So, you end up blocking Joe, Sue, Sally, and the health department.ġ. But, there's a better chance law enforcement (and others) are smart enough to avoid using ranges found in the block list. Sure, given how many IPs it blocks, there's a chance you avoid some law enforcement. Its effectiveness is unproven and very suspect. 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.ģ. There is no debate about this, the only question is how much it slows down. It slows down your network connection, period. Using others it blocks substantially MORE.Ģ. This program using ONLY the p2p blocklist will currently block nearly 20% of all possible IPv4 addresses. The blocklists are hugely inaccurate and include many legitimate IPs. Here's reasons NOT to use this application:ġ. 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. Quick, let's block 20% of the internet!! There, now don't you feel more secure :). 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".īut that's the only bad thing I'll say about it. (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.
When it blocks something legit, you have to open it up, click "history", "blocked", and find the address you want to allow. Other times, the site loads fine, and you'll see that PG2 just blocked a tracking probe that loaded w/the page. It will do this often, sometimes preventing you from loading the site you wish to visit. You can set the tray icon to blink on probes (HTTP recommended, not TCP/UDP or it'll be blinking constantly). Without this program your computer is wide open.Ĭons: It can be a pain in the ***** to deal with at times. As of right now, my PG2 is blocking nearly 3 billion addresses. 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. PG2 imports list of IP ranges to block from the sourceforge website. Microsoft, something called the "asian data collection center", lol, is a constant HTTP threat, probing my computer at least 100 times a day! of Labor as well as various other American, Chinese, Korean and South American governmental agencies. Even when I'm not running Limewire or Azureus, PG2 routinely blocks attempted HTTP probes by the likes of the Dept. Pros: I strongly disagree with anyone who says this program isn't worth it's salt if you don't use P2P apps.
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