge reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 15, 2007

@VikingBlade They can report as many IP's as they want to, it makes no difference if you don't upload to them. Plain and simple. So I'm not sure what the point of your comment is.

matt2971 reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 15, 2007

Yep, this is just an IP address blocker basically, and is not a replacement for a firewall. However, it does wjhat it's meant to do with minimum fuss, small CPU and memory footprints, and updates any number of lists automatically. You just install it and leave it - no finding up-to-date lists and importing them into P2P apps or firewalls.

I agree it's odd when Beta News hosts a version that is not available on the official site; but it's not the first product I've seen this happen for. It's no reason to be alarmist. If you're unsure just check with this site's admins or with the Peerguardian's. In this case everything is fine...

http://forums.phoenixlab...69cdbe9a9d1&t=13237

As the forum says, it's mainly bug fixes, including the one I had where there was a delay in PG2 shutting down when closing down Windows without closing the application first. :-)

Aires reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 15, 2007

It appears to be slightly buggy so I'll improve my rating but can't give it as good a rating as I'd like to.

VikingBlade reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 15, 2007

I suppose with the advent of companies like BayTSP now reporting IPs of anyone in a bittorrent swarm without connecting to each user, I can't say PG is that effective anymore.

CyberHawk reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 15, 2007

People seem to be comparing this to a firewall, when its clearly not even close to being one, nor does the developer describe it as such. Its an IP blocker, particularly useful when using P2P software. I have a router, but I'm hardly going to enter 10s of millions of IPs to block the connection

Great piece of software, but this version was released back in 2005

roj reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 15, 2007

This garbage found its way on to my kid's machine because it was bundled with something he pulled down (likely a VB toolkit). As such, that makes it MALWARE. You want IPs blocked? Get a decent router and learn how to configure it. If you want the wimpy man's solution, get a software firewall (might I recommend the freeware Komodo) *and learn how to use it*. They're pretty much point and click these days - an idiot could use them.

Don't get this garbage.

ONE star for unwanted malware.

Blue Joker reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 15, 2007

the program can be fine ,
but it's useless in any point of view you would consider it .
Better to use ipfilter feature for importing list
into p2p applications that allow it.

jk- reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 15, 2007

This program has gotten alot better since last I tried it a year or two ago. Very little cpu/mem usage now. If you use gnutella, bittorrent, or any p2p app then you should definetly be using this.

clifton reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 14, 2007

I have used PeerGuardian for about 2 years now. My downloads are definately faster. I have absolutely no reduction in bandwidth and I have never been blocked from viewing any website. This program is a must for any serious p2p.

y0himba reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 14, 2007

The legit addresses you are speaking of can be unblocked by removing the government and educational option. This works. I use it when using P2P, and it successfully filters out fake files easily. Learn to use a product before bashing it.

BlackAle reviewed v2.0 Beta 6c on Feb 14, 2007

Basically a placebo application.

Logain reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Dec 21, 2006

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 ***** 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.

jcollake reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Dec 11, 2006

Quick, let's block 20% of the internet!! There, now don't you feel more secure :).

Not only is there no evidence that proves that this application will protect you from whatever super-scary threats are lurking out there, but it is quite good at being annoying.

Here's reasons NOT to use this application:

1. The blocklists are hugely inaccurate and include many legitimate IPs. This program using ONLY the p2p blocklist will currently block nearly 20% of all possible IPv4 addresses. Using others it blocks substantially MORE.
2. It slows down your network connection, period. There is no debate about this, the only question is how much it slows down. It seems to run efficiently, but no matter how efficient your data trees, there is no way you can not introduce some sort of latency to new connections when you are blocking so much.
3. Its effectiveness is unproven and very suspect. Sure, given how many IPs it blocks, there's a chance you avoid some law enforcement. But, there's a better chance law enforcement (and others) are smart enough to avoid using ranges found in the block list. So, you end up blocking Joe, Sue, Sally, and the health department.

