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<blockquote data-quote="a090" data-source="post: 1032757" data-attributes="member: 99949"><p>Great! And thank you for the recommendation regarding learning mode. I presume I should switch the app to <strong>Medium</strong> <strong>Filtering</strong> and <strong>Learning</strong> <strong>Mode</strong> (both settings combined) and then load up F-Secure, update its engines, run some scans, etc. To let all of the F-Secure’s update servers and cloud analysis access rules settle in.</p><p></p><p>Do you know if Adguard (Windows desktop app) will work alongside WFC?</p><p></p><p>I found <a href="https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/windows-firewall-control-wfc-by-binisoft-org.347370/page-111" target="_blank"><u><strong>this</strong></u></a> thread on WildersSecurity (<strong><u>see post #2769 and onwards</u></strong>), it appears to be the official WFC thread on that forum. And on the thread, a user asked this very same question regarding Adguard. And the reply he received from the Adguard developer is they are both compatible. The user then goes on to ask “Isn’t Adguard (desktop) a web filtering module?,” web filtering modules are suppposedly incompatible with WFC. And the Adguard dev goes on to say this isn’t a problem and Adguard is still fine.</p><p></p><p>That’s all well and good, but those forum posts are from 2016. Adguard has matured a lot since then, adding in DNS protections, malware protection and blocking, and much more. I’m curious if both products are still fully compatible?</p><p></p><p>Regardless, putting WFC in Learning Mode would be a good idea for Adguard as well, right?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Great response, I appreciate it. My follow-up question would to you would be the same one I asked RoboMan above. Would WFC and Adguard conflict in any way?</p><p></p><p>WFC purports to not be compatible with filtering programs, which Adguard certainly is, but the Adguard dev says all is well. The problem is those reassuring posts were made in 2016. Link above. Thoughts?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nice! It seems like I found two folks with the same config I’m looking to set up. I’ve got F-Secure running beautifully on this machine so I’m looking forward to installing WFC.</p><p></p><p>I should keep WFC in Learning Mode to let some rules for F-Secure and my other applications settle in? How many days would you recommend leaving in Learning Mode?</p><p></p><p>And do either of you use Adguard (desktop) app?</p><p></p><p>Not the browser extension but the Windows app itself. Is Adguard compatible with WFC? WFC dev has said WFC isn’t compatible with filtering modules in other programs as they mess with the way it operates (details went over my head). And Adguard certainly has a “web filtering” component to it. But the Adguard dev said all is well with both programs working fine together. The only problem is that was in 2016 and I haven’t seen any new questions or posts asking this same question since then. Adguard has matured a lot as a program so it isn’t as simple as it used to be in 2016. Wondering if its still compatible with WFC, even after all the updates and changes. Link to thread above in my reply to RoboMan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="a090, post: 1032757, member: 99949"] Great! And thank you for the recommendation regarding learning mode. I presume I should switch the app to [B]Medium[/B] [B]Filtering[/B] and [B]Learning[/B] [B]Mode[/B] (both settings combined) and then load up F-Secure, update its engines, run some scans, etc. To let all of the F-Secure’s update servers and cloud analysis access rules settle in. Do you know if Adguard (Windows desktop app) will work alongside WFC? I found [URL='https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/windows-firewall-control-wfc-by-binisoft-org.347370/page-111'][U][B]this[/B][/U][/URL] thread on WildersSecurity ([B][U]see post #2769 and onwards[/U][/B]), it appears to be the official WFC thread on that forum. And on the thread, a user asked this very same question regarding Adguard. And the reply he received from the Adguard developer is they are both compatible. The user then goes on to ask “Isn’t Adguard (desktop) a web filtering module?,” web filtering modules are suppposedly incompatible with WFC. And the Adguard dev goes on to say this isn’t a problem and Adguard is still fine. That’s all well and good, but those forum posts are from 2016. Adguard has matured a lot since then, adding in DNS protections, malware protection and blocking, and much more. I’m curious if both products are still fully compatible? Regardless, putting WFC in Learning Mode would be a good idea for Adguard as well, right? Great response, I appreciate it. My follow-up question would to you would be the same one I asked RoboMan above. Would WFC and Adguard conflict in any way? WFC purports to not be compatible with filtering programs, which Adguard certainly is, but the Adguard dev says all is well. The problem is those reassuring posts were made in 2016. Link above. Thoughts? Nice! It seems like I found two folks with the same config I’m looking to set up. I’ve got F-Secure running beautifully on this machine so I’m looking forward to installing WFC. I should keep WFC in Learning Mode to let some rules for F-Secure and my other applications settle in? How many days would you recommend leaving in Learning Mode? And do either of you use Adguard (desktop) app? Not the browser extension but the Windows app itself. Is Adguard compatible with WFC? WFC dev has said WFC isn’t compatible with filtering modules in other programs as they mess with the way it operates (details went over my head). And Adguard certainly has a “web filtering” component to it. But the Adguard dev said all is well with both programs working fine together. The only problem is that was in 2016 and I haven’t seen any new questions or posts asking this same question since then. Adguard has matured a lot as a program so it isn’t as simple as it used to be in 2016. Wondering if its still compatible with WFC, even after all the updates and changes. Link to thread above in my reply to RoboMan. [/QUOTE]
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