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Reference: Configuration options<br />
Action Shows the action that the Avira FireWall will automatically take when the<br />
application is using the network, whatever the network usage type is. With<br />
a mouse click on the link you can switch to another action type. The action<br />
types are Ask, Allow or Deny. Ask is the default action.<br />
Advanced configuration<br />
If the network accesses of an application require individual rules, you can create the<br />
application rules based on packet filters in the same way as you created the adapter rules.<br />
To change to the advanced configuration of the application rules, first activate the<br />
Expert mode option in the Configuration window.<br />
Then go to Configuration > Online protection > FireWall > Settings and enable<br />
the Advanced settings option under Application rules.<br />
Save the setting by clicking Apply or OK.<br />
Under Configuration > Online protection > FireWall > Application rules<br />
section, an additional column with the heading Filtering is displayed in the list of<br />
application rules, with the entry Basic for each application.<br />
Column Description<br />
Application Name of the application.<br />
Active<br />
Connections<br />
Number of active connections opened by the application.<br />
Action Shows the action that the Avira FireWall will automatically take when the<br />
application is using the network, whatever the network usage type is.<br />
If you choose Basic in the Filtering column, you can click the link to<br />
select another action type. The values are Ask, Allow, or Deny.<br />
If you choose Advanced in the Filtering column, the Rules action type is<br />
displayed. The Rules link opens the Advanced application rules<br />
window, in which you can enter specific rules for the application.<br />
Filtering Shows the type of filtering. You can select another type of filtering by<br />
clicking the link.<br />
Basic: In the case of simple filtering, the specified action is carried out on<br />
all network activities performed by the software application.<br />
Advanced: With this type of filtering, the rules that were added to the<br />
extended configuration are applied.<br />
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