Drake Tax - Differences Between a Firewall and Antivirus Software

Article #: 11906

Last Updated: October 21, 2024

 


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Security suite products usually include both a firewall and an AV component.

A firewall is a gatekeeper between your computer and the outside world. A firewall controls what passes through your computer’s outside connection, such as incoming transmissions to your computer from the internet, other computers or networks, and usually outgoing transmissions from your computer.

Antivirus (AV) software is a resident detective. AV software finds and neutralizes malicious software on your computer. AV programs may also detect malicious software as it is downloading, such as email attachments.

Firewalls and AV software can sometimes interfere with Drake and other programs that are not a threat to your computer.

Firewall interference typically results in a blocked transmission attempt.

  • A firewall may prevent Drake from transmitting returns, picking up acknowledgments or checking or sending email. You usually can resolve these problems by configuring the firewall to “permit” or “allow” certain Drake Tax executable files to access the internet.

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AV software may erroneously identify a Drake Tax file as a threat, an event referred to as a “false positive”.

The AV program typically quarantines or otherwise disables the file.