Firewall Network Settings

 

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.

In the CloudCare Portal, there is an option to Allow the end user to override the default profile for undefined networks. Ticking this checkbox would allow each end user to configure their own network profiles and defined networks.

Once this setting is enabled and saved in the Policy, wait approximately 5 minutes for the change to be propagated and reboot the device.

You can manually define various networks as long as you have the MAC address of the router(s), ensuring they are always listed as Public or Private based on what you choose. Click Add Network, enter the network name, MAC address, and the profile, and click Add.