Private Winten - Open Source Windows 10 privacy tool with built in Firewall

Finally a new build it features major internal rework in project structure for better maintainability and a reworked IPC mechanism for better performance. It also adds a powerful new feature "Control Presets" With those you can control groups of options (tweaks and firewall rules) from the tray or from its new preset page.

For example you could create a preset "Windows Store" that would enable the windows store GPO, enable required the msft account service and allow the store app to access the internet.
Or you could create a "Windows Update" preset that enables windows updates and sets the appropriate firewall rules
or or or... its up to the user to define those presets but in a later build some useful defaults will be offered.

Download: https://github.com/DavidXanatos/priv10/releases/tag/v0.80

Changelog
Added

• added a few more tweaks
• added new preset control mechanism

Changed

• All microsoft binaries under System32 are now classifyed as system components (not only services and kernel)
• moved shared code to a helper library
• splited the project in separated UI and service components
• reingeniered the IPC mechanism for better performance
• notification window now displays all changed rules also those that changed when the client wasn't running
• reworked client start

Fixed

• list sometimes opening in the wron mode
• fixed issue with program and program set description resolvationo
• fixed some crash issues

 

Hi David

Will you be releasing a portable version of the build, as per previous builds, or is the way forward now only via an installed version?

Regards, Baldrick

 

The installer has an extract option that creates a portable version in the selected folder, I thought that's good enough

 

Thank you, David...I had not spotted that option as in the past I have used the portable/ZIP version.

Regards, Baldrick

 

Finalized 0.81 release with m any fixes and improvements

Download: https://github.com/DavidXanatos/priv10/releases/tag/v0.81

Changelog
Added

• added a few for windows update
• added tray options to change filterming mode
• added rule status column

Changed

• when adding a rule from the notify window the rule window is also topmost
• notify window now also shows allowed connection attempts when in blacklist mode

Fixed

• added service update to installer
• fixed rule list not being updated in fulscreen mode
• fixed some new issues with the IPC mechanism

 

That doesn't seem to be working here. Extract completes very (too?) quickly, and .exe stays on v0.80.

 

please try the 0.82 build, with 0.81 I managed to forget to increment the version number ups

 

Bugfix and improvements release 0.82

Download: https://github.com/DavidXanatos/priv10/releases/tag/v0.82

Changelog

Added

• added option to quickly add (pin) firewall prog sets to presets
• added option to quickly add (pin) tweak groups to presets
• added flasching exclamation mark to tray icon to indicate there are pending notifications
• added tweaks to disable app auto installation

Fixed

• fixed issue with port ranges in firewall rules thanks@ SnikoLoft
• fixed issue with saving preset items
• fixed issue with notification window position being reset sometimes

 

OK thanks David, that worked now.

 

Hotfix for a critical resource leak that leads to the UI crashing after some time

Download: https://github.com/DavidXanatos/priv10/releases/tag/v0.82b

 

This build brings many usability improvements and fixes many issues, but it also contains large changes to the underlying mechanisms so it may have introduced new issues.

Download: https://github.com/DavidXanatos/priv10/releases/tag/v0.83

Changelog
Added

• added fitlering mode indocator to tray
• tweak change notification are not displayed in an own notification window tab
• added new access presets InBoundAccess and OutBoundAccess
• added rule hit counter
• added protocol filter to connection log

Changed

• cleaned up some old code
• now all new connection notifications can be discarded at once
• moved firewall API to own library
• refactored the code, improved IPC structure

Fixed

• fixed IPC issue with DNS blocklist
• fixed issues with programwnd
• fixed some app package ID's not being resolved
• fixed high cpu load when sorting by program column
• fixed potentiel crash in GetAppResourceStr

 

@DavidXanatos, I just installed Private Win10 for the first time; thanks a lot for this very nice security app.

Anomaly: PW10 (0.83) Overview>Firewall Status says Windows Firewall 'Disabled'? - Win10 reports it to be 'Enabled'.

Question: Is there any kind of User Guide (i.e., 'Help') to better understand the various settings (choices)?

 

This build brings many usability improvements and new functionality, like more detailed network access control, and rule cleanup options. This build also fixes many issues.

Download: https://github.com/DavidXanatos/priv10/releases/tag/v0.84

Changelog
Added

• added duplicate rule cleanup option
  
  
• added support for loading modern app package icons
  
  
• added default service icon
  

Changed

• refactored some helper functions
  

Fixed

• improved verbose view sorting performance
  
  
• fixed issue prematurly closing the notification window
  
  
• fixed version numbering on service exe and api dll
  
  
• fixed crash bug in ruls comperation helper
  
  
• fixed handling issue with RibbonSplitButton
  
  
• fixed crash issue with presets fw rule sync
  
  
• fixed tray exclamation mark sometimes blinking unnececerly
  

 

That's strange do you have a screen shot?

Unfortunately no user guide yet.

 

David, I have the same issue as pvsurfer, so which specific screens would you like me to capture and provide to you?

 

screenshot fo the overview page and the settings page

 

@DavidXanatos - Here are 2 screen snips. The PW10 snip shows Windows Firewall disabled while the Windows Firewall Settings snip shows it enabled. Let me know if you need anything else.

 

David, at this time I'm unable to oblige with the screen shots because of a security problem with PrivateWin10. I had a problem installing 0.84 so I decided to uninstall 0.83 and try installing 0.84 again. This time I received an alert to the effect that Windows Defender considers 0.84 to be a severe threat! While this may be a false positive, it still should be remediated.

However, I can confirm that pvsurfer's screen shots (above) reflect what I experienced when 0.83 was installed.

 

Here are the virus total results for booth builds:
**VT results removed as per Terms of Service
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thr...otti-virus-total-results.180057/#post-1040840
as you see MSFT defender shouldn't complain
can you check if your file matches the 0.84 one.

@pvsurfer
ah I see, Ok I should change that, the means that Priv10 is not managing the firewall but not that's completely off
you need to enable toe firewall support on the settings page.

 

David, I realized it was likely an FP - as I alluded to in my prior post. However, a great many if not most Win10 users have Defender's real time threat detection enabled, so FP or not I believe this problem should be addressed in your next build. And yes, Defender's intervention occurred with 0.84, not with 0.83.

 

There are only minor changes so there is nothing I could address, just hope that an other few minor changes will fix the issue.

 

@DavidXanatos, a couple of posts re Private Win10 in the WiseVector StopX thread may be of interest to you...

 

Hello
Are there any restrictions on the program when it is used as Personal Use? The dns feature is now disabled for me.

 

Anyone have experience regarding the privacy settings of this program, does it keep them after a Windows update? Ms has a bad habit of changing them now and then.

Any thoughts about the use of it, i just installed it and it looks promising. I have used Evorim firewall for a while and are very satisfied with it`s functionality.

 

Hi D.S.

Are you still developing Private Win10?
Can you explain how Customconfig works?