Allowing UltraVNC server connectivity through BullGuard Firewall

If you are using BullGuard Firewall, which is part of the BullGuard Internet Security and Antivirus protection software, if you install UltraVNC for remote desktop management, you will see a message stating "VNC server is asking for access to the internet" whenever someone attempts to connect remotely to the system on which BullGuard Firewall is running.

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BullGuard Firewall VNC server

If you click on the link "Click here for more info", you can see additional information.

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BullGuard VNC server info

If you click on the File tab, you will see details on the executable file that is requesting network access, i.e., WinVNC.exe.

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BullGuard VNC server file

If you click the Network tab, you will see the details on the network connectivity being requested.

BullGuard VNC server network

The local port will be 5900, since that is the default registered port that VNC servers listen on.

To permit UltraVNC to accept incoming network connections, click on the Allow button at the "VNC server is asking for access to the internet" window. That will allow access from any IP address, not just the one that was attempting to connect to UltraVNC; if you need to allow access from only particular IP addresses, open BullGuard Internet Security.

BullGuard Internet Security

Click on the button with the 3 dots on it to the right of Logs in the Firewall section of the window and select Manage Rules. Then locate the entry in the rules labeled "VNC server".

BullGuard Firewall Rules VNC

Use the scroll bar below the list of rules to scroll to the right until you see "Hosts".

BullGuard Firewall Rules Hosts

If you hover the mouse pointer over the Hosts button in the Remote hosts column for VNC server, you should see "Remote hosts: Any address".

BullGuard Firewall Rules Hosts any address

If you click on the Hosts button, you will see a Remote hosts window where you can specify an IP address or addresses.

BullGuard Firewall remote hosts

If you wish to restrict the VNC connectivity to the minimum required, you can change the Protocol setting to TCP rather than TCP+UDP, since UDP isn't needed, and you set the local ports setting under Ports to just 5900. That will still allow you to connect to the system via VNC for remote administration and also still use the file transfer capability provided in UltraVNC.