I need to block a port for world of warcraft. I dont want to block via firewall because he can reset it and continue playing when im not home. Im his brother so really what i say cant get into his brain that its affecting his school. He disables the firewall in windows xp. So i cant block the port that way. Anyway I can just disable that freaking game, and make it look like an accident. Deleting the game wont work.. because he will just reinstall it.
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You sound like a good brother man , i know i wouldve suffered if id started playing this game in school. the only way to do it is to go ito the "control Panel". then go to the "windows Firewall icon" then at the top of that menus there should be 3 tabs, general, exceptions and advanced. Got to exceptions. Port 6112 should already be on the list and checked as well as proabably a few more from 6112-7445.  Uncheck all of those. Tehn go and Apply it. after you x out of it go back into it and make sure u saved it correctly and the boxes are still unchecked. On older comps this will make it where he cant play it all . but on most newer ones it will just Drastically slow the game down alot and if they uprade it will take HRS to complete...so all this might do is make it where he can really enjoy it, ut he may still be able to play it...but let me tell you as a wow player..he cant do any of the real time consuming stuff cause people wont play with a lagger or DCer. Sorry man but thats all their is other than just making it where he cant get into Windows at all when your not there.This will make it where it syas the firewall is still up but the port is just closed. Any further questions Wow_Adamas@yahoo.com\n\n\nEDIT : to the previous message...not a bad answer man..but his borther could just delete the whole file and reinstall it eh. ona  good comp take like 15 min.\n\nEDIT: Damn dude  im sorry . but theres not much else you can do other than as u say break the comp, remove the back panel and jack up the motherboard and then put the panel back on..but if he takes it to get it fixed theyll be able to tell someones messed it up. your only other options would be to C) disable his virus protection software aka norton mcafee etc. and then go and get urself a few bad viruses. ussuaqlly these can be obtained pretty easily after turning ur firewall off and going to just regular porn sites. u can even look up viruses to download, or if u have an email account theen go check all ur emails..i periodically have to delete random emails because they are viruses. other than these man theres not much that  can do to seriously hinder the program running other than these answers. mebe unethical but jjust go to alotta porn sites on his comp with the firewall down...ur bound to get a few viruses. after a while his comp will run like shit and he may/may not want to dish out the 100 bucks to get it wiped. sorry man this is te full extent of my knowledge on ho u can fix ur problem.\n\nEDIT: ohh.. do u have his personal WOW Account name and password? u can go  to wow officaly sit and go to the Forums! then post some really nasty and racist posts...aka N word , a few sexual harrassments lots of cussing and basically be really really offensiv! people get their account banned all the time for this! if u dont have that info get it man. pretend u want to start playing and u nee dthe info to make a char or something! ok this really is all i can think of.
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This is a difficult question to answer because I need more info. What windows are you running, how many (if any) firewalls or virus detectors do you have running. But here is a general problem. As I said firewalls and virus blockers can mess with your games. Also, if you have had your current windows for a while it can slowly lose performance over time. Do you update regularly? Do you delete Internet cookies? Try adding the game to the exceptions portion of windows firewall and any similar applications.
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Ah, can you just answer one additional question:\n\nIs this to prevent your kids from accessing the sites?\n\nThere is software such as "NetNanny", "CyberPatrol" or "WebWatcher" that can prevent access to websites you dont want them to get access to, i personaly find it a challange to bypass such systems and therfore would recomend that you tell you kids that if they wish to use those sites then they do so outside of your house.\n\nAnnother option is if you have an operating system like Windows XP (VISTA has all the options you want, but is a terrible Operating System), you can install a program to monitor a certain account (to ensure they are not doing anything you dont want them to be doing, you can even log what emails they write).
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Some games mess around with the computers .DLLs they cause that problem, very hard to fix unless when u uninstall the game it takes those .DLLs out.
