Good that it's free. Bad they haven't told me about it.
Good that they will be bringing out a version with anti-spyware and firewall (coming soon?!?!?!), bad becuase of this....
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Disable any firewall or anti-spyware programs you have while you activate Netguard. You should enable these programs again after the install, which should only take a few minutes. For information on disabling your firewall, you should refer to the help screens in your existing firewall. If you use the Windows XP firewall, go to Go to Start > Control Panel > Windows Security Center > Windows Firewall
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Whilst they may need to do this, I would urge extreme caution in doing so. My father had the same message when he installed BT Openworld. He had to be connected to the internet to do so. He disabled his anti-virus, and guess what? He was infected.
Disabling firewalls is something you should only be doing if you're behind a router or have your connection to the internet unplugged.
IInterested to hear how people are getting on with it....to be honest I have an extreme (and perhaps irrational) phobia of letting ntl loose with software on my PCs.