Need IP blocker

I am looking for an IP blocker that will also block ranges. Needs to work with Vista. Is there such a thing that will stand on it's own or must it be plugged into a firewall ?

 

Peerguardian and protowall are dedicated ip blockers (free).

I ran Peerguardian with windows firewall without problem for a long time.
Protowall in theory should'nt have any issues as it is a dedicated network driver. I would of loved to use Protowall, but I had problems with their Block List Manager and I dont block IPs anymore.

http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php
http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/

Outpost firewall (commcerical) has a good ip blocker plugin

 

Thank you nickr, but those programs don't work with Vista.

 

There is a Vista version of Peerguardian, but it's a beta version. Working fine on my setup though.

Try a Google search for Peerguardian 2 RC1 and it's the first link.

 

I am using Norton as my firewall. Will your recommendation work beside Norton.....will i be able to add ip ranges of my choice.....i am on a stand alone box with no peer sharing.

 

I can't be 100% certain as I have never used Norton firewall, but PG should work fine alongside it as far as I know. I'm unaware of any conflicts with Norton.

You can certainly add ip ranges for sure.

I used to use PG because I used to file share. Now I have stopped file sharing but I still use PG - it just makes me feel safe. It's a nice little utility to have running in the background to block bad ips.