Privacyware’s Privatefirewall is rule-based firewall software that will monitor not only the incoming and outgoing connections made from/to your network and PCs but also, will monitor the processes and registry. Check below section for more information about Privatefirewall from security company that has been established since 1999.
It’s quite impressive to see software vendors who think security as essential by ensuring that their product will work with the latest available system. Privatefirewall is one of the software that will work in Windows 7, Vista and Windows XP. It also has support for 32-bit and 64-bit of these operating systems.
When I first install Privatefirewall, I thought I will have to go thru several steps (many clicking!) but I’m wrong. It only took 3 clicks to install the program! The installation is quick and it requires a system reboot before you can start protecting the system. It also reported its status in Windows Security Center and automatically disabled the built-in firewall (you don’t need much firewall software running at the same time!).
The UI of Privatefirewall is nothing to be scared of. It’s neat and the available options require no digging at all: from the UI or from its notification icon.
With Privatefirewall, you have many options but below are the important settings that I believe you would like to know:
- Customized the level of internet and local network zone. The default level for internet zone is set to High which is important.
- Add or Modify application and process rules – a firewall is not very effective if you do not have this option.
- Add/Remove trusted and blocked sites – I wish though for an option that blocked sites/IP to be imported and exported.
- Allow or Block unwanted processes or network access – the program will alert you on any attempt to run a process or application by existing software or processes. Think about injection or malicious modification by some programs, Privatefirewall’s behavioral defense will help you to know who and which will attempt to run and modify anything on the system.
- Advanced Log Reporting
- Port Monitor
- An interesting feature: E-mail Anomaly Detection
– think of malware who automatically send emails to your contacts. Privatefirewall will monitor e-mail activity and let you allow or block before anything is sent. Note that this feature is best to use with training period so e-mails you are sending and receiving will not trigger an alert.