Windows 7 How to allow only some programs to connect to the internet with windows firewall?

Jimbo22

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• Aug 12, 2013

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Yes...you have to go into windows firewall and set up the permissions. These links should be able to walk you through it.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/...ogram-to-communicate-through-windows-firewall

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/allow-a-program-to-communicate-through-windows-firewall

http://www.wikihow.com/Block-a-Program-With-Windows-Firewall

 

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Mahir

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• Aug 12, 2013

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Thanks, I created new rule and set it to block all connections. So how can I allow some programs to be able to connect to the internet while the rule is enabled?

 

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Pauli

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• Aug 13, 2013

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You have to choose the connections you want to work. It's a matter of if it's easier to block connections, or allow them. Usually the ones we want to block are fewer than the ones we want to allow. If you, say, want to save your kids from certain sites, there are several packs for it, just Google "kid safety block".

Otherwise, you're completely free to choose the allowed sites.

 

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