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List of products
This page contains a list of security products for Windows, which can be tested in Proactive Security Challenge, and their vendors. If you feel your company or product should be listed here, feel free to contact us. Only the products listed on this page can be selected for testing. Read more about the criteria we require a product to meet in order to be put on this list in the project's FAQ.
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Architecture
There is 64-bit version of this product available.
There is no 64-bit version of this product.
Windows OS support
This software runs on Windows 2000.
This software does not run on Windows 2000.
This software runs on Windows XP.
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This software runs on Windows 2003.
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This software runs on Windows Vista.
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This software runs on Windows 7.
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Trial Version
You can download a free or an evaluation version of this product.
You can neither download a free version nor try this product before you buy it.
Price
There is a full-featured free version of this software available.
There are both free and commercial versions available, the commercial version has more features.
There is no free version of this software.
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Live products
The following products are under active development or at least we have no information about the opposite. If you have information that any of these projects are dead, please let us know.
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ZoneAlarm family from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. – ZoneAlarm, ZoneAlarm Pro, ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, ZoneAlarm Extreme Security
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Comodo family from Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. – Comodo Firewall Pro, Comodo Internet Security, Comodo Internet Security Pro; former Comodo Personal Firewall
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Online Armor family from Tall Emu Pty Ltd – Online Armor Personal Firewall Free, Online Armor Personal Firewall Premium, Online Armor Personal Firewall ++
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Outpost family from Agnitum Ltd. – Outpost Firewall Pro, Outpost Security Suite Pro, Outpost Network Security, Outpost Firewall Free
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Sunbelt Personal Firewall from Sunbelt Software – former Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall
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Norton familyfrom Symantec Corporation – Norton Internet Security, Norton 360
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Kaspersky familyfrom Kaspersky Lab – Kaspersky Internet Security
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McAfee family from McAfee, Inc. – McAfee Internet Security, McAfee Total Protection
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Jetico Personal Firewall from Jetico, Inc. -









CA family from CA – CA Personal Firewall (former Tiny Personal Firewall), CA Internet Security Suite Plus, CA Internet Security Flash Drive; TINY Software was acquired by CA in 2005
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Panda familyfrom Panda Security
– Panda Internet Security, Panda Antivirus + Firewall
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PC Tools familyfrom PC Tools Pty Ltd
– PC Tools Firewall Plus, PC Tools Internet Security
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Trend Micro familyfrom Trend Micro Incorporated
– Trend Micro Internet Security, Trend Micro Internet Security Pro
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F-Secure Internet Securityfrom F-Secure Corporation
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Avira Premium Security Suite from Avira GmbH -









Norman family from Norman – Norman Personal Firewall, Norman Security Suite
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ESET Smart Security from ESET, LLC and ESET, spol. s.r.o. -









Privatefirewall from PWI, Inc. -









BitDefender family from BitDefender – BitDefender Internet Security, BitDefender Total Security
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Webroot family from Webroot Software, Inc. – Webroot Desktop Firewall, Webroot AntiVirus with AntiSpyware & Firewall; these products are based on Privatefirewall engine
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AVG family from AVG Technologies – AVG Internet Security, AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall
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Blink family from eEye Incorporated – Blink Personal Edition, Blink Professional Edition
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BullGuard Internet Security from BullGuard Ltd. – this product uses a component of Outpost Firewall Pro engine
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Kingsoft Internet Security from Kingsoft Research Corporation -









Rising family from Beijing Rising International Software Co., Ltd. – Rising Firewall, Rising Internet Security
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G DATA family from G DATA Software AG – G DATA InternetSecurity, G DATA TotalCare
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Sophos family from Sophos Plc. – Sophos Endpoint Security and Control, Sophos Security Suite SBE
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Windows Live OneCare from Microsoft Corporation -









Safe'n'Sec from S.N.Safe&Software – Safe'n'Sec Personal Pro + Rootkit Detector, Safe'n'Sec Personal Pro Deluxe, Safe'n'Sec Personal Pro + Rootkit Detector + Anti-Virus, Safe'n'Sec Personal Pro + Rootkit Detector + Anti-Spyware
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The Shield family from PCSecurityShield – The Shield Firewall, The Shield Pro, Security Shield; these products are based on Comodo Firewall Pro engine
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Steganos Internet Security from Steganos GmbH – this product is based on AVG Internet Security engine
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Quick Heal family from Quick Heal Technologies (P) Ltd. – Quick Heal Total Security, Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus; these products are based on Outpost Firewall Pro engine
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FortiClient Endpoint Security Suite from Fortinet Inc. -









The INVISUS PC Security Solution from INVISUS -









Omniquad family from Omniquad Ltd. – OMNIQUAD Personal Firewall, OMNIQUAD Total Security, OMNIQUAD Total Security Premium; these products are based on Filseclab Personal Firewall engine
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StopSign Firewall from eAcceleration Corp. -









FortKnox Personal Firewall from NETGATE Technologies s.r.o. -









eScan Internet Security Suite from MicroWorld Technologies Inc. -









NetLimiter 2 Pro from Locktime Software s.r.o. -









iolo family from iolo technologies, LLC. – iolo System Shield Internet Security, iolo Personal Firewall
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BPS Internet Firewall Security from BulletProofSoft -









