What are the advantages of blocking a suspicious program from accessing the internet and using it in offline mode. is it helpful preventing data steal

[Souhardya Mukherjee]

Is it possible for malware to breach the firewall rule without getting administrator access in Win 10 / Win 11. Using cracked / suspicious/malicious software programs offline will it help prevent spreading infection and getting hacked / data stealing. Suppose after downloading a PDF from the internet can I get hacked if I block adobe PDF reader and the PDF file both accessing internet. Will it be possible for the malicious PDF to drop malware / steal data / change firewall settings / encrypt my data like ransomware?

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