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How do I block all internet trafric on win10 aside from android studio and virtualbox? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by AynRandLibertarian@lemmy.world to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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I looked into wf.msc (windows' firewall) and it does not allow any prioritization. So you cannot exclude all traffic except from two exceptions. Any broad block rule supercedes any specific allow rule.

I also tried setting up firewall rules using powershell wich allows more finegrained control. But that failed as well....

I want to connect android studio to github so i can work on my FOSS apps from anywhere in the world. I also want to use virtualbox to connect to the great onlines safely.

How did you resolve this issue?

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[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Use Linux?

Anyway, why exactly do you use VirtualBox for all internet stuff? Simply don't download anything risky.

I haven't caught a virus for over ten years because I no longer download random exe files from the internet as I used to when I was younger.

[–] AynRandLibertarian@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What sort of exe files did you download if I may ask? games?

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 3 points 7 months ago

Cracked games and cracked software.