gloria Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I've seen this question asked by members of other forums but wasn't entirely satisfied with the answers I saw. Since the InsanelyMac community is the smartest, I figured I'd pose the question here. I love Little Snitch. I am new to PCs (as of this morning). Before doing anything with this computer I wanted to install Little Snitch as well as some programs to prevent Malware etc..I am very surprised that I haven't been able to find something like little snitch that will prevent outgoing traffic and ask your permission before an app tries to 'phone home'. Any advice? Also, any suggestions on good Anti-Virus, Security, etc.. programs? Thanks, g Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
whytsyed Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I've seen this question asked by members of other forums but wasn't entirely satisfied with the answers I saw. Since the InsanelyMac community is the smartest, I figured I'd pose the question here. I love Little Snitch. I am new to PCs (as of this morning). Before doing anything with this computer I wanted to install Little Snitch as well as some programs to prevent Malware etc..I am very surprised that I haven't been able to find something like little snitch that will prevent outgoing traffic and ask your permission before an app tries to 'phone home'. Any advice? Also, any suggestions on good Anti-Virus, Security, etc.. programs? Thanks, g kaspersky antihacker if you want contorl over incoming and outgoing packets, kaspersky antivirus or nod32 antivirus as an antivirus solution Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/#findComment-441429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmkgd Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 free soft firewall with app control (in no particular order): ZoneAlarm free version (since many years) Comodo Sunbelt (formerly Kerio) Personal Firewall ... and others. And then there are commercial ones. So the choice for Windows is plentiful (out of necessity ). For Mac, I'm still searching for a freeware version... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/#findComment-441583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 If you can find AtGuard on the internet, download and try it. It does everything Little Snitch does and more. It was a great product but Norton bought the company and dumbed the product down, turning it into their own Fisher-Price firewall offering. AtGuard can still be found, it works perfectly on XP (as long as you turn off Windoze Firewall) and it has enough power for most purposes. Other than that, Kerio/Sunbelt gives great control as long as you turn on "Advanced" mode. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/#findComment-445684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I also recommend ZoneAlarm Free. I have used it for my Windows needs for many years. Antivirus: avast! 4 Home Edition (free). Great. I moved to it after many problems with AVG. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/#findComment-448726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I agree with the above recommendations. And if you're looking for a good Anti-Trojan then get "SpyBot S&D" (free). Cheers, hecker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/#findComment-448737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I think the most comparable piece of software for windows is a freeware named "Tiny personal Firewall". This is the download link from pctipp.ch, because I can't find the download on the homepage. http://www.pctipp.ch/index.cfm?pid=1411&pk=29933 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/#findComment-448857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I think the most comparable piece of software for windows is a freeware named "Tiny personal Firewall". This is the download link from pctipp.ch, because I can't find the download on the homepage. http://www.pctipp.ch/index.cfm?pid=1411&pk=29933 Awesome... thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/#findComment-449009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmkgd Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 hehe... Tiny Personal Firewall became Kerio Personal Firewall in 2001, and the last release of Tiny was 2.1.5 in 2003. In 2005 it was then acquired by Sunbelt, who renamed it Sunbelt Personal Firewall, one in my list above. It's that simple... well, not really: check this Tiny and Kerio firewalls Wikipedia article. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/#findComment-449256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpower101 Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 zonealarm or outpost Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/#findComment-452940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snowski Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html Only annoyance are the notification popups but other then that it works as easy as lil snitch and uses the built in firewall. I'm using this on both my Vista installs. Good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/#findComment-453046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloria Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 Thank you all for your help...good to know there are several choices... looks like I won't be used as market research without my knowledge, now... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62323-little-snitch-for-windows/#findComment-462949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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