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 6.13.0.0:
- NImproved: Allow to modify a rule even if the path does not exist. It is now possible to edit a rule flagged as invalid.
- Fixed: Check for updates may report that you have the latest version even if an update is available.
- Fixed: Standard user accounts can add notification exceptions even if the software is in restricted mode.
- Fixed: If restricted mode is enabled, it is not possible to scroll through the Authorized groups list.
- Fixed: Sometimes, modifying a rule appears to be successful but if you manually refresh the rules list, it wasn't. This is done now automatically so that refreshing the rules list is not required anymore.
- Fixed: Memory leak in notifications system when a new connection is processed.
- Fixed: Memory leak in Secure Rules logic when a new rule is added.
- Fixed: Memory leak when loading Connections Log entries.
