PeerGuardian

PeerGuardian is a free and open source programs developed by Phoenix Labs. They are capable of blocking incoming and outgoing connections based on IP blocklists. The system is also capable of blocking advertising, spyware, government and educational ranges, depending upon user preferences.

How can this application help you?
It blocks the IP of reported governmental and/or anti p2p organizations. This way it protecting your IP, and identity.

PeerGuardian 2

PeerGuardian 2 for Windows 98/ME 0.82MiB
PeerGuardian 2 for Windows 2000/XP/2003 0.84MiB
PeerGuardian 2 for Windows XP/2003 x64 Edition 1.07MiB
PeerGuardian 2 source code (for programmers) 1.33MiB


Note: PeerGuardian 2 supports Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, and 2003, in 32-bit and 64-bit no support Windows Vista at the moment.

PeerGuardian Lite

PeerGuardian Lite is a derivative of PeerGuardian 2 made to consume as little CPU/RAM as possible. It has no UI or options and consists of a single tray icon.

PeerGuardian Lite for Windows 2000/XP/2003 87KiB
PeerGuardian Lite for Windows XP/2003 x64 Edition 125KiB
PeerGuardian Lite source code (for programmers) 66KiB

Once installed click on the tray icon of PG go to Settings, uncheck Log allowed connections in the History tab. After that change the Do nothing to Remove Every 5-7 days. This is important because if you don't make these settings. PG2 just saves the allowed and blocked connections, and in a couple of months this data builds up consuming your free space.