Windows Firewall Control (WFC) by BiniSoft.org

I got one of those hashes from my exe and the other from the Binisoft webpage.

Ah I checked the Details tab and it shows it as being 6.10.0.0 but the filename says 6.11.0.0 hence the file hash. I think I got it from the softpedia link this time and I got it back in July from somewhere which might of also been softpedia as I tend to use that site. Softpedia shows the newer version number but their own d/l link is for 6.10.0.0. Problem solved.

 

@alexandrud what do you need to resolve my issues?

 

Could i somehow disable elevation for users without admin rights?

Bcs automatic rules creator in Notification area doesnt work without elevation....

And users cannot start apps that needs to be updates automaticaly, for example, discord

 

The logging is made by the Windows Filtering Platform into the Security event log. There is no way to exclude programs from the logging. It is all or nothing. If the Connections Log has too many entries, from the right side, change the Entries combo box to Last entry so that you see only the last entry of all distinct applications.

I need to be able to reproduce it. Currently, I can not reproduce it. If you switch the profile and restart wfcUI.exe do you see the new profile set? There are currently 2 reports from Windows 7 x86 where the profile does not update in UI until you restart the process. I wonder if this is the case too or if it slightly different.

As mentioned before, the last version which allows standard user accounts to make changes to Windows Firewall without elevated privileges will remain 6.9.9.1. Use that version and do not update WFC to a newer version. Below is the download URL for it: https://binisoft.org/download/old/6991/wfc6setup.exe There is no workaround. No elevation, no rule is created. It wasn't my decision, but since this guy decided to report this CVE-2023-36631, we should thank him for these "improvements" I had to do recently.

 

I have installed version 6.11.0.0 today, and I found that the keyword "LocalSubnet" in the field "Custom Addresses" of rule dialogue "Properties / remote IP" will not be accepted: The command field "Apply" will not be activated, so I cannot enter this setting! Otherwise I can see, that some of the automatically created rules contain this keyword.

What is going wrong?

 

Sorry, my fault: I entered LocalSubNet...
Capitalization is important.

 

I've asked this myself in the past. I know you have limited time and resources, but perhaps a "filtering out" option could be considered? The user would select which entries/processes are not to be displayed there. They'd still be logged of course, just not displayed. An option to add "filter out" processes, and an on/off Filter out toggle in the Connections Log.

Last entry is a good workaround, admittedly.

 

I think a better solution would be to filter out loopback and multicast connections. This will remove a lot of junk from the Connections Log.

 

Hi alexandrud, a happy longtime user (over 11 years now) of your software here.
Since the "elevated mode" button was added, I was wondering if you could add the button in the notification popup as well? That would save a few clicks.
Or is it possible, to add an option, to allow a specific "normal" user, to always allow/deny connections and add/delete rules?