Do I Need Windows Firewall Too ?

My BIS 2013 Firewall is enabled.

Recently out of the blue Win-7 displayed an alert that my PC was not sufficiently protected ... ie, Windows Firewall "is" disabled.

I enabled the Windows Firewall.

Was this a sensible move ? Considering I now have two firewalls !

On another stand-alone rig/PC (never internet connected) Win-7 would nag that the PC was at risk.

The only way to kill the Windows nags was to install BIS trial and the nagging stopped.

I would like to upgrade my laptop to "New Bitdefender" but until my thread Editing Application Rules is resolved I am stuck in limbo with BIS 2013

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Rohugh

Hello grayghost,

No, you don't need two firewalls, I don't know why you were "nagged" to turn on the Win 7 one when you already had the BIS firewall active but they can conflict with each other. Turn it off.

Ro.

grayghost2

Thank you 'Rohugh'

I have turned Windows Firewall OFF

Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Turn Windows Firewall on or off

Customize Settings (window)

Home or work (Private) ~~

- disabled both check boxes ... ie "Block ...~" and "Notify ... ~"

(•) Turn Off Windows Firewall (not recommended)

Public network settings

- disabled both check boxes ... ie "Block ...~" and "Notify ... ~"

(•) Turn Off Windows Firewall (not recommended)

[OK] button