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IP and Port blocking is not really viable for what you are talking about. When a connection is made, the source machine randomly assigns a port, so it changes all the time. \n\nPort blocking is used only to stop a specific service connection. For instance blocking port 80 will stop web connections, but this blocks on DESTINATION port, not source port since the destination port will be the one that doesn't change.\n\nCheers :)
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Hi,\n\nPlease check if u have any kind of Firewall(WIN XP internal or an external one). Disable it. Also disable the Anti-virus installed on the computer. Also uninstall any Spyware/freeware installed on the computer.\n\nNOTE:- Disable all of the above softwares on both the computers.\n\nAll the Best!\n\nNikhil Chowdhary \nTechnical Support Expert \nDELL INTERNATIONAL SERVICES,
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Block it via group policy.  Make sure that you do not have automatic updates enabled on your network.  The easier way would be to have a WSUS server running on any server, and controlling your updates through that management console.
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Disable Windows firewall or configure it in the options menu. To disbale go to Control Panel>Administratives Tools> services>Windows Firewall, Windows Security center and ICS
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I use the XP firewall and from what I understand, It keep things out but does not block stuff going out.\n\nYou should be ok Like me if you do not open any email attachments and quit downloading all of these free programs which is loaded with Spyware and some viruses.\n\nGet a good AV program. I have AVG and keep it updated at all times.\n\nAlso get all of Microsoft Updates and and Office Updates you may need.\n\nThis is what I would do if I was you.
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More then one firewall will cause conflict with your system.  \n\nIf you are going to use Nortons Firewall, you must go into your start=settings=control panel, and look for the badge shape icon that says. security center.  Open and turn off Microsoft Windows firewall.  Microsoft Windows firewall, only gives you one way protection.  A true firewall as to give you incoming protection from rogue ports and outgoing protection from private data leaving your pc without your permission.   \n\nOn a professional level I consider both garbage.  (This is really not your issue).  \n\nI use http://www.zonealarm.com as I consider ZoneAlarm free version far superior to either Nortons or Windows.\n'\nClinical Psychiatrist, France
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Most firewall software's have a viewable list of what is allowed and what is blocked.  It is dependant on the specific software, so you have to name which Firewall software you are using.
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Even when you shut down the application (firewall), windows still block the port(s) used by those individual application you mentioned (kazaa, etc). To solve this problem, open the ports assigned by those P2P software (only the ones you're going to use is enough).
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Yes, thats a firewall issue. You need to turn off norton and its firewall if you want to play on Gamespy. Gamespy is a game client that has all these action interactive games. Its very sensitive to norton's firewall.\n\nIf you are behind a firewall/proxy and are able to change its settings, Arcade needs the following TCP ports open in order to function: \n6667 (IRC) \n3783 (Voice Chat Port) \n27900 (Master Server UDP Heartbeat) \n28900 (Master Server List Request) \n29900 (GP Connection Manager) \n29901 (GP Search Manager) \n13139 (Custom UDP Pings) \n6515 (Dplay UDP) \n6500 (Query Port) \n\nGo to this website on Gamespy and read about how you can allow those ports to enter your firewall:\n\nhttp://www.gamespyarcade.com/support/firewalls.shtml
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Hello!!\n\nMmm,  maybe  if  you  turn  off  your  windows  firewall  can  help  you. The  internet  shoul   work  without  firewall,  if not , maybe  you have  configured on  your  firewall  an  option  to block  all  traffic, you  should   disable  it.\n\nThe  another  thing  is  that  you  have   some  spyware  that  is  giving  you  problems   with  your  internet.  I  suggest  u  that  download  an antispyware tool  ( ad-adaware  can  be  a  good  one)  and  to  run  your  antivirus (  try  this  actions  on  safe  mode).
