To reset the Windows Firewall to its default settings, do the following: Open Control Panel. Click on System and Security. Click on Windows Firewall. On the left pane, click the Restore defaults link. Click the Restore defaults button. Click Yes to confirm. How to use 'fw ctl pstat' command to view and analyze firewall statistics - System Capacity Summary, Hash kernel memory (hmem) statistics, System kernel memory (smem) statistics, Kernel memory (kmem) statistics, Cookies, Connections, Fragments, NAT and Sync.
My laptop had a virus threat so I bought an anti virus. When I turned my laptop on firewall had blocked internet connection so anti virus could not do full scan. Now windows scan is popping up saying my hard drive needs defragmentation and is critical. I dont have any idea what to do! Can anyone please help? im having to use my son's computer.
Hi,
I suspect that you've been scammed and have purchased one of the rogue/useless/fake antivirus programs.
Go to http://www.malwarebytes.org and download (to another computer) the free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Move that program to the affected computer with a USB stick, USB hard drive, CD, DVD, etc. Install and run the program.
If MBAM can't clean up the infection, try the same procedure with the free version of SuperAntiSpywarehttp://www.superantispyware.com
There are additional suggestions in this threadand this one.
Important note: Some infections (or multiple infections) can't be removed completely and the only way to insure that the computer is clean is a clean reinstall of Windows.
Hope this helps,
Don
Don
So I have been using the firewall from Symantec Endpoint Protection to analyze and block telemetry collected my Microsoft. I have recognized a trend.
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The standard feedback client tries to connect to:
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
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If that fails, Feedback SUIF(unsure about the acronym) tries to connect to:
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
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If that fails, windows tries to send the data using the Windows Problem Reporting(WerMgr) to:
watson.telemetry.microsoft.com
It tries this method TWICE
Upon failing all of those steps it decides to get nasty and displays the
Activate Windows
watermark in the lower right hand corner.
Why would it display this watermark if it simply fails to send telemetry data? Is there any way to block the data being sent without causing the watermark to show up?
Some additional info:
I am running
Insider Preview Microsoft Windows Version 10.0.11102
I was originally blocking the telemetry data in the release version without the watermark occurring, things seem to have changed. The attempts to send data have become more blatant and more frequent.
Chad BaxterChad Baxter
1 Answer
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Not sure why you are getting the watermark.
This is how I disable telemetry in Windows 10, Open Control Panel and select Windows Firewall, then select Advanced Settings. When that window opens select Outbound Rules. Highlight all the telemetry entries then right click and select Disable Rule.
I have done this on several W10 PC's with any adverse issues.
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