BiniSoft Windows Firewall Control
A powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall and provides new extra features which makes Windows Firewall better.
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
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Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool that extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides new extra features that make Windows Firewall better. It runs in the system tray and allows the user to control the native firewall easily without having to waste time navigating to specific parts of the firewall. Windows Firewall Control offers four filtering modes that can be readily activated:
- High Filtering - All outbound and inbound connections are blocked. This profile 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 allow initiating outbound connections.
- No Filtering - Windows Firewall is turned off. Avoid using this setting unless you have another firewall running on your computer.
- High Filtering - All outbound and inbound connections are blocked. This profile 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 allow initiating outbound connections.
- No Filtering - Windows Firewall is turned off. Avoid using this setting unless you have another firewall running on your computer.
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Windows: Requires Windows 7 or later, Server 2016, Server 2012. Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5 or a newer version.
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BiniSoft Windows Firewall Control
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Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about BiniSoft Windows Firewall Control, and it has gotten 56 likes
- Developed by BiniSoft.org
- Proprietary and Free product.
- Average rating of 4.2
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Its quite simple to use and I like how it does the popups for blocked applications etc.. Real light weight too ! I didn't really want to install a 3rd party firewall as the Windows 7 firewall works. Its just a pain to configure and has some weird method of only showing pop-ups for blocked items sometimes.
This acts more like an addon than anything else ! Helps you control that windows built-in firewall. I'm surprised this doesn't come bundled with Windows :P
Just perfect!
agree, perfect companion for windows firewall...
Reply written almost 9 years ago
The main problem with windows firewall is that is an absolute pain to configure. This makes it super easy. It even has a bullseye like mode where you can just click on the program you want to allow. A+ program right here.
In previous versions of Windows, there was either no native firewall supplied with the OS or what was provided was extremely buggy, insecure, and intrusive. As of Windows 7, the OS provided firewall was upgraded to be robust and secure but was extremely difficult to configure and manage.
Unlike previous versions, the native firewall in Windows is now actually secure and lightweight. But using it is so difficult for many people that it's actually easier to install a different firewall to replace it than it is to get the native one to work. That's is a shame, because that native firewall is very tightly coupled with the operating system, and is actually very good.
WFC is not a firewall itself. What WFC does is to provide a wrapper around the existing firewall functionality already built into Windows and provides a sane, usable, and much more intuitive interface to the native firewall. The benefit of this approach is that there are no compatibility issues and there are no performance issues.
A properly configured firewall should be secure, but something you don't think about, and don't notice unless there's an issue. With WFC, the native firewall in Windows finally reaches this level.
I can't recommend this tiny application enough. If you use the built-in Windows firewall, this application will allow you to take full control of it. The application is free but has a few things disabled in free mode. To unlock all the features and be able to have unlimited installs on unlimited machines, you'll have to provide a very small $10 donation. That is an absolute steal by what all you can do with this little gem!
Donate $10 to the developer and unlock this powerful Windows firewall companion! In my opinion, it's worth way more than $10.
My Rating: 10/10
Free and lets manually create rules approving or rejecting any (even system) connection.