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Would Comodo Firewall be an improvement on Windows 10 firewall and should I disable Windows firewall to run Comodo FW?

I'm on a new computer which arrived 3 days ago. When I first loaded it Windows Update downloaded and installed a couple of updates without problem, but now it's stuck. I had 3 outstanding updates: 2021-01 KB4589212 and 2021-03 KB5000802, plus Feature Update to Windows 10 version 20H2 which has...

I have a Lenovo N22 laptop running a fully updated Windows 10 Pro (20H2). A week ago I had a Netgear router running with a private class C LAN IP address range. The router was at address 204.107.91.254. Everything on my network worked fine, including the Lenovo. The Netgear router turned out to...

Originally, I thought that all of the network traffic in a guest OS directly goes through the host OS and whatever firewall regulation is on the host OS, will also be applied onto the guest OS. But it turns out that this is completely false. As far as I understand it, the network-relationship...

Hi Support, I have encountered a problem when using the Windows 10 Hotspot feature. When I connect to the hotspot using another Win 10 system everything works ok except it blocks the FTP protocol. I have an application that connects to my host provider using FTP, it has run with no problems...

Hello everyone. I am attaching a picture of the sad popup. Ever since the last update 20h2, every single time I restart my computer, I will get this extremely annoying popup from Windows Security. I know my firewall is off, I manually disabled it. I have disabled ALL apps notifications, I...

Hi, The weirdest thing I have seen...... I have several win 10 machines on a home network. No domain, but same workgroup name. All can access each other with credentials, however Machine A is hit or miss with connecting to Machine B (Machine B can always connect to A without issue). In the...

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question. I am using Storage migration services to move from a 2012 R2 server to a 2016 server. I do have a 2019 server running the migration services. All are on the domain. The current 2012R2 is a DC currently but will be decommissioned soon. I...

Hi, Can I use the windows 10 firewall to firewall specific programs so they cannot get internet access? Thanks in advance.

A Friend works in a club office. His WIN7-PC was connected to local network and Internet with an USB-WLAN-Stick to a Fritz!Box. Always worked fine, until some day WLAN connection got lost. I tried to help and checked: Something wrong with the USB-WLAN-Stick? No control light on the stick...

Original release date: July 16, 2020 Summary This Activity Alert uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK™) and Pre-ATT&CK frameworks. See the MITRE ATT&CK for Enterprise and Pre-ATT&CK frameworks for referenced threat actor techniques. Attributing...

Out little home network has been the victim of relentless hacking for over 2 years. Something that may be significant is that when the hackers control our computers remotely, they are able to initiate a power-down on the computers. What I mean by that is that Windows 10 does not go through the...

So I have been reading articles on windows firewall and most them say that the firewall is as good as any other antivirus. I don't download games on my PC, I only use it for work and a bit of streaming. Wanted to know if the firewall is enough or should I buy an antivirus?

Hello everyone, I have a Windows Server 2019 as primary controller and a domain called "neopolis.natal". When i want join a Windows 10 in domain, i receive that error message: "The Specified Domain Either Does Not Exist or Could Not Be Contacted" I already disable firewall and IPV6. I...

Hi Everyone, Setting up a new eCommerce site on my Windows Server 2008 R2 running IIS 7.5, Installed I have 5 separate IP addresses all linked to nopCommerce sites using port 80 and port 443 for SSL. Now I've just added an extra IP address for another eCommerce site in development but I just...

Is there a file path to find any open ports within Windows 10 machine? I opened the SSH port (port 22) using an Inbound Rule I created inside of Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security application Note: I am using Autopsy for Forensic Analysis testing purposes, so I just want to...

ok today i was trying to get the fingerprint scanner to work and it messed up my pc so i had to do a complete restore. i one time i had a bunch of security programs installed and i'm thinking they made the pc sluggish. so a few weeks ago i took everything off and installed norton antivirus from...

I recently noticed that the firewall I am using on one of my devices does not block or filter UDP ports. It was stated on their website. I like this firewall as it has great features that are more convenient for me. I need to know how important are UDP ports. I am at risk? Is it unsafe? Does...

Ok, after 6 months of no internet, we finally got internet at our apt complex. Its not the best, but hey, better than no internet haha. We got CenturyLink Ok, i know port forwarding works because i have a rule setup for tcp on 25565, allowing my friends public ip into my game server. It works...

I've been struggling with this issue for some time on a Windows 7 Home Premium machine on a gigabit network. Running a typical speed test (e.g., speedtest.net) shows upload bandwidth of around 5 Mbps (600+ kB/s). However, transfers and connections from remote locations through the gatweay are...