Here's reasons TO use this application:

1. You feel paranoid and this application makes you sleep better at night, regardless of whether it really helps anything or not.

BTW: Funny note about *above* poster bragging his PG2 is blocking 3 billion IP addresses. Just think about that for a minute. There are only 4 billion possible IPv4 addresses. Do you really think 3/4 IPs are 'bad guys' out to get you ;).

Onsoku reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Apr 29, 2006

brucey_uk

You have no idea how to use this this prog., do you? If you really knew what it was meant for, you'd realise that a firewall without a blocklist will not help much when it comes to p2p.

brucey_uk reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Mar 23, 2006

well firstly this program block useful things like my ftp server :( but if u look at the ip addresses both source and destination, then run a program such as ethereal(packet sniffer) i noticed that the packets it was blocking, were packets my network card was dropping neway. The fact that is only uses 2 meg RAM is pretty scary, i think they designed is just to look pretty and make people feel happy n secure. i unistalled peerguardian after 5 mins, get a firewall, much better actually does the job.

Nefarious reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Feb 22, 2006

Impressive, just impressive

but when is the new version coming???

anna21 reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Jan 15, 2006

Great app!
dont p2p without it..

otero1 reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Sep 20, 2005

I'm using the BlueTack list now , works fine.
Same as always. 5 out of 5.

IoN_PuLse reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Sep 20, 2005

wincement, you can't be serious can you?

The actual developers were hijacked by a team member and now are only operating at peerguardian.sf.net. Currently the build available there may not point to blocklist.org, but "browsing to riaa.com" depends on your blocklists being up to date (or even there, youd didn't state either) and the "block HTTP" option to be enabled.

The build there isn't any different, and they recommend using a different blocklist because blocklist.org has been hijacked as well, I'm using the one from bluetack and I think it's much better.

wincement reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Sep 20, 2005

**EDIT**
@IoN_PuLse:
Yes I am serious. I had the same configuration with both versions. Fully updated with their respective lists, and the block http option checked. I also let it run for about 20 minutes and checked the logs. No blocked connections whatsoever on the one from peerguardain.sourceforge.net, and I tested sites other than RIAA. I just used that one because it was the most obvious. I'm not making it up.

**Original writing**
Warning! peerguardian.sourceforge.net is a fake!

I installed the new version from there, and then tried going to http://www.riaa.com

...no problems. The site came right up.

Then I uninstalled it, and installed from methlabs.org, they blocked it.

Stick with methlabs.org

ZenWarrior reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Sep 20, 2005

Just in case you have not heard, I received the following e-mail. I trust posting excerpts does not violate any TOS here. But if so, I ask staff to delete and forgive. However, it seems important information. So to selectively quote, "The majority of the Methlabs.org administration and development team have been forced out of their website following a series of threats and incidents. The member of the group that had been trusted to handle the finances and servers slowly managed to take over each individual part of the web site's assets, eventually claiming control over the entire group and locking out the majority of staff." "Development of PeerGuardian will resume, and the website will temporarily move to http://peerguardian.sourceforge.net/ until a new domain is registered and a new server found. The intention of the group is to register a non-profit organization to handle the development of Methlabs applications and to promote open source projects that aid both security, privacy and peer-to-peer technologies, in order to prevent a repeat of this incident." "The team wish all their users the best through this difficult time, but promise that development will continue. Please visit http://peerguardian.sf.net/ for news as we make progress. All other sites, including http://methlabs.org and http://blocklist.org, are under control of the rogue member and should not be trusted for safe updates to our applications or lists. A new build of PeerGuardian will be released soon to reflect these changes. Until then we ask you to continue using Beta 6a but with caution as the update servers are no longer under our control. All staff are available in irc.freenode.net, channel #methlabs if you wish to chat."

jafo818 reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Sep 20, 2005

How do we really know whether the project has moved to peerguardian.sourceforge.net? Why do we trust them over methlabs.org? Both sites claim the other to be fake.

