Closing Ports on Windows 7
Hello. I made a port scan and had to see that Windows7 has many open ports i dont want. I look up for these services but dont find them. How can i close these ports. I dont want any things about a Firewall config, cause i dont trust firewalls much. They are good, but closed ports are better. So I just wanna these ports defenitly closed. I dont use any of these tools or software. My question is why are they open. I think thats a security breach.
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Thx for answer. And sry for my broken english.
July 13th, 2009 12:25am
I know you say you dont trust firewalls, however I have been experimanting witht he vastly improved windows firewall in 7 and am very much impressed. In The advanced config section you will find you can set up rules for specific programs or ports to be open or closed, and even dynamically changed depending on the network it detects it is connected to, for example you could close https protocol on wireless but not on wired.I have tested the operation of the firewall and it seems very effective, unlike the previous attempts from Microsoft. Have a look in there and I am sure it will fulfill the needs you describe.
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July 13th, 2009 5:39pm
I know you say you dont trust firewalls, however I have been experimanting witht he vastly improved windows firewall in 7 and am very much impressed. In The advanced config section you will find you can set up rules for specific programs or ports to be open or closed, and even dynamically changed depending on the network it detects it is connected to, for example you could close https protocol on wireless but not on wired.I have tested the operation of the firewall and it seems very effective, unlike the previous attempts from Microsoft. Have a look in there and I am sure it will fulfill the needs you describe.
Correct! Firewall is the only tool that can help us to control these system ports. I do not know why you do not trust firewalls. We have several tests. After disable ports via Windows Firewall, no programs could access these ports.
To disable ports, please launch Windows Firewall, click on "Advanced settings" in the left pane. Then, in the opened window, you could set port policies for inbound or outbound. For example, if you would like to set for inbound, right-click on Inbound, choose "New rule". Select Port, click Next. Choose the correct port type and enter the port ID. Click Next and continue to finish.
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July 15th, 2009 11:55am
Well u hear it from many sources that the Windows firewall has many bugs and isnt save. But i hear also u cant trust desktop firewall. So i want to close my system nearly complete. And a tool is missing in the windows FW. I had Zone Alarm and it noticed me about every programm which wants acces to the internet. But the Windows FW doesn t give any notice if a programm gets blocked or wans internet acces. Even if i set the option to Notice. (dont know how its english name, have a german version) U can find it Advanced Firewall settings under Windows Firewall settings. But thx for ur answer.
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July 17th, 2009 9:16pm
You can enable Windows Firewall log and check related records in the log. Please refer the following article.
View the Windows Firewall Log FileArthur Xie - MSFT
July 20th, 2009 6:19am