There may be times you may find that your Windows Firewall in Windows 11/10/8/7 may not be working the way it should. Maybe you were infected with malware, and the malware changed the firewall ...

Windows Firewall has now been renamed to Windows Defender Firewall. If Windows Firewall is configured properly, it can help prevent hackers or malicious software from gaining access to your PC through ...

This article will show you how to turn off Windows 11 firewall temporarily and disable it permanently until such time you want to re-enable it. You may also learn how to allow a specific application ...

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

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 ...

To properly protect your network, you need to know who and what has access to your network, and where all sensitive information is located. To better control access, start by limiting the devices that ...

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 ...

While keeping the firewall on is probably a good idea for the less tech-savvy, there may come a time where they have to turn it on and off. Here's a simple guide to help them do it on their own. A ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 will bypass the Windows 10 firewall and any configured rules, raising security concerns for those who use the feature. In a blog post today, Mullvad VPN explained ...