ProtoWall

ProtoWall (formerly eWall) is a closed-source freeware program for IP blocking that is similar to PeerGuardian from Phoenix Labs. It is designed to block connections from organizations such as the RIAA and MPAA while using filesharing networks. (source=Wikipedia)

Protowall is a lightweight application which runs in the background, taking up little CPU and memory, while blocking thousands of bad IP addresses. In Protowall, all the work is done by the driver that filters each packet, extracts the IP header and then compares the address with the ones in the table, then either discards or permits the packet to pass.

The GUI is essentially
a "driver instructor" that communicates to the driver the IP list to check against. The GUI also receives notifications from the driver when a packet arrives and when actions are performed with a packet. Protowall Blocks both inbound and outbound packets.

Protowall blocks incoming packets from Internet addresses that are on the Bluetack Blacklists. This is handled by another program called the Blocklist Manager. This program finds and retrieves lists of bad IP addresses. They are sorted (overlapping resolved) and then converted to various formats such as Protowall, PeerGuardian & other common applications and firewalls.
(sorce=Softpedia)

Note: Protowall only works on Windows NT based Operating Systems such as Windows XP/2000/2003. Currently Protowall is not 64 bit compliant due to a change in the ndis driver.

Download:

ProtoWall 2.01 Build 9 - Beta
ProtoWall 2.01 Build 9 - Stable

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.

Gtorrent (Greedy Torrent)

Well here is first survival program for a leech: Greedy Torrent

GreedyTorrent has the following features:

• GreedyTorrent is set-once-and-forget type software. No need of configuring it each time you queue a torrent file to download.
• No complicated options to configure. The default installation of GreedyTorrent is configured to provide you five times actual upload, enough for the survival of a normal ADSL user. There is no need to manually find the hash values or to set tracker URLs, it takes care of them automatically. GreedyTorrent was developed with the beginner user in mind, with an easy to use interface.
• GreedyTorrent generates no additional traffic. It does not run or emulate an "extra torrent client", and thus does not waste your precious bandwidth.
• You can continue to use your favorite BitTorrent client, no need to switch to another BitTorrent client to use GreedyTorrent.

How does it work?

GreedyTorrent is implemented as a proxy for BitTorrent tracker protocol. It, once installed, sits in the system tray and waits for the BitTorrent client to make a request to the tracker. Once the BitTorrent client is connected and attempts to report the uploaded quantity, GreedyTorrent modifies the upload ratio to report according to your preferences.

GreedyTorrent allows you to be in control of your upload ratio. You can set it as a multiple of either your download or upload. For example, to maintain a 1:1 ratio for a poor uploader, a multiple of 1 times the actual download would be enough. This has the advantage that the torrent file you download always maintains 1:1 ratio, no matter how poor your actual upload is. Suppose you have a fair upload speed and you just want to double your upload ratio. You can select a multiple of 2 times the upload.

Supported clients:

1. uTorrent 1.6 and above
2. Azureus 2.5 and above
3. BitLord 1.1
4. BitTyrant 1.1

Configuring the clients:

1.) uTorrent:

1. Go to Options > Preferences menu in uTorrent.
2. Select Connection in the left tree view.
3. Under the section titled Proxy Server, enter the following.
4. Specify type as HTTP
5. Enter localhost as proxy
6. Enter 3456 as Port (or use the port you have configured in GreedyTorrent's preferences)
7. Click OK to save.

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2.)Azureus

You need to enable advanced configuration mode in Azureus first.
Go to Tools > Configuration Wizard menu and select Advanced in the User proficiency section of the second step of the wizard. Complete the wizard by clicking Next and Finish.

1. Go to Tools > Options menu in Azureus.
2. Expand Connection in the left tree view and select Proxy Options
3. Under the first section titled Tracker Communications, enter the following.
4. Make sure you have the Enable proxying of tracker communications box checked
5. Specify localhost for Host
6. Enter 3456 as Port (or use the port you have configured in GreedyTorrent's preferences)
7. Make sure you have the I have a SOCKS proxy option unchecked
8. Leave the boxes Username and Password as blank.
9. Click OK to save.
10. Restart Azureus by selecting File > Restart Azureus

3.)BitLord

1. Go to Options > Preferences menu in BitLord.
2. Select Proxy under Connection in the left tree view.
3. Under the section titled Proxy Server Settings, enter the following.
4. Select Proxy Type as HTTP1.1
5. Enter localhost as Proxy Server
6. Enter 3456 as Proxy Port (or use the port you have configured in GreedyTorrent's preferences)
7. Make sure you have the Use Proxy only for HTTP connections (Tracker Connections) option checked
8. Click OK to save and restart BitLord.

4.) BitTyrant

BitTyrant is a client based on modifications to the Azureus 2.5 code base. The configuration steps are same as that of Azureus. You can click the link below to view the configuration steps for Azureus and follow the same to get BitTyrant to work with GreedyTorrent.

Download Greedy Torrent