Windows Firewall Control 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.

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.

Changelog:
- New: An Advanced options tab for the Rules tab was added. The user can now choose
to which location applies a newly created rule: Domain, Private, Public or any
combination of these three.
- Improved: Reduced the assembly size with 10% by removing obsolete resources.
- Improved: Various small code optimizations were made to increase the speed.
- Improved: The Profiles column from Manage Rules window was renamed to Location to
avoid confusions with the profiles used in the Profiles tab of the program.
- Improved: New logging items were added in order to find problems that may appear
on some computers.
- Fixed: Manage Rules window crashes the program on loading if the operating
system is not installed on the C:\ drive.
- Fixed: The program can't Exit if the service is not found and can't be started.
- Fixed: The activation system was changed. The updater can't update the activation
status anymore due to incompatibility between the activation systems. If you use the
updater, the program must be activated again with a new activation code based on the
new activation scheme. Please log in into your registered user account to get a new
activation code based on the new activation scheme.

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