Firewalls

I tried Sophos antivirus and firewall on a 1 month trial. After the trial was finished I tried to uninstall it but it asks for the password , when i put in my password it wont recognise it as the 1 month trial has finished and it wont allow the use of the password for removal . I tried...

Was using Norton 360 on win7 laptop. I can't afford to renew Norton so I uninstalled it and turned on Windows defender. Do I also need a firewall now?

Internet security software often comes with its own firewall unlike basic antivirus.Does such a firewall actually protect better from hacker attacks than windows firewall? Does software firewall is even necessary when router already offers hardware firewall with strong protection and if you are...

I have a Acer Aspire E5-575-53EJ that runs on windows 10. I've recently had problems with my firewall and internet connectivity. The firewall has been fixed and is running smoothly, the internet is working as it should. But the problem is before i login to my computer, it shows that i am...

1. I signed up for Nordvpn and many times I wasn't able to connect or it was very slow. 2. I contacted customer service and the representative suggests I disconnect my firewall and any anti-virus-malware I have on my computer. 3. I did this and Nordvpn worked great. 4. I downloaded something...

My tablet is stuck in safe mode having to do with the Wiindows Defender Firewall settings

The title speaks for itself really. I have a techincolor router through my ISP and put my PC into the DMZ a few weeks ago, forgetting to remove it. I know this can be dangerous which is why I had intended only a brief stay in the DMZ. So my question is, what are some steps I should be taking...

Please help me when i try to go open Windows Firewall with Advance Security It keeps on loading and cant open it is there a way to fix this ? Please help me im dealing this problem for months

Looking for a Windows 7/8/10 software that has the possibility to record established and attempts to establish connections with IP adresses, drop connections and restrict a certain program or the entire OS to connect to specific IP adresses in real-time. In other words, a program that blacklists...

Although developers of OSes advertise that their latest offering is technologically advanced and the most secure OS that has ever graced the market, there’s no telling what people on the other end of your system are capable of doing. Give them enough time and they can find an intrusion point...

I have a fairly old router/firewall that I want to replace. I'm not concerned about WiFi but am concerned about security. My current router has not had updates available for years. Does anybody have recommendations for something that has excellent security?

My Windows 7 pc wont let me go online . Its saying firewall has bocked it for security . Ive tried everthing but i still cant get online. Shared the link and went to setting did everthing. But no success.

Over the past few days I've noticed something odd about my firewall. There is an insane, and I mean unimaginable amount of ARP requests being blocked on my Comodo Internet Security 10 firewall if I have the anti-ARP spoofing setting on, and when its off there is an insane amount of UDP requests...

My blu Ray says check for firewall on router to connect, how do I resolve this issue so my blu Ray is wifi connected

Hi, It appears my Windows firewall is off and I'm unable to switch it on. I tried to switch it on from the Action centre, but it just hangs, doing nothing. I've gone into services.msc to see that windows firewall is already on Automatic settings, but when I try to start it, it comes up with...

So, I been having this issue for the past month. I doesn't happen quite often but when it does it constantly does it. When I search something on Google it automatically switches to Bing. It's annoying and I can't even fix it. I tried looking for any weird program on Control Panel, but there is...

Is there windows firewall software that alert on any outbound connection an app makes and ask you to approve it first. I kind of remember something like this from many years ago but couldnt anything modern. Issue is I have a piece of software that the vendor released a bad update right...

Hello all, I have encountered an issue on my girlfriend's Windows 10 home laptop (Sony VAIO ca. 2015, i5 8GB ram). It was slow so we decided to uninstall her McAfee antivirus. She is a paid subscriber so we figured we could simply reinstall later if she wanted to. I looked through the installed...

My laptop's firewall is also expired and for that I have to renew but I can't login because of this problem of keyboard.

Which antivirus should I use? Eset Smart Security Premium 10 or Bitdefender Total Security 2018 Ignoring the prices, which is the winner overall?

Do most macbook users have anti-virus, or not? Also, I was looking through the settings and was surprised to see that my firewall was turned off by default. I assume that means I don't really need to turn it on?

