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.
Limitations:
· Lock Application and Shell Integration are disabled
What's New in This Release:
· New: The installer and the updater were rewritten to include a logging feature to
· track down the possible errors that may occur during the installation or the update.
· Fixed: The installer can't continue if it can't save the backup policy file restore.dat. This file is used at uninstallation to restore the previous set of rules if the user chooses to revert to the state beforehand installing the program.
· Fixed: The uninstaller of the program does not work if the Windows Firewall
· Control Service is not available or if the uninstall key from Windows Registry was deleted accidentally.
· Fixed: Shell Integration state is recognized properly.
· Fixed: Tray icon is not properly set after importing a policy if the previous
· profile was not Low Filtering.
· Fixed: Some default inbound rules from can't be modified because they use special keywords instead of port numbers as local ports. Example: RPC, Teredo, etc.
· Fixed: The program crashes on Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 if the user clicks on the E...