Re: Are there any firewall software that block programs from running?

From: Hippolyte Tainz (Hippolyte_at_not.invalid)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:08:01 -0500

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 04:12:02 -0800, Joe <noone@no.com> wrote:

>Gerald Vogt wrote:
>> Joe wrote:
>>
>>> Are there any firewall programs that will block apps from running? I
>>
>>
>> That is not a firewall program. That is something only the operating
>> system can do. The firewall cannot decide what you can run or not. It
>> can only control (or try to control) what is already running. What you
>> can do in XP is to lock down the computer that users cannot install
>> software anymore. You can limit what applications installed users can
>> use (software policies). That is the best you can get. Some software
>> deciding what is a good program and what is a bad is pretty much
>> impossible if you don't have a very specific set of requirements on the
>> programs that you are able to specify in detail. Virus scanner do
>> something like that but are only able because basically they have a list
>> of the bad stuff...
>>
>> Gerald
>
>Gerald, you must not know much, cus norton firewall does this. lol. so i
>don't know why you say there is none. hmm??? whatever.
Processguard can do it.

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