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How to Temporarily Disable your Firewall




AntiVir Premium Suite
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for this sign

  • Right click it-> untick the option AntiVir Guard enable.
  • You should now see a closed, white umbrella on a red background (like this: )
  • You successfully disabled the AntiVir Premium Suite Guard.
AVG Antivirus Plus Firewall
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for this sign.
  • Right click it-> select Quit Control Center.
  • A warning will pop up, click "Yes"
  • You successfully disabled the AVG Antivirus Plus Firewall Guard.
CA Personal Firewall
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for the following sign.
  • Right click it-> hover (mouse-over) over CA Personal Firewall menue option. A sub-menu will popup.
  • Please chose "Disable CA Personal Firewall"
  • Unfortunately the system tray icon does not change, so if you want to double-check whether or not you successfully disabled the Firewall, do the above steps again and look for "Enable CA Personal Firewall." If this is the case, then you succesfully disabled the CA Personal Firewall Guard.
Comodo Firewall Pro (free Personal)
  • Right-click the system tray icon.
  • Select Exit.
  • On the Pop up window, Click the Yes button.
  • You successfully disabled Comodo Firewall.
F-Secure Internet Security Suite
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for a blue sign.
  • Right click it-> select Unload.
  • Select: "Unload and allow all network traffic"
  • Select Unload to confirm deactivation of F-Secure Internet Security
  • You will be asked to enter your Parental Control Password. Please enter it and click "OK."
  • The F-Secure sign should now be surrounded by a red striked through circle (looking like this: )
  • You successfully disabled the F-Secure Guard.
Jetico Personal Firewall
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for this sign (the arrows could also be filled with green color instead of grey, indicating that the Firewall currently detects traffic) .
  • Right click it->click on the option Shutdown Firewall.
  • You successfully disabled the Jetico Personal Firewall Guard.
Kaspersky Internet Suite
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for a sign.
  • Right click it-> select Pause Protection.
  • Click on -> By User Request
  • A popup will claim that protection is now disabled and a sign like this: will now be shown.
  • You successfully disabled the Kaspersky Internet Suite Guard.
Lavasoft Personal Firewall
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for either one of the following three (the sign varies depending on the settings you chose on your PC) / / signs.
  • Right click it-> select Exit.
  • You will be confronted with a popup saying that you are no longer protected and will disable the Firewall. Click on "Yes."
  • You successfully disabled the Lavasoft Personal Firewall Guard.
Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall
Please refer to these instructions

Norton decided to install in German for me, although it never asked. According to the help file, you can also do it the following way (translated into English):
  • Please open Norton Internet Security Center by clicking the system tray icon and chosing the appropriate option.
  • Now click on the tab "Norton Internet Security" and click on "Settings."
  • Click the Internet Usage option "Personal Firewall."
  • Click "deactivate"
After a tortorous and never seeming to end install of this crapware, I would appreciate if you either agree to use the first option, or to double check for me. I am not really fond of tricking Norton to think I am not a silly German and allowing me to download a proper installer....

Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for either one of the following three (the sign varies depending on the settings you chose on your PC) / / signs.
  • Right click it-> select "Firewall Policy...".
  • Chose "Disable."
  • You will now see a sign like this in the systemtray.
  • You successfully disabled the Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro Guard.
Panda Internet Security Suite
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for a sign that looks like a Pandabear head.
  • Right click it-> select "Close automatic protection.".
  • A message will pop up and warn you about disabling the protection. Chose "Yes."
  • The above sign in the systemtray will now disapear.
  • You successfully disabled the Panda Internet Security Guard.
PC Tools Firewall Plus
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for this sign
  • Right click it->click on the option Disable Firewall.
  • You should now see a sign like this:
  • You successfully disabled the PC Tools Firewall Plus Guard.
Radialpoint Security Services
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for the following sign.
  • Right click it-> select "Exit.".
  • A message will pop up and warn you about disabling the protection. Chose "Yes."
  • The above sign in the systemtray will now disapear.
  • You successfully disabled the Radialpoint Security Services Guard.
Sygate Personal Firewall
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for the following sign.
  • Right click it-> select "Exit Firewall".
  • A message will pop up and warn you about disabling the protection. Chose "Yes."
  • The above sign in the systemtray will now disapear.
  • You successfully disabled the Sygate Personal Firewall Guard.