When will the firewall get a makeover?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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When will the firewall module get a makeover?

I mean its not useless but its really bad.
Even the Windows firewall is better manageable.

Main problems:

  • You can browse to an .exe to create an application rule but you can’t edit the selected .exe afterwards (very unfriendly when Firefox gets an update).
  • You can’t change the name of the rule, making it a mess of weird .exe names
  • If you have multiple rules with the same name (because of updated software) you can’t see which is what, I end up deleting them all and make new ones.
  • You can’t create a rule from the log when a program is blocked

How it should work:

  • Create a rule with a name and add ports, like port 80 and 443, browse to .exe files (ie. all your browers) and save.
  • You can then edit this rule if things change.

Avast is most likely made to be set on auto but that defeats the purpose of the whole firewall.

I updated to IS from Free a few years back but after every update the firewall stays the same.
I don’t give anything about Grimefighter or Browser cleanup just make the existing modules better.

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I’ve told it several times on this webboard.
Use a hardware firewall.

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=166312.msg1185587#msg1185587

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Not really helpful answer.
I am in the hardware firewall business myself and have one right here so that’s not the point. :wink:

A firewall allows certain ports, what program uses that port doesn’t matter for the firewall.
I just want that extra security to control which program has internet access and which not.
Thats were a software firewall comes in, Avast has one, but its not very flexible.

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I just want that extra security to control which program has internet access and which not.
If you dont trust a program to have net access then dont install it ;)
Avast has one, but its not very flexible.
Agree ...... Some AV vendors have stopped making firewall, when you click firewall settings in the program you are taken to WinFirewall settings