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New: Added support to define custom URLs for checking purposes. Check the Options tab from Main Panel for the new options.
Fixed: Pressing the Enter key in Rules Manager changes the selection to the next row and opens for editing the next rule instead of the current selected one.
Fixed: The validations for local ports and remote ports that contain IPHTTPS, Teredo, RPC and RPC-EPMap don't work properly in Properties dialog of a rule. This allows invalid input and no change occurs when the Apply button is used.
Fixed: Can not duplicate or modify an existing rule if the local port or the remote port is set to IPHTTPS.
Fixed: The status of toggle buttons (Allow, Block, Enable, Disable) is not updated until the user changes the selection in the Manage Rules data grid.
Fixed: The Properties dialog opens if the user wants to export a full or a partial policy and then he confirms the action with the Enter key.
Fixed: IPv4 ranges are not properly recognized in Properties dialog. The override validation checkboxes were removed as the new validation rules should cover all scenarios.

http://binisoft.org/

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This will repair the Windows Firewall. The firewall is built into the system rather deep. And when the firewall becomes corrupt it can still block out side connections from coming in. Even when turned off. Also when corrupt you are unable to add any exceptions to the firewall. This tool is also a part of Windows Repair (All In One).

This will repair the firewall and get it working normally again.

Freeware

http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/repair_windows_firewall.html

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Schnellkontrollen für die Windows Firewall

Windows Firewall Control erleichtert die Konfiguration des windowsinternen Feuerwalls. So spart die Freeware eine ganze Menge Klicks auf dem Weg in die Tiefen der Submenüs.

Die Windows Firewall ist nichts Besonderes, tut aber gute Dienste. In Sachen Bedienbarkeit hat sie jedoch definitiv nicht die Nase vorn, ein simples Umschalten des Sicherheitslevels erfordert bereits eine vergleichsweise lange Reise in Untermenüs der Konfigurationsseite. Die kostenlose Windows Firewall Control platziert ein kleines Symbol in der Taskleiste und ermöglicht so die Umschaltung der verschiedenen Überwachungsstufen mit nur zwei Klicks. Ist eine bestimmte Sicherheitsstufe aktiviert, eröffnet sich zudem ein neues Menü. Hier fügen Anwender neue Regeln für einzelne Programme hinzu bzw. zeigen und passen vorhandene Regeln an.

Die kostenlose Windows Firewall Control macht die Bedienung des Windows Feuerwalls einfacher. Abgerundet wird der Helfer durch eine Import- / Exportfunktion, das ist besonders praktisch zum Übertragen oder Wiederherstellen der Einstellungen.

Freeware

Changelog

- New: Added new columns in Manage Rules for Edge Traversal and ICMP settings.
These columns are hidden by default. They can be displayed in the data grid but
they can not be modified from the Properties dialog.
- Fixed: Edge Traversal and ICMP setting are not preserved when duplicating a rule
from Manage Rules data grid. The same applies to the scenario when a partial policy
is imported from a file which contains such firewall rules.
- Fixed: Rules with no Group defined or with a custom Group are deleted when a rule
is duplicated and the "Disable the ability of other programs to add firewall rules"
is enabled.
- Fixed: The group name is saved with the English name if the user modifies a rule
which is located in a default Windows Firewall group.
- Fixed: IP ranges without CIDR notation are not recognized as valid when modifying
a rule. For example this was considered invalid: 224.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
- Fixed: The icons for context menu items in Connections Log and New Rules Wizard
are highlighted even if the menu items are disabled.
- Fixed: A new notification for svchost.exe is not displayed if a block rule for
svchost.exe for 'Any' protocol does exist. This prevents the notification for
Windows Update if the recommended rule for Windows Update does not exist.
- Fixed: Search does not return valid results if the Program is set to All programs.
- Improved: The searh function was extended to find results in the following columns:
Name, Program, Group, Local Ports, Local Addresses, Remote Ports, Remote Addresses.
Example: The user can search for '80' to see the rules defined for this port.
- Improved: Added "Jump to rules" shortcut in the Connections Log toolbox and the
other entries were added in the context menu.
- Improved: Moved 'User created rules' from Display combo box to Filter combo box.
This allows filtering by inbound/outbound for user created rules. User created rules
are considered the rules with the group name 'Windows Firewall Control' or
'Temporary Rules'.

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The Windows Firewall Console helps users take control of their Window 8 Firewall and it also is a full replacement for TinyWall.

It also has a very nice transparency eye candy look. This program also has a Windows Firewall Security Fix and is very Lightweight on your Computer System with Web Browser Security options. The user must first click the popup green shield icon for the Two Way Firewall Patch after that use the green shield to add each safe application. If you need to reset the firewall settings? Use the red shield and repeat the popup green shield icon button and green shield button process very simple.

