![]() It appears the obtaining a certificate to perform driver signing costs hundreds of dollars per year and not every software developer can afford that kind of money especially when their software is freeware or open source. We know that PeerGuardian has been superseded by a program called PeerBlock which doesn’t have these issues, but it’s just being used as an example to demonstrate the problem. This becomes a problem when using some legitimate software and you’re unable to load an older program such as PeerGuardian with the error message “Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file” because of an unsigned driver. It is also very difficult for software that belongs to a high risk category to obtain a digital certificate and one example is the Elite Keylogger where it took them years to get their driver signed. This is by design to provide a more restrictive environment to protect Windows from easily being infected by rootkits, a type of malware that uses a driver for low level hooking. Note: Portable versions are available on the Download Page.One of the common problems that people face when using a 64-bit Windows is loading unsigned drivers. PeerBlock supports Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Win7 and Win8 in both 32- and 64-bit flavors. This release does support all Windows variants from Windows XP through to Windows 8.1, including server variants. Removal of Windows 2000 Support - Windows 2000 is quite old by now, we hope that nobody's still running it if you are, you can continue using the previous PeerBlock version. Now, if it can't update that list it will still load the last version you did successfully download. (Re)Load Previously Downloaded Lists - Previously, there was a problem where if you disabled and then re-enabled a list in the List Manager, that list wouldn't be reloaded until it successfully downloaded an update. This will redirect you to a forum-post on which the most common error-messages are displayed, to help you figure out what has gone wrong, and what can be done to fix it. Updated Error Windows - If you encounter a catastrophic error, the message that appears will now tell you to go visit /errors. ![]() Improved List-update Error Window - Should you hit any errors while updating your lists - 429 or otherwise - we will now pop up a more informative error window, along with a button you can click to jump straight to our site to check for more information. If something occurs during update-checking, the error message displayed should be much more meaningful. Improved List-Update Error Handling - We've worked with I-Blocklist, who hosts the vast majority of the lists people use, to create improved error messaging for the various problems that may occur when updating lists. Separate Settings Tabs - Instead of having one Settings tab with those silly "Next" and "Prev" buttons on it, we've broken that out into two separate "Settings 1" and "Settings 2" tabs. I-Blocklist Subscription Settings - To make it easier for you to configure PeerBlock to use an I-Blocklist Subscription, new I-Blocklist Username/PIN fields have been added to the bottom of the "Settings 1" tab. Hopefully this will help to alleviate people's confusion about this.īetter Weekly List-Updating - We've made some improvements that should help ensure that free users continue to get their free weekly list-updates. Many thanks to night_stalker_z for his hard work on this feature!įirst-run Update Message - When you first run PeerBlock after upgrading, you will see a notice explaining why lists are only updating once per week. This can for example be used if you're running PeerBlock on a public FTP server, or if you want to ensure that outgoing SMTP mail communications are never blocked. This means that PeerBlock will not filter any connections from/to those ports. Port Allow List - The new "Port Settings" tab allows you to unblock ports (incoming and/or outgoing). Peer Block maintains the functionality of the original Peer Guardian 2 program, but includes fixes for various issues that remain unaddressed in the latest (~2 year old) version of PG2. It blocks "known bad" computers from accessing yours, for example governments, corporate entities, and those flagged for anti-p2p activities. ![]() PeerBlock is a new version (aka a "fork") of the popular Peer Guardian 2 software. ![]()
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