I am a proud customer of avast! Internet Security 5.0.507 and have been really happy about my decision to switch to it from Norton 360.
However, I was recently taking the ShieldsUP! test from GRC, which scans your firewall for weaknesses.
After completing the test, the only weakness I found was:
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Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it visible on the Internet. Most personal firewalls can be configured to block, drop, and ignore such ping requests in order to better hide systems from hackers. This is highly recommended since "Ping" is among the oldest and most common methods used to locate systems prior to further exploitation.
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So, I wanted to know how to disable ICMP Echo requests from the firewall. (The requests replied to ShieldsUP! in Public/High Risk Zone as well)Thanks!