PrivateFirewall 7.0 is a free personal firewall that enables you to be aware, cautious and better protected . It provides Application Security by providing detailed alerts for incoming and outgoing application-specific Internet traffic . This free firewall software also models and monitors system behavior to identify and block activity characteristic of known malware, hacking, phishing and other threat types so that your computer and private data is protected effectively.

Privatefirewall offers everything you need from a personal firewall, including Packet Filtering, Internet traffic (packet) filtering, port scanning, IP tracking, SecurePOP email protection, and a proprietary Application Control Engine, which monitors all applications that access the Internet .

PrivateFirewall 7.0 Features :

• Windows OS Exploits

  For example, the WMF exploit allows a hacker to gain unauthorized access to your computer. In this scenario, a compromised/attack computer will send you a graphical file with the trusted extension “.wmf”. Internet Explorer will identify this legitimate file extension and will instruct the operating system to process it. Here’s where it all goes wrong. The file will in turn invoke another process, (which typically has an unusual name, i.e. a.exe). Privatefirewall will detect and block this “untrusted” process and generate an alert.

• Malware: Virus, Spware, Trojan and Worm Defense

  Viruses, Spyware, Trojans and Worms are all forms of malware that replicate, spread, steal personal information, and inflict damage to computers. Privatefirewall detects activity characteristic of malware infection such as attempts to access protected file objects, execution of WinAPI functions, and initiation of unknown processes, among others. Once detected, Privatefirewall blocks and quarantines the malware and alerts you of the security incident.

• Rootkit Defense

  By simple definition, a rootkit is a collection of software tools that an intruder can install on a computer to execute whatever criminal activity they have in mind. Rootkits are a particularly tricky form of malware to detect and defend against, as they are nearly invisible to most types of systems monitoring software. They allow an attacker to execute malicious programs invisibly as the rootkit is able to conceal files, running processes, and/or system data. Rootkits are a growing problem ― According to Microsoft, approximately 20 percent of the malware deleted by its malicious software removal tool are rootkits.

  Privatefirewall can guard against rootkit-related attacks on a number of levels. Privatefirewall can detect when a rootkit is being installed by identifying when a registry key value is being modified. Privatefirewall can also detect rootkit activity based on the process, WinAPI call or executable that is launched as an output of the rootkit’s payload.

• Hacker Defense

  Hackers are criminals that leverage system vulnerabilities, social engineering, and other techniques to break into computer systems for the purpose of amusement, theft, vandalism, or other crime. Privatefirewall prevents hacker attacks by restricting access to unauthorized areas of your computer and controlling the manner in which applications, processes, and other system features operate. In addition, Privatefirewall provides additional layers of protection though system and email anomaly detection components that baseline normal computer operation and detect unacceptable deviations from typical use caused by intrusion (hackers) and viruses, spyware and other forms of malware. Hackers and their techniques continually evolve and become more effective at hiding. No security solution provides 100% protection from attacks, but Privatefirewall offers unique capabilities focused on deviations of typical behavior and can therefore adapt and evolve along with the threats themselves.