JEdwardP reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Sep 19, 2005

All too often, I see good software here that seems to have been unfairly rated by those who apparently don't know how to use it properly.

Not all software is intended for rank novices, and most software requires SOME attention to settings to work to full advantage.

Anybody who believes this software is meant to be a firewall shouldn't be using it, much less rating it.

This does the job it was intended to do, and on my machine at least, does that job very well.

WhiteZero reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Sep 19, 2005

Works quite well. I just don't like how their lists like to block unessisary stuff, like game servers and whatnot. Gets a little annoying but you just have to edit the list a bit.

yagood reviewed v2.0 Beta6b on Sep 19, 2005

@jaffacake2000:

..and what if a brick falls on you from a roof? :-) I mean, nobody says it will be 100% safe with any peer-blocker. And if I know that Peer Guardian blocked connection from some strange emule fake servers or telecommunication company or whatever what is on block lists - I'm happy with it and that is enough for me to keep using PG - the less connections to me the better, so I guess its job here is done.

jaffacake2000 reviewed v2.0 Beta6a on Aug 21, 2005

Peer guardian is good but...

..what if the RIAA MPA BPI etc didnt stay in one place that is they all spread around every hour or are constantly on the move or tracking people from aeroplane, cave, or from inside a van and changing position? what if they were using wireless network?

Would peer guardian still keep you protected?

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v2.0 Beta6a on Jul 26, 2005

anomoly - You are a 10 year old retard.

Back to the rating of this app, this app does exactly what it says it does with one of the smallest footprints i've ever seen in a program, and has never crashed on me since i started using it a couple of months ago.

I've tried to use Protowall on several occasions, but until the programmers can make a program that will install correctly without having to change any other Window setting just to get it working in the first place, i will use Peerguardian instead.

Thanks

anomoly reviewed v2.0 Beta6a on Jul 22, 2005

Anybody can block any address on any pc without this ap. This is SUPPOSED to block LISTS! (read my lips-LISTS!) of ip's. Look at the changes-I have never read one single word or heard mention of how well this ap actually works. Having tried the last 2 versions in comparison with protowall I can honestly say pg2 is a sham. or is it shim?

Lightwieght is the word. It only works with small lists & when under pressure & given one large list it blocks nothing. Truly a disappointing ap. Reason it uses no resources? It doesn't need to bcause it aint doing s*** to begin with. CRAP

Anyone who complains about one web address is a complete idiot & should not be reviewing anything-PING THIS

alcvanamelsvoort reviewed v2.0 Beta6a on Jul 19, 2005

This is an impressive application. However it denies access to BetaNews.com. "Datability Software S..."

What is going on here?

neogator reviewed v2.0 Beta 6 on Jul 18, 2005

PeerGuardian 2.0 Beta 6a is available.

tre2004 reviewed v2.0 Beta 6 on Jul 9, 2005

Been using PG since back in the day.
I just want to make sure you guys know that when you test to see if PG is blocking, don't do it by going to websites like www.riaa.com for example. Go into your blocklist, and ping various ips in the blocklist, if you don't know how to do that.. go to start, run, cmd to bring up DOS
Ping "and the ip"
If it blocks it, it will say something like destination unreachable, or Timed out or something like that. There have been a few people that didn't know that, so just letting you know..
Also, if you are having any problem at all, go to
http://methlabs.org/forums/ and there are many people there that will answer your ?
But, try pinging the IP if you want to see if it is blocking the way it is suppose to.
In my OPINION PG works much better than Protowall cause it blocks ALL PROTOCOLS, but you have your opinion, BUT, if you use P2P I encourage you to at least use one of them.. Cause they work. I don't know anyone that has got a letter while using PG2
Better safe than sorry.

