Help with Tinywall firewall, please

[wainuitech]

Actions speak louder than words

This is what you get with Eset (the antivirus part 1101 mentioned)

If you go to the following site, there's test files that should trigger your AV, if they don't then the AV is useless.

https://www.wicar.org/test-malware.html

The files are all harmless, just tests.

Go to a bad site:



Try to Download Something that's got a "nice surprise" embedded

[wainuitech]

Adding to above, this is what you get if you visit a "Suspect" Site = Suspect can mean several different things

[Roscoe]

Thank you, Wainui. I ran the tests and each one brought up a warning so I know that I am protected, It's great to have that peace of mind. I have passed that on to a couple of friends who I'm certain will also appreciate it.

[1101]

I tried that sites(above) browser tests on a PC that doesnt have ESET
Firefox still blocked those Browser tests regardless

ESET also has Intrusion Protection (HIPS) .
its sort of an anti hacker module . eg it blocks hackers from open RDC on PC's .
And good AV also has better anti Crypto/ransonmware protection than Win defender

[1101]

https://www.youtube.com/c/thepcsecuritychannel/videos

This Youtube channel has interesting info on Firewall, AV
he steps through analysis of the working of some malware , and tests how well popular AV blocks malware/crypto/ransomware .
he also shows how malware tries to disable AV (can be as simple as the malware rebooting into safe mode)
Windows defender doesnt look that good from his tests and analysys

[wainuitech]

Thank you, Wainui. I ran the tests and each one brought up a warning so I know that I am protected, It's great to have that peace of mind. I have passed that on to a couple of friends who I'm certain will also appreciate it.

Depending on the Sites, some browsers will stop potential infections, But there's a LOT that don't get stopped either, hence the need for a Active AV.

[Agent_24]

A million years ago, having a software firewall on my computer was the only reason I found I had a keylogger, when it tried to phone home.

That was when I decided to always use a firewall, and also when I ditched Norton AV.

I was an idiot back then and fell for the marketing...

[zqwerty]

fabizop reported for copying and posting previous posts in the thread, #9 in this case, as if he has originated them.

[zqwerty]

Yes it was but I posted it first and you copied and posted as if you originated the fix or info.

It was your first post and you were already poaching and now 2nd post defending your action.

[Agent_24]

Yes it was but I posted it first and you copied and posted as if you originated the fix or info.

It was your first post and you were already poaching and now 2nd post defending your action.

Fabizop is clearly some weird kind of spammer, with his hidden links in white text.