Windows Firewall Control (WFC) by BiniSoft.org

I will give that a shot. Is it possible to create an allow rule for ALL ports on the local network?

 

Create a allow rule that applies to all programs (don't specify a program in it): outbound, ANY protocol, all ports, specify the IP address range of your local network, for example: 192.168.0.1-192.168.0.255.
It seems you can enter the word LocalSubnet instead of address range.
Enable Medium Filtering mode.

 

Seems even that isn't enough to stop all of the DHCP blocking. No idea what might be going on here.

 

A bit of text cropping here: Windows 10, 100% DPI, "Make text bigger" setting = 125 (obviously caused by this). Resizing the window doesn't help.

 

Noted. This is a new use case. I tested and it works with larger DPI where the whole UI scales properly. In this case, the text just increases the size but not the containers. I will see how this can be fixed.

 

Windows Firewall Control v.6.18

Change log:
- Updated: Revisited the whole UI to properly display when text size is increased from 100% at operating system level.
- Updated: Increased download timeout of a new version from 10 seconds to 3 minutes.

Download location: https://binisoft.org/download/wfc6setup.exe
SHA256: 0057e9d784e600d879e0df70d64587a846aab653274641393fdbc8e1092b7e06
SHA512: c2871c6f136be5e4597fc6ca8f61a8bae01c0f75e83057ad97e0f7249b596c040c494a77618f37290aee9c84594d560dda5bbda72743d5ee0a49a26088554870

Thank you for your feedback and your support,
Alexandru Dicu

@AmigaBoy It wasn't just the notification dialog, I had to update each dialog and window to make sure it displays properly with an increased text size. I tested to look fine up to 175%. I have no display available to test with a higher text size, but it should scale properly now with all combinations.

P.S.: I started working on dark theme support, around 20% is finished. There are a lot of code changes to support dark theme and it takes a huge amount of time which I do not have. But, slowly, it will be done.

 

Thanks a lot for this.

 

Many thanks for your continued work and instant fix of this minor issue. Looks perfect.

 

No rush, I dislike dark mode, take care while programming, that it is all readable.

 

It'd be nice if you could add an automatic light/dark mode, based on OS status. Totally agree that these are low-priority features.

 

@AmigaBoy

Yep, good suggestion, but only as option of course. It should be always possible to switch it manually too.

 

For me dark mode feature has been high priority since ages.

 

Hello, can anyone provide insight on reducing CPU usage and power consumption from the firewall service? It consistently sits at around 15% CPU usage and never goes down. Thanks.

Edit: I think I found it. It seems blocking things that generate a lot of traffic contribute to elevated CPU usage (basically anything that spams the log with attempts). I block a majority of outbound traffic for software that I do not need communicating with the internet, so I will need to figure out some more CPU friendly workarounds.

 

Notifications system generate an increased CPU usage if you have many firewall rules and a lot of blocked connections. Try to add the programs that generate a lot of blocked connections, and which do not want to allow anyway, in the notifications exceptions list. Another solution is to disable the notifications. This will bring CPU usage back to zero.

 

I've only seen this with one particular Logitech program, which attempted a gazillion connections per millisecond unless I allowed it (which I did, there was no alternative). Try checking the Connections Log to see if there's a similarly aggressive process.

You could also try disabling (if enabled) Connections Log/Log connections/Allowed connections.

 

What are the differences between WFC stand alone app. and that included in Malwarebytes tools (currently in beta)?