How to prevent the program from going online (for example, KIS 2013)

The theme of our today's article is how to ban the program from going online. But before answering this question, let's ponder a little. All the same, logic is the best friend of not only the computer, but also the person. Of course, you can immediately tell how to block the program access to the Internet, but while the user himself is not aware of the need to change anything, the recommendations will be useless. So let's start with general questions.

Have you ever wondered why various malicious programs (viruses) are getting bigger every year? Why do they feel so free on users' computers? One of the reasons for this is people's attitude towards the security of their own computing system. Rather, completely ignoring the elementary rules of working with the Network and applications.

First of all, it is very important to understand that sometimes the program can perform actions that are undesirable to the user, however, not treated as malicious. For example, now many people on their computers install the latest set of applications Microsoft Office 2013. But starting to work with any of them, few people guess that at the time of the initial launch a special module in the background communicates with the remote server of the company. Officially - for uploading templates and testing cloud technology, however, it is believed that additional information is sent about various used software. It's no wonder that many in this situation are wondering how to ban the program from going online.

There are quite a few other applications that (even when disabled in the settings of the automatic update function) are periodically connected to the servers of the developer company. The goals are pursued very differently: verification of the validity of the license, transfer of data about the version, etc. A person who does not know how to ban the program access to the Internet, in fact, loses the ability to control the "behavior" of the programs it has installed. This prohibition is performed using a firewall - a special program serving as a filter layer between the resources of the global network and the computer. Often it is part of a comprehensive anti-virus protection. For example, KIS, Dr.Web Space, Avira Security Suite contain this module. In addition, the Windows Firewall itself is a firewall, albeit the simplest one. Many will be surprised, but with the help of the above applications, the question of how to ban the program from going online is solved in a couple of minutes.

Consider the product Kaspersky. It is necessary on the antivirus icon (red letter V), located in the lower right corner (where the clock is in Windows), to bring up the menu by clicking the right mouse button and select "Settings". In the left list you need to select "Firewall" - here you can disable the program access to the Internet. In the window, click the "Settings" button. Sometimes it is very interesting to get acquainted with the list that appeared. Suppose a user does not want the diagnostic utility AIDA64 to access the Network every time it starts. So, in the list it is necessary to find the FINALWIRE group (developer) by clicking on the plus sign on the left to open it, and move all three modules to "Untrusted". In this case, the working capacity is completely preserved. Of course, you should not block access initially to network applications.