Belgian Start-up Nonebar Security Releases Free Tool to Ensure Windows PCs Stop "Listening."
For the first time, a free, easy-to-use and effective tool has been released to ensure that all default Windows "ports", or network points of entry into the operating system, are closed to outside parties.
(PRWEB) September 3, 2004 -- While the world is busy constantly patching PCs against the next worm outbreak, Nonebar Security offers an alternative approach to the problem that could be a winner.
The configuration changes made by the StopListening tool protect the Windows XP and 2000 operating systems against current and future worm attacks, such as the infamous Blaster, Mydoom, Netsky, and Sasser virus outbreaks.
The tiny StopListening tool achieves this by closing all of the open ports of a PC running Windows 2000 or XP at the click of a button, making it orders of magnitude safer to use the PC online. This in turn significantly reduces the need for patching the operating system on a regular basis, as the Windows services typically affected by new vulnerabilities are outright disabled by StopListening.
Another significant benefit of StopListening is that offers excellent protection against zero-day operating system exploits, or exploits in the wild for which no existing patch is available from Microsoft yet.
StopListening is especially effective on home computers running the Windows 2000 operating system, which is shipped without any built-in firewall protection and has no equivalent for Windows XP SP2. However, it should be noted that StopListening does not replace the need for a good anti-virus program and firewall.
In short, StopListening is a very easy way for Windows users to significantly increase their online security and become safe from any future worm attacks.
StopListening is freeware and can be downloaded at http://www.nonebar.com/sl.html
Nonebar Security's website can be visited at http://www.nonebar.com/sl.html
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About Nonebar Security
Launched in 2004, privately-funded Nonebar Security specializes in hardening operating system security for desktop and portable computers. The company is based in Brussels, Belgium.
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