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[Anonymous]

Windows Firewall Control 4.0.2.8

New: Added a new "Reset sorting" menu item in the data grid header context menu for Manage Rules window. This will reset aany sorting on any column and will restore the default state without any sorting active.
Updated: The command parameters have been updated. Supported parameters are: "-r" or "-reset"
Clears the user settings (window size, location, state, columns order and visibility, filters applied in Manage Rules and the color of the GUI) "-cp"
Launches the Control Panel window. "-mr"
Launches the Manage Rules window. For a quick operation you can call the Run dialog and simply execute: wfc -mr
Fixed: Manage Rules window sometimes does not restore properly to the last state if the the window was closed in Maximized state.
Fixed: The validation rules for IPv6 addresses were updated and the rules that contain IPv6 addresses as remote addresses or local addresses will be valid when a rule is modified and contains IPv6 parameters.

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[Elvis]

Windows Firewall Control 4.0.3.0

- New: Show Password checkbox has been added to the lock dialog.
- New: The notifications are now disabled even if the program is locked. The
notification dialog will be disabled but a large lock icon will be visible to the
user to unlock the program. While locked, any other actions on the notification
dialog are disabled.
- Updated: The WhoIs server was changed to who.is because it has better results for
IPv6 addresses. With the old networktools.nl server, only the IPv4 were resolved
correctly.

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[OXYGEN THIEF]

Windows Firewall Control 4.0.4.0

What's new in version 4.0.4.0 (27.11.2013)

- New: It is now posible to export only partial policy files that include only the
rules selected by the user. Select some rules in Manage Rules window and use the
context menu on the selection. You will see a new entry named "Export selected rules".
When you will import this file, as usual, only the exported rules will be imported
while the existing rules will remain unchanged.
- Fixed: The new user settings are not saved until program restart if the user uses
the "-reset" parameter to clean any stored user settings.
- Fixed: When the user checks if a new update is available, the GUI is becomes
unresponsive. A new busy indicator was added to show that something is going on.
- Fixed: When restoring the default set of rules or importing the rules from a file,
the profile is not updated correctly in the Profiles tab.
- Fixed: The rules list does not refresh correctly if Manage Rules window is opened
and the user: restores the recommended rules, duplicates multiple rules at a time,
creates new rules for multiple files at a time by browsing them.
- Fixed: When loading the rules, sometimes, the reloading of the rules fails because
multiple rules have the same internal hash. Switched to Guid instead of Hash.

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[OXYGEN THIEF]

Windows Firewall Control 4.0.4.2

What's new in version 4.0.4.2 (29.11.2013)

- Improved: It is now possible to do multiple tasks at once in Manage Rules window.
While the data is loading in Recently Blocked view, the user can also search for
executable files in New Rules Wizard and he can also create new rules in Manage Rules
view. In the previous versions, while a long task was running the other actions were
disabled. Now, multiple long running tasks can be executed in the same time.
- Improved: The partial policy files have now the extension *.wpw. This will help
the user to identify more easily what kind of file he will import.
- Fixed: When creating a new rule from the Notification dialog, the newly created
rule is created for "All" location even if in Control Panel the user defines
something else, for example only Domain.
- Fixed: When using Recently Blocked window, after you create a new rule it is not
possible to create a second rule until you don't refresh again the list.
- Fixed: When using "New Rules Wizard", after the user browses for the folder where
to search for executable files, the search does not start automatically.
- Fixed: The result dialog indicates a successful action after the user chooses to
import a policy file, even if the file was not valid and nothing changed.

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[OXYGEN THIEF]

Windows Firewall Control v.4.0.4.4 - New Version

What's new:
- Fixed: Duplicate notifications are displayed even if there is a a block rule set to a specific protocol but custom remote ports or remote addresses are not defined.
- Fixed: The option regarding the incoming connections, named "Block all connections including apps on the list of allowed apps", which is accessible only from WFwAS, resets to "Block all connections to apps that are not on the list of allowed apps" when the user changes the Profiles in Windows Firewall Control.
- Fixed: When creating a rule through Shell Integration, the result dialog is not displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Fixed: When creating a rule through Shell Integration, the validation does not work and if the user chooses the same file multiple times, multiple rules are created. Now, if a rule was created through Shell Integration, the user can not create duplicates through this mechanism.
- Improved: New logging points were added in the software for debugging purposes.
- Improved: Code cleanup. Some parts of the code were simplified to improve the performance.

Installation notes: Just use the updater to update to the new version. That's all. There are no new translation strings.

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[OXYGEN THIEF]

Windows firewall control 4.0.4.6

What's new in version 4.0.4.6 (14.12.2013)

- Fixed: The full program path is not displayed in the notification dialog when the
user hovers the moue over the icon of the program that was blocked.
- Fixed: When creating a new rule from Shell Integration the result dialog indicates
that a rule can't be created even if it is created.
- Fixed: When creating a rule From Shell Extension, if the Manage Rules window is
open, the rules list does not refresh automatically.

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[OXYGEN THIEF]

Windows Firewall Control v.4.0.6.0 - New Version

What's new:
- New: Added the possibility to view "Recently Allowed Connections". The old "Recently Blocked" was changed to include the new view and a new ComboBox was added to select what to display.
- New: The "Manage Rules" menu item from the system tray context menu was renamed to "Rules Panel" which has now 3 submenus: Manage Rules, Connections Log, New Rules Wizard.
- New: Added support to "Customize and block..." in Connections Log.

