• Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $19.00 to buy
• Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
• Date added: October 29, 2008

MCS Firewall 2008 is a tool which protects computer in Internet. Application can prevent interception and impersonating user’s computer, blocks dangerous connections and monitor ports, protects against many trojan horses and spy-ware applications up-to-date (without need of manual scan). Application helps you to protect your computer against hackers attacks. MCS Firewall allows you to register and target all incoming and outgoing packets.

Are you looking for a software to lock your PC the same way you lock your house, keep the PC in kind of read only mode for program files, do not allow to install new program including AxtiveX, exe or root kit drivers, but allow data file modification, unlock PC while running installer with a simple mouse click then XenCare Softlock is the tool you are looking for. If you are using your computer system in a harmful way which could be as simple as clicking on an e-mail attachment from a stranger or visiting unknown Web sites, XenCare SoftLock can lock your system and protect from ever evolving threats not identified by conventional popular brand like Symantec, McAfee, eTrust AVG, or others that heavily depends on threat definition Database. XenCare SoftLock works on very basic principle “prevention is better than cure” XenCare SoftLock is not a scanning tool. Basically, antivirus is something like getting a big wanted list of all bad guys from all law enforcement agency, and putting a guard inside your house telling him kick out anyone to get in my house from that list, no need to add lock on your front door, not to mention that bad guy can better equipped than the guard. Whereas, XenCare don’t depend on the correctness of the list or effectiveness of the guard, rather than lock the front door, and unlock it when needed.

NetOptima Professional stops pornography before it enters your network. NetOptima Professional is the right choice for any network which is connected to Internet. No software to be installed in each computer in the network. Filter pornography before it enters your network. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

XP Firewall Commander is an easy to use control interface for your Windows XP built-in firewall which lets you add and remove exceptions for programs and services so that they can receive inbound traffic. If you use no exceptions, you can still view Web pages, send and receive e-mail messages, or use an instant messaging program. XP Firewall Commander permits you to add a specific port and protocol (UDP or TCP) and a suitable port name. Version 3.8 is a bug fixing release.

Ipfilter is an easy-to-use packet filter for TCP/IP. It’s features: Block outgoing IP packet based on set of predefined rules. Block incoming IP packet based on set of predefined rules. You can block any UDP, TCP, ICMP packet. And rules are flexible. Version 1 includes unspecified updates.

OnIt Personal Firewall is a safe and secure personal Firewall for windows that. It is designed to be an easy to understand and use firewall. Will give you all the information about the application that is trying to connect to allow you to make a secure decision. The firewall supports rules based on application name, port, or IP.

Version 3.0.1 includes Vista compatibility and known bug fixes.

What’s new in this version:

Version 3.0.1 includes Vista compatibility and known bug fixes.

Integrated desktop firewall and multi-layer intrusion prevention software delivers signature-less, zero-hour protection from known or new spyware, viruses, hacking techniques, and other intrusions on Windows desktops and servers. Privatefirewall features port tracking, URL and packet filtering and application/system behavior modeling and anomaly detection components to deliver proactive, comprehensive protection.

iNet Protector allows you to restrict access to the Web, as well as password protect your Internet connection. iNet Protector will limit your internet access at certain times on demand. You can disable connection completely or limit Internet to work with allowed programs and services only. In order to fully enable Internet access, user defined password must be entered. You can easily schedule Internet availability. Timer allows you to disable Internet connection after specified amount of time. Very useful for parents and business owners.

Features: Firewall with flexible packet filters; Traffic counters; Traffic throttle mechanism with quotas and bandwidth limitation; NDIS properties editor and statistics viewer; Wi-Fi monitor; Small application size and low memory usage; Simple multilingual interface [en, de, ru]; and Good compatibility with third-party software. Version 1.3 added traffic counters, traffic throttle mechanism, Wi-Fi monitor, and Vista compatibility.

What’s new in this version:

Version 1.3 added traffic counters, traffic throttle mechanism, Wi-Fi monitor, and Vista compatibility.

Child Control keeps track of the time your kids spend in front of the computer. Once their time is up, the computer automatically shuts down and won’t start up again.Child Control gives your kids back time that they are then free to spend in other ways.