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One of the reasons I did not buy the product is the firewall, so I'm telling it's not! Its default config is insane.

3 hours ago, Adikrishvara said: I didn't notice that. You said that outbound traffic needed blocking. It's inbound traffic that requires it. If you block all the outbound traffic, your Internet browsers won't be able to go anywhere. Your operating system and other software can't receive any automatic updates, either.…

I did not invent the concept: https://tinywall.pados.hu/features.php

14 minutes ago, Adikrishvara said: Well, an ideal firewall doesn't block everything by default. It blocks inbound traffic in general unless a unique situation or programme demands an exception. I was wondering why the support team hadn't explained to us so far why it's all right that the Bitdefender fiirewall allows all…

Hi Alex, Thanks for your assistance offer. Unfortunately, I already un-installed the trial. I found out that the default settings for the firewall seems to be to let every program allowed (same as Windows Firewall), since all my applications could connect without having me to authorize them. I changed the settings to block…

Well, thanks for the quick answer. That makes a no-go for me for this product. The Firewall settings are insane too. It *seems* allowing everything by default, and if you change that to block, allowing specific programs does not work. That's 2 major bugs making the program unusable.