Steps to Allow Chrome to Access the Network in your Firewall or Antivirus Settings.

Google Chrome is well-known for its speed and easy to use design. What we don’t know is after you’ve set Google Chrome as your default browser, you may start to face errors every other day. One major such error is to allow Chrome to Access the Network in your Firewall or Antivirus settings.

Although the reason behind the error is unclear, what we do know is that you may be starting to have network connectivity issues. The browser may yet show an error even if the antivirus is blocking the connection.

This common issue has been a problem for many out there. However, here we have a few quick tricks that can help you resolve issue associated with allowing Chrome to access the network in your firewall or antivirus settings error.

How to allow chrome to access the network in your firewall or antivirus settings

Method One: Windows Firewall

1.     Go to the Control Panel

2.     Click on System and Security

3.     Go to “Windows Defender Firewall”

4.     Choose the option “Allow an app or feature through Windows defender” at the left side of the screen

5.     Choose “Change Settings” and click “Yes”

6.     Go to “allow another app” and Add Chrome as a Browser

7.     Search the file C:Program Files (x86) Google Chrome Application

8.     Choose chrome.exe

9.     Open the file and add after ticking on both the boxes

10.  Click on “Save Changes”

 

Restart your computer and open the browser. Check whether the error is still there or resolved.

Another trick for those who were not able to pass through the above given method can opt for this one:

Method Two: Changes in Antivirus Settings

1.     Open your Antivirus App

2.     Go to Settings

3.     Open Protection (Avast) and Internet Connection Programs (McAfee)

4.     Allow “Chrome” as an exclusive option

5.     Save Changes

This one out there is based on common grounds for each antivirus software.

However, you can also allow chrome to access the network in your firewall or antivirus settings in Windows Security.

Method Three: Windows Security

1.     Go to Settings

2.     Open Windows Security

3.     Open Virus and Threat Protection and Click on Manage Settings

4.     Scroll down to “Exclusion” section

5.     Add Chrome in the “Exclusion” section

6.     Select the Chrome folder say C: Program Files(x86)

7.     Select and Save Changes

The same procedure is also followed in Windows 7. One can make all three necessary changes in each location to allow chrome to access the network in your firewall or antivirus 
settings error to completely get it resolved.

Conclusion:

Chrome Error “allow chrome to access the network in your firewall or antivirus settings” can be quite buggy for most of the chrome lovers who prominently operate from the browser. However, each step taken above can help fix the issue. You will need to restart your computer once the changes are made for better results.