This 100% Freeware product has a better GUI than Tinywall 2.1 and gives the users the options to change the look & feel of there Security Software and does not mess up stuff like Tinywall 2.1 Firewall policy rules on Windows 7 Firewall or Host file locking conflicts with any Antivirus program including MSE or Windows 8 Defender.

Freeware

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New features:

Windows Firewall Notifier (WFN Mode)
Internet Probe - Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)

http://blackbox.uphero.com/windows_firewall_console.html

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Atelier Web Firewall Tester is an application designed to test your firewall strength using a wide range of security tests. This will help you tweak your existing personal firewall software for improved protection or make a rational choice of a PF within the available alternatives in the market-place.

Freeware

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AWFT is now freeware.
A number of fixes for more particularly related to tests 5 and 6.
Compatible with the latest Operating System.

http://www.atelierweb.com/products/firewall-tester/

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RusRoute is a router and firewall tool, Internet gateway for you operating system. It is the ideal solution for making Internet gateway for local area network (LAN) of any firm, encountering and restriction of the traffic of users, protection against of network attacks with functions of NAT, redirect, dynamic shaper with conditional expressions, VPN server, proxy, LAN to VPN Bridge, DHCP servers, HTTP caches, HTTP to HTTP proxy converter, optional TCP stack replacement, captive portal feature, timed action and Splitters for rules, with advanced routing options.

Note: Free for personal, non-commercial use. To do this, enter the serial number
RR-0009-Free edition in About page and check the key. No key activation is needed.

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Optional simple ports protection by using multiply counters per IPs for firewall rules

http://www.rusroute.com/

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Whats new: >>

- Fixed: Rules created for digitally signed programs when using Low notification
level are created as block rules instead of allow rules.
- Fixed: Due to the fix for Edge Traversal included in the previous version, the
program does not work anymore on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
- Fixed: Connections Log does not display any allowed or blocked connections in
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
- Fixed: Ctrl + Alt + 3 does the same as Ctrl + 3, preventing users with different
keyboard layout to insert special characters in the search field in Manage Rules.
- Updated: The recommended block rules were removed. Too many questions regarding
them.
- Updated: The recommended rule for explorer.exe was modified to allow all
connections on remote ports 80 and 443.

http://binisoft.org/

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- New: Added a new button for creating a blank new rule in Manage Rules window.
- New: The URL text boxes from Options tab in Main Panel were changed with combo boxes. Where available, multiple providers were included.
- New: Action category with radio buttons was added to the Properties dialog of a rule.
- New: "Customize and allow..." and "Customize and block..." from Connections Log and New Rules Wizard were merged to a new "Customize and create" function.
- New: Added a new check box in Options tab to automatically set High Filtering profile on system shut down.
- Fixed: When coming from sleep mode, duplicate notifications are displayed for System and svchost.exe, even if there are allow rules that allow all connections for these two programs.
- Fixed: Result dialog after creating a rule from Connections Log is missing if the Connections Log is launched directly from the system tray context menu.
- Fixed: "Jump to rules" does not work from the toolbox button.

http://binisoft.org/

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Firewall App Blocker offers an easy-to-use interface to block or unblock certain applications with a simple drag and drop selection.

In Windows, you can set the Windows Firewall to block or unblock certain applications but it doesn't offer an easy-to-use interface for its advanced features, you may want to block a program from accessing the internet in the Windows Firewall to do that you must follow the following steps:

Click the Windows orb and open the Control Panel
Select System and Security
In the Windows Firewall section, select allow a program through Windows Firewall
If the program you wish to block or unblock is not listed, you can click the allow another program button to add it.

Freeware

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1. ADDED – Language support
2. ADDED – Exe Context Menu (you can easily right click any program and block it in Windows Firewall)
3. FIXED – Button design
4. FIXED – Some code improvements

http://www.sordum.org/8125/firewall-app-blocker-fab-v1-4/

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New: The installer requires elevated privileges only when the installation is actually done. It can be executed with normal user account privileges.
New: "Secure boot" was added in the Options tab. It saves the current firewall rules at system shut down, sets High Filtering profile and restores the firewall rules at WFC start-up. When this feature is enable, on system start-up the network connections are blocked until WFC starts too.
New: Added a new Copy... submenu in the context menu of the Connections Log window.
Updated: Added a new URL providers: ip-adress.com and tcpiputils.com
Updated: "Disable the ability of other programs to add firewall rules" was renamed to "Secure rules".
Updated: Recommended block rules are available again. If they are not needed they can be easily deleted.
Fixed: The color sliders don't not reflect the current color after reopening the Main Panel window. They show always black color in the Options tab even if the color is different.

http://binisoft.org/

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- Fixed: The new installer does not work on x86 operating systems.

http://binisoft.org/

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TinyWall ist eine zweite Verteidigungslinie hinter der in Windows eingebauten Firewall. Die Freeware kontrolliert den ein- und ausgehenden Datenfluss und blockt unautorisierten Datenaustausch.

