Windows Firewall ALWAYS Blocks Incoming Traffic

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jordan smith

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With Vista Home Premium x64, I can't get Windows Firewall to stop blocking incoming connections. As administrator, I have gone into Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, then clicking on Windows Firewall Properties, I set each of the Profiles (Domain,Private,Public) to allow incoming connections. Then I chose to Log Dropped Packets and Log Successful Connections. Now whenever I get inbound connections, I get messages in my firewall log saying those connection attempts have been dropped, such as:

2009-03-17 14:58:27 DROP TCP 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.104 1024 5009 52 S 2450412696 0 65535 - - - RECEIVE

But I've set the firewall to allow incoming connections. Soooo, I dont get it? How Windows Firewall log that its dropping connections when its set to allow incoming connections. Now I honestly wouldn't care, except that even if I turn Windows Firewall off I still can't receive inbound traffic. I have no idea what's going on. Does anyone have any suggestions?! I've been working on this and googling for 7 hours!
 

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Have you installed any anti virus on the system. If yes then check its firewalls. If not then try to disable the windows firewall for sometime.
 

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  • CPU
    T4200 Intel
    Memory
    2 X 1GB DDR2
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Integrated
    Hard Drives
    1 X 250GB 7200RPM
Did you ever fix this one? I am having exactly the same problem. Even if I completely open up the firewall for incoming traffic, it still says that everything is DROPped in the log file.
 

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Maybe you guys have router firewalls in addition to the machine firewalls?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell 530S
    CPU
    Intel Pentium dual-core E5200 (2MB L2, 2.5GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
    Motherboard
    Dell 0RY007
    Memory
    4 GB DDR2 NON-ECC SDRAM 800MHz (4 DIMMs)
    Graphics card(s)
    onboard Intel G33/G31; AR93 drivers
    Sound Card
    onboard RealTek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer S201SL(analog)
    Screen Resolution
    1280x720
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 500G 72000 rpm external WD My Passport Essential SE 1 Tb
    PSU
    Dell proprietary ATX
    Internet Speed
    3 Mbps adsl
Turns out a virus had wiped all settings from my firewall, including the default settings files. I tried to manually recreate them, but it was easier (and safer) to reinstall vista!
 

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^ Wow, that's nasty! What was the name of the virus and which firewall was it (Vista Firewall or 3rd party)?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t
    CPU
    Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 32bit
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
    Mouse
    Microsoft 4000
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