How to turn on and set Windows 8 firewall

The security of the system is a problem that users should always pay attention to, and in addition to the protection of antivirus software, we also suggest that the system can be further consolidated by opening the firewall with its own. Next, the small series will detail how to open the Win8 firewall.

The first nature is to find the location of the firewall in Win8. Move the mouse to the lower right corner of the screen and bring up "charm bar" to select Settings, click "Control Panel" here to enter the Control Panel interface. Click "System and Security" in the Control Panel to open the System and Security window, where we can see the "Windows Firewall" option.

Control Panel System and security

Windows Firewall

After entering the firewall, we move our eyes to the left of the window, where we can see the "Enable or disable Windows Firewall" option, where we can customize the settings for this type of network. Our recommended setting is to enable firewalls under all networks and to open notifications when blocking new applications.

Firewall status

In addition, "block all incoming connections, including applications in the Allow Application List" option, we recommend shutting down on a private network, preferably enabled on a public network.

Recommended settings

Here is a "Allow application List" concept, as the name implies in the application list to allow the application is not blocked by the firewall, then how to set it? On the left side of the firewall window we can see the option to allow applications or functions to pass through firewalls, where we can add and remove allowed applications.

Allow application list to add application

As for the final "advanced options", ordinary users are basically not contact, we do not bother to think. With Windows Firewall and the Windows Defender, we don't even have to install a Third-party security tool to keep the system safe.

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