Windows Firewall Notifier 1.9.2.9 Beta

Windows Firewall Notifier extends the default Windows embedded firewall behavior, allowing to handle outgoing connections, and displaying (almost) real-time information about the current connections.
WFN requires Windows Vista or later (Windows 7, Windows 8).
Behavior - This application only uses existing Windows features, enabling some of them when first launched:
  • Enables the Windows embedded firewall
  • Sets the firewall to block both inbound and outbound connections for which no rule exists
  • Enables the default Windows firewall inbound connection notification
  • Enables the Windows firewall outbound connections logging (disabled by default)
  • Creates a scheduled task linked to the Windows firewall event log entries, allowing Windows Firewall Notifier to be launched when needed only
What's new in this version:
  • Changed the "single instance detection" code to something supposedly more reliable (and the code is cleaner and easier to understand that way, no more Mutex and cross-processes messages). It should help getting rid of the "omg there are thousands of notifier.exe processes trying to kill my computer" syndrome ;-)
  • Added an option to minimize the console to the system tray (check the notifications options)
  • The notification will now remember if you lastly displayed the detailed dialog or the simplified one. I think it's more user-friendly this way than using a dedicated option.
  • Some other minor tweaks.
  • Added a way to copy the information from the notification as well. Just right-click on pretty anything to get a menu (only copying is possible as of now).
Known bugs
  • If you open the console with an admin account (not the one you're logged in with), the settings (animation & alike) won't be applied for your logged-in account. This will be fixed in the next release.
Windows Firewall Notifier 1.9.2.9 Beta Windows Firewall Notifier 1.9.2.9 Beta Reviewed by Unknown on 4:13 PM Rating: 5

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