• Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $29.95 to buy
• Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7
• Date added: August 19, 2009

BeeThink IP Blocker blocks unwanted IP addresses based on IP blocklists. It monitors network activities in real-time and prevents the connection between a server/website and certain IP addresses or ranges of addresses. BeeThink IP Blocker is designed for P2P users and anyone else who wants to protect his or her computer from unauthorized searches instigated by private agencies and corporations. It keeps safe when using P2P programmes such as Limewire or any of the various BitTorrent programmes. This programme supports many IP list formats, such as P2P filter plaintext format file, Emule IP filter data file, and Apache’s .htaccess file. If users want to know where their computers communicate, the ‘IP address look up’ programme will tell them more. Meanwhile, users can easily build up their blacklist or whitelist by simply clicking. Version 1.1 adds support for 64 bits Windows Vista, 64 bits Windows 7 and more blocklist formats, such as P2P filter plaintext format file and Emule IP filter data file.

What’s new in this version:

Version 1.1 adds support for 64 bits Windows Vista, 64 bits Windows 7 and more blocklist formats, such as P2P filter plaintext format file and Emule IP filter data file.