Quote - My apoologies for the ignorance, but how should I proceed to do that?

That really depends on your Antivirus or firewall program

I can tell you for Eset Smart security, but each program has its own way of doing that.

It probably involves going to the advanced settings and to a section protocol protocol filter for web and email. In it there is probably a section where you can exclude programs from filtering. Add LSMGUIAIR and PoserPro to that