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[Anonymous]

Windows Firewall Control 4.0.6.2

Changes in 4.0.6.2:
New: Added the possibility to set the "Interface types" for a rule, which specifies for which network interfaces the rule applies. The new field is available in the Manage Rules columns. If the column does not appear, it is probably hidden. Just set the visibility for it from the header context menu.
Fixed: Loopback notifications for svchost.exe and System are displayed when High notification level is used but there is no network connection.
Fixed: When all Columns are displayed in the Manage Rules window, the order and size for the last column is not restored when the user opens again this view.
Improved: The Manage Rules window is launched also when the user clicks on the Rules Panel menu item instead of only from the Manage Rules menu item.

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Windows Firewall Control 4.0.7.0

Changes in 4.0.7.0:
New: From the notification dialog the user can now set the Location and the Direction of the new rule that will be created.
New: "Customize and allow..." and "Customize and block..." operations are now available also in the New Rules Wizard view.
Fixed: When the Low notification level is used, the rules that are automatically created for digitally signed programs have by default set the Local Addresses property. This property should be empty.
Fixed: The dialog for "Customize and allow..." and "Customize and block..." does not open in the Connections Log view.
Fixed: The InterfaceTypes property of a rule is not saved in the partial policy files and this info is missing after an import of a partial policy file.

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[fluid]

Windows Firewall Control 4.0.7.2

Fixed: The Location check boxes and Direction radio buttons are set only for the first notification from the notification dialog. Any other notifications from the queue don't have these properties set.
Improved: When exporting a full or a partial policy, the default path is always the root folder. Now, the last path used is saved and reused on opening the file browser dialog.
Improved: Added better exception handling.

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[fluid]

Windows Firewall Control 4.0.8.0

New: The program icons were changed with more appropriate new icons.
New: When the program is in locked state, a different icon will be displayed in the system tray to inform the user about the active locked state.
New: The installer can detect if a 3rd party firewall is installed and will inform the user about this at installation time.
New: A new submenu was added in the context menu of Manage Rules window which can be used to import/export/restore firewall rules. These are the same actions possible from the Rules tab in Main Panel.
New: From the notification dialog, the user can now click on the Source address to display additional info about the local port that is used. The default browser will open and will display the corresponding page from the Port Authority Database from grc.com.
Improved: The text with "Customize this rule..." from the notification dialog will change now when the rule is in editing mode.
Fixed: Rules Panel context menu item from the system tray icon remains disabled after the user unlocks the program.

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[artoor]

Windows Firewall Control 4.0.8.2 (10.03.2014)

- New: From the Connections Log window, the user can now change which connections should be logged by Windows Firewall: all, allowed, blocked, none.
- Fixed: The path of programs are not correct recognized in the notification dialog for files located on drives A:\ and B:\.
- Fixed: Modifying a rule from TCP or UDP protocols to another protocol fails if the original rule has local ports or remote ports defined.
- Fixed: The Rules Panel windows is closed when the Lock dialog is closed. This should happen only if the user locks the program. If the user clicks on the Cancel button then the Rules Panel should stay open.
- Improved: Removed the topmost flag for the Main Panel window. Now it will not be displayed anymore on top of other windows and will have the normal behavior.
- Improved: Starting the program at end of the installation/update is now optional.
- Improved: The user can now choose if the notification dialog should be displayed on top of other windows or to behave normally. There is a new checkbox in the Notifications tab for this purpose.

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[fluid]

Windows Firewall Control 4.0.8.4

Fixed: Disabling the logging from the uninstall dialog applies only for the blocked connections. The allowed connections are still logged after WFC uninstallation.
Fixed: The icon does not appear in the system tray area if the connection to the
service can not be established.
Fixed: When creating a rule without customizing it from "Connections Log" or "New Rules Wizard" the direction of a rule that is set in the Main Panel is not applied correctly. Only outbound rules are created.
Fixed: The icon does not appear in the system tray area at program startup if the user has defined a custom notification sound.
Improved: The logging was updated to identify more easily the problems that may appear during the program execution.

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[artoor]

Windows Firewall Control 4.0.8.6 (20.03.2014)

- Fixed: The updater hangs if the user executes it from a standard user account and the program is running in system tray. The workaround was to manually close it first from the system tray icon and then execute the updater. Now, the update will complete even if the user does not close first the existing running instance.
- Fixed: The protocol is always set to TCP if the user modifies a rule from the notification dialog and the protocol is set to ANY.
- Fixed: The Manage Rules window remains always on top after creating a new rule from the options available on the right panel named "Create new rule". The same behavior was also identified and fixed for the Main Panel window.
- Fixed: After a clean installation the default notification level is set to Low level instead of Disabled level.
- New: The log of the installation/update can be now viewed if the user presses the F12 key when the installation/update is complete (the EXIT button appears).

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[fluid]

Windows Firewall Control 4.0.9.0

New: Install Mode. This new mode available in the Profiles tab will automatically revert a chosen profile after a given period of time if the user changes the profile and forgets about this.
- Fixed: When using "Disable the ability of other programs to add firewall rules" some programs that use Windows services can still create firewall rules through these services before the start-up of WFC.
- Fixed: The scroll position in Main Panel does not automatically scroll to top when changing between the tabs.
- Fixed: The automatic rules creation for digitally signed programs does not work with Low notification level if the file description is an empty string. If the file description is missing the file name will be used instead

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