Windows Firewall Control 4.0.0.0

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. This is the best tool to manage the native firewall from Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista. 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.

Features:

• Just one small executable file. All features are packed in the same file.
• Full support for executing tasks from standard user accounts.
• Intuitive and easy accessible interface in the system tray.
• Allow or block a program to connect to the internet with just one mouse click.
• Shell integration into the right click context menu of the executable files.
• Quick access to edit Windows Firewall rules directly from the program interface.
• Choose if you want the program to start at user logon.
• Import and export the policy of the program.
• Protection to unauthorized uninstallation.
• Possibility to restore previous settings at uninstallation.
• Check for a new version from the program interface.
• And many more... Just give it a try. Registered Users Features
• Learning Mode which provides notifications for blocked outgoing connections.
• Lock the current state of the program and Windows Firewall with password.

What's New:

• New: Options tab contains now a new checkbox which when it is enabled prevents other programs from creating new rules in Windows Firewall. In case of installing of a new program which wants to add a new firewall exception, just uncheck this option from WFC and the external setup can create a new rule, otherwise the rule will be deleted automatically by WFC.
• New: Right click on the tray icon will open a context menu from where the user can choose to open the Main Window, Manage Rules window or to Exit the application. The Exit button from the Main Window was removed. The only way to exit the application is the Exit menu item from the context menu.
• Fixed: The program crashes if the user chooses Cancel on the UAC message box.
• Fixed: If any dependant Windows service is stopped or set to disabled, it will be started automatically at start-up of the GUI (wfc.exe). The dependant services are: Windows Firewall Control, Windows Firewall and DNS Cache for the notifications.
• Fixed: Main window can be opened multiple times if the user clicks multiple times very fast on the system tray icon of the application. Fixed: Browse to block button from the main window does not support *.bin or *.setup files.
• Fixed: Application can't start because the same version is already installed and the filename is not wfc.exe.