22 of 53 customers found the following review helpful:
 <<>>, 2000-09-03
I have purchased this product thinking that, since I am on a LAN, I should have some extra protection. I have a network here too, and every time another computer on my own network tries to access my computer, even AFTER entering the password- This Blackice thing says it is an attacker/intruder, and that I should block it or trust it. Now, I don't want to trust a bad person, and I don't want to block another person on my network. So I have no idea WHAT to do at this point, and it is so confusing that I just leave it alone. The interface is very confusing, and its so many useless features and options make you go crazy. I'm sure this program was made by some paranoid person wanting to hide in a net all day without any trouble. Well, for every paranoid person out there- this program is great. For any normal person wanting a little protection from the outside world- This program is bad, not only because it will make you paranoid, but also because it will drive you crazy. Buy it at your own risk. I'm sure many other people have had this problem before, as well.
40 of 76 customers found the following review helpful:
 ~~~WARNING! USE THIS PRODUCT AT YOUR OWN RISK! ~~~, 2000-08-25
This product may claim to stop hackers cold in their tracks but I would'nt know it. After reading what seemed like good reviews by well respected publications such as PC World & PC Magazine about this product and it's anti-hacker technology I decided to give this much talked about firewall a try for myself. Well, too bad for me because at the time that I purchased this product it was ONLY available at the company website and ONLY available as a download. After completing the download of this product all my problems were just beginning. First off, my computer shut down immediately after clicking the open button on the download complete dialog box which was not what I expected my computer to do. At this time my computer re-booted and shut down for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th time until it just shut itself off as if someone had pulled the plug from behind. I turned my computer back on but every time after the windows splash screen would appear it would just shut down and attempt to reboot over and over and over. I could not even get my computer to boot up until having to go into safe mode and uninstalling this useless software. Well guess what! My troubles weren't over at all. I still could not log on to windows unless it was without the use of my mouse or unless it was in safe mode and at this point I was so frustrated & angered that this product ruined my computer and my day that I decided to just re-install my entire OS. Lucky for me I always back up my drive and was able to re-install everything back to it's original state but NOT until I re-installed the OS again. Keyword for today: "BACKUP" Remeber that word and live by it and you should be ok in this world of computers. I'm only giving this product 1 star because I don't have a choice to give it 0 stars. The only reason this product deserves 1 star is for the refund that I was given after complaining to their Customer Service. No appologies were given to me nor did they ask me any questions about what they could do to assist me with this problem. Well I'm not a person to complain about products or services, instead, I just don't use it nor do I ever go back. All in all, If I were you then I would wait for the PGP personal firewall by Network Associates which is due to come out soon and is a better product...
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