Want active protection for your computer, try the Plax Network Suite. This software offers you complete control on the Internet activity of your computer.

As Plax Network Suite easily integrates with Microsoft windows, the user can switch the Windows XP firewall in one click. The software protect your computer from viruses and worms, ask your permission for allowing or blocking a connection request from certain applications and software, and create a security log for you. This software suite is the first defensive mechanism that other computers and software have to face in order to access your computer. In fact, this software is such a powerful protection tool that it is all you need to protect your computer.

Moreover, the Plax Network Suite gives you the option of obstructing all internet connections with only one click of your mouse and hence gives you instant protection against any hacker or spyware attacking your computer. You can also stop other users from knowing whether your computer is online or not by blocking all inbound ping connections and cloaking the IP address of your computer. However, for the most striking feature of this software is the report of all the open TCP/IP and UDP ports that it generates. This report also displays the owning application and can therefore help in quickly identifying the unknown open ports and the applications associated with them. This report has seven fields (Connection State, Local Address, Local Port, Process ID, Process Name, Protocol, Remote Address, and Remote Port) and is the most comprehensive list of information about every network connection to and from your computer possible.

The software also has a port scanner that informs you of all the open ports on any target computer in a matter of seconds. All in all, Plax Network Suite is a powerful computer protection software and definitely deserves the rating of 4. So you can now have much secure computing environment thanks to this great utility.