Anonymizer, Inc. Total Net Shield Review

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Aarendsoog's Review of Anonymizer, Inc. Total Net Shield

21st Oct 2008

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Ease of Set Up
    5 stars
  • Time Software Used
    1 - 6 Months
  • Ease of Use
    5 stars
Good Points

No spyware, or viruses have been on my computer since installing Anonymizer and Total Net Shield. They use their own servers and thus prevents DNS poisoning. Encrypted VPN tunnel with 256 bit encryption. My computer cannot connect to other DNS servers unless I choose to do so.


Bad Points

Some pages such as the employment web pages, the .gov., are unable to function properly because they are unable to identify my computer if it not to their liking. It has to do with cookies. Some cookies do not show up in the digital shredder, and are destroyed. You have the choice of preserving the cookies you want to keep in the "Cookie Manager."


General Comments

When I tested my computer with Anonymizer TNS for security on GRC's "Shields Up," the report returned multiple port failures because all the ports were reported as being wide open as indicated by all the red squares. Green being "stealthed" and blue means "closed. I think that this is intended as a "spoof" in reverse. There is "no reverse DNS entry which is considered a good thing and your true IP address is always hidden. Law enforcement also uses this system. If there is a bad guy on the system, he will be quickly identified and eliminated to prevent harm to the rest of us using the system.

When viewing who is connected to your computer by using "Netstat," all you will see are the Anomymizer and TNS servers as all Internet traffic is routed between your ISP and the Anonymizing servers thru the 256 bit VPN tunnel, but only if you give it your full trust and you configure your firewall unlimited access to TNS. I have used it for four months and it works better than even a hardware firewall that I once used.

It will also warn you if you are on a website that excessivley uses spyware, adware, and robots to install on your computer. In a severe case, it prevents you from entering the malicious website but gives you a choice if you wish to conitnue at your own risk or if you choose to filter harmful content that installs spyware or viruses on your computer.

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