Windows Firewall Control 4.6.2.0

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Windows Firewall Control 4.6.2.0



Windows Firewall Control is a powerful 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. This is the best tool to manage the native firewall from Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, Server 2008, Server 2012. Windows Firewall Control offers four filtering modes which can be switched with just a mouse click: 

High Filtering - All outbound and inbound connections are blocked. This setting blocks all attempts to connect to and from your computer. 
Medium Filtering - Outbound connections that do not match a rule are blocked. Only the programs that you allow can initiate outbound connections. 
Low Filtering - Outbound connections that do not match a rule are allowed. The user can block the programs he doesn't want to allow initiating outbound connections. 
No Filtering - Windows Firewall is turned off. Avoid using this setting unless you have another firewall running on your computer.

Changes in version 4.6.1.0/4.6.2.0:

• Fixed: In some circumstances Secure Rules gets enabled even if it disabled in the Security tab. If authorized groups are not already defined, this would delete all the rules which are not in the default groups "Windows Firewall Control" and "Temporary Rules".
  
• New: New Security tab was added in the Main Panel which contains the Secure Boot and the new improved Secure Rules feature which automatically removes the rules that are added to a different Group than the defined list of authorized group names. This adds the possibility to the operating system to add required rules without being deleted anymore by WFC because Secure Rules was enabled. Also, unwanted firewall rules that may have been added before the start of WFC service can be detected this way.
  
• Updated: The internal logging mechanism was simplified and updated to offer more information about the events that are logged.
  
• Updated: A new rule created from the notification dialog without customizing it, is created for Any protocol. From now on it will be created for the protocol that appears in the notification. This change applies also for the rules created automatically for digitally signed programs when Low notification level is used.
  
• Fixed: The search from Connections Log works very slow compared to the search from Manage Rules.
  

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Windows Firewall Control v.4.8.5.0

Change log:
- Updated: Added support for grouping the duplicate rules in Rules Panel.
- Updated: Replaced all PNG icons with vector images which are correctly displayed on all DPI settings and all high contrast themes.
- Updated: The user manual topics were extended.

Note that the installer size was increased because the .chm file is also packed into the installer.

New translation string:
52 = Count

Download location: http://binisoft.org/download/wfc4setup.exe
SHA1: a16e1c45fa52b27a1611e672ed18c34954add0ea
SHA256: 25f547f2fb6fd9a5d0c96ff638100427c31aea62b9ee4bcd8cb70d28cee9586f

The search for duplicate rules is made on the following columns: Program, Location, Action, Direction, Local addresses, Local ports, Remote ports, Remote addresses, Protocol, Service, Edge traversal, ICMP settings, Interface types. The following columns are not taken into consideration during the search: Name, Group, Description, Enabled. The results contain only the rules for which at least two similar rules were found.

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Windows Firewall Control v.4.8.6.0

Change log:
- Fixed: The check of files on VirusTotal doesn't work anymore because the online provider accepts now only lowercase SHA256 hashes instead of uppercase.
- Updated: Added context sensitive help based on the selected tab in Main Panel and based on the focused window or dialog. Just use the F1 key almost anywhere to find useful information.
- Updated: The user manual topics were extended with new topics.

Note that the installer size was increased because the .chm file is also packed into the installer.

Download location: http://binisoft.org/download/wfc4setup.exe
SHA1: da9a949a602b127f8e08554cfa5eb8cabbc07776
SHA256: d27bd5deed48239c7afad5210ff528e4dea3924e60742c5ac66a796d1925de4f

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What's new in version 4.8.8.0 (24.10.2016)

- Improved: "Add to group" from Rules Panel contains now, besides the group names of
the existing firewall rules, also the authorized group names.
- Improved: The dialog that confirms if a new rule was created from Shell Integration
was restored and will be displayed again.
- Improved: The logging was extended for better debugging.
- Fixed: "Click to allow/block" dialog can be resized even if it shouldn't.
- Fixed: In some circumstances, the installer may give an InvalidDataException during
the installation on Windows 10.
- Updated: The user manual was updated to reflect the new changes.