TinyWall verzichtet bewusst auf Popup-Meldungen an den Anwender. Statt dessen arbeitet die Sicherheitssoftware mit so genannten White-Listen. Bis auf die wichtigsten Windows-Dienste blockt TinyWall zunächst alle Apps die eine Datenverbindung aufbauen wollen. Um eine Freigabe zu erhalten, steuert man die Software via dem Programmmenü in der Taskleiste. Hier editiert man mit wenigen Mausklicks die Verbindungsfreigabe sowie die Whitelist oder deaktiviert die Firewall.

Mit dem kostenlosen TinyWall verbessern sicherheitsbewusste Nutzer ihren Schutz bei Ausflügen ins Netz. Die Freeware sollte jedoch immer nur als sinnvolle Ergänzung zu einer bestehenden Firewall beziehungsweise Antivirensoftware angesehen werden.

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Support for Window Update in Windows 8.1
Add support for whitelisting executables on remote network shares
Increase service robustness by dry-run testing new rules before save
Allow selecting multiple processes when initiated over tray menu
Add uninstallation protection
Fix: Service crashes if backup of hosts cannot be found
Fix: If local network traffic is allowed, local broadcasts are still blocked
Fix: Connections window crashes if endpoint IP cannot be determined
Fix: Under some circumstances, controller commits new settings even if rejected by service
Fix: Wrong error message is shown if user tries to change mode while locked
Fix: Tray shows out-of-date lock status after service locks due to timeout
Fix: Tray GUI needs restart after service locks due to timeout
Fix: Service crash after merging a wildcard and a non-wildcard port rule
Fix: Hosts file not automatically updating
Preliminary Italian translation and other localization updates
Updated application database

http://tinywall.pados.hu/

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- New: Added support for defining paths of the rules with system variables.
However, the path of the rule will contain the full path which is converted by
Windows Firewall API. Is this now possible to define a rule like this:
"%windir%\notepad.exe" or "%ProgramFiles(x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
- Updated: If the wfcs.exe service is not available at startup of wfc.exe, it
takes 20 seconds to show the tray icon. Now it displays the error icon and retries
to reconnect. If the reconnect is successfully, then the status is updated.
- Updated: The user interface can now detect if the service is stopped by pooling
the service every few seconds.
- Updated: Logging was updated to offer more precise info when a problem is
encountered. Possible solutions are also provided in the log when an error is logged.
- Updated: Some parts of the code were simplified to improve the responsiveness.
- Updated: Some misspelled words were updated.

http://binisoft.org/

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Changelog

- New: The profile displayed in WFC is updated now even if the user changes the
settings from outside of WFC (e.g.: Control Panel applet, netsh or WFwAS mmc).
- New: The restore profile set in the Profiles tab is reverted now even if the state
of Windows Firewall is modified from outside of WFC.
- New: Added a new confirmation dialog when the user switches from Main Panel to
No Filtering profile.
- New: The tray icon will display a balloon tip if the profile is High Filtering at
program start-up to inform the user that the network connections are disabled until
profile is manually switched.
- Updated: Secure Boot was changed to only set High Filtering on system shutdown when
it is enabled. From now on, the user has to switch manually the profile at system
start-up if this option is enabled in order to enable network connections. The old
implementation had very unpredictable results and did not work always correctly.
- Updated: The logging was updated to provide more detailed messages.
- Updated: Event Viewer launched from the Tools tab will open by default the WFC
subcategory.
- Removed: The confirmation dialog that is displayed when a new rule is created was
removed. From this version, the confirmation dialog is displayed only when a new rule
is created from shell context menu.
- Fixed: High Filtering profile can not be switched off in certain circumstances and
"Core Networking - Block all inbound/outbound connections" rules can not be removed.
- Fixed: Temporary Rules are not deleted at WFC restart if Secure Boot is enabled
and the computer is restarted.
- Fixed: Last used path is not remembered when exporting a partial policy file.
- Fixed: The toolbox horizontal size is not saved when Rules Panel window is closed.
- Fixed: Multiple rules can be merged even if the selected rules are defined for
different protocols. This is not allowed anymore.
- Fixed: Properties dialog of a rule does not appear in the taskbar and if the dialog
is minimized, the user can't close Rules Manager from taskbar context menu.
- Fixed: When viewing inbound connections in Connections Log, if the user wants to
quickly create a new rule without customizing it, the rule is created for outbound
direction instead of inbound.
- Fixed: Uninstall dialog appears in taskbar but the dialog is not focused and the
user has to activate the window manually in order to see it.

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Whats new:>>

- New: In Connections Log a new filter is available in the toolbox. It is now possible
to display only the last entry for an application instead of all consecutive entries.
- Fixed: Rules created from the notification dialog don't have the Group name set.
- Fixed: Time generated column from Connections Log doesn't display the date and time
in the format defined on the local machine.
- Fixed: High Filtering profile is not set on system restart event when Secure Boot
is enabled. It works only on system shutdown event.

http://binisoft.org/