How to limit Internet connection

How to limit Internet connection

If you are an owner of the Internet of not unlimited rate, continuous downloadings of updates by different programs can seriously increase expenses. To avoid unplanned downloadings, it is possible to install a personal firewall which will block unnecessary connections.

It is required to you

  • - software of ESET Smart Security.

Instruction

1. If you know for sure what program should limit Internet access, half-affairs is already made, otherwise it is necessary to look for such program. After installation of a system of antivirus protection against ESET, use the firewall which is built in this product. By default it blocks all connections to the Internet which you did not use earlier. On the screen windows with names of programs which request information from Internet pages will appear. Having found the necessary program, you can add the rule for a firewall on the ban of access to network.

2. Open the program, select the Setup item and click the link "Include an Enhanced Mode". In the opened window with the message "Switch in an enhanced mode?" click "Yes".

3. Find the Setup block in the left part of a window and click the Personal Firewall point, then click "Advanced settings of a personal firewall". In the opened window pass to the section "Filtering Mode" and install a mark opposite to The Automatic Mode with Exceptions point.

4. In the Personal Firewall block it is necessary to click the Rules and Zones point and in the Editor of Zones and Rules block press the Setup button.

5. Go to the tab of "Rule" and press the Create button. In the opened window go to the General tab, fill out the column "Name" with the name of the program. Open a drop-down list "Action" and select Prohibit value.

6. For the choice of the program it is necessary to pass to the Local tab, to press the Browse button and to specify the folder in which there is an executable file of the blocked application. In a settings window click OK to confirm the choice.

7. Thus it is possible to add an unlimited number of programs to "black list", the anti-virus complex will automatically block applications connection to the Internet.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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