Hi Forum friends,
Check and test how good your firewall is against tests for file sharing,common ports,all service ports etc here:
http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2
I got full stealth in all the tests with private firewall. 8)
Same here with my old CIS FW.
Same here with Outpost Firewall, win8 firewall and win7 firewall 
This is what it showed when I clicked on the link.
Port Authority Edition – Internet Vulnerability Profiling
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Does this link work for you https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
This is what I got when I clicked on your link. Don’t understand what it means though.
Welcome to ShieldsUP!
If you have not visited for some time, please note that:
Our new Perfect Passwords facility is used by thousands of people every day to generate ultra-high-quality random passwords for securing WiFi and other services.
Our weekly Security Now! audio podcast has covered every security issue you might have. These mp3 audio files are freely downloadable, and since we have transcripts of every podcast, you can use our sitewide search to find any podcast by keyword.
If you are new to this site and our services:
Please take just a moment to read and consider these three points:
Your use of the Internet security vulnerability profiling services on this site constitutes your FORMAL PERMISSION for us to conduct these tests and requests our transmission of Internet packets to your computer. ShieldsUP!! benignly probes the target computer at your location. Since these probings must travel from our server to your computer, you should be certain to have administrative right-of-way to conduct probative protocol tests through any and all equipment located between your computer and the Internet.
NO INFORMATION gained from your use of these services will be retained, viewed or used by us or anyone else in any way for any purpose whatsoever.
If you are using a personal firewall product which LOGS contacts by other systems, you should expect to see entries from this site’s probing IP addresses: 4.79.142.192 -thru- 4.79.142.207. Since we own this IP range, these packets will be from us and will NOT BE ANY FORM OF MALICIOUS INTRUSION ATTEMPT OR ATTACK on your computer. You can use the report of their arrival as handy confirmation that your intrusion logging systems are operating correctly, but please do not be concerned with their appearance in your firewall logs. It’s expected.
The text below might uniquely
identify you on the Internet
Your Internet connection’s IP address is uniquely associated with the following “machine name”:
Edit…deleted my machine name and ISP.
The string of text above is known as your Internet connection’s “reverse DNS.” The end of the string is probably a domain name related to your ISP. This will be common to all customers of this ISP. But the beginning of the string uniquely identifies your Internet connection. The question is: Is the beginning of the string an “account ID” that is uniquely and permanently tied to you, or is it merely related to your current public IP address and thus subject to change?
The concern is that any web site can easily retrieve this unique “machine name” (just as we have) whenever you visit. It may be used to uniquely identify you on the Internet. In that way it’s like a “supercookie” over which you have no control. You can not disable, delete, or change it. Due to the rapid erosion of online privacy, and the diminishing respect for the sanctity of the user, we wanted to make you aware of this possibility. Note also that reverse DNS may disclose your geographic location.
If the machine name shown above is only a version of the IP address, then there is less cause for concern because the name will change as, when, and if your Internet IP changes. But if the machine name is a fixed account ID assigned by your ISP, as is often the case, then it will follow you and not change when your IP address does change. It can be used to persistently identify you as long as you use this ISP.
There is no standard governing the format of these machine names, so this is not something we can automatically determine for you. If several of the numbers from your current IP address (98.222.231.183) appear in the machine name, then it is likely that the name is only related to the IP address and not to you. But you may wish to make a note of the machine name shown above and check back from time to time to see whether the name follows any changes to your IP address, or whether it, instead, follows you.
Just something to keep in mind as you wander the Internet.
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Once you’ve clicked on the link there are a number of grey tabs on the page which will test certain features of your security, the main one we’re discussing here is all common ports which if you click on you should end up with a similar outcome as what’s posted in the picture in reply 1.
If you don’t understand it all then it’s pointless in doing it
Port Authority Edition — Internet Vulnerability Profile
by Steve Gibson, Gibson Research Corporation.
This textual summary may be printed, or marked and copied
for subsequent pasting into any other application:
GRC Port Authority Report created on UTC: 2012-11-05 at 10:34:21
Results from scan of ports: 0, 21-23, 25, 79, 80, 110, 113,
119, 135, 139, 143, 389, 443, 445,
1002, 1024-1030, 1720, 5000
0 Ports Open
0 Ports Closed
26 Ports Stealth
26 Ports Tested
ALL PORTS tested were found to be: STEALTH.
TruStealth: FAILED - ALL tested ports were STEALTH,
- NO unsolicited packets were received,
- A PING REPLY (ICMP Echo) WAS RECEIVED.
??? ??? ???
and just to remind all of you
when using this test it is the first firewall on the network you are testing 
meaning if you have a ISP box or router with firewall turned on, then that is the firewall you are testing and not your installed software firewall, what ever that is
me feks if i turn off the computer firewall i still get all green test, because of the ISP box with firewall
I have a router but no nothing about the firewall. I have Windows Firewall turned on.
turn it off and run the test again…if you still get all green then you are behind a router or ISP firewall
when done, turn win firewall back on
It won’t let me turn it off.
yea that is probably the best
Solicited TCP Packets: PASSED — No TCP packets were received from your system as a direct result of our attempts to elicit some response from any of the ports listed below — they are all either fully stealthed or blocked by your ISP. However . . .
Unsolicited Packets: PASSED — No Internet packets of any sort were received from your system as a side-effect of our attempts to elicit some response from any of the ports listed above. Some questionable personal security systems expose their users by attempting to “counter-probe the prober”, thus revealing themselves. But your system remained wisely silent. (Except for the fact that not all of its ports are completely stealthed as shown below.)
Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it visible on the Internet. Most personal firewalls can be configured to block, drop, and ignore such ping requests in order to better hide systems from hackers. This is highly recommended since “Ping” is among the oldest and most common methods used to locate systems prior to further exploitation.
Port
Service
Status Security Implications
0
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
21
FTP
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
22
SSH
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
23
Telnet
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
25
SMTP
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
79
Finger
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
80
HTTP
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
110
POP3
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
113
IDENT
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
119
NNTP
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
135
RPC
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
139
Net
BIOS
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
143
IMAP
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
389
LDAP
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
443
HTTPS
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
445
MSFT
DS
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
1002
ms-ils
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
1024
DCOM
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
1025
Host
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
1026
Host
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
1027
Host
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
1028
Host
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
1029
Host
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
1030
Host
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
1720
H.323
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
5000
UPnP
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
I can’t open Windows Firewall so I don’t know how to change the settings…Ping.
I can't open Windows Firewall so I don't know how to change the settings............Ping.That's probably a good thing. :)
Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED)
Wonder what happened there ??? You could try other FW’s like Private FW…its great and light on system…its even having a very user friendly HIPS ;D
Thanks for your reply.
I don’t know what happened. Where can I get the Private Firewall?
I would strongly suggest that if you don’t understand all the software on your system and the functions they perform to stick with what ever firewall you have already otherwise you may end up in deeper waters than your abilities can handle
This should answer your question:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Where+can+I+get+the+Private+Firewall%3F
I’m using Windows Firewall. Would my router also have a firewall?
I don’t understand all the software I have on my system go don’t want to take a chance of messing anything up so leave well enough alone.