Origin is a controversially “Steam-like” distribution and gaming platform by Electronic Arts. The service has recently received bad press because of its end user license agreement which EA in the meantime has updated several times. Regardless of that, it is still heavily criticized by privacy organizations and end users alike for its abilities to crawl [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft has improved the Windows Firewall ever since it was included in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The majority of usability and security issues have been dealt with. Outbound Packet Filtering was for instance introduced under Windows Vista. There are still some issues left that Microsoft has not yet addressed. Especially the firewall’s configuration [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

With today’s technologies it is a lot easier – usually – to play games in a multiplayer environment. It does not really matter if you play the games on a local area network or over the Internet. Many games work out of the box, thanks to intelligent firewalls and systems that allow the traffic to [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

The firewall is used to control incoming and outgoing traffic. Many users believe that simply installing a firewall is enough to protect their computer from malicious attacks but that does not have to be the case. An improperly configured firewall can do more damage than harm, or at least leave some attack vectors open that [...]

Categories: Security

The Windows Firewall has seen lots of improvements ever since its first implementation in a Windows operating system (which was Windows XP by the way). The Windows Firewall acts as a first line of defense to protect the computer system from attacks originating from a computer network or the Internet. Tech savvy users usually disable [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The firewall in Windows 7 is a solid software firewall. It is by far not as advanced as third party firewalls but it does a good job at protecting a computer system running Windows 7. The functionality of the firewall has been improved ever since Microsoft starting shipping Windows XP versions with the software firewall. [...]

Categories: Security, Software

The Windows Firewall in Windows Vista cannot be quickly disabled or enabled. A user who wants to enable or disable it would have to open the Control Panel and load the Windows Firewall in the Security tab. The option to Turn the Windows Firewall on or off would appear in the menu. That’s not a [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

If you have discovered a Virus or Trojan on your system you are advised to reset (or check) the settings of your firewall to make sure that no backdoor has been created that allows the hacker to log into your computer easily again even if the Virus or Trojan has been removed.

Categories: Operating Systems, Security, Windows