Important information on Norton Antivirus Firewall rules

A firewall is a concrete security system that allows you to safe browsing and data transmission on the internet. Norton Firewall rules block the malware, spyware, Trojans, and rootkits etc. and give you the protection from these types of cyber threats.  Norton (download link: norton.com/setup) is also one of them that offers Norton Firewall security and uses traffic rules in order to block and permit network connection.

There are two kinds of Norton Firewall rules:

1. Program rules-It guards the network access for the programs installed on your computer

2. Traffic rules-It controls the entire outgoing and incoming network traffic

Program rules

You can customize the program rules which I am going to explain to you:

1. Renaming the program description
2. Modifying y the rules for a program
3. Adding a rule for a program
4. Modifying the access settings for a program rule
5. You can also change the sequence of rules from the list by modifying the rules for the program
6. Removing a programming file
7. You can check the trust level of the program.

Traffic rules:

You will get the list of pre-defined traffic rules, out of which, several rules are locked as they opened in read-only mode. On the basis of priority level rules are appeared. Moreover, rules which are on the top override the traffic rule which is at a low level. Meanwhile, you can also include some traffic rules on this tab.

You can customize the program rules which I am going to explain to you:

1. Modifying the traffic rule
   1. You can change the traffic rules if you don’t want the function to be going on but you are unable to change some read-only default rules
2. Switch off the traffic rule
   1. You can turn off the traffic rules but you are unable to change some read-only traffic rules
3. Changing the priority of the traffic rule
   1. You can also change the order of the traffic rules according to your priority

For more information on Firewall rules or how to download Norton using this norton.com/setup, you can call the customer support assistant they will glad to assist you.

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