PC Tools Firewall Plus is a powerful free personal firewall for Windows® that protects your computer by preventing unauthorized users from gaining access to your computer through the Internet or a network. By monitoring applications that connect to the network Firewall Plus can stop Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers and other malware from damaging your computer and stealing your private information.

PC Tools Firewall Plus is advanced technology designed especially for people, not just experts. Powerful prevention against attacks and known exploits is activated by default while experienced users can optionally create their own advanced packet filtering rules, including IPv6 support, to customize the network defenses. All you need to do is install it for immediate and automatic ongoing protection.

That's how PC Tools Firewall Plus provides world-leading protection, backed by regular Smart Updates, real-time protection and comprehensive network shielding to ensure your PC remains safe and hacker free. PC Tools products are trusted and used by millions of people every day to protect their home and business computers against online threats.

We recommend you use PC Tools Firewall Plus in combination with Spyware Doctor for comprehensive system protection against spyware, adware and other threats.

PC Tools Firewall Plus feature highlights:
* Protects your PC as you are working, surfing and playing.
* Intelligent automatic protection without all the questions.
* Easy to use. Designed for both, novice and expert users.
* Advanced rules to protect your PC against common attacks.
* Best of all it’s FREE. No catches, limitations or time-limits.

Firewall Plus v5.0.0.36 contains some significant functional changes and enhancements:

* Password Protection – the end user has been empowered to protect critical areas of Firewall Plus with a password. These include changing or modifying Applications, Advanced Rules, Settings and Product Uninstall. When set, any attempt to make changes to these areas or uninstall the product will require a password.
Important - Please do NOT forget your password. A Password hint is provided to assist in recovering lost passwords. PC Tools cannot recover your Password, nor will any PC Tools employee EVER ask you to reveal your Password.
* Full Screen Mode – the end user can instruct Firewall Plus to behave in a different manner when a program which requires use of a Full Screen is in operation. This ensures that programs such as Games, Movies or Presentations are not interrupted by Firewall Plus messaging. The user can set Firewall Plus to run in two modes (a) Secure (temporarily BLOCK requests) and (Cool Flexible (temporarily ALLOW requests).
* Network Layer Enhancements – invisible to the user. Program is more stable & robust.
* New ESV (Enhanced Security Verification) driver - more secure and more stable. Solves the following problems:
- 100% CPU caused by GDI kernel hooks
- System hangs caused by previous driver
- Faster game mode (frame rates is almost the same with and without the ESV engine)
* Removed Quiet mode – instead the Installer allow user to white list all current installed applications and minimize pop ups.

Known Issue
If you have PCTFW installed along side SD Beta 1(v6.0.0.415) or SD Beta 2(6.0.0.427) then Site Guard will be disabled.

What's new in PCTFW v5.0.0.36 beta:

* Ability to add trusted applications from installer
* Enhanced ESV to support new Matousec Test scheme
* Fixed Network related bugs
* Allowed to disable ESV from installer using Advanced Options (the default is to allow ESV)
* Minor bug fixes

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