Disable network on computer remotely without losing remote control

[mendler]

Hi,

I have a computer I'm accessing remotely via TeamViewer, a simplified VNC program.

I need to disable the internet momentarily to complete a task, but I want to maintain remote control during the interim period where the internet is disabled. I don't know if this is possible.

Can someone help in this matter? Ideally it would be done via Win7 Tools...something that allows me to selectively give internet connection to one program, but deny access to any other program.

Thanks in advance,

Matt

 

[tigsounds]

Use a firewall that only, and always, allows TeamViewer. Remotely turn on firewall for isolation, TeamViewer still works but nothing else on network. Remotely turn off the firewall to allow full access again.

 

[mendler]

Use a firewall that only, and always, allows TeamViewer. Remotely turn on firewall for isolation, TeamViewer still works but nothing else on network. Remotely turn off the firewall to allow full access again.

Tigsounds, thanks for the tip. Do you have recommendation for the firewall? Would the Windows 7 firewall work?

M

 

[tigsounds]

2 firewalls come to mind. "AtGuard 3.22"     Microsoft was supposedly going to disable AtGuard in XP but didn't. Norton & Co. (Symantec) purchased AtGuard back in the 1990's, added a few back doors and eye candy then sold it as their own. Version 3.22 runs in NT based systems (Win 2000, XP, etc.) Prior versions ran in Win 95 & 98. AtGuard 3.22 is not bulletproof because newer attacks have come along, but for your purpose it will work fine.

BlackICE was more than a firewall and never a "personal" firewall (it was exotic Westinghouse-type nuclear containment structure class software) but in 2007 IBM bought them out to get rid of it (way too much power in the hands of ordinary people). BlackICE included AP (application protection) that stopped any new application, DLL, anything that attempted access to the network until you gave a permission or blocking choice. Executables could not come in your email no matter what they were named unless you gave permission.

Any firewall you install that is worth having will include a learning mode. It is in that mode that you setup the rules to allow TeamViewer access in/out and any other thing needed to maintain an Internet connection. Everything else is denied by virtue of not being specifically allowed.

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