My network at home is behind a Netgear router/NAT as is common these days. On one of the PC's I turned on the Windows firewall log and I visited a few websites and it reports to me that it blocked a ...

In a surprising turn of events, Microsoft has issued yet another statement regarding an error that impacted Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. While the company ...

Windows 11 24H2 is causing Windows Firewall to throw up false positives An event gets logged every time a user restarts their device Microsoft says the error message ...

Windows Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick access to the most frequent options of Windows Firewall. It runs in ...

At the end of June, Microsoft released Windows 11 setup and recovery updates (KB5062233/ KB5060843/ KB5062197/ KB5061090) following the month's non-security previews for 24H2 (KB5060829) and 23H2/22H2 ...

Windows Defender Firewall works on rules designed to allow and block network traffic. As its name suggests, this firewall protects all services and applications that rely on connectivity through ...

A firewall is a software or hardware that checks information from the Internet or a network. Depending on your firewall settings, it blocks or allows it to pass through to your computer. A firewall ...