Win7 system comes with a firewall to use the full Raiders

  

In the increasingly insecure Internet, many users have listed the firewall as one of the necessary software for installation, and the major security vendors in order to attract users' attention, Make your own firewall out of shape. In contrast, the Windows 7 system's own firewall is simple in appearance, but after years of development and improvement, it has now existed as a standard personal firewall in the system. Today, as the Internet becomes increasingly insecure, many users have listed firewalls as one of the necessary software for installation. In order to attract users' attention, major security vendors have made their own firewalls more colorful. In contrast, the Windows 7 system's own firewall is simple in appearance, but after years of development and improvement, it has now existed as a standard personal firewall in the system. New startup method and repair In the startup mode, the Windows 7 firewall will no longer need to create an empty MMC and add a management unit, which is easier to operate than the previous version. Just click on the Advanced Settings Connection “Start Menu/Control Panel/System and Security/Windows Firewall> in the left panel to open the firewall configuration interface. One big difference between a firewall and anti-virus software is that when a user makes an improper setting, it is very likely that the system will be unable to access the network. When the user does not remember what settings have been made to make the network inaccessible, or some applications do not work after the change, you can restore the firewall configuration to the default state of Windows 7 by clicking "Restore Default Settings" on the left side. Almost can be called the firewall version of the "one-click restore". Different Environments Customize Security Rules Users have different security requirements when using computers. For example, friends who are used to carrying laptops often go to places like public Wi Fi networks to go online. External connections are connected to your own computer; in the office or home LAN, in order to facilitate users to transfer files or play games to each other on the LAN, they do not like to have too high security rules. Fortunately, the firewall can be used for different network environments. Customize settings separately: Click on the left side of the main interface to open or close the Windows Firewall. Open the firewall's custom interface. In this tab, users can use different security rules for LAN and public network respectively. Users in the network have the option to "enable" and "close", which is to enable or disable the Windows Firewall. When the firewall is enabled, there are two checkboxes to choose from, where <;block all incoming connections> in some cases it is very useful when the user enters a less secure network environment Temporarily check this box to disable all external connections, even if the Windows Firewall is set to "Exceptions", the service will be blocked, which provides a higher level for computers in lower security environments. protection. The personalized settings of the firewall allow the user to individually allow a program to communicate through the firewall, such as playing online games on a computer that cannot be completely safe: Click on "Control Panel/System and Security/Windows Firewall" Click on the side menu to "Allow programs or features through the Windows Firewall". After opening, you can see that the commonly used network software is displayed in the list. If you want to add other programs, just click on the bottom right corner and “Allow another program to run” to set the list of programs that need to pass through the firewall. Programs can be manually added as allowed, and programs not included in the list can be selected by selecting “Browse” to manually select the address of the program. For a firewall, the inbound rules of the external network are the most important settings. Open the “Advanced Settings” interface, right-click on the “Inbound Rules” in the new pop-up window, and the shortcut menu pops up. Select the “New Rule" command. Here, the automatic update program of Thunder is taken as an example. If you want to prohibit the automatic upgrade program of Thunder from accepting any data, the user will be asked to select the rule type in the pop-up "New Inbound Rules Wizard" interface, the user can target the application and port. , service selection, after selecting “ application & rdquo;, select the "ThunderLiveUD.exe" file under the Thunder folder. After the selection is made, continue to select the connection method to connect to the network. Win 7 provides users with three connection methods: Allow connection: The program or port can be connected to the network under any circumstances. Only secure connections are allowed: The program or port is allowed to connect to the network only if it is IPSec protected. Block connection: Prevents this program or port from connecting to the network in any state. After selecting <;blocking connections>, Thunder’s automatic updates will not work at all!

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