WhiteZero reviewed v2.0 Beta 6 on Jul 9, 2005

Program dose what it says it dose.
The HTTP blocking is really annoying though, so I'd recommend disabling it.

NiukNiuk reviewed v2.0 Beta 6 on Jul 9, 2005

That's weird, the previous betas worked very well, and since I've installed this latest version it doesn't block anything...
The log window is still empty.
When I launch p2p apps like Emule peerguardian usually blocks a lot of ips...and since this update nothing seems blocked.
Weird, maybe a bug with this beta...
Anyway, the previous betas were great, so I rate it 4.

anomoly reviewed v2.0 Beta 6 on Jul 8, 2005

Unfortunately in comparing it to protowall pg does not block ip addresses worth a frig. Using the same p2p file (from BLM) I can go places under pg that protowall won't allow. It DOES NOT do what it is designed to do, & I can only conclude it uses no resources because it does practically nothing. The default lists are nothing compared to the file you can use from BLM. May work with a tiny list but Protowall works MUCH better with large lists. Proto is set to run at startup on my pc but I always start the filtering manually as the list I use (& compared with) is 5.81mb.

aznpunk97 reviewed v2.0 Beta 6 on Jul 8, 2005

LOL at the person who thought it was a firewall.

Great program to function as an IP blocker, which uses almost little cpu resources. Would recommend this program to all my friends. Best if you used it along with your regular firewall program (if you wanted to)

Kushan reviewed v2.0 Beta 6 on Jul 8, 2005

I've noticed that the people complaining about this application either don't know how to use it correctly, don't know what it is or think it's a firewall.
For me it's excellent, it does it's job perfectly with little intrusion.
The only problem I ever had with it was that when I tried to play C&C on WOL, it was blocking EA's IP's, but a couple of right clicks and it hasn't bothered me since.
Very low CPU usage, never seen it go above 1%, even when downloading a lot through Bit torrrent.
Also, it's x64 support is excellent, haven't had any issues with it either.
Excellent application!

otero1 reviewed v2.0 Beta 6 on Jul 8, 2005

It has saved my butt all the time. DON'T BE A N00B SELECT ALLOW HTTP. And this isn't a firewall. It blocks all the bad ips out there. Where as a firewall blocks everything. Allowing only what you want to. You must use this with a firewall.

uranus_is_huge reviewed v2.0 Beta 5b on Jun 24, 2005

I get a runtime error now everytime i start my computer saying that peerguardian 2 has asked runtime to close the application. What does this mean, and how can i fix it? Everytime i try running pg2 again (by clicking on it), it says this:
An exception occured
File: .\mainproc.cpp
line: 201
Type: class std:: runtime_error
Message: driver already running

I'm running windows XP. Thanks for your help!

sQin reviewed v2.0 Beta 5b on May 29, 2005

this app doesnt break anything, even p2p on my cpu.
the only problem i had: the app dissapeared from tray when tried to update, i havent found that on task manager list too. When tried to load PG again, message appeared: "driver already loaded" or smth...

mutara reviewed v2.0 Beta 5b on May 3, 2005

What a useless tool. Get a real firewall instead.

Coltman45 reviewed v2.0 Beta 5b on Apr 29, 2005

I installed PG Beta 5b, and as soon as i did, my ares and kazaalite P2P won't connect, ive unistalled Beta 5b and it still won't work. Does anyone know what the problem is? Now I have to spend countless hours trying to get my p2p programs to work again. Ideas anyone? Because this program "broke" working software on my system, I will have to give it a -1 .

wonko reviewed v2.0 Beta 5b on Apr 26, 2005

PG2 has come a long way since the first beta (which I hated). The latest release is a massive improvement. For one thing, it works, which is always good, and for another, the interface has been substantially improved. Blocklist management is easier as well.

