Designed to harden and control the advanced firewall built into Windows, TinyWall includes a combination of features that sets it apart from both commercial and freeware firewalls.
TinyWall does not display popups that "urge users to allow". In fact, it will not notify you of any blocked action. Rather than displaying popups, TinyWall allows users to whitelist or unblock programs via various methods.
For example, you can just initiate whitelisting by a hotkey, then click on a window that you want to allow. Or, you can select an application from the list of running processes. (Of course, the traditional way of selecting an executable also works.)
Due to this approach, popups are avoided yet the firewall remains easy to operate. It will also limit the list of unblocked programs to those that the user really needs, which is optimal from a security standpoint.
TinyWall gives Windows Firewall a sane and secure configuration and presents you with a simple interface where you can easily define what has network access and what not, while preventing other programs from modifing or overwriting your firewall settings.
NOTE: After installation TinyWall blocks all communications. To use the Internet or network-enabled applications, select one of the "Whitelist by ..." options in the tray menu to unblock specific programs.
What's New in This Release:
· Fix: Controller crash when bubble-editing new exception in GUI multiple times in a row
· Fix: Controller crash after exception modification in Manage window, when Modify is clicked again
· Fix: Possible controller crash when populating list in Connections form
· Fix: Firewall rules may overwrite each other
· Fix: Some DNS responses are blocked, leading to possibly slower DNS resolution
· Fix: Wrong filtering of ICMPv6 traffic
· Fix: GUI is not updated when timed rules are removed
· Fix: Generalize Steam profile for all Steam games
· Tell user that admin rights are missing instead of disabling Uninstall button
· New and updated application profiles
· Updated FAQ