Publisher: BiniSoft
Limitations: Freeware
Windows Firewall Control 3.3.0.4 is a small and easy to use application that runs in your system tray and provides quick access to the most frequent options used from Windows Firewall.
Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 have already a built in default, free and powerfull firewalls, but unfortunately, they lack a simple interface to define own simple rules and can be difficult sometimes to configure them the right way. And here comes to help you, Windows Firewall Control 3.3.0.4, which is a small, intuitive and easy to use program that runs in taskbar, next to the system clock, and provides quick access to the most frequent options used from Windows Firewall, in all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Windows Firewall Control 3.3.0.4 offers access to four filtering modes, each with their own status icon in system tray:
High Filtering - All outgoing connections are blocked. Neither of programs can not initiate outgoing connections. This setting blocks all attempts to connect to and from your computer. With this setting, you aren't notified when Windows Firewall blocks programs, and programs in the list of allowed programs are ignored.
Medium Filtering - Outgoing connections that do not match a rule are blocked. Only programs you allow can initiate outgoing connections. If you want to allow a program to communicate through the firewall, you can add it to the list of allowed programs. For example, you might not be able to send photos in an instant message until you add the instant messaging program to the list of allowed programs.
Low Filtering - Outgoing connections are allowed. You can block the programs you do not want to allow to initiate outgoing connections. If you want to block a program to communicate through the firewall, you can add it to the list of blocked programs. For example, you might want to block an instant messaging program so just add the program to the list of blocked programs.
No Filtering - Windows Firewall is turned off. Avoid using this setting unless you have another firewall running on your computer. Turning off Windows Firewall might make your computer (and your network, if you have one) more vulnerable to damage from hackers and malicious software.
Features:
- Just one small size executable file, all features are packed in the same single executable file. The same executable file is the setup program as well the program itself, and has only 305 KB.
- Easy to use, intuitive menus placed right next to your system clock, which allows you to configure easily Windows Firewall.
- Quick access to Windows Firewall and Windows Firewall with Advanced Security from Control Panel.
- Predefined rules for Internet Explorer, Remote Desktop Connection and Windows Update, with simple buttons within the program interface.
- Allow or block a program to connect through Windows Firewall with just a few mouse clicks.
- Quick access to user rules defined with possibility to delete them with one single mouse click.
- Automatically starts with Windows.
- Ability to quick reset to default Windows Firewall settings.
- Protection to uninstallation accidentally the program when is locked with a password.
- Import and export the policies of the program, helping you to keep your program settings, and not to configure them again everytime you reinstall the program (REGISTERED USERS ONLY).
- Lock the current configuration with a password. Useful if you don't want other users to change your settings you have made in the program (REGISTERED USERS ONLY).
- Reset a forgotten password used to lock the configuration of the program (REGISTERED USERS ONLY).
News in Windows Firewall Control 3.3.0.4:
- New: The program has now two components: wfc.exe (GUI) and wfcs.exe (Windows Service)
- New: Administrative privileges are no more required to run the program because all the tasks are done by the WFCS service under LocalSystem account. Elevated privileges are still required at installation or update
- New: Multiple rules can have the same name
- New: Multiple selection in Manage Rules is supported
- New: Multiple deletion in Manage Rules is supported
- New: The state of Manage Rules is saved on close and restored on reopen
- New: Editing of a rule in Manage Rules supports the adding of a description
- New: A notification alert allows the user to choose a rule name before create the new rule
- New: Validations of the parameters of a new rule are made before it's creation
- New: Selection of multiple executable files from the same folder is now allowed. In this way a user can create multiple firewall rules, all together, for programs which require to allow/block multiple executable files
- New: Learning Mode has a new item: "Enable notifications for system applications". If this one is checked you will receive notifications including for "System" and "svchost.exe". If this remains unchecked you will receive notifications only for other programs
- Improved: Learning Mode can remember the blocking rules previously created. If a user creates a rule to block something, he won't be notified again for the same connection
- Improved: Start with Windows does not use Task Scheduler anymore
- Improved: Lock feature does not rely on GroupPolicy anymore or Windows Registry entries
- Improved: When searching for invalid rules, if they are found, they are automatically selected
- Improved: Due to the use of Windows Presentation Foundation, the program has no more problems with the scaling on high DPI settings
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