Steam needs firewall reset every time I starts my PC

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SUSSY SUS Feb 25, 2019 @ 7:11am

Hi!

Currently I formatted my PC and flashed fresh copy of Windows 10 Pro 64bit (ver. 1809) and I am having all latest drivers and updates. For 2 days Steam and CSGO was running fine but from today I discovered that after exiting my anti-virus which was Kaspersky Total Security, internet does not work for Steam only for which got concerned.

So I uninstalled the anti-virus and from now Steam is not even logging in. Just displaying message "could not connect to steam network" for which I got a temporary solution which is resetting firewall but it needs to be done every time I starts my PC.

The Internet was working fine regardless of anti-virus' presence for all other software and browsers.

Can anyone tell me what is the permanent fix for this?

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ReBoot Feb 25, 2019 @ 7:20am

Uninstall Kaspersky and use Windows' own firewall.

SUSSY SUS Feb 25, 2019 @ 8:01am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
Uninstall Kaspersky and use Windows' own firewall.

I tried and then the Steam don't work at all even if I gave full access to Windows' own firewall. This issue is only related to Steam.

ReBoot Feb 25, 2019 @ 8:07am

Run
netsh winsock reset
In an administrative console & restart

SUSSY SUS Feb 25, 2019 @ 8:53am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
Run
netsh winsock reset
In an administrative console & restart

I have tried this and it is not working still.

ReBoot Feb 25, 2019 @ 10:53am

Odd. Need more data, what do you mean by "resetting firewall"?

SUSSY SUS Feb 26, 2019 @ 6:37am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
Odd. Need more data, what do you mean by "resetting firewall"?

Going to this path : Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Windows Defender Firewall\Restore defaults

and restoring it to default and it works. Also when the firewall is OFF, steam works flawlessly.