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Summary: Black Ice is great!
Review: I used Black Ice on my WIN 98-2 system and liked it. When I went to WIN XP it was simply a matter of getting the XP updates which work fine---although I did have to add one line the blackice.ini to get it start automatically which was suggested in the FAQs. As far as program protection goes, all one has to do is let Black Ice profile the computer to see what installed programs are present and that takes care of that. Their support on the question of starting up disabled was responded to quickly and correctly. Some people will crab if their bread is buttered on the wrong side!!!
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Summary: Caused system freeze!!!
Review: Ive used this for about 6 months now. While it does block what it should it also blocks things it shouldnt. I have a fast computer with lots of resources so that wasnt the problem. I have AOL and while black ice was enabled i had constant problems accessing websites etc.. I would have to disable it constantly in order to do anything on AOL. I uninstalled it and signed up for a program on Besafehome.com . Its a filter/firewall software that downloads in minutes. You pay a yearly fee to use it. Its totally maintainence free and always updated. Best of all it doesnt slow my AOL speed down one bit! Much much happier.
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Summary: Black Ice - minimal protection
Review: I had previously used Black Ice defender, and it blocked incoming probes, but it allowed outbound connections by installed programs (spyware etc). Not exactly what I had in mind. Then I got Zone Alarm Pro and it catches everything, inbound and outbound, which seems like a better solution.
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Summary: Black Ice...useless piece
Review: I purchased a Black Ice product.
They offer ONLY email support.
They may take severals days to respond that they can't fix your problem.
There is ABSOLUTELY no way to get live help.
DO NOT BUY ANY BLACK ICE PRODUCTS unless you know everything there is to know about programming in any language written.In short, buy anything else, this company doesn't derserve to be in business.
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Summary: Black Ice
Review: Well if you like being asked if it is okay for Internet Explorer and Explorer in general can run every few minutes - this is the program for you. As for me it seems like these are programs that should not even be questioned. I upgraded from the old version to the new version, and trust me the old version was nice, but the new version is absolutely terrible. I'd kill for the old version. I'm switching to Norton firewall as soon as it arrives. My printer will now not print and I think this may be why. when I went on their troubleshooting site, there were all kinds of "yea we are aware of the problem, this is the work around", and you had to change various ini files, or whatever. I want a program that works not that I have to fix. I have it set on low to medium security, but be real the only thing left is to let ANYONE in. Go figure!!!
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Summary: GreenEarthling
Review: I purchased a copy of Black Ice, on my friend's recommendation. I am extremely pleased with its operation. It provides effective knowledge of who is trying to mess with my system and it effectively blocks their access. My friend also suggested that I upgrade to 3.5cbf which acts as Tripwire (for Linux). It keeps track of valid programs and warns users when any other program appears on the scene. I downloaded the upgrade without incident after providing my SW license. Like the other reviewer, I also connect through a modem, but even at that people are out there trying to hack my computer. Because of BI, I know and they can't get in.
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Summary: Black Ice Defender #1 for me.
Review: I bought BlackIce Defender and im happy with it. It logs all hacks directed at you and logs them. If you want STEALTH this is
it!
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Summary: You must be using a different product/version.
Review: I had to respond. One of the previous reviews is incorrect. It states "but if you get a more involved probe, like a SubSeven probe, BlackIce Defender doesn't block it. Instead, it lets the probe happen, then tells you that someone was looking for something but couldn't find it." That's not true. If you set BlackIce to "Cautious" or above, it does it's job and blocks just fine. If you leave the protection level set for "Trusting", you're going to manually have to do what BlackIce does quite nicely automatically. If you don't like all the blinking notices it gives while it's running, just exit the client piece, the daemon still runs and does it's job.
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Summary: XP/Norton AnitiVirus Users Beware
Review: 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!
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Summary: Does not defend anything...
Review: 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.
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