Windows Firewall Control 4.0.9.7-MightyJohn

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 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and Server 2008. 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 initiate outbound connections.
No Filtering - Windows Firewall is turned off. Avoid using this setting unless you have another firewall running on your computer.

√ Intuitive and easy accessible interface in the system tray, next to the system clock.
√ Full support with standard user accounts. Elevated privileges are required only at installation.
√ Disable the ability of other programs to add Windows Firewall rules.
√ Multiple and easier ways of creating new rules in Windows Firewall.
√ Integrated support of creating, modifying and deleting Window Firewall rules.
√ Lock feature which can disable the access to the settings of the program and Windows Firewall.
√ Shell integration into the right click context menu of the executable files.
√ Search for invalid rules with the possibility to delete them.
√ Search for executable files through folders and create new rules in seconds.
√ View recently blocked connections and create new rules from the logs: inbound and outbound.
√ Choose if you want the program to start at user log on.
√ Import, export and restore the firewall rules.
√ Protection to unauthorized uninstallation.
√ Possibility to restore previous settings at uninstallation.
√ And many, many more. Just try it out.

√ Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.0
√ Compatible with all x86 and x64 versions of Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and Server 2008.
√ Windows Firewall service is required to be enabled for Windows Firewall Control to run.
√ DNS Client service is required to be enabled for the notifications to work properly.

√ Notifications System which provides notifications for outbound blocked connections. Four modes available:
High - Display notifications for all outgoing connections that were blocked, including System and Svchost.exe.
Medium - Display notifications only for regular programs, without notifications for System and Svchost.exe.
Low - Automatically allow digitally signed programs. Notifications are displayed only for unsigned programs.
Disabled - Notifications are disabled.
√ Create temporary rules which are automatically deleted when they expire or on program restart.

- Fixed: Multiple rules are created for digitally signed programs when Low notification
level is used.
- Fixed: Rules with no Group defined or with a custom Group defined are deleted when
importing a policy if the "Disable the ability of other programs to add firewall rules"
is enabled.
- Fixed: Properties of a rule opens if the user exports a single rule and the Enter
key is used to confirm the save.
- New: Added new keyboard shortcuts in Rules Panel. Use Ctrl+R to refresh the active
data grid and Ctrl+Tab to switch between tabs. Also using Ctrl+{1,2,3} will switch
between the tabs.