There are some
.exe
and.dll
files belonging to some programs on my laptop which communicate with the internet without my permission (for self-update generally). I want to prevent those files one by one from accessing the internet. I don’t want to install any external firewalls. I’m using Windows 7 Home Pro and if this can be done by Windows Firewall, it’s OK. I took a look at Windows Firewall but couldn’t find a setting to disable file access.
Solution:
“Windows Firewall with Advanced Security” seems to have what I need. I was typing “Windows Firewall” in Windows 7 Start menu search box, and I accidentally saw there is a different program called Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. It has settings for inbound and outbound rules which can be defined by the user. Here is a screeny from Google search: