Resolved TinyWall Firewall

Have any of you ever heard of this program?

http://tinywall.pados.hu/features.php

It's not made by a corporation...just an individual.

 

Yes I have heard of it. Don't know many people that use it. I use the firewall built into Windows since XP and have not had any problems. 3 with XP, 2 with 7 and 1 with 8. I do like to stay behind a router also as they have a built in firewall in them. Whether they be wired or wireless.

 

I installed it because I wanted a bit more security for outbound traffic. I used to use Zone Alarm, but the program became so bloated that I removed it.

 

Is it possible for a PC software firewall to prevent the modem/router web page from showing up in your browser?

 

Yes! I have found this to be the case with ESET NOD32.

Go to the Options of your AV software and a web exclusion of http://192.168.x.x (and https://192.168.x.x) ... That is of course assuming your LAN IP range is 192.168

Once you have set and applied those exclusions, restart your browser (& clear cache, etc...) and then you should have more luck!!

 

Maybe not altogether for malicious apps, but for unscrupulous data miners /advertisers.

TinyWall doesn't replace Windows firewall - rather the program works in conjunction with Windows firewall to make it a tad more secure. I am a bit disappointed that I failed the firewall test at Shields Up however. All of my ports were in stealth mode except for the SMTP port, and I am sitting behind a hardware firewall, too.

 

I've never really addressed this issue before, but is it important to keep all ports in stealth mode, or does it matter at all?

 

I decided to uninstall Tinywall for now until some of the bugs can be worked out of it. The program tends to block / interfere with valid outbound traffic that was once previously allowed - and then vice-versa for some unknown reason.

I tried to contact the author, but I never heard from him.