Download PeerGuardian 2.0 beta 5

The fifth beta release of PeerGuarduian 2.0 has just been released. This program is intended to complement the firewall and tries to keep unwanted traffic out. This concerns, for example, spyware and adware, but also organizations that fight against piracy of software and music. All IP addresses of unwanted users are stored in a central database and then distributed among the various clients. The program thus acts as a layer between, for example, a P2P program and the Internet. On Windows 2000, XP and 2003 systems every protocol is now checked at the kernel level, on Windows 98 and ME this is not possible and the program works at the tcp level. This release is hot off the press and not all Source Forge mirrors have been updated yet. The changelog for this release looks like this:

New

• New UI
• History viewer
• Search lists by name
• Enable/Disable lists without removing them
• List caching (faster load times)
• Updater performs multiple tasks at once, and is abortable
• Lower memory used for range names by 75%

Fixed

• Log size of 0 causes 100% CPU lockup
• Program crash if driver file not found
• Update Window popping up many times
• Program crash when reloading lists (allow, update)
• Incorrect list optimization
• AllowLocal not allowing adapter IPs
• Multi-byte conversion breaks on 0-length strings (9x only)
• Last update time for lists changed when update fails
• Error code 12029/0 when updating
• Runtime error when exiting
• Lists not reloaded on auto-update

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