FRITZ!DSL Protect
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7570 vDSL
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9.3
FRITZ!DSL Protect
FRITZ!DSL Protect protects your computer from unwanted
Internet connections, supplementing the firewall functions
of your FRITZ!Box. With FRITZ!DSL Protect you can check all
Internet connections that are established or accepted by lo-
cal programs on your computer. You can permit or prohibit
individual programs from accepting connections: If an un-
known program attempts to establish an Internet connec-
tion, you will be asked whether you wish to allow such a
connection.
An overview shows the programs already set up in
FRITZ!DSL Protect along with their access rights. A Journal
grants you an overview of all successful and rejected at-
tempts to access the Internet.
One of the most convenient functions offered by FRITZ!DSL
Protect works in combination with the UPnP capability of
the FRITZ!Box. If you have enabled the option “Allow chang-
es to security settings over UPnP” in the FRITZ!Box,
FRITZ!DSL Protect can release ports for incoming connec-
tions on the FRITZ!Box whenever they are needed by pro-
grams. For this capability you must activate the “Use Port
Forwarding” option in the “Settings” of FRITZ!DSL Protect.
In this manner you can participate in online activities like
gaming without having to reconfigure the FRITZ!Box firewall
functions manually.
9.4
FRITZ!Box
Click the “FRITZ!Box” button to open the user interface of
the FRITZ!Box in your web browser.
9.5
Update
New firmware updates for FRITZ!Box are provided by AVM at
regular intervals, free of charge. The updates can add new
functions to your FRITZ!Box.
Click the “Update” button to check whether there is a new
update available for the FRITZ!Box firmware.