Hi there.just have a question(title).Recently got a new wifi everything was fine and suddenly this happen.Give me a solution(not an old link).This problem happened in win10.Just tell me how to fix it. Thanks

I am installing updates of amazon music, then my windows firewall ask me if I want to allow or block amazon music helper on my firewall? I am on a desktop at home.

Surround sound frequency vibration from tenant below, who is very hard of hearing and refuses managements request to lower the subwoofer. Management cannot detect the issue on a regular basis, as the tenant waers a headset with a subwoofer.

First of all, this is my home PC, so it's not an "I'm trying to get around Facebook at work issue"' But I cannot post photos to facebook using my pc unless I turn it off. Is there a safer way to create an exception for facebook? I don't see a pop up that asks me anything about it either. I am...

What is the best firewall that I can download from the Chrome Web Store. I am on a Chromebook so I can't use any Windows or Apple software. I am prepared to pay up to $10. Chrome Web Store Thanks, Anonymous

Just about a month ago avast's firewall started blocking my internet completely, internet only works when firewall is disabled. I have tried the following: Resetting my router Disabling "Enable HTTPS scanning" Repairing the program Removing Wi-Fi inspector This has been frustrating me so...

hello im trying to make my pc a firewall i already have the software but i have a small question correct me if im wrong i will need a network card adapter, the internet cable that coming from my isp will be inserted in my first network slot in the card and the second slot in the card i will...

I have a server running centos 7 with a seperate NAS that my files are located. Basically what I want to do is have home firewall to make my server more secure but have I'm looking to have a firewall that does everything from vlan, VPN, virtualization and NGFW. Also gigabit possibly dual...

I am using the data on my android phone to create a Wi-Fi hotspot to which i connect my Pc. This as you can imagine drains my data fast. I want to know if i can change the settings for the firewall within Windows 10 in such a way that i can decide what programs connect to the internet and when...

Hi all, I need a decent piece of software, been blatantly hacked for 6 months or so. Preferably a company not associated with eba*? Any suggestions? I'm in deep and have been hit hard, just wondering... FOB

hi im having problems with Twitter on my windows 10 home PC, i used to be able to access the website but now all i get is : This site can’t be reached twitter.com took too long to respond. Try: Checking the connection Checking the proxy and the firewall Running Windows Network Diagnostics...

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2017 - 1 PC (Key Card) https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832078651 looking to buy anti virus for my new computer i need anti virus and firewall protection , in the 20-50 dollar area

I got a windows message saying firewall is turned off, but I payed no attention to it as I could access the McAfee App and that said real time scanning was active and I ran virus scans. It seemed to be enabled just fine. In security and maintenance it said both windows firewall and McAfee...

Utorrent won't download any files instead the status bar shows "Finding peers", I unchecked enable DHT, and my firewall has granted access to Utorrent. What should I do?

So my school has these new fancy Chromebooks with touchscreens and stuff; they run on Google. I would really like to know how I can get rid of the firewall the computer has, and if I can't do that, can I at least get rid of the administrator monitoring my computer? Thank you for your time.

my dad got an entire new setup after his last PC was crashed and the firewall got turned off permanently. Installing the main software on his new computer , the keyboard started typing on its own . Before freaking out i put the keyboard in my PC and suddenly it sent me to weird random links...

Hey all! I just recently bought a GE62 Apache Pro and I'm having issues. The other day, I was just doing a bit of gaming and my sound crashed. In order to fix it, I uninstalled and then rebooted so that the driver would be reinstalled. However, I tried opening Google Chrome right after and it...

I have a problem with Windows Firewall not allowing me to connect to the internet. I cannot even connect to online help. I cannot get Windows updates. It is very frustrating. The error code I see the most is 8024402C Since trying to upgrade to Windows 10 and rolling it back to Windows 7 (64)...

I am having an issue where every time I open up Google Chrome or Steam, I get a popup telling me that 'Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program'. I tried to fix this by adding Chrome and Steam to the list of programs allowed to communicate through the firewall but after...

