Windows Firewall Control is a handy and reliable utility designed to extend the functionality of the Windows Firewall and to provide quick access to its most frequent options.
It runs in the system tray and allows user to control the native firewall easily without having to waste time by navigating to the specific part of the firewall.
Windows Firewall Control offers four filtering modes which can be switched with just a mouse click:
· High Filtering - All outgoing connections are blocked. This setting blocks all attempts to connect to and from your computer.
· Medium Filtering - Outgoing connections that do not match a rule are blocked. Only programs you allow can initiate outgoing connections.
· Low Filtering - Outgoing connections that do not match a rule are allowed. You can block the programs you do not want to initiate outgoing connections.
· No Filtering - Windows Firewall is turned off. Avoid using this setting unless you have another firewall running on your computer.
Here are some key features of "Windows Firewall Control":
· Just one small executable file. All features are packed in the same file.
· Full support for executing tasks from standard user accounts.
· Intuitive and easy accessible interface in the system tray.
· Allow or block a program to connect to the internet with just one mouse click.
· Shell integration into the right click context menu of the executable files.
· Quick access to edit Windows Firewall rules directly from the program interface.
· Choose if you want the program to start at user logon.
· Import and export the policy of the program.
· Protection to unauthorized uninstallation.
· Possibility to restore previous settings at uninstallation.
· Check for a new version from the program interface.
Requirements:
· NET Framework 4.0
Limitations:
· Lock Application and Shell Integration are disabled
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· New: The notification window position is now saved on window closing and restored on the next reopening.
· Fixed: Program crashes if the user chooses to "Open file location" in Manage Rules window for a connection generated by System.
· Fixed: When the Rules tab is set to create "Outbound and inbound rules", the
· description of the inbound rule contains "Outbound" instead of "Inbound".
· Improved: The service loading time was reduced with 90% by using a different mechanism of reading of the initial set of data.
· Improved: The program can now reconnect to the service in case the communication channel gets in faulted state, without needing to restart the program.
· Improved: Various parts of the code were improved to increase the execution speed of the program.
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