![]() And again, has NEVER actually turned out to fix any of the issues that I have had with MC (other's experiences may vary). Which again, in Windows 10 is two different entities. The ONLY exception is if MC is doing something strange and Jim asks "antivirus". It does things in the background and it has NEVER caused any problems. I also don't mess with Defender settings, same reasons. It has NEVER adversely affected my MC Server + 3 MC Clients, or any other programs I run on three laptops that do heavy browsing. When a pop up to allow a program appears, I simply Allow. I don't mess with Firewall settings, it does everything automatically. ![]() I don't use third party security, only built in Windows 10 Defender & Firewall on eight machines. Windows Defender is a scanner of files/processes while Windows Firewall blocks or allows network ports. Unlike 3rd party security like Norton, Windows Defender is not part of, or the same as, Windows Firewall. Just a tad bit misleading/misunderstanding. So if strange things happen in MC, look first to Windows Defender Security Center. So as you can see, Windows Defender is never off, and you can't uninstall it. In fact the "Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security" App shows that Defender Firewall is still active in all Profiles, even though it also shows the Norton 360 is managing the settings for those. The Private Profile was responsible for the two alerts I mentioned earlier. It seems when Norton 360 is installed and in control of Firewall settings, Defender thinks that it is only covering the Domain Profile, so it keep working in the Private and Public Profiles. Haven't renewed your third party Antivirus subscription? Say Hello to Defender!) Also, did you know that Defender Firewall works in three Profiles by default Domain, Private, and Public Profiles. (Did you know that if your Antivirus or Firewall definitions aren't up to date, Defender will turn itself back on? Nah. So we know from the first image that Windows Defender Firewall is still operating even though I have a third party firewall installed, up to date, and operating. It is being kept up to date on my PC, and I have no way of stopping it. Now, remember that Microsoft started forcing an Antimalware solution on us some time back? Well, that is now integrated into Windows Defender, and shown under its Security Center. Is it turned on in your Windows 10 installation? What?! I think that switch is off by default. Yes, that's right, even though I am using Norton 360 there is a switch to turn on periodic Defender Antivirus scanner scans in parallel to Norton 360. But it got me thinking, what other components of Windows Defender are still running? Take a look at the second image. Well, soon after rebooting the PC I had two notifications from Windows Defender Firewall that it had blocked applications, one of which was JRiver Media Center 23! See the first image. Windows Defender Firewall should not be blocking applications under those conditions. It just gives more control of Defender.Īnyway, with the firewall reset I turned Norton 360 back on and rebooted my PC. ![]() This is actually a Management Console and allows Group Policy changes. Most were not active, but I found a "Restore Default Policy" link in the "Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security" App that I have installed. To do so I turned off Norton 360 and tried the reset functions is various parts of Windows. This made it a bit of a challenge to reset the Windows Defender Firewall without completely uninstalling Norton 360, but I managed. All security is managed by Norton, including all security settings. So I do not rely on any of the Windows Defender functionality. I also run Norton 360 Antivirus and Firewall, which includes Antimalware. Note that I am running Windows 10 Pro with the latest updates available in Australia (version 10.9 Build 16299 / version 1709 installed Dec 15, 2017, with patches up to January 10th). I don't even use ICS, but I do have Hyper-V Manager installed, and it needs the ICS service to connect to the internet from a VM. I had to reset the Windows Defender Firewall today to fix a problem created with the "Internet Connection Sharing" service by one of Microsoft's recent updates.
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