Microsoft Windows have already built-in default, free and powerful firewalls, but unfortunately, they lack a simple interface to define own simple rules and can be difficult sometimes to configure them the right way. Windows Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick access to the most frequent options of Windows Firewall. 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. WFC is free to use, registered users will get the advantage of learning mode which provides notifications for outgoing blocked connections.
Changes in 6.12.0.0:
- New: Added 'Skip loopback and multicast' checkbox in Connections Log which will filter out these kind of connections from the results list.
- Fixed: Remote address/port are switched with the Local address/port in Connections Log for inbound connections in Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2019/2022.
- Fixed: When switching to High Filtering profile, you have to manually refresh Rules Panel to see the special rules created for this profile.
