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<blockquote data-quote="monkeylove" data-source="post: 907015" data-attributes="member: 19756"><p>I am currently using Kaspersky Security Cloud because Windows Defender slows down my system, but it doesn't come with a firewall. I notice that some apps want to go online even if I configured some of them not to update or don't see why they should, and I can only those attempts with a third-party program. I don't have much time to go over any access logs and study them.</p><p></p><p>I found out that several free firewalls don't work with KSC, so I had to experiment and went back to what I used before, which was the free version of Sphinx Windows Firewall Control:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/order.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Both the antivirus and the firewall seem to be working fine. I think after installation, the firewall selects what it sees as system files and enables Internet access for them, and in read-only mode so they can't be changed. From there, anything else that accesses the local network or the 'net is flagged, from which I have to decide whether to enable or disable permanently or temporarily. If I change my mind, I go to the list of programs and then change the access type.</p><p></p><p>I'm guessing free versions of other firewalls (I used Binsoft once) operate in similar fashion, with some that use learning mode. For the one I'm using, there's no such mode, but after running various programs, I was able to flag most of the apps.</p><p></p><p>Finally, I hope this is good enough, because I don't want to spend too much on paid software. I was thinking of getting the paid AV with firewall, but it costs something like $40 for three devices for the first year (and that's discounted?), and I need to buy for six, so that's like buying a new hard drive every year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monkeylove, post: 907015, member: 19756"] I am currently using Kaspersky Security Cloud because Windows Defender slows down my system, but it doesn't come with a firewall. I notice that some apps want to go online even if I configured some of them not to update or don't see why they should, and I can only those attempts with a third-party program. I don't have much time to go over any access logs and study them. I found out that several free firewalls don't work with KSC, so I had to experiment and went back to what I used before, which was the free version of Sphinx Windows Firewall Control: [URL unfurl="true"]https://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/order.html[/URL] Both the antivirus and the firewall seem to be working fine. I think after installation, the firewall selects what it sees as system files and enables Internet access for them, and in read-only mode so they can't be changed. From there, anything else that accesses the local network or the 'net is flagged, from which I have to decide whether to enable or disable permanently or temporarily. If I change my mind, I go to the list of programs and then change the access type. I'm guessing free versions of other firewalls (I used Binsoft once) operate in similar fashion, with some that use learning mode. For the one I'm using, there's no such mode, but after running various programs, I was able to flag most of the apps. Finally, I hope this is good enough, because I don't want to spend too much on paid software. I was thinking of getting the paid AV with firewall, but it costs something like $40 for three devices for the first year (and that's discounted?), and I need to buy for six, so that's like buying a new hard drive every year. [/QUOTE]
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