I'm very impressed by how effective PG2 is while using under 1 meg of RAM and an immeasurably small amount of CPU time, even during high-traffic Bittorrent downloads when connections are being established to hundreds of peers.

tre2004 reviewed v2.0 Beta 5b on Apr 25, 2005

immense-tie,
that doesn't sound right to me.. but go to www.methlabs.org that is the main site and forum.. you will have any question you have answered there.

and

To anyone who tried the first PeerGuardian back in the day... this is a TOTAL different thing. Hardly ANY cpu ussage, or memory ussage AT ALL. And the first PG(1) only blocked TCP, PG2 blocks ALL protocols.. if it a MUST HAVE if you use P2P.. if you choose not to, that is your choice... but I know of 0 people that have gotten letters from their isp's or the **AA's while using PG2.. You can't never be too safe..

immense-tie reviewed v2.0 Beta 5b on Apr 25, 2005

this sucks, i installed PG beta 2, and as soon as i did, my ares and kazaalite P2P wont connect, ive unistalled PG2 and it still wont work and is not unistalled properly, so shall i install the new version will this fix it, doubt it!

theres no listing on PG2 for the P2P's listing to unblock..............someone help me plz

Klusternisse reviewed v2.0 Beta 5b on Apr 25, 2005

runtime error after install of this crapware

don't download this release

pvolk reviewed v2.0 Beta 5a on Apr 18, 2005

Only the best of the best! If you are smart, you turn off http blocking when you go online...if you are stupid then you leave it on and complain about it like that guy a few posts down. This is a great program and has been protecting my emule/bittorrent server for months! Top notch stuff!

kise reviewed v2.0 Beta 5 on Apr 12, 2005

Mm. Beta 4 was better then Protowall 2. This time they implemented multi-threaded update for lists. Still missing the little popup-baloon notifying when a package is blocked. And still the CPU usage is null.

baojia reviewed v2.0 Beta 5 on Apr 12, 2005

bugmenot: turn 'Block HTTP' off.

bugmenot reviewed v2.0 Beta 4 on Apr 11, 2005

This program is useless. It blocks Yahoo mail and I couldn't even access this forum with it running. If Yahoo and this forum are that malicious, then the world should be told about it, otherwise, why are they both blocked? Now I get to spend hours finding a less sucky alternative, yay. This just makes me hate computers all the more.

kise reviewed v2.0 Beta 4 on Mar 19, 2005

Peerguardian 2 knocks Protowall 2! For some time Protowall was TEH ipblocker. Protowall 2 downside is installation-difficulty: "Satan was here". and som bugs in GUI and update. Peer Guardian 2 is easy to install, easy functional GUI and accept-HTTP feature (long awaited in protowall). The only misssing feauture is a popupballoon to notify when an ipaddress got blocked.

Mystenes reviewed v2.0 Beta 3 on Mar 7, 2005

Great tool! I recommend that to everyone not just for p2p!

DJInsomniac reviewed v2 Beta 2 on Feb 26, 2005

To Prospero424:

If you click the X in the corner of the program, that minimizes it to the system tray, it doesn't actually close the program. The only way to actually close the program is to right click the item in the system tray and click Exit.

Prospero424 reviewed v2 Beta 2 on Feb 26, 2005

Having just tried the new version 2, I must say, in contradiction to my previous review, that this is indeed a good, lean program. It uses FAR fewer resources than the previous version. I have yet to notice any impact on my system's performance.

A lot of things that I have been wishing for in Protowall have been incorporated into this new version, such as the ability to easily unblock a particular IP (like that of Betanews, for instance) and schedulable blocklist updates. Also, Protowall needs a driver installed to operate, which I dislike, while this app does not.

I had another small gripe about not being able to minimize to the system tray, but DJInsomniac pointed me in the right direction. Doh!

tre2005 reviewed v2 Beta 2 on Feb 26, 2005

OK, in response to FXSOFTWARE,
"Useless "security" ip blocker... Use a firewall or at least something that work. This "tool" uses lot of memory and lot of cpu time (don't believe everything you read). So called Bad-IP filter list is full of dead and (worst) changed IP."

