It's important to protect your computer against intrusions, or hacking, and viruses. Running only a firewall or only antivirus application isn't enough if you're concerned with protecting your data.

Microsoft asked customers this week to disregard incorrect Windows Firewall errors that appear after rebooting their systems following the installation of the June 2025 preview update. These warnings ...

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Firewalls act as gatekeepers that regulate data flow between internal and external networks based on security rules, while ...

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Windows 11 will no longer add SMB1 Windows Defender Firewall rules when creating new SMB shares starting with today's Canary Channel Insider Preview Build 25992 build. Before this change and since ...

Simplewall offers a powerful alternative. It’s a 2MB download that transforms your PC from a leaky sieve into a digital ...

Microsoft added a few improvements to Azure Firewall, its firewall-as-a-service security offering for organizations using Azure virtual machines. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence service is powered ...

On running Windows Firewall Troubleshooter or the Windows Network Diagnostic Troubleshooter, if you see this message – Windows Firewall is preventing connections to your computer, The Windows Firewall ...

This Microsoft Automated Troubleshooting Services scans your computer and detects the root causes of common problems, and then automatically fixes the problems that it finds, and also offers ...

In today’s world of Web threats, firewalls are a critical part of your system–yet software, malware, or even people turn off this important part of the PC. Most third-party firewalls will let you know ...