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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 896161" data-attributes="member: 32260">I do not use WFC, so I cannot help. Although restricting firewall connections can help, it cannot stop the connections of many malwares except when blocking svchost and taskhost connections (and maybe some others). Such a setup requires much attention/maintenance and can be painful for most users.From the <a href="http://www.binisoft.org" target="_blank">www.binisoft.org</a>:&quot;Windows Firewall Control doesn&#039;t do any packet filtering and does not block or allow any connection. This is done by Windows Firewall itself based on the existing firewall rules. &quot;It means that the settings applied by WFC can be changed from outside WFC by elevated malware.Edit (thanks to [USER=78686]@SeriousHoax[/USER]).There is also additional information about WFC tamper protection:&quot;Disable the ability of other programs to tamper Windows Firewall rules and state.&quot;So, tampering by the malware can be harder than I thought.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 896161, member: 32260"] I do not use WFC, so I cannot help. Although restricting firewall connections can help, it cannot stop the connections of many malwares except when blocking svchost and taskhost connections (and maybe some others). Such a setup requires much attention/maintenance and can be painful for most users. From the [URL='http://www.binisoft.org']www.binisoft.org[/URL]: "[I]Windows Firewall Control doesn't do any packet filtering and does not block or allow any connection. This is done by Windows Firewall itself based on the existing firewall rules. [/I]" It means that the settings applied by WFC can be changed from outside WFC by elevated malware. Edit (thanks to [USER=78686]@SeriousHoax[/USER]). There is also additional information about WFC tamper protection: "[I]Disable the ability of other programs to tamper Windows Firewall rules and state.[/I]" So, tampering by the malware can be harder than I thought. [/QUOTE]

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