Is it bad to turn off Windows firewall?
Honestly, turning off a firewall isn't a bad thing to do - it's not like you're just going to get viruses out of the blue because you have your firewall turned off; the only way having your firewall turned off is going to aid a virus is if you downloaded and ran the virus (a firewall wouldn't stop that, and your antiviruses would anyway), and it needed to update. Otherwise, frankly, if you don't need to block anything that's already on your computer from connecting to the internet, a firewall isn't crucial. (Though, if you want to play it safe, I'd recommend turning off Windows Firewall and downloading COMODO Free Firewall instead - works much better.) To allow a Minecraft server through, however, you're going to need to forward ports. Look up how to forward them for your particular router model - it's a bit different for each. The port you need to forward is 25565, unless you chose a different one.
What happens if you turn windows firewall off?
I can't play this game s4 league, cause the patch isn't working. I can play other online games but not s4 league. Does this have anything to do with the firewall? should I turn it off? what will happen if i turn it off? :(
Can't connect to the Internet because of Windows Firewall?
I'm using Vista Prem SP1, and everytime I connect to my router, it won't connect to the Internet. Whenever I diagnose, it tells me that my Security policy settings might be blocking the connection. Then underneath that, it says: The following policy might need to be adjusted to allow Windows to connect: Policy Provider: Windows Firewall Filter Name: Query User If the policy provider identified is Windows Firewall, Click for information about adjusting Windows Firewall settings. If a different policy provider has been identified, check the provider's documentation on how to adjust the policy's settings. The only way I've fixed this problem was by restarting the computer, but I want to find another way to connect to the Internet without restarting 4 or 5 times a day. Please help me find a way to fix this problem and thank you.
Is it safe to turn off my windows firewall to play left for dead 2?
I downloaded left for dead 2 from torrentz.eu...after all the downloading extracting and etc i pressed the launcher but after pressing it windows firewall or something said to me something, I cant remember what it was but the choices were [Keep Blocking] [Unblock] [Remind Me Later] [Dont ask me again]...I chose Keep blocking because i thought it might have some malware or virus or hack in it. After that i now know that it was the windows firewall telling me a warning. But i reaallyy wanna play left 4 dead 2 so i decided to turn off my windows firewall but im scared that it might have some virus in it. So im asking you guys if is it fine to turn off my windows firewall? Please help me I dont want a virus in my computer since it was newly fixed and cleaned 2 months ago. and if anything bad happens...well...lets just say..........i might see a light
Why would one disable the Windows firewall?
If you had another software firewall installation on your machine that renders Windows firewall useless.You are testing software installations/networking/etc., and cannot get some things to work, sometimes disabling the firewall is an EXCELLENT troubleshooting step as everything could be fine except requiring a firewall rule.You want to set up a honeypotYou do this as a security researcher to see how long a bare bones installation of *any* OS will take to get owned.You like to live life to the fullest and don’t care if you get a virus/trojan/ransomware on your system.