Windows firewall is an application developed by Microsoft which filters information coming to your computer from web and block all the harmful potential virus. Hence User can insert a program in the list of allowed programs in firewall to communicate through it. It is usually good to close the unused ports to avoid security threat. Here we show you how to block ports using firewall.
Step 1: Open Windows Firewall.
Hit WinKey + R and type wf.msc and press Enter.
Step 2 : After opening firewall, select “Inbound Rules“.
Right-click on it and click “New Rule“.
Step 3: once it opens, select rule type as Port and click Next.
step 4: Then select TCP and mention the specific port you want to block ( eg. 3300).
Click Next.
Step 5: Select block the connection and click Next.
Step 6: Select all the checkboxes and click Next.
Step 7: Finally, name this rule (eg. “block_port_3300”).
Click Finish
Yay! We have successfully created a rule using windows firewall to block the unused port.
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