

Please Note: the screenshots used in this tutorial are ‘clickable’ – if you have trouble viewing them, simply click the image and the ‘full size’ version will be displayed. Here are the instructions to do it if you’re using Windows 8 on your PC.

There are a whole slew of reasons you may want to block a program from accessing the Internet. Update: If you’re using Windows 10, you’ll want to see this tutorial instead. This guide will take you every step of the way through creating a “firewall rule” in Windows 8 that will block any program of your choice from connecting to the Internet.
