{"id":27,"date":"2016-03-24T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/24\/blocking-all-internet-access-except-specific-programs-in-windows\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T01:32:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T01:32:01","slug":"blocking-all-internet-access-except-specific-programs-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/blocking-all-internet-access-except-specific-programs-in-windows.html","title":{"rendered":"Blocking All Internet Access Except Specific Programs in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Windows Firewall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/windows-firewall.png\" alt=\"Windows Firewall\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Blocking All Connections and access to Internet<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Go to &#8220;<b>Windows Firewall with Advanced Security<\/b>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><b>Action<\/b> =&gt; <b>Properties<\/b><\/li>\n<li>In Domain Profile, Private Profile and Public Profile, Select &#8220;<b>Block<\/b>&#8221; next to <b>Outbound Connections<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\n<a name=\"more\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blocking Internet on Windows\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/outbound-connections.png\" alt=\"Blocking Internet on Windows\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Allowing Specific Application to Access the Internet<\/h2>\n<p>Right Click on Outbound Rules, and create a new filter<\/p>\n<p>Select &#8220;Program&#8221; to allow a specific program to access the internet<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new2Brule.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"324\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Choose the path of the program, in this case I&#8217;ll choose &#8220;Firefox&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Choosing2BProgram.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"192\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Choose the Action, for example, allow the connection<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/outbound2Brule2Baction.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Choose the connection profile (private, public&#8230;), I&#8217;ll choose all of them in my case<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Choosing2Bprofile.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"213\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Give it a name to remember it<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/allow2Bconnection.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<p><b>Any suggestions or comments? 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