simplewall - A tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform

[Av Gurus]

Funny, it only flagged x32 version, x64 is clean?
This is .zip file (portable).

 

[ForgottenSeer 69673]

Funny, it only flagged x32 version, x64 is clean?
This is .zip file (portable).

View attachment 182670 View attachment 182671

Mine is a 64 bit system and it got flagged. The beta that is. The released version did not get flagged. And it still won't run on my system. No notifications but I a, running the latest insider build.

 

[Mr.X]

@henrypp

Please feel free to continue posting updates here. Bit busy lately.

 

[ichito]

v2.2.2 Beta (26 March 2018)

• new update engine
• show full app paths in notifications when "show filenames only" is unchecked
• added grouping for apps with user rules
• added opening file properties feature

• cosmetics for the notification ui (issue #146)
• cosmetics for the apps menu
• fixed installer who does not removing profile backups
• fixed signature of apps cannot be checked at startup
• fixed dns resolution in some cases (issue #127)
• fixed various memory leaks because of icons resources
• fixed ui bugs
• fixed bugs

henrypp/simplewall

 

[henrypp]

v2.2.6 RC (11 May 2018)

Spoiler: Changelog

- fixed special rules does not change apps group
- fixed notifications indexing
- fixed notifications icon redraw
- fixed another dns caching
- fixed ui bugs
- fixed bugs

simplewall-2.2.6-bin.zip
simplewall-2.2.6-setup.exe
simplewall-2.2.6-setup.sig
simplewall-2.2.6.sha256

 

[henrypp]

Please feel free to continue posting updates here. Bit busy lately.

Bit busy too, half-year for beta test is normal things for me now!

 

[henrypp]

v2.2.7 RC (13 May 2018)

Spoiler: Changelog

- removed search feature (do not used by anyone)
- stability improvements
- fixed loopback blocking (adobe software now working well when you enable loopback connections)
- fixed singly linked list structure alignment for 32-bit
- fixed apps does not change sorting sometimes
- fixed apps does not change group sometimes
- fixed device changes notifications
- fixed bugs

simplewall-2.2.7-bin.zip
simplewall-2.2.7-setup.exe
simplewall-2.2.7-setup.sig
simplewall-2.2.7.sha256

 

[Deletedmessiah]

A feature request. Can you add the feature of blocking links via custom hosts files sources? It can be a nice ad and malware domains blocker.

 

[henrypp]

A feature request. Can you add the feature of blocking links via custom hosts files sources? It can be a nice ad and malware domains blocker.

no, use hostsmgr for it

 

[Deletedmessiah]

no, use hostsmgr for it

I just thought about using WFP methods to block ads rather than using hosts method. But if it isn't efficient than hosts method, leave it be.

 

[henrypp]

v2.2.8 RC (21 May 2018)

Spoiler: Changelog

- fixed device changes notifications (issue #128)
- fixed fullscreen apps loses focus (issue #178)
- fixed saving new rules (issue #179)
- fixed loopback condition flag
- code cleanup

simplewall-2.2.8-bin.zip
simplewall-2.2.8-setup.exe
simplewall-2.2.8-setup.sig
simplewall-2.2.8.sha256

 

[henrypp]

v2.2.9 (5 Juny 2018) (Stable)

Spoiler: Changelog

- added exclude custom rules from notifications feature (issue #177)
- fixed app does not change group when special rule was removed
- fixed sometimes netevents cannot be unsubcribed
- fixed ipv6 addresses loopbacks
- fixed thread event synchronization
- fixed special rules group sorting
- cosmetics fixes
- fixed bugs

simplewall-2.2.9-bin.zip
simplewall-2.2.9-setup.exe
simplewall-2.2.9-setup.sig
simplewall-2.2.9.sha256

 

[Daniel Keller]

Thank you very much. Keep up the great work!!!

 

[henrypp]

v2.2.12 [6 Juny 2018] (Stable) Updated #2

Spoiler: Changelog

v2.2.12 [6 Juny 2018]
- fixed win10rs4 netevents subscription (win10rs4+)
- fixed double race condition lock (critical)

v2.2.10 [6 Juny 2018]
- added feature to disable special rules group (issue #181)
- revert special rules highlighting
- fixed listview focusing (issue #164)
- fixed switching modes
- fixed reported bugs
- code cleanup
- fixed bugs

simplewall-2.2.12-bin.zip
simplewall-2.2.12-setup.exe
simplewall-2.2.12-setup.sig
simplewall-2.2.12.sha256

 

[henrypp]

another fix for win10rs4+

 

[Deletedmessiah]

I have a bug:
Sometime when you sleep or hibernate your device, simplewall stops working and crashes. It doesn't happen everytime you put or device to sleep or hibernate, only few of the times. There's probably other condition but I couldn't figure. This happens with version 2.2.12 as well.

There was a rules forgetting bug in older version, haven't faced in newer beta and stable versions, hopefully fixed.

 

[findallimageswithboats]

Does this firewall offers protection against other sources modifying the filter list directly? IIUC once you give administrator privileges to a program, it's over. I'm not sure if even WF shows the confirmation dialog if you use cmdlets, and I don't think WFP has any of that GUI stuff.

So maybe some way to detect changes not made by the app (aka doesn't match your own rules)?

 

[Yellowing]

While I really like the firewall, I found that it sends an alarming amount of data to a certain Server starting with 40.x.x.x
Now that I was looking at it with Microsoft Message Analyzer for a while it stopped doing that. Right now it only connects to anything if I request updates.(This time it's only "henrypp.org")
I only have records of it with process monitor. But there's not much information. Not even the IP. (Oops)
It does that many times per second with a payload of about 11300 bits over UDP

Can someone please look at it (Newest version) closer in a VM, with MMA running outside? I suspect it detects package analyzers.

 

[fredgo]

Perhaps I'm being dumb, but the skip uac option does what? Everytime I rebookt SW asks for admin privs, and the checkbox doesn't seem to skip this.
Does it truely need admin rights asking every time? No other firewall I've used did this - can't it be installed by admin and run without prompts every time?

 

[SHvFl]

Perhaps I'm being dumb, but the skip uac option does what? Everytime I rebookt SW asks for admin privs, and the checkbox doesn't seem to skip this.
Does it truely need admin rights asking every time? No other firewall I've used did this - can't it be installed by admin and run without prompts every time?

It basically starts using task scheduler if you select that so you have no uac alert.