System Firewall from Malwareguard.com -









Malware Defender from TorchSoft -









ThreatFirefrom PC Tools Pty Ltd
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avast! Internet Security from ALWIL Software a.s. -









AhnLab family from AhnLab, Inc. – AhnLab V3 Internet Security
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Avanquest SystemSuite from Avanquest Software -









Mamutu from Emsi Software GmbH -









K7 TotalSecurity from K7 Computing Pvt. Ltd. -









Online Solutions Security Suite from Online Solutions -









TZ Personal Firewall from Trackzapper Software -









Netchina S3 from Netchina Communication Co., Ltd. -









Rainbow Security Suite from Rainbow Secure Ltd. – this product is based on Kaspersky Internet Security engine
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VirusBuster Internet Security Suite from VirusBuster Ltd. – this product is based on Outpost Firewall Pro engine
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TrustPort PC Security from TrustPort, a.s. -









ArcaVir family from ArcaBit Sp. z o.o. – ArcaVir Home Protection, ArcaVir System Protection, ArcaVir Internet Security
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jFirewall Personal Pro from IAmGuard -









AVS Firewall from Online Media Technologies Ltd.
Dead products
The following products are not under active development anymore or they have not been updated for at least one year.
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Adorons Firewall from Enigma Software Group, Inc. – the development of this product has been stopped
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Antechinus Ultimate Security Suite from C Point Pty Ltd. – this product is based on Filseclab firewall engine; the development of this product has been stopped
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AntiHook from InfoProcess Pty Ltd – the development of this product has been stopped
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Armor2net Personal Firewall from Armor2net Software Ltd. – the development of this product has been stopped
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Ashampoo family from ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG – the development of these products has been stopped
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BitGuard Personal Firewall from Try Us ApS – the development of this product has been stopped
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BlackICE PC Protection from IBM Internet Security Systems – the development of this product has been stopped
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CORE FORCE from Core Security Technologies – the development of this product has been stopped
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eTrust from CA – eTrust is now CA family
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Filseclab Personal Firewall from Filseclab Corporation – the development of this product has been stopped
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Freedom Firewall from Radialpoint Inc. – the development of this product has been stopped
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GateSweeper from GateSweeper Solutions, Inc. – the development of this product has been stopped
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Ghost Security Suite from Ghost Security – the development of this product has been stopped
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GoldTach Personal Firewall from Matinsoft Inc. – the development of this product has been stopped
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Hurricanesoft Personal Firewall from Hurricanesoft – the development of this product has been stopped
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Lavasoft Personal Firewall from Lavasoft – this product is based on Outpost Firewall Pro engine; the development of this product has been stopped
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Maximum Protection family from DATA BECKER – the development of these products has been stopped
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Neoava Guard from Arman Nayyeri – the development of this product has been stopped
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NetOp Process Control from Danware A/S – the development of this product has been stopped
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NetPeeker from Ming Jin – the development of this product has been stopped
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OnIt Firewall from Copeland Software – the development of this product has been stopped
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PER Firewall from PER SYSTEMS – the development of this product has been stopped
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Prisma Firewall from ICode&Ideas – the development of this product has been stopped
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ProcessGuard from Diamond Computer Systems Pty. Ltd. – the development of this product has been stopped
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ProSecurity from ISecSoft, Inc. – this product has been bought by Real-time Defender Inc. and will be replaced with a new product called Real-time Defender
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ProtoPort Personal Firewall from SoftCab, Inc. – the development of this product has been stopped
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R-Firewall from R-tools Technology Inc. – the development of this product has been stopped
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Safety.Net from NetVeda LLC – the development of this product has been stopped
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Securepoint Personal Firewall from Securepoint GmbH – the development of this product has been stopped
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SensiveGuard from BrightTime Technologies, Inc. – the development of this product has been stopped
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Sky Net Personal Firewall from sky.net.cn – the development of this product has been stopped
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SmartFix Security Center from DefendGate Inc. – the development of this product has been stopped
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Sphinx x-Wall from SphinxSoftware – the development of this product has been stopped
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SurfSecret Personal Firewall from SurfSecret, LLC – the development of this product has been stopped
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Sygate Personal Firewall from Sygate, Inc. – Sygate Inc. is now part of Symantec Corp.
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System Safety Monitor from System Safety Limited – the development of this product has been stopped
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Škoda Firewall from Škoda Auto Deutschland GmbH – this product is based on Securepoint Personal Firewall engine; the development of this product has been stopped
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TheGreenBow Personal Firewall from TheGreenBow – the development of this product has been stopped
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WyvernWorks Firewall from WyvernWorks – the development of this product has been stopped
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Xanv Personal Firewall from Xanv – this product is based on GoldTach Personal Firewall engine; the development of this product has been stopped
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Xeon Personal Firewall from eConcept Software – the development of this product has been stopped
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XMicro family from XMicro LLC – XMicro Personal Firewall, XMicro Internet Security Suite; these products are based on Filseclab engine; the development of these products has been stopped
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1-ACT Personal Firewall from Only PCTools, Inc. – the development of this product has been stopped