Our two-way firewall complements and enhances the protection offered by your typical router and provides more robust security by monitoring which applications are attempting to send data out (outgoing traffic).
To set and configure the Network Protection feature, proceed through the steps listed below: 1. On the left menu, click Network Protection. The Network Protection screen opens.
2. Click the slider next to Network Protection to enable Network Protection.
Alternatively, on the Home screen, click the slider next to Network Protection to enable the feature.
If Ad-Aware has detected any incompatible software, you need to install additional components to enable Network Protection. For the purpose, click the slider and then continue installing additional components.
Advanced Settings
You can set and configure advanced settings for the Network Protection feature from the Advanced Settings screen. To access the Advanced Settings screen, on the Network Protection screen, click Advanced Settings.
Here you can manage the following settings:
Internet connection sharing. Click the slider to enable the protection of your internet connection from being shared without your consent.
Block port scans. Click the slider to enable blocking hackers from scanning your computer ports.
Monitor process changes. Click the slider to enable monitoring all process changes in applications and adapters for which you have created rules.
Default action. Use the drop-down combo box to select a default action (Allow or Deny) to be applied to any program or zone, or both for which no rule has been created yet.
Application Rules. Click the link to manage operations applied to your applications. Adapter Settings. Click the link to manage adapter(s) available on your PC.
Default action. Use the drop-down combo box to select a default action (Allow, Deny or Prompt). Allow and Deny actions are applied to any program or zone, or both for which no rule has been created yet. If the Prompt action is selected, you are prompted to apply Allow or Deny action for any application, when it is trying to access
network/internet.
Once Allow or Deny action is applied, the corresponding application rule is automatically created. When the application accesses network/internet next time, you are not prompted again.
Application Rules
On the Application Rules screen, you can configure access to your network from applications installed on your PC by creating your own rules.
To access the Application Rules screen, on the Advanced Settings screen, click Manage in the Application Rules block.
Here you can add, edit or remove rules to be applied to the applications installed on your PC.
Program Path: Click Browse and select the application the rule applies to.
Local Address: Select the Any check box if you want to allow or deny traffic for any local address. If you clear the check box, the IP and Port text boxes become available for specifying the parameters. You are allowed to type only one value for IP address, and several values separated by a comma or a range of values using dash for Port.
Remote Address: Select the Any check box if you want to allow or deny traffic for any remote address. If you clear the check box, the IP and Port text boxes become available for specifying the parameters. You are allowed to type several values separated by a comma for IP address, and several values separated by a comma or a range of values using dash for Port.
Protocol: Select the Any radio button to include all IP protocols.
Select the TCP radio button to enable two hosts to establish a connection and exchange streams of data. TCP -
Transmission Control Protocol - guarantees data and guarantees delivery of packets in the same order they have been sent.
Select the UDP radio button to use User Datagram Protocol that is an IP-based transport designed for high performance. It is often used by games and other video-based applications.
Select the Other radio button and indicate a number to represent a specific IP protocol (other than TCP and UDP).
Direction: Select from the drop-down combo box the traffic direction the rule applies to. Outbound means that the rule applies only for the outgoing traffic.
Inbound means that the rule applies only for the incoming traffic. Both means that the rule applies in both directions.
IP Version: Select from the drop-down combo box suitable IP address format: IPv4, IPv6, or Any.
Permission: Select from the drop-down combo box an option to allow or deny application access to the network or Internet under the specified circumstances.
To edit a rule, select it in the application rules list, and then click Edit. With the Add Rule screen displayed, modify the parameters previously set, and click Save.
Adapter Settings
On the Adapter Settings screen, you can manage adapter settings.
To access the Adapter Settings screen, on the Advanced Settings screen, click Manage in the Adapter Settings block.
To add a zone, click Add. With the dialog displayed, type IP address and select an action (Allow or Deny), and then click Save.
To edit a zone, select it in the zone list, and then click Edit. With the Add Zone screen displayed, modify the parameters previously set, and click Save.
In addition, you can specify a Stealth mode status. On the drop-down combo box, select an option of your choice: On: your computer is invisible from both the local network and the Internet.
Off: anyone from the local network or the Internet can ping and detect your computer.