How to prevent programs from adding exceptions to Windows 7 Firewall?

Discussion in 'other firewalls' started by ehy, Feb 5, 2013.

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  1. safeguy

    safeguy Registered Member

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    Useful tip. Legit programs will abide but I'm still inclined to say that there's nothing to stop a rogue program with admin rights to modify those entries if it really wants to. :p
     
    safeguy, Feb 10, 2013
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  2. pandlouk

    pandlouk Registered Member

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    I agree. Any program that has admin rights can do whatever it wants on the system.

    Panagiotis
     
    pandlouk, Feb 10, 2013
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  3. pandorax

    pandorax Registered Member

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    I think the rules created automatically by programs will be useless if you disable the dns client and doesn't give global permission for udp 53.

    EDIT: i am wrong, they also create udp rule.
     
    pandorax, Feb 19, 2013
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  4. kupo

    kupo Registered Member

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    You do know that TinyWall has the same feature?
     
    kupo, Feb 20, 2013
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