Before I continue explaining how to enable Windows 7 firewall outbound protection I will have to tell you that this firewall is a bit stubborn not like other third-party firewalls. This means when outbound protection is enabled firewall is going to by default block any installed program from connecting to the internet including Internet Explorer which means you will have to manually create rules to specifically allow individual programs to access internet. A bit unusual and time-consuming though.
Go to control panel or type in search field Windows Firewall With Advanced Security. Choose Windows Firewall Properties and set outbound protection to block in drop-down menu. Do this for all three domain, public and private profile. Apply new settings. Now if you launch any web browser you will notice it can not access internet. You will have to manually tell Windows that certain program is safe by creating new rule for this application.
On the left-hand side of the panel choose Outbound Rules. Here you are going to see all Windows processes and programs that already match the rule of connecting to the internet and here is where you can add programs of your own. Click New Rule and follow simple instructions. Repeat procedure for all other programs you wish to grand access to internet.
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Lovely...i agree with the fact that Windows Firewall is flawed, not just for outbound protection,but inbound as well. Why, half the PC users nowadays who still uses an unconfigured Windows Firewall are statistically an easier target for malwares and hackers! Funny how unhappy users of Vista & 7 can complain more on the UAC instead of the firewall...firewall are just more problematic than UAC for me.
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Regards,
Be James, once people configure the Windows 7 firewall it is just as good as something like Comodo, albeit with less controllable features and extras, but it is just as good now that it protects against in bound and out bound, so it is in no way flawed at all - the way 'you' use it is flawed if you don't know what to block. A network admin told me it is plenty good now, compared to XP. You should have said simply that people do not have it configured correctly instead of calling it flawed, and left it at that.
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