BlackICE Defender

Is your Internet connection safe? Probably not in 9/10 browsers. Thats a fact. ISS incidentally, who bought BlackICE, are probably the most reputable security company with regard to Internet and corporate network security products for intrusion detection and vulnerability probing. When you dial into the Internet or use your ADSL/Cable Modem you are connected to one BIG network. Not only can you connect to web sites but you can connect to other people browsing just like you all over the world directly onto their modem. Coomon operating systems like MS Windows have certain built-in features when installed by default. Most people who have a ...  Read the complete review

BlackIce Defender is a software firewall to help protect your PC from hacking attempts. It works by watching your connection and monitors any suspisious attempts at gaining entry into your PC. There are four levels of security ranging from TRUSTING to PARONOID. You can keep logs - which can be used as evidence and you can selectively block the intruders. The best feature is the AdvIce button. After there has been an attempt of someone hacking or running a probe scanner, you highligh the attack and press the button. You are then taken to the Network ICe website which then gives specific information concerning that particular attack. Not only ...  Read the complete review

Basically blackice defender is a firewall, which can also log the IP of any hacker trying to get onto your computer, and tell you which program they were using. It also allows you to block that IP address entirely. This is a very good thing, especially if you are permanently connected to the net. It recogonises and eliminates threats from the trojan/remote program sub7, which the the main program used by amateur hackers. The IP address logging is also a very useful thing, since you can report them to their ISP and get them disconnected from the net altogether. If you are really concerned about high security for your computer BlackICE ...  Read the complete review

Most of us who use the internet have two main fears,virus attacks and being hacked.Most people have a virus checker and many are now getting a firewall.I don`t know if I have sensitive files on my system,but I do bank online so I may have.That`s why I bought a firewall. Black Ice Defender is designed to protect one desktop PC but it can protect that PC when on a LAN. This firewall is clever in that it reports where attacks have originated from so that you can report the IP address to your ISP,if the can do anything to prevent further attacks I am unsure. I had no problems installing this software at all and it loads a set of defaults to get you going. ...  Read the complete review

Quite a few opinions have been written about this product, but none since NetworkICE (the company responsible for BlackICE) was taken over by Internet Security Systems (ISS). A while after this takeover went public, ISS announced a new version of BlackICE that included functionality from some of their other products. I've been using BlackICE for years, and it's always been a solid and dependable personal firewall. Where it has lacked is in the area of outgoing filtering. Products like ZoneAlarm not only stop external connections, but also filter outgoing data such as from a trojan or virus. BlackICE has never had this feature. Until now. ...  Read the complete review