Is xp-antispy halfopen limit patcher safe?

[Konata Izumi]

Is it safe to patch my tcpip.sys with xp-antispy's halfopen limit patcher?

[lordpake]

One word: yes.

I have patched with it regularly due to my p2p use and no issues whatsoever.

[linuxforall]

http://half-open.com/home_en.htm

This is a better option for you as it patches the tcp.sys file with a certificate so MS doesnt' re-patch it during Windows update.

[dw426]

Safe yes, effective..you'll get arguments back and forth all day long. Imho, it's a placebo, and my experience backs it up.

[linuxforall]

Placebo or not, MS removed the limit from Vista SP2 onward, it also never imposed this limit on their server OS.

[mvario]

Yes, and pretty much required if you do a lot of concurrent torrenting.

[Konata Izumi]

-{ Quote: "http://half-open.com/home_en.htm

This is a better option for you as it patches the tcp.sys file with a certificate so MS doesnt' re-patch it during Windows update." }-

Is that safe? :)

[linuxforall]

-{ Quote: "Is that safe? :)" }-


Have been using it for couple of years in Windows installs, till now none has flagged it down as unsafe and even wireshark hasn't revealed anything sinister.

[Konata Izumi]

-{ Quote: "Have been using it for couple of years in Windows installs, till now none has flagged it down as unsafe and even wireshark hasn't revealed anything sinister." }-


how about Mamutu?
Mamutu is flagging down tcpz patcher

[linuxforall]

-{ Quote: "how about Mamutu?
Mamutu is flagging down tcpz patcher" }-


Probably because all these utilities patch critical system files, I have had this scanned with Jotti and it has come out clean.