Firewall and Anti-Virus Software Settings

Firewall Settings

If you have a personal firewall (such as Zone Alarm) installed on your computer, when you start GPass for the first time, your firewall may pop up a window asking if you want to allow GPass to access the Internet. Answer Yes and let your firewall remember this setting. In addition, your firewall may ask you if you want to allow GPass to run as a server. Answer Yes here too, because GPass indeed runs as a server (i.e., a local proxy for your Internet applications), but it only serves you. If you are still concerned, you can set your firewall to let it serve only your own computer (i.e., localhost). Restart GPass after setting the firewall.

Anti-virus Software Settings

GPass contains no viruses or Trojan. As long as the digital signature of GPass.exe is correct, you can set your mind at ease about using it.

Nevertheless, in an effort to stop people from using GPass, some totalitarian states will use various tactics to force anti-virus software companies to categorize GPass as a virus or trojan. Moreover, GPass uses a special method to go through the firewall software to insert between your applications and the computer's network system in order to work, so some firewalls or anti-virus applications will mistakenly see GPass as a risky program. In these cases, you need to include GPass (GPass.exe and its extracted Scap.dll) as a program trusted by your firewall or anti-virus software or add it to your safe zone. At the same time, you can send the brand, version, and other information about the anti-virus software to us and we will contact the vendor if possible.