Firewall Network Settings

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Avast Firewall is another major component of Antivirus protection offered alongside Core Shields, and it is available for Windows workstations. Our Firewall monitors all network traffic between devices and the outside world to help protect you from unauthorized communication and intrusions.

The two profiles you can assign to defined and undefined networks are:

• Private (Trusted): Provides a lower level of security (the device will be visible to other devices on that network)
• Public (Not trusted): Provides a higher level of security (the device will be hidden from other devices on that network)

We recommend applying the Public profile to all networks that are not your private network, such as when you connect to the internet in a café or at an airport.

Network profiles are one of the rule-matching attributes, meaning rules for trusted profiles are not active when connected to a network classified as untrusted and vice versa. Rules can be set to apply to either one profile or both.

Configuring Network Settings

To access Firewall network settings:

1. Go to the Policies page (at partner level for master policies or customer level for customer policies)
2. Select the desired policy from the left-hand pane
3. Under Endpoint Protection, expand the Firewall and Antivirus Add-ons section
4. Go to the Firewall tab, then select Network

The following settings can be configured here:

• Undefined networks: Automatically applies the profile you set here as default to undefined networks. There is also a possibility to allow the end user to override the default profile for undefined networks, which gives the end user control over choosing the network profiles. Note that this could be a security concern, particularly if the end user tends to travel and uses many public networks. Also note that enabling/disabling this option requires rebooting the devices under the policy you are modifying.
• Defined networks: Allows you to determine the default profile for each network you add to the list of defined networks (see section below).

Adding Defined Networks

To manually define profiles of various networks, ensuring they are always configured as Public or Private:

1. In the Defined networks section of the settings, click the Add network button
2. Enter the network name and MAC address
3. Choose the desired network profile
4. Click Add network

The defined network will then be added to the list. You can edit it anytime by clicking the pencil icon in the Actions column.