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<blockquote data-quote="Gabo352" data-source="post: 991053" data-attributes="member: 95329">For context: I got a new second hand computer in April, cause the one I had before got damaged due to power outages last year, installed windows 7, which is the same OS I used to have (I know I should probably update to a newer version, but currently I only have 2gb of RAM and I don&#039;t want my computer to be too slow), installed all of my old programs, with TinyWall being one of the first ones I installed (I&#039;ve been using it for a few years, and never had to deal with any problems before), and everything was working fine: I could use my browsers and TinyWall blocked everything else that wasn&#039;t on the list of exceptions, but I could manually add new ones when needed (I mean, I still can, but it doesn&#039;t seem to do anything).The problem started a week ago, my browsers became unable to connect to internet, with Chrome showing either ERR_NETWORK_ACCESS_DENIED or ERR_QUIC_PROTOCOL_ERROR and Internet Explorer showing &#039;This page cannot be displayed&#039;. I tried removing them from TinyWall&#039;s exception list and adding them again but it doesn&#039;t change anything. The funny thing is that, when I try browsing and then I immediatly open tinywall&#039;s connections window and check &#039;show blocked apps (in the last 5 mins)&#039;, the list comes out empty, as if TinyWall wasn&#039;t responsible of blocking their internet access:[ATTACH=full]267140[/ATTACH][SPOILER]In fact, there are opened ports for Chrome:[ATTACH=full]267141[/ATTACH]But no established connections:[ATTACH=full]267142[/ATTACH]This all changes when I change TinyWall from &#039;Normal mode&#039; to &#039;Allow outgoing&#039; mode; when I do, I can surf the web just fine:[ATTACH=full]267143[/ATTACH][/SPOILER]But after I go back to &#039;Normal mode&#039;, the connections end again. And I mean, I could just keep TinyWall on &#039;Allow outgoing&#039; mode, but doesn&#039;t that defeat the purpose of having it?I know the problem is TinyWall because I tried unistalling and then reinstalling it - after uninstalling it I checked and could use my browsers fine, then I installed it again and it seemed like the problem got solved cause I could still use my bowsers while TinyWall was on &#039;Normal mode&#039;, but the problem came back after I rebooted.I have no idea what could have caused TinyWall to start behaving this way; the only thing I remember doing to it was running it as Admin, cause I thought I needed to add Avast antivirus to the exception list and I tried to do the &#039;Whitelist by window&#039; thing with TinyWall, but found I couldn&#039;t click on Avast&#039;s window unless I ran TinyWall as Admin. Besides that, the only other thing I did that day was installing MS Office 2010 and defragging. But regardless of the cause, shouldn&#039;t it have been fixed after reinstalling? I mean, I used Revo to uninstall it and removed all traces form the registry and program files, and I didn&#039;t do the run as Admin thing again this time...So, I&#039;m stumped, do you guys know anything I could try to fix this or should I start looking for another firewall?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gabo352, post: 991053, member: 95329"] For context: I got a new second hand computer in April, cause the one I had before got damaged due to power outages last year, installed windows 7, which is the same OS I used to have (I know I should probably update to a newer version, but currently I only have 2gb of RAM and I don't want my computer to be too slow), installed all of my old programs, with TinyWall being one of the first ones I installed (I've been using it for a few years, and never had to deal with any problems before), and everything was working fine: I could use my browsers and TinyWall blocked everything else that wasn't on the list of exceptions, but I could manually add new ones when needed (I mean, I still can, but it doesn't seem to do anything). The problem started a week ago, my browsers became unable to connect to internet, with Chrome showing either ERR_NETWORK_ACCESS_DENIED or ERR_QUIC_PROTOCOL_ERROR and Internet Explorer showing 'This page cannot be displayed'. I tried removing them from TinyWall's exception list and adding them again but it doesn't change anything. The funny thing is that, when I try browsing and then I immediatly open tinywall's connections window and check 'show blocked apps (in the last 5 mins)', the list comes out empty, as if TinyWall wasn't responsible of blocking their internet access: [ATTACH type="full" alt="img1.png"]267140[/ATTACH] [SPOILER]In fact, there are opened ports for Chrome: [ATTACH type="full" alt="img2.png"]267141[/ATTACH] But no established connections: [ATTACH type="full" alt="img3.png"]267142[/ATTACH] This all changes when I change TinyWall from 'Normal mode' to 'Allow outgoing' mode; when I do, I can surf the web just fine: [ATTACH type="full" alt="img4.png"]267143[/ATTACH][/SPOILER] But after I go back to 'Normal mode', the connections end again. And I mean, I could just keep TinyWall on 'Allow outgoing' mode, but doesn't that defeat the purpose of having it? I know the problem is TinyWall because I tried unistalling and then reinstalling it - after uninstalling it I checked and could use my browsers fine, then I installed it again and it seemed like the problem got solved cause I could still use my bowsers while TinyWall was on 'Normal mode', but the problem came back after I rebooted. I have no idea what could have caused TinyWall to start behaving this way; the only thing I remember doing to it was running it as Admin, cause I thought I needed to add Avast antivirus to the exception list and I tried to do the 'Whitelist by window' thing with TinyWall, but found I couldn't click on Avast's window unless I ran TinyWall as Admin. Besides that, the only other thing I did that day was installing MS Office 2010 and defragging. But regardless of the cause, shouldn't it have been fixed after reinstalling? I mean, I used Revo to uninstall it and removed all traces form the registry and program files, and I didn't do the run as Admin thing again this time... So, I'm stumped, do you guys know anything I could try to fix this or should I start looking for another firewall? [/QUOTE]

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