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You can install ZoneAlarm and it will ask for your permission before any application like RealPlayer is allowed to make a connection.<br />
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For Windows Update, go to Control Panel -&gt; Automatic Updates and select one of the options where updates are not installed automatically.<br />

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You can install ZoneAlarm and it will ask for your permission before any application like RealPlayer is allowed to make a connection.

For Windows Update, go to Control Panel -> Automatic Updates and select one of the options where updates are not installed automatically.


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I have a following query with respect to home broadband connections. For security reasons, I also use a freeware proxy server called Naviscope, which blocks all harmful JavaScripts etc and renders plain vanilla HTML. But this restriction applies to web browser only.<br />
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But, myself and my friend apprehend and doubt on the following issues:<br />
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(*) How to prevent any other applications from connecting on to the Internet? Say RealPlayer, we observed keeps popping up a dialog showing Update, 'premium service' etc.<br />
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(*) Windows Update sometimes creates a wrong update and we have to wait for a newer one right? So how to ensure that Windows Update does not automatically connect and tweaks the Windows settings.
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I have a following query with respect to home broadband connections. For security reasons, I also use a freeware proxy server called Naviscope, which blocks all harmful JavaScripts etc and renders plain vanilla HTML. But this restriction applies to web browser only.

But, myself and my friend apprehend and doubt on the following issues:

(*) How to prevent any other applications from connecting on to the Internet? Say RealPlayer, we observed keeps popping up a dialog showing Update, 'premium service' etc.

(*) Windows Update sometimes creates a wrong update and we have to wait for a newer one right? So how to ensure that Windows Update does not automatically connect and tweaks the Windows settings.

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