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<blockquote data-quote="Decopi" data-source="post: 1043781" data-attributes="member: 67091">[USER=99014]@Trident[/USER] , sorry for the question a bit out of the ZA thread:I always use my Firewall in hardened mode, with rules denying all and any connection, except the connections I authorize.In the beginning took me around ten days until I managed to stabilize the connections, especially those of Windows. But honestly, with time and testing I confirmed that Windows really needs very few connections to work. Since then, my hardened firewall never gave me problems.Please, my question is whether these malwares with 65MB, or other malwares that escape AVs, how effective is hardening firewall against these pests? Blocking connections can avoid malware damages? In the case of stealer malwares, blocking connections may avoid damages. But what about encryptors? Or what about other malwares, that don&#039;t use connections and can open backdoors etc?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Decopi, post: 1043781, member: 67091"] [USER=99014]@Trident[/USER] , sorry for the question a bit out of the ZA thread: I always use my Firewall in hardened mode, with rules denying all and any connection, except the connections I authorize. In the beginning took me around ten days until I managed to stabilize the connections, especially those of Windows. But honestly, with time and testing I confirmed that Windows really needs very few connections to work. Since then, my hardened firewall never gave me problems. Please, my question is whether these malwares with 65MB, or other malwares that escape AVs, how effective is hardening firewall against these pests? Blocking connections can avoid malware damages? In the case of stealer malwares, blocking connections may avoid damages. But what about encryptors? Or what about other malwares, that don't use connections and can open backdoors etc? [/QUOTE]

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