I will say this AGAIN, PG2 doesn't use over 05 cpu, and about 1 MB of memory. That was PG(1) PG2 is 100% better. PG1 ONLY blocked TCP protocols, PG2 blocks ALL protocols.. And if you are a Torrent user, or just P2P in general.. seriously, can you have enough security? We are talking about our privacy here, and posibly jail time for downloading a freaking TV SHOW, that I can record on my MEDIA CENTER PC for free!! A show like "LOST" comes on BASIC television, it's free to EVERYONE, so why is it illegal to download? Some say cause of the commercials, my pc can record a show, and I can EDIT the commercials out before I watch it.. Same difference! You can use PG2 along w/ your firewall, and you can also export the blocklist from PG2 to your firewall. Theres ANOTHER layer of security. Seriously people, don't judge a product because the experience you had w/ a previous release, try it out, then make a comment. FXSOFTWARE, try it and you'll see that the cpu usage is NOTHING, and the memory is NOTHING! I have been beta testing PG2 for months now, and I wouldnt' use p2p w/out it!

And in response to you guys that says its blocking Betanews and yahoo and stuff. You CAN uncheck block HTTP, but the BEST thing to do is bring up the GUI, and where it shows BETANEWS being blocked, right click it.. you can choose to allow it for 15 mins, an hour, or PERMANTLY.. that is the best thing to do. Cause some websites try to see what your doing, and if your downloading P2P some say they could be able to tell.. but like I always say.. when it comes to downloading P2P, you CAN'T be too safe. Better Safe Than Sorry.

I hope this helps you out. FXSOFTWARE, that is fine if you don't like PG2, but foreal man, why diss PG(2) when you have ONLY used PG(1)? And don't say that you used PG2 and got HIGH cpu levels, or MEMORY.. cause that would be a LIE. Like I said, I've been using this for months, and even during the HEAVIEST of downloads, I'm talking about downloading like 10 or 15 different BIG files, at 700 Kbps, I have NEVER had the cpu levels high.. it really is totally different from PG1. Just letting you and everyone else know, so you don't "NOT USE IT" because of your experience w/ PG1..

FXSoftware reviewed v2 Beta 2 on Feb 26, 2005

Lol stop putting 5 stars to your own apps, it's ridiculous. 20Mb footprint, 10-15% CPU usage when eMule is running. *** v2 used ****

That is all.

====

Useless "security" ip blocker... Use a firewall or at least something that work. This "tool" uses lot of memory and lot of cpu time (don't believe everything you read). So called Bad-IP filter list is full of dead and (worst) changed IP.

Pointless application..

yokozuna reviewed v2 Beta 2 on Feb 26, 2005

skonrad, tray-->rightclick the icon of PG --->uncheck "block HTTP"

Well, what can I say? PG is almost perfect but it is needed to read the manual ;-)

skonrad, it's me again. Good that you configured the proggie.

I strongly advise to add these two lists to the default ones:

- Anti-P2P : http://www.bluetack.co.uk/config/antip2p.txt

- Bad Hash & Fake : http://www.bluetack.co.uk/config/mdipdb.p2p

skonrad reviewed v2 Beta 2 on Feb 26, 2005

Does what it says, but a little overzealous. :-)

Could not get to Betanews anymore and could not login to yahoo messenger anymore. Editing the list does not seem to be that simple, so I uninstalled it again. A little less paranoid and it would be a very good program, CPU usage and memory footprint are great.

@yokozuna: well, that it does not block http anymore, but I want it to do that because of ads blocking and other things.

