All You Want To Know About The Avast Firewall Settings In Simple Terms

As we all know that an antivirus security agent plays indeed an indispensable part in our life . Without any security protection (in the form of antivirus) , it is not advisable to surf the internet or any other online content.  So let us know the basics of this all-mighty security agent in detail.

In this post, we will focus majorly on the Avast Firewall tool and also the Avast firewall settings (only basics) . So let’s start digging into deep .

What Is The Avast Firewall Tool ?

As we can see ‘Avast Firewall’  basically associated with the inherent term ‘Firewall’ . Hence we should first understand what a firewall is. In layman terms , we can say that it is a filter that allows the traffic to move between the intranet and the extranet sides. It is basically a wall through which all the traffic movements will happen .

Avast firewall thus assists the user to filter out the nature/quality/quantity of traffic, sites, and places that we want to allow inside our protected region of our workplace . Thus Avast firewall indeed plays a crucial role to decide what is allowed and what is not allowed in our system.

For a more practical example , we can consider a college where the students can only able to surf some specific sites in Google .

And further the social networking sites like Facebook , Twitter etc are all banned . This particular restriction has been implemented by the use of firewalls. Thus from this, it can be assumed that you completely know the underlying working functionality of the firewall feature.

Why Should We Use Avast Firewall ?

If we want to restrict the unauthorized intrusion of outsiders, then the Avast firewall should be your topmost priority. There are many other firewalls available in the market , but Avast is the most widely used and popular firewall service.

Mostly due to the sheer volume of features, it comes with.  It simply provides the all-around support for all of your protection needs along with the proposed restrictions you want to implement at your workplace.

In the nutshell , we can say that the Avast firewall basically provides the monitoring service required to keep any unauthorized intrusion away by selecting the firewall option ON  always . This feature is present in the Avast premium security and the Avast Omni tools.

Step by step guide to Avast Firewall Settings

Follow the below steps to modify/set the Avast firewall settings in your Avast premium security tool interface :

  1. Open the Avast User Interface
  2. Click on the ‘Protection’ menu in the left and click on ‘Firewall’ option All You Want To Know About The Avast Firewall Settings In Simple Terms
  3. Click on the green slider to turn ON the option , then the time duration dialogue box will open All You Want To Know About The Avast Firewall Settings In Simple Terms
  4. Click Yes in the dialog boxAll You Want To Know About The Avast Firewall Settings In Simple Terms
  5. Now the firewall option is temporarily stopped , we can again on it by following step 1 and 2 above.

Steps to define the network profiles in Avast Firewall Settings

If you want to choose the network profile in the firewall , which basically means the list of all the network to which your system is connected to. You may follow the below steps :

  1.  Open the Avast User Interface
  2. Click on the ‘Protection’ menu in the left and click on ‘Firewall’ option All You Want To Know About The Avast Firewall Settings In Simple Terms
  3. Just select the slider in order to change the profile for each network to which your system is connected to All You Want To Know About The Avast Firewall Settings In Simple Terms
  4. There will be two options i.e Public and Private . The Public is simply a lower level of security suitable for when your PC is connected to a trusted network, such as your home or work network. Private is a higher level of security suitable for when your PC is connected to a public network, such as in a cafe or airport.

There are many other action items that can be done by selecting the advanced options. If you really want to know about the advanced options , just let me know in the comment section.

I hope you really enjoyed this post regarding the Avast firewall Settings (basics) . Stay tuned for more exciting stuff in this series.

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Techie Aric

Aric is a tech enthusiast , who love to write about the tech related products and 'How To' blogs . IT Engineer by profession , right now working in the Automation field in a Software product company . The other hobbies includes singing , trekking and writing blogs .

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