GlassWire is a slick-looking, free
firewall that shows you exactly
which programs are sending and
receiving data over your network,
and how much, making it easy to
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a huge amount of information
available, which might seem
alarming, but you can clear all of
GlassWire’s logs in a few seconds.You’ll be notified when a new
application or service wants
Internet access, and you can allow
or block it with a single click. In
fact, GlassWire is really just an
interface built on top of the
Windows firewall, so while
certainly more attractive (and
informative) than the latter, it’s not
going to be any more robust.
The premium versions of
GlassWire includes some extra
features like monitoring of your
webcam and microphone, storing
records for more than a month,
and monitoringmultiple remote
connections,butforbasic use the
freeeditionissuperb.TinyWall is better known for
what it doesn’t do than what it
does: unlike some free firewalls it
doesn’t interrupt you with pop-up
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warnings about what seems to be
every second bit of data.
TinyWall (now on version 2.1)
has been designed to improve onWindows’ own firewall features
without requiring any expert
knowledge, and while it offers the
same whitelisting features as
other packages – to ensure that
the apps you use can get online
without any difficulty – it does this
through the use of hotkeys and
lists rather than pop-ups.
TinyWall lives up to the ‘tiny’
part of its name, too, only taking
up around 1MB of drive space. It is
certainly a very useful addition if
you decide to stick with Windows’
built-in security tool, and works
with every version of Windows
from VIsta to Windows 10.pRATING
GlassWire is a
well-designed,
information-
packed firewall
to boost your
security.TinyWall is a neat
app that gives
you extra control
over Windows’
own firewall.Software Test
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