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Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log in sign up User account menu 19 A Windows 10 firewall that works like Little Snitch.

You can block access to certain sites outbound, block certain applications outbound, or prevent a single app from accessing a specific IP address or domain name outbound.

Block Outgoing Connections For App Install Adobe Reader

So, for example, I could install Adobe Reader, and block it from accessing the Internet completely, or I could let it access the Internet and just not go to adobe.com.

I have never been able to find an app on Windows that does exactly what Little Snitch does.

And a Google search has revealed a lot of questions about this, with a few answers recommending products that do not do what Little Snitch does.

Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast Sort by best level 1 3 points 5 years ago Have you heard of a program called either Comodo or NetLimiter NetLimiter: Comondo: level 2 Original Poster 3 points 5 years ago Ok, read the docs for Netlimiter.

Didnt sound like it would do what I needed without me doing a lot of manual rule work.

After a reboot, it warned me that a bunch of apps were trying to make changes to registry, and that some apps were trying to launch another.exe (why is a firewall monitoring my registry and application launching activity), but when I launched Foxit reader and had it check for updates, the app just let the connection right out without prompting me, or blocking it.

Continue this thread level 2 Original Poster 1 point 5 years ago Ill check them out when I get home.

Bitdefender did not warn me that an application was making an outgoing connection.

For that matter, I dont see any settings in the software that allows it to monitor outgoing connections.

Continue this thread level 1 Comment deleted by user 5 years ago 1 child level 2 Original Poster 1 point 5 years ago Does Glasswire give you a popup for every outgoing connection and let you make a rule for it level 1 Comment deleted by user 5 years ago More than 2 children level 2 Original Poster 1 point 5 years ago WFC does not do what I want.

Continue this thread level 1 1 point 5 years ago Have you tried this Details here: level 2 Original Poster 0 points 5 years ago I have used that before.

I was unable to block any adobe apps from calling home without disabling all Internet access on my workstation.

Continue this thread level 1 1 point 5 years ago windows 10 firewall control, use the windows API and very good for both outbound and inbound when you tell him to make all connection unsecured (expensive).

Problem is with the host process which is shared by many process, it does however allow to filter a particular apps with some work level 2 Original Poster 0 points 5 years ago I emailed the vendor to see if they can send me a copy of my license.

Ill play with it.

Im wondering whether the difference is with how Windows and Mac deal with the network.

Problem is, I need it to not only filter apps, but the sites those apps connect to.

I want to block it from sending telemetry data to Microsoft, but still be able to access the various email server I have set up, including Outlook.com.

Thats where I run into a problem.

You can select individual programs and block access to specific addresses or the entirety of the web.

Did Outpost seem to fit your needs You sound like you were looking for the same thing I am.

I will take a look at Windows 10 in a year and see if its stablized a bit and stopped spying on me so much.

Continue this thread level 1 1 point 4 years ago Some step-by-step instructions for getting the Windows 10 firewall to block specific outbound connections: View entire discussion ( 53 comments) More posts from the Windows10 community Continue browsing in rWindows10 rWindows10 This community is dedicated to Windows 10 which is a personal computer operating system released by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.

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