Alternatives to PC Tools Firewall Plus for all platforms with any license

  • Privatefirewall

    This personal firewall and intrusion detection application provides comprehensive online security. It constantly monitors your PC for intrusion and reports any findings...

    • Discontinued Software unavailable at official site but still available through download sites.

    Free Windows

    Network Monitoring Add a feature

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  • Windows Firewall Notifier

    Windows Firewall Notifier (WFN) extends the default Windows embedded firewall behavior, allowing to visualize and handle incoming or outgoing connections. Features: ...

    Free Open Source Windows

    Portable Add a feature

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  • CacheGuard-OS

    CacheGuard OS is an Appliance oriented Operating System dedicated to Web traffic Security and Optimization.

    Commercial $ $ $ Windows VirtualBox VMware vSphere Hypervisor Microsoft Hyper-V Server Proxmox Virtual Environment

    No features added Add a feature

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  • Filseclab Personal Firewall

    Filseclab Personal Firewall Professional Edition is one of the most important software of Filseclab, it is very easy to use and also very powerful. It can provide more...

    • Discontinued The last update was released on July 29th, 2005.

    Free Windows

    No features added Add a feature

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  • Wallix Pro Firewall

    Wallix Pro Firewall prevents intruders from accessing your computer and that’s the main objective for a computer firewall. It automatically detects and blocks attacks...

    • Discontinued Website now longer exists to provide download. Program is still available on other sites.

    Free Windows

    No features added Add a feature

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  • Looknstop

    Look n Stop is the best in its class security application to prevent spyware. Secured by Look n Stop, your PC also becomes fully invisible to net hackers by stopping all...

    Commercial Windows

    Application Monitoring Add a feature

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  • Guarddog

    Guarddog is a firewall configuration utility for Linux systems. Guarddog is aimed at two groups of users. Novice to intermediate users who are not experts in TCP/IP...

    Free Open Source Linux

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  • Sygate Personal Firewall

    Sygate Personal Firewall is a bit old but good firewall for Windows. It uses very small amount of system resources and is quite robust. The project is now...

    • Discontinued On October 10, 2005 Symantec Corporation acquired Sygate Technologies, so Sygate Personal Firewall has been replaced by an advanced "Smart Firewall," available in Symantec’s Norton Internet Security. Sygate Personal Firewall can still be downloaded from Tucows.

    Free Windows

    No features added Add a feature

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  • FortKnox Firewall

    FortKnox Firewall is personal firewall solution that allows you to protect a PC against hacker attacks, trojans, spyware and internet threats. It has built-in Intrusion...

    Commercial Windows

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PC Tools Firewall Plus Comments

Works well on WinXP systems, not on Vista or Win7

Comment by peterstaack
about PC Tools Firewall Plus and Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Works well on my older WinXP systems, but not so hot on Vista or Win7 (intermittent freezes and sometimes a drain on system resources). On the newer Windows versions, I've been opting for the OS default firewall and another free AV suite, with good results.

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Comment by xChris
about PC Tools Firewall Plus · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Completely useless under win7, works a while then can lock-up the system! AVOID

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