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Windows Firewall Control v.4.9.0.0

Change log:
- Updated: The notifications system was redesigned in order to allow defining exceptions. The High notification level was removed since the new notifications system can be configured to achieve the same results. The existing modes were renamed.
- Fixed: In Properties dialog, the local addresses field should not accept custom keywords like the remote addresses field since this is not allowed not even from WFwAS.
- Fixed: In Properties dialog it is not possible to select "Services only". Opening such a rule result in an empty selection in Services combo box.
- Fixed: Duplicate authorized group names can be added if the case is changed.
- Updated: The user manual was updated to reflect the new changes.

Download location: http://binisoft.org/download/wfc4setup.exe
SHA1: 766c3f54f9679a5e47e911b77829a1497935e9cd
SHA256: 31b1827bcca2d684dc65405cd7e64799660f705d2d88981827e07dc2a1fbdaf0

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Windows Firewall Control v.4.9.1.0

Change log:
- New: Added "Freeze first column" option in the header context menu of Rules Panel and Connections Log. When enabled, it will always keep the first column visible.
- Updated: When Secure Rules is set to disable unauthorized rules, WFC will automatically disable these rules and will add the "U - " prefix to the rule name. The group name is not changed anymore and the "Unauthorized Rules" group was removed.

A note here: Changing the rule name is a better approach than changing the group name because some functionalities of the operating system are achieved by enabling/disabling a specific group name. If the group name is changed then this would not work.

- Fixed: Secure Rules delay when removing/disabling inbound rules with Edge Traversal set to "Defer to user".
- Updated: The user manual was updated to reflect the new changes.

Download location: http://binisoft.org/download/wfc4setup.exe
SHA1: 1fbd1f0c6a29646955655f38157fff4e3e84d198
SHA256: 9c56610f265c196988cbb7b458514d7f012d794113df0a4a5572a95c11c4be0c

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Windows Firewall Control v.4.9.2.0

Change log:
- Fixed: At uninstallation the "Program Compatibility Assistant" is displayed. The code was updated to avoid displaying this for WFC installer/uninstaller.
- Fixed: After last update, the columns visibility is not remembered after reopening the Rules Panel or Connections Log.


Download location: http://binisoft.org/download/wfc4setup.exe
SHA1: aea6d88fedfd6aa4121d9d7ea385da52a9f0f5b7
SHA256: 2a37c79dec9891705db6fb269981d5ad178217beb40257dcd6dec2ffb6628341

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Windows Firewall Control v.4.9.3.0

Change log:
- Updated: 'Start automatically at user logon' is made now through Windows Registry instead of the shortcut in 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup' folder.
- Fixed: Importing policies from network shares does not work. The same applies when exporting a partial or a full policy is made on a network location.
- Fixed: In Connections Log, 'Local' has the meaning of 'Source' and the 'Remote' has the meaning of 'Destination'. In Connections Log, Local Ports/Addresses were renamed to Source Port/Address and Remote Ports/Addresses were renamed to Destination Port/Address.
- Updated: The user manual was updated to reflect the new changes.
Download location: http://binisoft.org/download/wfc4setup.exe
SHA1: e4af240d037e5baf7ad20b64d245bc45407e6be3
SHA256: ea8471a54cfa9f55499409753e0c8ca22c83ca34f11acde9886d17b17755d0a9

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Windows Firewall Control v.4.9.4.0

Change log:
- New: The context menu of Rules Panel has a new entry named "Authorize group". This will add the group of the selected rule in the authorized groups list and will enable the rule.
- Fixed: In Connections Log, for inbound connections, the Source and Destination IP addresses are swapped.
- Updated: The copyright info still display year 2016 instead of 2017.


Download location: http://binisoft.org/download/wfc4setup.exe
SHA1: 841722a6f87e6d9c76c51f07cad4f7bd25a69b92
SHA256: b61485bf096bed52e465bb797f65bd441ea5590d631655a224d648410ae9af24