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I use the windows firewall to block all apps' out going tcp connection except firefox and chrome. It works well. All apps includes IE, Edge, svchost etc. "n
by srcmap 9y ago
I use the windows firewall to block all apps' out going tcp connection except firefox and chrome. It works well.
All apps includes IE, Edge, svchost etc.
"netstat -nbt" is the command I used to monitor all outgoing connections. Anything I don't like, I block it with firewall.
Windows 10 is usable after that. CPU usage go from normally 30-50% to 5-15%. The Laptop CPU fan doesn't kick in anymore.
Windows also doesn't wake up in the middle of night and doing P2P network to provide network bandwidth to update my neighbor's computer anymore.
It is even more stable and faster than the latest MacBookPro I used at work.
If someone know a similar method to block Mac's App's outgoing TCP connections, I love to know more.
- walterbell 9y agoLittle Snitch is a Mac firewall that can block outgoing TCP connections.