Firewall Software to Block Malicious IP Address on Windows

Securing your PC or any of your digital gadget is an important thing to do in today's world. You must protect and secure your personal data’s from online hackers and other malicious clients. There are many ways you can automatically block malicious activities using Ant-virus software’s, Anti-Malware applications and other firewall security tools available for windows. But, if you are using your internet to surf mainly for downloading file, you might need an additional layer of protection to block the threatening malicious virus.

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PeerBlock 

You can find lots of windows software for Security and Firewall Programs to secure and block malicious activity from internet. One kind of its application is PeerBlock. This is an security software for windows which helps you to block your computer from accessing bad IP Addresses. PeerBlock works like a Firewall program which supports Advanced IP Blocking Technology to block blacklisted malicious servers and IP address.

Block Malicious IP address

PeerBlock is Open source firewall windows software, which controls how your computer interacts or connect with other PC on the internet. So, you don't need to worry, it takes care of automatically blocking the harmful websites and malicious servers by using PeerBlock.

This Free IP Blocking windows app offers you the options to block the IP Addresses. Which means you can make your own list of bad IP address and import them or you can select the default blocking options in the User interface, other than automatically blocking IP's, it also supports manual blocking of any IP Address in your Windows Computer.

Features of PeerBlock

Following the installation steps and opening the application for first time, PeerBlock will open up the setup wizard to choose the different settings for the software. These settings contains what things you want to block like.

• P2P - Anti-P2P organization.
• Ads - Advertising and data tracker servers.
• Spyware - Malicious server and adware servers.
• Educational - Educational Institutions and Universities.
• Import/Create lists - Import or create your own lists.
• Always Allow HTTP - This feature allows secure connection.

Accessing PeerBlock

Peerblock layout is simple and it has two tabs, Protection and Settings. You can minimize the application to System Tray. If you want to open the software Right Click on the system tray icon and Left click will highlight the settings like enable/disable, allow HTTP support.

Verdict

Peerblock is light-weight portable firewall software for windows and it's totally free. This program works perfectly by automatically blocking the dangerous IP addresses and websites. This software is strongly recommended for those who concerned about security and privacy. PeerBlock Supports Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 and it also has 32bit and 64bit program. If you find any other porgram for blocking malcious IP address for windows let me know in the comments.

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