OneClickFirewall is a free tool that lets you block or allow Internet access of applications via Context Menu with a click on Windows 11/10 PC.

In order to attempt to stop file sharing through port blocking you will need to identify what ports your network user's file sharing programs use.

The Shields Up feature in Windows Firewall helps block active attack. This article shows how to block active attacks with Windows Firewall.

If restrictive firewall settings block the transmission of important files to employees, however, firewall security settings can be changed to allow the ZIP files.

In addition, Steve Gibson's firewalls page has a link to a test you can run to see if your personal firewall is blocking intrusions. Remember, though, that incoming is only half the problem.

By default, the Windows Firewall (in Windows 7 at least) only allows connections for file sharing, RDP, etc, if the remote address is on the local subnet.

Google this week fired off one of the first high-profile tests of Russia's controversial new firewall -- erected November 1, 2012 to block child porn, drugs and suicide content; but seen by ...

China is now blocking all encrypted HTTPS traffic that uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI The block was put in place at the end of July and is enforced via China's Great Firewall.