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My Wish: A full fledged firewall for Windows 10
I have used Windows software for years. I have always purchased software to protect my Windows systems. I would really like to see Microsoft step up the protection for a home/portable PC, to meet t...
There's a little app for windows firewall that handles the configurations for you. It turns off the Allow by default behavior and lets you do it on an app-by-app, port-by-port basis. You can even limit apps to internal networks only. Windows firewall is way stronger than people give it credit for, it's just not easy to configure manually. The app is called TinyWall. The other option you have is to run a freeBSD based firewall (my personal method) called pfSense. It requires its own hardware or VM.
Forgot to mention that one little item that I use to keep track of what is happening on my system is ' system explorer '. It provides information in real time, as to what is currently happening on items. Windows System Manager will also show processes, but does not do it in the same mannerism as system explorer, which I like better.
