Stop Windows Spying with one click Firewall

[AndrewTSq]

Someone should write a software that just send random wierd data to those sites microsoft sends data to.

[d-tech]

Windows ignores the hosts file for certain domains related to Windows Update and Windows Defender. It's done in order to prevent malware from abusing the hosts file in order to prevent Windows from being updated.

[Cloneufc]

Thank you for this. I've been playing the same game for four years. My ping was always at 44ms. With Portmaster my ping dropped from 44 to 40-39ms. That is a nice improvement!

[bbbl]

My concern is with any 3rd party apps is that they sometimes inadvertently block services that are required by your apps to work properly. And then comes time for long debug processes and it eventually turns out that the 3rd party app you installed was causing the problem all along.

[CyanureNeko]

I use Simplewall to block everything by default and allow connections manually, is a lot of work at the start and not so friendly but still a great tool! Will def give this a try as well

[jackjack]

Sorry but I would expect you to show what this portmaster is also sending away to their servers while recommending it. I'm guessing you did your due diligence but it's better to show that to users too, because now I feel like I'm just swapping whos spying me rather than stopping it

[nadtz]

I do most of this via my firewall but going to check this out as it's always nice to have open source apps to recommend to my less tech savvy friends.

[skffingtonai]

So far, so good. Thanks. Generally, if it's Open Source, I'm in, almost always more secure due to how it's developed.

[lostpacket]

Your channel is great bro. As a former sysadmin, I get so frustrated with people promoting AV crap just for $$$. You are honest, to the point, and give real world quantifiable data. On a side note, you sound a bit like Buildzoid (a guy with a name in the motherboard and gpu hobbyist arena for analyzing board layouts).

[honkhonk]

While it is useful, you can't leave it and forget since it'll most possibly be a source of "why is x application not working" a lot of times because of its global "Force block incoming connections" rule and it wanting you to use a DNS server and nagging you about it (Had cloudflare and was wondering why almost all sites weren't working, turned out cloudflare was down back then and portmaster was routing my DNS to it, so when things are malfunctioning this the first thing i look at now aside from incoming connections)
Also sometimes it classifies things it cannot properly identify as "Network noise", ran into issues with streaming software like Sunshine and had to disable incoming connections ruling for all the "noise connections" to save myself hours of more guesswork
Just something to be aware of that's going to make your like much easier when using this

[DavidM]

I have a Synology router which has a great way to create filters to block these web sites. It would be really nice to just have a list of the spy web sites to add to these filter without having to introduce yet another app or service. Great video and very much appreciated.

[PrivacyisFreedom]

I'm happy to see that a bigger channel promotes the portmaster software, it's an amazing privacy tool that's easy to use!
Every windows user should have this on their PC because it's free and opensource and protects your privacy.
You can block all major tech companies in the filterlists settings!
Simplewall is great but this is more advanced and superior.
Great video mr security!

[artorias]

I simply use malwarebytes firewall control. It is free and can be set to block everything by default and ask about unlocking. It is hard to tell what you can block (for example gaming services might be necessary for gamepass games) so you need some epxerimentation.

[DX]

this was posted 30 seconds ago? And i got the recommendation?

[mykothy]

This software is well known by linux users. It is also very handy software.

[Wierie_]

i like free stuff. i dont like microsoft taking my stuff for free

[HamedEmine]

This should complement Simplewall so well

[Blizlx]

Holy shit this is awesome! Open source, great looking, simple with advanced settings! Great share!

[rygull]

Portmaster has been a favorite of mine for a while. The SPN feature (replacing VPNs) is a bit jank and needs work but overall it's a must have. The only complaint i have is the price because it costs way to much to justify for the general public.

[anaveragehuman]

What a fantastic tool! Thanks for sharing this with us :)