Ever since I used Windows XP, the first thing I always install on a fresh install of Windows is an antivirus and a firewall. However, most modern firewall software is too bloaty, and if I do find a firewall that is compact and lightweight, it's very complex to configure most of the time leading...

www.grc.com I did open port scan, no open ports but the test was failed because they said that my firewall pinged back at them. It hasnt pinged back before, so this made me worried. Is this a sign of malware?

So, recently I was having problems with YouTube videos buffering. Some videos would play at 1080p the whole time with no problems, others couldn't even load in 144p. So, I found a guide on how to remedy this, it said to block this specific IP address in cmd that google outsources data to, and it...

I use my laptop on BT wiFi with FON and I was just wanting to ask a reliable place about what the community thinks is the best free firewall for windows 10 :)

Hi, I run a pawn shop with my friends. We search every online flea markets to collect items. Last night, I was browsing through tips to strengthen the firewall settings, when I came across this blog. (http://www.billfixer.com/online-fraud/what-is-skimming-phishing-and-online-fraud/) It talks...

I've only ever had a firewall installed until a few days ago when I got my first known virus (which forced to me to lose everything). So, now I'm thinking I should get one. I've spent half a day trying to figure all this security stuff out and here's what I got so far. Any suggestions on the...

I uninstalled Norton and am now using Avast but with windows Firewall it sais that it is turned off. I can't turn it back on because it sais it is application controlled by Norton, by as I just said I uninstalled Norton. So what can I do about this ? I am using windows 10. Thanks.

so I am using Avast Premier, but my subscription is going to end next month, I only use it because of the firewall... what I find interesting on the avast's firewall, is it's simplicity: you open the firewall, application rules and it shows a list full of drop down menus, where for example if I...

Hello all, I realize there are a lot of people eager to help folks like me, but I ask that you read my entire question before giving an answer. =) A couple weeks ago my AV detected a few trojans on a storage drive and got rid of them. Had no problems until a few days ago when I noticed my...

I have trial version of ESET installed on my computer I also have the basic version of COMODO installed. I want to ask that is it ok to enable firewall of ESET or should I switch it off because they might clash with each other and turn out to be counter-productive. Also which firewall is...

Please don't suggest Windows Firewall. While this might work for the majority of users, it doesn't work for me. The reason is simple, it's tedious to configure. It will either ALLOW outgoing connections by default, or BLOCK outgoing connections by default. If I select ALLOW, almost everything is...

My PC started to talk about my Windows key and told me not to restart my computer or i will lose all my data, and told me something about windows firewall. I need to know if I got ratted or something.

Hi, I am new to the chromeOS, I have connected the chromebook to another server via an LAN cable and a private 10.x address. I can ping the management address of the other server, but I cannot bring the remote management page up in the chrome OS chrome browser. I need to allow the 10.x...

Hello! I want to produce music. And I have been told that the various Antivirus/Firewalls out there produce ms/lag (this determines the computers ability to do real-time audio recording). I have been adviced to TURN OFF Bullguard and pull out the Ethernet Cable when I want to produce music to...

So, I installed ZoneAlarm and want to turn off Windows Firewall, Windows Defender is turned off but not Firewall. I disable everything and turn it off, but when I open Skype for example, it asks me to allow access and then Firewall turns on again. I don't want Firewall anymore and I want to use...

I know that this thread has probably been posted before, but does Comodo Internet Security conflict with Avast? Both are the free versions and I see a a lot of talk about comodo firewall but I don't see a link to download it from on the comodo website. Thank you so much!

(It's dutch) http://prntscr.com/aq2iky I can't turn on or off (change) a firewall setting It says this is set by Norton Security Does anybody know how to get access? Or do I have to remove Norton... Thanks

In order for Battlefield 4 to work, I opened port 3569 in my firewall. I just wanted to know if it's safe? Thanks in advance

My AVG has worked just fine until a couple days ago, now when my PC boots up it tells me; "AVG License Error AVG is not able to recognize you License Number." I don't think the license needs re upping since my dad buys it for I think 3 other computers excluding mine and hes not getting this...

as compared to windows firewall? I have Bitdefender Total Security 2016 installed on windows 10 Bitdefender firewall was blocking FTP connections. First I tried through windows explorer, but the issue persisted even after I installed a dedicated FTP app. I read the thread on it at bitdefender...