"Gary VanderMolen" wrote in message
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"I.C. Greenfields" wrote in message
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"Gary VanderMolen" wrote in message
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If you have unwanted outgoing connections then your system is
already compromised.
It's compromised by WMP for example?
Any outbound connections eminating from WMP are benign (not
malicious). It's the malicious malware you should be cncerned about.
I know they are but don't want anything accessing the bet without
permission. I wan to know what's going on. (Scroll down)
A resident Trojan virus can easily disable
the outgoing portion of the firewall. The primary wall of defense
should be prevention of incoming viruses and malware.
Please recommend software that monitors connections both ways that works
with Vista.
Windows Firewall in Vista can be configured to monitor outbound
connections, should you be so inclined. See
http://www.vistastic.com/2007/03/09/...ound-filtering
*HOW? There's no choice in the Firewall window that opens. HOW and WERE is
the place you make that change?
It says "* Change Outbound connections from Allow (default) to Block" but
WHERE is the place where the change is made?
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I bet you didn't know that Microsoft Windows Vista includes a two-way
firewall.
Unfortunately, the outbound filtering has been disabled. I'm not quite sure
why Microsoft made this decision but from a security point of view it would
have made perfect sense to have it enabled by default. I suspect it's due to
Microsoft not wanting to frustrate customers when their internet dependent
applications suddenly stopped working.
Windows Vista Firewall: How To Turn On Outbound Filtering
* Click the Start Button (Windows Orb)
* In the search bar type "wf.msc" and press the Enter key
* Click the Windows Firewall Properties link
* Change Outbound connections from Allow (default) to Block
From the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security properties you can also
configure additional rules for incoming as well as outbound connections.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)