daveiw Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 If you go to Options - Firewall tab and untick the box which says ''Automatically allow trusted programs to access the internet'' then the first time the program accesses the internet OA will ask you if you want it to be allowed to do so. If you press 'block' then it will block internet access for the program, but it won't stop the program from working. If only that worked... However, I've tested this with various programs, a good example is convertxtodvd (for backing up videos to dvd) no matter how I configure OA it will NOT stop the program updating should I use the check for updates option. I realise that I'm clicking the 'check' button, but I don't get any option to either block nor indeed allow the network access. If that program can do it, what's to stop malware/trojans doing the same? This is a fail in my opinion, any advice please, or can OA do nothing about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose_Lisbon Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Go to Main GUI/Firewall/Programs, look for the specific program entry and delete it. After that the first time it tries to connect you will have a pop-up (don't forget stapp's set-up as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveiw Posted August 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Thank you for the reply, I have previously used that plan of attack, and I followed it again, to no avail. Sadly nothing seems to stop it, which has me somewhat worried. As a recap, I've tried all the various approaches and tips, to no avail, it's as if OA has a back door or weakness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveiw Posted August 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 For info, another example is Imgburn - a free iso burning program, again, free internet access, something is surely wrong. If needed I can find more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew F. Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 For info, another example is Imgburn - a free iso burning program, again, free internet access, something is surely wrong. If needed I can find more... If a program is trusted then OA automatically allows it to access the internet. (appropriate settings are located at Options->Firewall). If you want to block a specific program from accessing the net - just find/create appropriate firewall rule. Best regards, Andrey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stapp Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Hi there, I have no problem stopping a program from accessing the internet. First, as I said earlier, I untick the option for trusted programs to access the internet. Then I run the program for the first time and when it calls out OA asks me if it can and I say yes or no. I have this set up for most programs, Windows Media Player being one. Even my AV has to ask my permission on first run after install to call out for updates. Can you say which operating system you have, which version and build of OA and confirm whether you are unticking the 'allow trusted internet access' straight after OA install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveiw Posted August 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Hmm, as I suspected - nothing to do with me ticking options etc, I'd done that many times. However, it seems to be down to Kaspersky 2012, in that it may be jumping in and allowing access to the internet through it's own proxy? Any ideas please? I have switched off Kaspersky 2012 and reran the offending programs, and voila - OA gave me the option to allow/block. So, it IS the Kaspersky proxy, is there a way to set them up to work nicely together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stapp Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Sorry to mention ticking again , but do you have Intercept Loopback interface ticked in Options-Firewall tab? See info here http://www.emsisoft.com/en/info/oa/Options.html#firewall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveiw Posted August 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Sorry to mention ticking again , but do you have Intercept Loopback interface ticked in Options-Firewall tab? See info here http://www.emsisoft.com/en/info/oa/Options.html#firewall Hehe, nothing to be sorry about, I very much appreciate your patience and help Yes, it is ticked btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stapp Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 You aren't running the Internet Security version of Kaspersky 2012? You know, the one with the firewall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveiw Posted August 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 no =( - Just the anti virus, I do however have access to Eset AV rc 5, wondering wether that would work any better with OA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose_Lisbon Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Did you try creating a rule? Deny/BOTH/BOTH/Ports 0-65535 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose_Lisbon Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 I do however have access to Eset AV rc 5, wondering wether that would work any better with OA? The new ESET has a full fledged HIPS. I don't know if there wouldn't be conflicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catprincess Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 daveiw, Have you added Kaspersky 2012 added to OA's exclusions list? Just wondering as this excludes it's proxy (assuming it's using one) from OA also and so you wouldn't be asked for programs accessing the internet through it at all in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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