Update: Ok, I changed my mind, you can add elements to the allow list by right-clicking and adding them. New rating: 5

hurt reviewed v2 Beta 2 on Feb 26, 2005

used the 1st 1, and excited about the 2nd. funny thing is i had to uncheck http on the right click tray icon menu to get to betanews hehe, maybe some1 can explain this to the rest o the users before they get upset? probably has something to do with the options i set, which maybe some1 can also answer this question, what kinda sites does the educational setting block?

akecake reviewed v2 Beta 2 on Feb 26, 2005

sorry but i think that you sux at tetris not the developper if you dont know how to update the blocklist its not my problem and also why should there be a wizard after the installation if you want to run it again just delete the config file in the install folder

wonko reviewed v2 Beta 2 on Feb 26, 2005

What a horrible UI. What's with all the wasted space? Whoever designed this interface must suck at Tetris.

It seems like very little thought went into providing a good user experience. Good luck trying to figure out how to run the blocklist setup wizard a second time; it's just not possible.

And then there's also the fact that the program just doesn't work. It claims the blocklists were downloaded successfully, yet it's blocking zero IPs.

That said, it is true that the program uses virtually zero CPU time. Of course, that's because it's not actually DOING anything, but hey, at least there's *something* to like about this program.

tre2005 reviewed v2 Beta on Feb 25, 2005

ok, I will make this fast. I tried to add 2 reviews cause I tried to reply to what someone said, which you can read below, as TRE2004. But, first off. If you used PG1 in the past, this is a whole new program. Pg1 in the past had HIGH CPU and memory consumption, PG2 hardly has the cpu over 05, and memory around 1 Mb. Pg1 ONLY blocked the TCP Protocol, PG2 BLOCKS ALL Protocols, and is MUCH better than PG1. So, if you had a bad experience w/ PG1, don't be afraid to download PG2, theres a world of difference! It is a GREAT program, I have testing the betas for about 2 or 3 months now. If you download any P2P this is a MUST HAVE program. Our privacy is EVERYTHING!
If you want to test if it is working, you can PING an ip that is in the blocklist. Bring up PG2, click Manage list, highlight the list and click OPEN LIST. Go to START, RUN, Type CMD this will bring up a dos prompt. Now type
Ping "ip address" (without the ""'S) OR www.riaa.com (for example)
You may know how to do this, but some may not.

IMPORTANT

Make sure to download the VERSION tha is right for your OS. The normal download link is for Windows XP/2000, if you have windows 98/ME click the link BELOW PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION to download the right version. That is IMPORTANT.

If you have any questions you can go to methlabs.org and check out the forums there, there are great people there EAGER to help you out. If ya want, send me an e-mail at Dreem_katch3r@yahoo.com and let me know what you think about PG2, or if you have any suggestions for following betas and I will relay those to the creator.

TRE2004

akecake reviewed v2 Beta on Feb 25, 2005

The blocklist problems are due to a methlabs server downtime were trying to fix this as fast as possible so be patoient please. This program uses almost no CPU and RAM its easy to install and configure etc....too many good stuff to tell about it ;)

Zodiachus reviewed v2 Beta on Feb 25, 2005

This WOULD be good if it actually blocked something. It is currently blocking 0 ip:s, even after updating the blocklist. I have no idea why it does this.

madashell reviewed v2 Beta on Feb 25, 2005

This software is useless. No logging of granted packets is needed in an app like this, i guess people at Methlabs have no clue about p2p security. If you want to have security use an app that will block all and use little resouces like outpost firewall with blockpost plugin or use protowall. I had a hell of a time installing this app, almost like there was some other app inside it that wanted to install at the same time, one pg2 screen would come up then a totaly different one would and then the app would not run. It locked up on me in task manager and I had to run hijackthis to shut it down. Not a very good start for this app. I did after about 5 attempts get it installed and I didn't like the app at all. so go tell the people at methlabs that you want logging of granted packets or the application is useless. Maybe they will get a clue.

pvolk reviewed v2 Beta on Feb 25, 2005

your right tre2004 this is a much better release than the previous ones. When minimised, this program uses 0-1 CPU about 1mb memory and 11mb of VM. A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER PREVIOUS RELEASES and pretty much a must have for any file sharers.