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Speaking of recycled braincells, he also did a post on HTTP header filters (found in the add-ins area of the console) that you can put in to block access to a number of programs you might not want to have running through your firewall.  Applications these days can run through port 80 when you think you have them blocked by other means.\n\nOn a personal note - I don’t believe it’s a good idea to block MSN Messenger / Windows Messenger / other messenger programs without assessing the impact shutting them off will have on your user community.  Besides being an alternate method of communication to your clients and customers, these services provide valuable “presence information”.  Looking for an in-house solution? Check out Live Communication Server and the new communicator client for a fantastic SECURE managed presence solution.  I’ll be posting more information on these as I prepare for a show in Montreal with Dell around collaboration. \n\nWhat are YOUR thoughts on blocking access? Are you planning to implement a managed solution? Interested in learning more about LCS 2005?  Post your comments in the FeedBack/Comments link at the bottom of this post.\n\nHere is a list of the recommended header filters for the various services you might want block from escaping your firewall.\nApplication\n Search in\n HTTP header\n Signature\n \nMSN Messenger\n Request headers\n User-Agent:\n MSN Messenger\n \nWindows Messenger\n Request headers\n User-Agent:\n MSMSGS\n \nAOL Messenger\n Request headers\n User-Agent:\n Gecko/\n \nYahoo Messenger\n Request headers\n Host\n msg.yahoo.com\n \nKazaa\n Request headers\n P2P-Agent\n Kazaa\n \nKazaa\n Request headers\n User-Agent:\n KazaaClient \n \nKazaa\n Request headers\n X-Kazaa-Network:\n KaZaA\n \nGnutella\n Request headers\n User-Agent:\n Gnutella \n\nGnucleus\n \nEdonkey\n Request headers\n User-Agent:\n e2dk\n \nMorpheus\n Response header\n Server\n Morpheus\n \nHere are instructions on how to disable the Windows \nMessenger Service. \n\nWindows XP Pro/Home \n\n1. Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel \n2. Click Performance and Maintenance \n3. Click Administrative Tools \n4. Double click Services scroll \ndown and highlight "Messenger" \n5. Right-click the highlighted line and choose \nProperties. \n6. Click the STOP button. \n7. Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll \n\nbar \n8. Click OK\n\nUse Software\n    \nBlock Yahoo Messenger  Show All Freeware Adware Demo Commercial Postcardware Crippleware Data only Unknown Beta screensaver Free beta Full Trial Time-limited trial Trialware Free to try Free Trial Shareware products  \nRecords 1-8 of 8 \n   Product Title  /  Popularity  Revised   License  Rating  Size  \n  \nIMterrupt Professional \nIMterrupt controls and blocks access to Instant Messaging and peer to peer services that waste time and compromise computer security. ... May 6th 2006 Shareware    3,057k \nIMterrupt Home Version \nIMterrupt controls and blocks access to Instant Messaging and peer to peer services that put your family at risk from ... April 30th 2006 Shareware    3,062k \nIM Lock Home Edition Single User \nIM Lock controls and blocks access to Instant Messaging and peer to peer services that put your family at risk ... February 25th 2006 Shareware    2,202k \nIM Lock Home Edition \nIM Lock is a powerful Instant Message Blocking software for home, education, and business. Fast setup in under a minute. ... December 8th 2005 Shareware    1,217k \nIM Lock Professional \nIM Lock is a powerful Instant Message Blocking software for home, education, and business. Fast setup in under a minute. ... December 7th 2005 Shareware    1,230k \nIM Lock \nIM Lock is a powerful Instant Message Blocking software for home, education, and business. Fast setup in under a minute. ... October 8th 2005 Shareware    867k \nWarren Software's TerminatorX \nOn networks - block KaZaA, block MSN Messenger, block Buddy, block Yahoo Messenger, block AOL messenger
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ZoneAlarm is a big one on this but if you don't have it try reinstalling the software and see if it works.  I don't recommend disabling your windows firewall or any other firewall.  Its there to help keep you safe.  You should have had something come up and say the program is trying to access that site.  If not I am not sure what to tell you.
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Gunz has too many hackers.  \n \nas for your issue, it might be the college's firewall, or perhaps even yours.   Verify that you are allowing the ports\nneeded for the game to get out to the net and make sure the college connection doesn't have some of it's ports turned off.   \n\nHowever, just realize that you will most likly be PWND by people that are wired.  Wireless connections will always be a tad slowed then wired.