Ghostsurf 2005 Platinum

by Avanquest

Product Features

• Surf anonymously with Web browsers, instant messengers, chat programs and newsgroups feeds
• Specially encrypted Web protection
• Erase your tracks to protect your privacy
• Detect and remove spyware with a click
• Multiple pop-up and ad blocking tools

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002X0514
• Item model number: 4495
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 16, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,439 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

GhostSurf 2005 removes spyware, blocks ads and encrypts your files and documents. It also provides extra protection from these & more online threats, thanks to its encrpted Internet connection. Prevent identity theft while enjoying all that the Web has to offer. Document and data encryption tools Defend yourself with the same protection used by the Department of Defense

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a bit disappointing. But extra utilities help save the pkg., April 8, 2005

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DISenchanted (NM USA -Land of DISenchantment) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghostsurf 2005 Platinum (CD-ROM)

I am no guru on IT security, especially being able to appear "invisible" on the WWW.

That's why I bought this software.

I know that for years, anonymizer has offered this sort of thing.
But I beleive it was via the use of their websites, which acted as proxies.
[not with simply a standalone software package on your desktop].

Well, if you surf long enough, just shopping or pricing out consumer goods, eventually you'll come across a website that says something like,
"Welcome IP address 120.35.45.10
[or whatever your PC's assigned address might be]"

Usually such sites go on to tell you stuff about your pc like:
-browser used [netscape,IE, mozilla,etc]
-your pc network name
-amount of ram
-hard drive size
-on, and on, and on

I use pc-cillin 2004 with anti-virus and firewall.
I thought everything was set to avoid any disclosure of networking information about my pc. Since I had my settings cranked up to the HIGHEST privacy settings within
pc-cillin .

Well, after cranking up everything to MAX privacy levels within GHOSTSURF platinum, I flushed my cache, cookie and such.
I renewed my IP address via DHCP.
Then I went a surfing.


As soon as I came across a site that "claimed" to know everything about my pc, I compared their data to mine.
At the command prompt, I typed IPCONFIG/ALL and sure enough, my IP number matched the one [that they said I appeared to be using out on the web] !!!!

So what exactly was this ghostsurf "supposed" to be doing to protect my privacy?
Why WAS my pc's network address, IP address, and so on, STILL being seen by the outside world???
I was supposed to be all setup to be surfing in an INVISIBLE mode!?!?

My IP address was supposed to be blocked and my pc's name and so on.

Oh well, back to the drawing board.

But the package did include an anti-spyware package called spycatcher. It's is not the greatest ad-ware, mal-ware detector/cleaner, but then again it is not the worst either.

Finally, it offered a set of "cleanup tools", if I rememeber correctly.

I got this software back during a huge a rebate-type-of-sale. It was almost a FREE-AFTER-REBATE, but not quite. Make like 5 or 10 bucks, final price.

In today's world, complete "Invisiblity" is quite unlikely. Whether via software, or hardware, or both.

Just my .02 cents.

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Useless piece of garbage..., December 20, 2004

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A. Chopra (Fremont, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghostsurf 2005 Platinum (CD-ROM)

I wish I could give this -5 stars. This is a bloated software with bugs. I ran this software for 4 days, looked at the memory useage and it was a whopping 640MB !!! Yes this one program was using that much memory. So I shut it down and restarted it again. At start it uses about 12MB of Memory. I left the computer on overnite and no one was using it and in the morning it was using 64-68 MB or memory. It is leaking memory like crazy.
2. Another problem ..It has a list of sites that you cannot use proxy on. eg, yahoo.com requires cookie's set, etc. After a reboot the whole list is gone. Now I have to manually enter these.
3. It is slow....slow........ssssssssssssssslllllllllooooooowwwww
Don't waste your money on this. Donate to charity instead.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Software works great after configuration., January 3, 2006

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Joseph J. Strockbine "Fortress" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghostsurf 2005 Platinum (CD-ROM)

I have read the negative reviews of this product, and there is a solution to the many problems. If one takes the time to read the documentation you will notice that you can allow trusted sites full access to your computer. All web sights which offer e-mail need personal cookies, and will not decrypt the data sent. As far as the memory issues: You can purchase system mechanic 4, 5, or 6, all have a memory recovery tool, along with a tool to defrag your memory. The product definetely works. To insure your address is masked go to whatismyproxy.com. This sight will show you the IP address that GhostSurf has routed you to. Each time you close your browser and open it again check this sight, your IP address has changed. Along with the other features included this program is well worth the price.