I've asked this question some months ago. I still haven't found a solution.
What should be done? In Microsoft's firewall all software can pass their traffic out to the internet. This is very dangerous (e.g. keyloggers). Only software that was allowed to should be able for outgoing traffic!
What have I done? In extended configuration I blocked outgoing traffing for all profiles. I set rules for browser software (internet explorer, mozilla), so that these sofwware are allowed for outgoing traffic.
What is the problem? The firewall blocks all traffic though. That's nice. But it also blocks the browser though they are allowed to pass out the firewall.
What else can you tell us? I use Vista Ultimate 64-bit. I use Avast!AntiVirus. Nothing else is installed that could cause the problem.
Pictures from firewall setting (sorry, german text in it): Pic1_Overview: img508.imageshack.us/img508/1254/01overviewwr0.gif Pic2_Outgoing Rules: img508.imageshack.us/img508/658/02outgoingrulesid3.gif
A friend of mine does it the same way as I. He has no problems with this setting. I don't like to reinstall everything. Perhaps the problem exists after all the work.
What's the settings now? I had to set outgoing traffic back to allowed by default. I use rules that deny outgoing traffic for some software. But this isn't a good solution. If I have installed a software it can pass the firewall by default till I deny it.
Please give me a hint!
Curt

If you have keystroke loggers on your system you need one of these: datadev.com/
To prevent it from happening again, you need one of these: homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/diy_main/pg_diy.jsp?CNTTYPE=PROD_META&CNTKEY=misc%2fsearchResults.jsp&BV_SessionID= 1967424154.1177113576 &BV_EngineID=ccdkaddkkdilggfcgelceffdfgidgki.0&MID=9876
No host-based firewall will stop a keystroke logger from communicating out. Period. If it is running as you the keystroke logger will simply piggy-back on an app you have allowed. If the keystroke logger is running as a service it would have turned off the firewall when it installed.
- Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security: amazon.com/gp/product/0470101555?ie=UTF8&tag=protectyourwi-20
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