# Windows Firewall The Admira Player behaves 100% as a customer, although for some advanced functions it does behave like a server. To prevent the **Firewall** from affecting the operation of the Player, it is recommended to disable it or add the Admira Player as an exception. > Note:\ > If your network environment or supplier cannot guarantee complete security in your circuit connection, we strongly recommend the second option. For any questions, please contact our technical support team. ## Option A: Disable Firewall 1. Go to the control panel or type **Firewall** in the launch bar search box. 2. Once inside the **Firewall** pane, select the **Enable or Disable** **Windows Firewall option**.

3. Select **Disable Firewall** for both private and public networks.

### **Advanced Windows Firewall**

## Option B: Add Admira Player as an exception (Recommended for environments without guaranteed security) 1. From the **Firewall** panel, select the option **Allow applications to communicate through Windows Firewall** and verify that the Admira application is selected.

Allow applications to communicate throught Windows Firewall

2. Enable the transfer.exe, manager.exe, reverse.exe and winvnc.exe processes (in C:AdmiraPlayerAdmira) or the admira.exe and transfer.exe process (in C:AdmiraPlayerAdmira), depending on the version installed. ## Anti-virus and protection settings in Windows 10 Similarly, in certain older versions of Windows 10, the system might detect the Admira Player as a foreign item and end up removing the executable. In these exceptional cases and whenever the security of the player’s connection environment can be guaranteed, we recommend disabling these protections.

Anti-virus and protection settings in Windows 10

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