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Any similar software recommendations for Windows?

by mellamoyo 10y ago

Solsticea 10y ago
Glasswire - https://www.glasswire.com/ https://www.glasswire.com/
- SippinLean 10y ago
  Glasswire is fantastic but the most useful features cost $50, FYI
- drdaeman 10y ago
  Nope, it's quite different from Little Snitch. They're nice-looking, but don't have anything that even remotely resembles rules. All it can do is deny or allow all traffic, on per-application basis. If you want your email client to talk to only your email server but not anywhere else (as a security precaution) you'll have to use built-in Windows firewall facilities to set up such a rule. Rule management is coming in v2.0 - or so they say - but it's not yet here. --- Outpost Firewall used to be a powerful interactive firewall for Windows, but it's dead those days.
- mistermann 10y ago
  Is this similar? I installed it long ago and when looking at it, it didn't seem useful, but perhaps I am completely wrong?
pidg 10y ago
Not really anything that equals it, which is a surprise and a shame. The closest thing I've found is Net Limiter 4. https://www.netlimiter.com/ https://www.netlimiter.com/
ing33k 10y ago
ZoneAlarm Firewall ?
tetraodonpuffer 10y ago
unfortunately nothing comparable to little snitch that I could find. In windows I use the built in windows firewall with WFC[1] to configure it but as much as it gives you a notification when an app tries to connect to somewhere, due to how it works it unfortunately blocks the request first and gives you the notification later, so you always have to retry/restart the offending app unlike little snitch where the app remains waiting while you decide if you want to let it connect or not. This said I would not use windows without it, these days most applications seem to want to phone home all the time for some reason. 1- http://www.binisoft.org/wfc.php http://www.binisoft.org/wfc.php
sixothree 10y ago
Not nearly as good, but at least it uses the built in Windows Firewall. https://tinywall.pados.hu/ https://tinywall.pados.hu/
- SippinLean 10y ago
  The issue with Tinywall is it won't alert you when it's blocking apps. Since a lot of Windows apps are a conglomeration of EXEs just whitelisting the main app is often not enough. Comodo is WAY more bloated than Tinywall but I use it because I can set it to alert me to everything that tries to access the internet, and choose to block it or not.
SippinLean 10y ago
Comodo is super bloated but if you can make it through installation without installing Bonzi Buddy three times it has a nice feature set, for free
dfox 10y ago
15 years ago, this was exactly what ZoneAlarm did, unfortunately it seems that it ended up as just another "all-in-one windows security solution"
JamesSwift 10y ago
I used to use kaspersky for stuff like this a while back. Not sure how that software has changed over time.

Any similar software recommendations for Windows?

Solsticea 10y ago

Glasswire - https://www.glasswire.com/ https://www.glasswire.com/

SippinLean 10y ago
Glasswire is fantastic but the most useful features cost $50, FYI
drdaeman 10y ago
Nope, it's quite different from Little Snitch. They're nice-looking, but don't have anything that even remotely resembles rules. All it can do is deny or allow all traffic, on per-application basis. If you want your email client to talk to only your email server but not anywhere else (as a security precaution) you'll have to use built-in Windows firewall facilities to set up such a rule. Rule management is coming in v2.0 - or so they say - but it's not yet here. --- Outpost Firewall used to be a powerful interactive firewall for Windows, but it's dead those days.
mistermann 10y ago
Is this similar? I installed it long ago and when looking at it, it didn't seem useful, but perhaps I am completely wrong?

pidg 10y ago

Not really anything that equals it, which is a surprise and a shame. The closest thing I've found is Net Limiter 4. https://www.netlimiter.com/ https://www.netlimiter.com/

ing33k 10y ago

ZoneAlarm Firewall ?

tetraodonpuffer 10y ago

unfortunately nothing comparable to little snitch that I could find. In windows I use the built in windows firewall with WFC[1] to configure it but as much as it gives you a notification when an app tries to connect to somewhere, due to how it works it unfortunately blocks the request first and gives you the notification later, so you always have to retry/restart the offending app unlike little snitch where the app remains waiting while you decide if you want to let it connect or not. This said I would not use windows without it, these days most applications seem to want to phone home all the time for some reason. 1- http://www.binisoft.org/wfc.php http://www.binisoft.org/wfc.php

sixothree 10y ago

Not nearly as good, but at least it uses the built in Windows Firewall. https://tinywall.pados.hu/ https://tinywall.pados.hu/

SippinLean 10y ago
The issue with Tinywall is it won't alert you when it's blocking apps. Since a lot of Windows apps are a conglomeration of EXEs just whitelisting the main app is often not enough. Comodo is WAY more bloated than Tinywall but I use it because I can set it to alert me to everything that tries to access the internet, and choose to block it or not.

SippinLean 10y ago

Comodo is super bloated but if you can make it through installation without installing Bonzi Buddy three times it has a nice feature set, for free

dfox 10y ago

15 years ago, this was exactly what ZoneAlarm did, unfortunately it seems that it ended up as just another "all-in-one windows security solution"

JamesSwift 10y ago

I used to use kaspersky for stuff like this a while back. Not sure how that software has changed over time.