A powerful and easy to use tool that enables you to protect your computer from undesirable content by blocking the Internet access of selected applications
The Windows operating system bundles a firewall tool, ready to provide protection against possible threats that might have a negative impact on your system. Even so, it might not be enough. An application such as Windows 10 Firewall Control Plus is designed to add an extra security layer to your computer, permanently monitoring and analyzing the network data traffic in order to identify unwanted or dangerous content.
As most programs of this type, it acts like a filtering barrier between the protected computer and the network, sorting out the incoming and outgoing packets and blocking potentially harmful ones. Its goal is to prevent other applications from sending personal data to unauthorized sources.
Newly detected processes are analyzed and Windows 10 Firewall Control Plus prompts you for action (using a popup window and sound notifications), allowing you to specify the permission policy for each. This means that the initial access attempt of an application is automatically restricted.
Alternatively, you can manually add new programs to the list and specify the rules that are to be applied in every case (access to email, FTP, LAN, VPN, Web and more such so-called 'zones' for incoming and / or outgoing requests).
Windows 10 Firewall Control Plus logs all blocked events, enabling you to browse the stored entries and view the restricted IP addresses.
The protection areas (or 'security zones') can be easily managed by accessing the dedicated tab. Unlike (the free edition), this version allows you to edit zones and comes with an extended set of areas. Additionally, it supports port forwarding and can generate statistics related to applied restrictions.
Windows 10 Firewall Control Plus offers you full control over the network activity, protecting your system against intrusions. While having to set rules for each running program might be annoying and even exhausting, this software solution can prove to be efficient enough to worth the effort.
Changelog
8.0.0.9
The manual is pending.
Windows7 may require Windows6.1-KB3033929-x64.msu or Windows6.1-KB3033929-x86.msu WindowsUpdates (depending on Windows bitness)
Domains priorities are changed. There are priorities "AboveApps", Those rules are analyzed before all the other rules. Take care not to enable too much.
8.0.0.7
SetMode enhancements. Switching Mode:Normal <-> Mode:Limited may take time only.
Events/Address with hostname resolution enhanced.
DPI awareness fixed
Plus Edition: Import/Export/Reset/Manage from the command line. The keys are "import","export","reset","manage" (not available in Portable Editions).
The main panel screen position is saved for re-opening at the same location. Previously the panel screen sizes were saved only.
New UI.
Max rules per zone limit is increased. (agents must be updated, of the same version)
EventsPane/Filter allows filtering by the Program,Time,Zone,EventAddress columns
8.0.0.0
By-name/by-site filtering available as per applications settisngs, in Settings/All Applications and the Domains dedicated pane
Homepage:
http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/order.html
Download:
Basic (i386+x64): http://sphinx-soft.com/download/prerelease/Windows10FirewallControlBasic-Setup.exe
Plus (i386+x64): http://sphinx-soft.com/download/prerelease/Windows10FirewallControlPlus-Setup.exe
Network/Cloud (i386+x64): http://sphinx-soft.com/download/prerelease/Windows10FirewallControlServer-Setup.exe
Free Portable : http://sphinx-soft.com/download/prerelease/Windows10FirewallControl-Portable.zip
Plus Portable: http://sphinx-soft.com/download/prerelease/Windows10FirewallControlPlus-Portable.zip
Free beta testing keys found in this post (valid for the entire testing period and may be converted to a free perpetual license on the personal basis)
http://vistafirewallcontrol.freeforums.org/the-latest-betas-releases-t6.html