I will be installing win 7 32bit in a few days and have a question. I will want to filter inbound & outbound. For inbound is there a selection for "Block all except programs that I have allowed"? If so, with this in place are you notified of blocked programs?
As long as you have the notification set to "notify me when windows firewall blocks a new program." but that will be for inbound only.
try this, is simple & free http://wokhan.online.fr/progs.php?sec=WFN give you outbound allert with allow or block choice for all programs are not previously set to go out on FW rules
first versions have this issue, but now developer increase WFN and it works quite good For me the best is make Windows Firewall Rules (there is a thread here concerning how to) and then install WFN
version 1.3 no, only popup on screen if some program try to go out Previous versions had a little icon on tray but only when some program goes outbound it is simple and pratically zero impact on cpu or ram use
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this program looks like it lets you know when a inbound connection is needed.
Yes, I see it does outbound. At his site it says "•Enables the default Windows firewall inbound connection notification" also.
Yes. It enables this option If you don't have tick "show inbound connection notification" in windows firewall. When a program needs inbound connection, Windows shows popup itself, not windows firewall notifier.
I use WFC but yesterday i decided to try WFN to see the difference between the two. When starting/restarting all internet software(And those that need to check for updates.) i got quit a few pop ups. That was of course to be expected so that is not the problem i hat with it. Now up front i admit it could be i did something wrong or misunderstood how it works, but according to this... If i understand it correctly then after you first double click the start file from WFN to start WFN then double clicking it again should open the menu that can be seen on the screenshot on their website correct? But that did not happen when i tried it, i kept getting some kind of error messages 3 or 4 times and that was it? I could see in the advanced menu from the firewall that the rules for the programs where made, so it appeared that was working correctly. Did i do something wrong or did i misunderstood or is that menu only present in a paid/donate version? I reverted back to a snapshot from before i installed WFN so i am using WFC again. (Which is also good. ) Also does WFN start up automatically When i boot up my computer?
It happened to me either. I couldn't open config, it was crashing. It creates event in Task Scheduler when you execute it first time. I removed that event from task scheduler and removed folder completely. I extracted the zip file in "Program files\WFN" folder and activated it again after reboot. Rebooted again and i could reach config. window. It works good so far.
Well i still do not get that console shown in the picture on their website, but it seems to be working otherwise. So if i should want/need to delete/change a rule then i will do so through the advanced settings in the Windows 7 Firewall itself.
