Metalmaster 0 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Hi folks, I recently switched from Comodo firewall to ESET Smart Security, and I wonder whether there's a way to purge obsolete firewall rules in ESS as it's possible in Comodo ("Purge" option). I noticed I have many applications still listed in the rules of ESS firewall while I uninstalled them. Sometimes that's some installers for which I wrongly selected something like "Create a rule" instead of "Create a rule valid until end of execution". I know I can manually delete the obsolete rules, but to be able to automatically ensure the consistency between existing rules and installed applications would really be very useful! Thanks in advance for your answer. François Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Solution Marcos 5,242 Posted July 21, 2016 Administrators Solution Share Posted July 21, 2016 Automatic deletion of rules for which the application no longer exist is not supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalmaster 0 Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 What a pity! Anyway, thanks for the answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Most Valued Members shocked 60 Posted July 21, 2016 Most Valued Members Share Posted July 21, 2016 after all, if the XY application is no longer present in the pc, the rule won't have any effect at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalmaster 0 Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 Yes, of course, but I suspect after a certain amount of time the computer was installed, those useless rules could pile up and slow down ESET firewall responsiveness. Am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novice 20 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Automatic deletion of rules for which the application no longer exist is not supported. Just for fun, PC Tools Firewall Plus, which is over 6 years old and not supported anymore , does that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Most Valued Members shocked 60 Posted July 22, 2016 Most Valued Members Share Posted July 22, 2016 Yes, of course, but I suspect after a certain amount of time the computer was installed, those useless rules could pile up and slow down ESET firewall responsiveness. Am I wrong? i suppose there won't be an issue like that. if it were to slow down the program in any way, i'm sure the development team would have implemented a relevant feature/option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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