tre2004 reviewed v2 Beta on Feb 24, 2005

in reply to madashell,

You either Lying about even trying to install PG2, OR you didn't read what I had to say. To MAKE SURE that you download the one that is for YOUR system. If you have 98 OR ME you have to follow the link below the publishers description, cause this app is EASY to install, a retard could do it. And you said something about that it is useless, that you need a program that will block ALL, not sure what you meant by that... cause if you meant, blocks all protocols, this does it! And you can use it W/ Your firewall. You can export the blocklist to your firewall. If you dont' want to use it, DON'T. But don't trash something if you don't know anything about it. Because this is a GREAT program, like I said.. I have been using the betas for months now.. and have NEVER had the cpu over 5 - 10
It's not like the old PG. But if you prefer Protowall or whatever, then fine.. use that. But the key fact is, if you are goin to use P2P, you better be using something! You know how many people I have heard of that uses PG2 and have gotten a letter from their ISP for copyright infringement??? ZERO
But, to each is own. Everyone, try it out and see that I'm right. How someone can trash someones product who has your best interests in mind, I'll never know. You got the MPAA out there hunting down a DEAD Grandmother for download movies, and we have others @ Methlabs.org who try to protect our rights, and privacy... I have GREAT respect for the creator of PG.. how could you not?

Prospero424 reviewed v2 Beta on Feb 24, 2005

I used to use this program, but the CPU usage alone made me stop very quickly. I suggest using Protowall, which uses VERY little memory/processor time compared ot this and does every bit as good a job, if not better, than Peerguardian.

Kukac reviewed v1.99b pr14 on Nov 6, 2004

IP filters can be imported into personal firewalls, some p2p clients, DNS hookers, etc.

skaim reviewed v1.99b pr14 on Jan 30, 2004

I like the idea, but it still proves unworkable on my computer. Running Bittorrent and being connected to about 200 peers still brings this program to a crawl. The RAM usage is definitely down though. Your mileage may vary if you are don't have as many people connecting to your computer.

Nothingface5384 reviewed v1.99b pr14 on Jan 30, 2004

This new release only uses around 20% cpu and 15,000k mem max on startup and then steadies down to 14%cpu 7,500k ram usage after startup on my box setup...p3 866mhz 128mb pc133mhz sdram.

rbee reviewed v1.99b pr13-6 on Jan 28, 2004

Highly UNRECOMMENDED. The excessive CPU and memory usage by this program makes it basically unusable. Only for the extremely paranoid.

FailedCRC reviewed v1.99b pr13-5 on Jan 25, 2004

memory usage is pretty high, but the real killer is the enormous amounts of cpu time it takes. Something they seriously need to work on

dzjepp reviewed v1.99b pr13-5 on Jan 23, 2004

You can probably just use a firewall of your choice and import all the IP ranges from PeerGuardian into the firewall and get the same result. Maybe it would run faster too. 60MB does sound like a heck of a lot of memory for a somewhat simple app, could it be because it has a very large amount of addresses addded into its database?

sjc001 reviewed v1.99b pr13-4 on Jan 22, 2004

This is a good program, but I don't use it much anymore because the programs, which I had used it with, now include something like it built in already.

pvolk reviewed v1.99b pr13-4 on Jan 22, 2004

Ive heard some excellent comments about this program and it looks to be a fairly good way to block ip's and such...but 60,000K memory usage OUCH! thats more then internet explorer and kazaa combined! definitely not a light weight prog that you can keep runnin all the time.

Nothingface5384 reviewed v1.99b pr13-4 on Jan 22, 2004

on top off that you can ad single ip to ip ranges of ips/ursls to block certaint sites and or even block sites that snbag your info or try to install spyware/adware onto your system..
PG also comes with great IP tools and a IP manager..great lil freeware prog!