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Why does the windows firewall allow apps to communicate through so many different ports and to so many different addresses?
I looked at my default windows defender firewall on Windows 10 22H2, and most of the rules allow apps to communicate through any local port to any remote address and port. I have read other questions ...
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What is "Your Phone" in Windows 10 Advanced Firewall?
I have an Outbound Rule in my firewall called "Your Phone".
Settings:
All programs.
In Customize Application Package Settings, it has "Apply to app package..." set with a long ...
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Is Windows RPC (port 135) secure enough for domain-wide access
I have a network of approximately 150 computers that I'd like to regularly monitor. My proposed way of doing so involves running remote commands like reg query \\<ip> or systeminfo /S <ip>....
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Being connected to a trusted VPN, do I still need personal firewall, and if so, why?
Background
Hardware: Dell Inspiron 15 Gaming 7577-92774 with recent BIOS (16-Aug-2018)
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro, version 1803 (Build 17134.285)
Antivirus / Firewall: ESET Smart Security ...
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How to block all aplications from internet connection?
I would like to block all windows10 applications from internet access
So I found a settings screen on the windows firewall (Windows Firewall\Allowed apps) I would like to uncheck everything from this ...
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Is it dangerous to have unused Windows 10 Defender Firewall rules active?
I recently discovered that a bunch of games I've installed in the past (from legit sources) have activated many Windows Defender firewall rules viewable from wf.msc. Some of the games I have since ...
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How do I access a firewall log (Windows 10 w. Windows Defender) [closed]
I am going through some event logs (in event viewer), and noticed I can't seem to find any firewall logs. Windows Defender provides the firewall. How do I get to the firewall logs that should be ...
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Blocking DiagTrack outbound connection after malware infection
I was scammed and I thought those scammers were really from Microsoft so I let them remotely connected to my computer. I don’t know what they installed on it.
After I realized that it was a scam, I ...
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Windows firewall settings to receive UDP and pings
I use a windows 10 to receive UDP packets or pings from another computer which runs Win/Mac/Linux.
I default, I turn off the firewall to receive pings or packets.
I prefer not to turn off the ...
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Blocking Windows 10 telemetry destinations with Windows Firewall
Is is effective at all?
As it commonly known, Windows introduced plenty of allegedly diagnostics collection tools which collect our private data and send this info to MS servers.
Is it efficient and ...
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Why does Windows 10 have so many open ports by default?
Looking at Windows 10's firewall settings, I see dozens of authorized applications, for most of which I can't find a good reason to allow incoming traffic.
For example, I don't want Xbox, Twitter, ...
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Why does Windows realtime protection block specific URLs?
I have observed this strange behaviour with Windows (7 to 10). When active realtime protection is enabled, it blocks my own website. The page has nothing special (PHP and JavaScript), just good old ...
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Is it Feasible to Block Connections That Windows 10 Uses to Push/Pull? - ie: Phone Home, Watchers, Monitors, Onedrive, Cortana, Bing, Shadyness, Etc?
Even with all the privacy, sync, and p2p settings off, using an offline account, I don't feel safe using Windows 10 for a business. I would like to restrict its ability to communicate to Microsoft (or ...
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