Windows Firewall Control 6.20.0.0

Windows Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall. Also it provides quick access to the most frequent options of Windows Firewall.

It runs in the system tray and allows user to control the native firewall easily. Without having to waste time by navigating to the specific part of the firewall.

It is free to use. Registered users will get the advantage of learning mode which provides notifications for outgoing blocked connections.

Windows Firewall Control doesn’t filter any packets and does not block or allow any connection. It offers four filtering modes. You can switch them with just a mouse click:

Low Filtering. Outgoing connections that do not match a rule are allowed. You can block the programs you do not want to initiate outgoing connections.
Medium Filtering. Outgoing connections that do not match a rule are blocked. Only programs you allow can initiate outgoing connections.
High Filtering. All outgoing connections are blocked. This setting blocks all attempts to connect to and from your computer.
No Filtering. Windows Firewall is turned off. Avoid using this setting unless you have another firewall running on your computer.

Windows Firewall Control Features:

• Notifications of outbound blocked connections.
• Learning mode that automatically allows digitally signed programs.
• Intuitive user interface which is easy accessible through a system tray icon.
• Full support with standard user accounts. Elevated privileges required only at installation.
• Disable the ability of other programs to tamper Windows Firewall rules and state.
• Integrated support of creating, modifying and deleting Window Firewall rules.
• Multiple and easier ways of creating new rules in Windows Firewall.
• Lock feature which can disable the access to the settings of the program and Windows Firewall.
• Shell integration into the right click context menu of the executable files.
• Automatically display invalid rules for programs that do not exist any more.
• Possibility to find and display duplicate firewall rules.
• Merge multiple similar rules or duplicate existing ones.
• View recently allowed and blocked connections and create new rules from the Security log.
• Import and export of partial sets of rules.
• Protection to unauthorized uninstallation.
• Possibility to restore previous settings at uninstallation.
• Supports global hot keys and various shortcut keys.
• And many, many more.

Registered Users Features:

• Learning Mode which provides notifications for blocked outgoing connections.
• Search for executable files in a user defined folder and create new rules for the selected ones from the result list.

Changes in Windows Firewall Control 6.20.0.0 (2025-10-16):

• Fixed: Uppercase notifications exceptions do not work if notifications are disabled.
• Fixed: Secure Rules does not work correctly if any of the authorized group names contain the apostrophe character.
• Improved: Added extra locks in Secure Profile logic.

Changes in Windows Firewall Control 6.19.0.0 (2025-10-02):

• Fixed: Secure Profile is sometimes out of sync, it appears as disabled while it is actually enabled. Secure Profile reinforcement was rewritten to use events instead of a timer.
• Fixed: The service does a lot of processing when Medium Filtering profile is enabled but the notifications are disabled.
• Fixed: When using Learning Mode, if you manually delete a newly created rule, Learning Mode will not work anymore for the same app unless you restart WFC.
• Fixed: Rules from specific authorized groups list are not preserved by Secure Rules if the group name contains the apostrophe character.
• Fixed: While Secure Rules disables an unauthorized rule added from outside of WFC, it does not disable the rule if it was enabled from outside of WFC.
• Fixed: Importing rules may not properly complete if Secure Rules is enabled.

Changes in Windows Firewall Control 6.18.0.0 (2025-07-18):

• 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.

Changes in Windows Firewall Control 6.17.0.0 (2025-06-02):

• Fixed: Under specific circumstances, the installer does not complete the update.
• Updated: Auto check for updates is now a machine wide setting instead of an per user account setting.
• Improved: Added WFC version in the system tray icon tooltip.
• Improved: Added validation for invalid character | in the rule properties dialog.

Changes in Windows Firewall Control 6.16.0.0 (2025-05-27):

• Fixed: The installer is vulnerable to local privilege escalation.
• Fixed: When showing duplicate rules in Rules Panel, all Windows Store apps rules are reported as duplicates even if they are not.
• Improved: After checking for updates, if there is a new update, sometimes the new installer does not launch.

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System Requirements

• Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.8.
• Compatible with all x86 and x64 versions of Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Server 2025, 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012.
• Windows Firewall service is required to be enabled for Windows Firewall Control to run.
• DNS Client service is required to be enabled for the notifications to work properly.

Size: 3.40  MB

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