10 of 13 customers found the following review helpful:
 ZoneAlarm has it all plus more and it is free, 2002-01-03
One reviewer from Ocala, FL United States wrote, "After [zonealarm] allowing admittance I have found out that while downloading free programs, my Black Ice Defender will allow downloading but will block attempts by the downloading program to access my files and send back info to its source."
Zone Alarm does this too but it also encrypts the reference to the program so a trojan horse cannot spoof ZoneAlarm. "Black Ice keeps a detail record of all hacker type attempts as well as pointing a finger back to where the attack came from." Zone alarm does this too. The best on the market is actually free. Search for ZoneAlarm and go with the product our Network Administrator's use at home.
7 of 12 customers found the following review helpful:
 XP/Norton AnitiVirus Users Beware, 2001-12-20
BlackICE Defender is a good product. However, if you're using Windows XP and/or Norton AntiVirus with this product you should expect to have many contacts for support. I would not recommend this combination of software. Using no firewall at all will extend your life!
3 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
Does not defend anything..., 2001-12-17
Don't bother to buy this product.
It will let a whole elephant in, but complain about a simple ping. Instead, your money is better spent on ZoneAlarm.
8 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
 How to configure a firewall..., 2001-10-26
The only reason I don't give BlackICE a full five stars is because it doesn't offer some of the privacy features of personal firewalls such as Norton Personal Firewall--which provides controls for cookies and ad banners. As some of the reviews have mentioned, during testing some ports were found to be open. This indicates to me these individuals (Steve Gibson included) don't know how to configure the firewall software to achieve the desired level of protection. BlackICE has two features; a firewall for blocking traffic, a intrusion detection system for catching malicious types of traffic. It doesn't contain the application checking that some firewalls do but application checking is easily bypassed by a good backdoor or trojan application. Intrusion detection systems are a little more difficult to bypass. It is possible if you don't have the latest virus software, and you install an unknown application on your machine, that you could have a trojan resident on your computer. Since BlackICE doesn't block outbound traffic the slave software (trojan) would communicate with the master server but the intrusion detection system would most likely catch this and warn you of it. If you want a simple firewall use Tiny Firewall. If you want the benefits of a firewall with an intrusion detection capability choose BlackICE. If you are a home user who is concerned about privacy go for Norton Personal Firewall. And, in all cases, keep your firewall, anti-virus software and anti-virus definitions up-to-date.
5 of 11 customers found the following review helpful:
Is a firewall really necessary for you?, 2001-10-09
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, news reports about the internet becoming a potential "terrorist" target made me concerned that some protection in addition to my anti-virus software might be in order. After some research, I decided that Black Ice Defender would be the preferred product (over Norton and McAfee firewalls). After purchasing and installing it, I no longer believe that users who connect to the internet via a dial-up modem are at any significant risk of having their systems hacked into. In the two weeks since I installed this, most of the probes directed at my connection have been routine ones from my own ISP. If you use a dial-up modem to connect to the internet, RELAX. Save your money or use it to satisfy yourself with some more useful toy.
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