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.
A big difference between firewalls and anti-virus software is that when users make inappropriate settings, 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".
Customized security rules for different environments
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. At this time, you don't want any external connection to access your own computer. In the office or home LAN, in order to facilitate users on the LAN to transfer files or play games together, they don't like to have too high security rules. Fortunately, the firewall can Customize settings for different network environments:
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 separately access the LAN and the public. The network adopts different security rules. Users in both networks have the option of “Enable” and “Close”, that is, enable or disable 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 users to individually allow a program to communicate via a firewall, such as playing online games on a computer that cannot be completely safe:
Click “Control Panel/System and Security/Windows Firewall & rdquo;, click on the menu on the left side 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 be run” to set the program that needs to pass the firewall
program. The programs in the list can be manually added as allowed. Programs not in the list can be selected by clicking “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 and right-click on the “Inbound Rules” in the new pop-up window. In the shortcut menu, 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 choose 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: Programs or ports are allowed to connect to the network only if they are protected by IPSec.
Blocking Connections: 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!