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A Windows Security Alert Message Might Be Issued by the Firewall the First Time VDM Client or VDM Web Access Is Used on Windows (1003773)

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A Windows Security Alert message might be issued by the firewall the first time VDM Client or VDM Web Access is used on Windows.

Solution

Users with administrator privileges can click Keep Blocking, and can add the wswc.exe process to the Windows Firewall exception list to prevent this alert, if required. Users without administrator privileges will see the alert but will not have the option to unblock or keep blocking the process.

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