Hi All,
I recently created a firewall rule in windows to block a specific application (I use malwarebytes firewall control app (WFC) which is an interface to the windows firewall) but after looking at the connections log, I can see that the specific .exe that I created a block rule for has been allowed to communicate outwards. I can only assume that the software is being allowed to communicate through another file or process that was installed along with it.
So my two questions are,
1) Is there any way to block network access to a whole folder? so rather than just creating a block rule for the main .exe, I block the whole installation directory?
2) Is windows firewall a good / reliable way to do this, or should I be considering something like a better hardware firewall (something like DD-WRT / pfSense / Ubiquity etc etc) for blocking applications that I don't want to have internet access?
Thanks for any help.
X20
I recently created a firewall rule in windows to block a specific application (I use malwarebytes firewall control app (WFC) which is an interface to the windows firewall) but after looking at the connections log, I can see that the specific .exe that I created a block rule for has been allowed to communicate outwards. I can only assume that the software is being allowed to communicate through another file or process that was installed along with it.
So my two questions are,
1) Is there any way to block network access to a whole folder? so rather than just creating a block rule for the main .exe, I block the whole installation directory?
2) Is windows firewall a good / reliable way to do this, or should I be considering something like a better hardware firewall (something like DD-WRT / pfSense / Ubiquity etc etc) for blocking applications that I don't want to have internet access?
Thanks for any help.
X20