Blocking Mp3tag Sites

[starams5]

Hi,

Fort Firewall is blocking MP3Tag Sites like Musicbrainz where the meta data is collected, please help. MP3Tag is configured to Allow all, propagate to all child processes. See attached.

[tnodir]

Please hover by mouse on the Reason column of the Connection and show the tooltip.

If the Reason contains an "Inherited" text, then you have some other blocked program with selected rules inheritance, which is (grand) parent of the process. Check the parents of the blocked process.

[starams5]

It says "Program's Action Inherited". This problem didn't start until I switched to your firewall. I had been using Free Firewall, and MP3tag together for years and never had an issue. Your firewall is blocking the Musicbrainz website, see image above, it tells the entire story. Thanks.

[tnodir]

It says "Program's Action Inherited".

The Mp3Tag is blocked, because its some parent has rules inheritance as propagate to all children and the action is Block.

Please double check the parents of the Mp3Tag process for example in the System Informer program.

[starams5]

Look at the image I posted above. The parent is allowed.

[tnodir]

The Mp3Tag program is Allowed.

But this rule is not used, because the Mp3Tag is child of some other blocked program with set rules inheritance.

[tnodir]

For example if you create a blocked program entry for "Explorer.exe" and set its rule inheritance to propagate to child processes, then the Mp3Tag process will be blocked anyway.

Because it'll inherit the blocked action from parent Explorer process.

[starams5]

Simple. Install MP3tag on your VM and test for your self. Then post back and let me know how I can resolve this. I always allow ALL Windows apps including explorer.exe. I ran into the same problem with another app after installing your firewall but was able to resolve it after finding another executable in the program dir. MP3tag don't have any more.exe files. I checked program data, app data, and the program dir.

[tnodir]

The connection's Reason column clearly says that the action is Inherited.

So the Mp3Tag's parent is blocked with rules inheritance.

You have to find the blocking program yourself in the Programs window.

[tnodir]

Please show the processes tree for Mp3Tag process in the System Informer - all parents of it.

And rule for each parent in the Fort's Programs window.

[starams5]

The first pic is with your firewall enabled (MP3tag / Musicbrainz blocked), the second pic is with filtering disabled. No issues with filtering disabled. I have to go to work. Please post back when you have a solution. I'm too busy to go back-and-forth.

[tnodir]

Please post back when you have a solution. I'm too busy to go back-and-forth.

Please send me a backup of the Options: Backup: Export to nodir.temir@gmail.com

[starams5]

You were right my friend! I use your firewall on my VM as well so I did some testing. I ran MP3tag in my VM and had no issues. I installed and ran Process Explorer and found the parent was explorer.exe.

I checked for explorer.exe on my host and it was not there in Fort Firewall. So I added both C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe and C:\Windows\explorer.exe to Fort Firewall, rebooted the computer and Mp3tag worked! For troubleshooting purposes I deleted both, and got an alert for C:\Windows\explorer.exe which I kept.

Thanks for your help. This firewall has come along ways from when I last tested it. Free Firewall worked good but there hadn't been an update since 2022? Keep up the good work!