Windows Firewall Control from BiniSoft.org (Paid)

[Captain Awesome]

Thanks for reading, please feel free to give opinions below.Also you can give your opinion of this product in the poll above.

Please specify why you choose your rating on the poll.

 

[Petrovic]

2 stars - high system resource usage

 

[Captain Awesome]

In my test i found windows firewall control passed well and protcted me against network attacks.This is my personal point of view so i give 4 stars.

2 stars - high system resource usage

27.1MB only@Petrovic

 

[marzametal]

62MB for me... not fussed, got 16GB to work with... how many rules do you have in your list?

 

[Captain Awesome]

62MB for me... not fussed, got 16GB to work with... how many rules do you have in your list?

At this time i got about 450 Rules

 

[DJ Panda]

Voted: "I haven't used this product." Honestly to me a firewall is what it is. The integrated one is good enough and it should be anyway. Don't see any reason to buy this let alone change the settings.

 

[DJ Panda]

I agree lot of people should know the in-built firewall is good enough. Just need a good firewall control program.
This way you can save resources.

The default settings are good as they are.

 

[hjlbx]

Voted: "I haven't used this product." Honestly to me a firewall is what it is. The integrated one is good enough and it should be anyway. Don't see any reason to buy this let alone change the settings.

WFC is simply a GUI for Windows firewall; WFC is not a firewall itself.

 

[hjlbx]

The default settings are good as they are.

Windows Firewall default settings are good enough for a home system, but not for a laptop that uses public hotspots on a regular basis.

 

[DJ Panda]

Windows Firewall default settings are good enough for a home system, but not for a laptop that uses public hotspots on a regular basis.

Yeah I know that they are pretty much the same thing. I am a laptop user and almost never have to connect to hotpots in general so I am safe. What ever works for someone is good enough for me.

 

[Behold Eck]

It`s main function for me is it`s outbound request control which has been excellent thus far.

So I gave it a full five stars.

Regards Eck

 

[marzametal]

It`s main function for me is it`s outbound request control which has been excellent thus far.

So I gave it a full five stars.

Regards Eck

I agree, for outbound control, this app rules. It also helps when setting restrictions for users who make use of VPNs.

 

[Bitz]

hi,

WFC won't allow my anti-virus program to automatically update virus definition if its set profiles - Medium Filtering but allow when I set: Profiles - Low Filtering. The author recommends to use the Medium Filtering so I would like to know how to fix the update virus definition issue. anyone knows how to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

 

[SHvFl]

hi,

WFC won't allow my anti-virus program to automatically update virus definition if its set profiles - Medium Filtering but allow when I set: Profiles - Low Filtering. The author recommends to use the Medium Filtering so I would like to know how to fix the update virus definition issue. anyone knows how to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

You will allow your antivirus in the firewall. Problem solved.

 

[Bitz]

You will allow your antivirus in the firewall. Problem solved.

how do I configure my firewall to allow my antivirus to automatically update then?

 

[509322]

how do I configure my firewall to allow my antivirus to automatically update then?

WFC works like this. Upon first execution of a program, the outbound firewall alert is generated after the program has been blocked. Even though you select "Allow this Program," you sometimes have to close the program (your antivirus) and re-launch it.

You can enable Learning mode, launch the program, close the program, then re-launch the program.

Do this for both automatic and manual signature updates.

You can also enable the Shell Context menu for WFC, navigate to the AV signature updater process, right-click, and select "Allow this Program."

Finally, you can view the connections log, find the blocked AV, then right-click and create an Allow rule for it.

Windows Firewall Control does not create suspended firewall rules.

Read the manual. It's a bit unclear, but that is how the product works.

 

[Bitz]

WFC works like this. Upon first execution of a program, the outbound firewall alert is generated after the program has been blocked. Even though you select "Allow this Program," you sometimes have to close the program (your antivirus) and re-launch it.

You can enable Learning mode, launch the program, close the program, then re-launch the program.

Do this for both automatic and manual signature updates.

You can also enable the Shell Context menu for WFC, navigate to the AV signature updater process, right-click, and select "Allow this Program."

Finally, you can view the connections log, find the blocked AV, then right-click and create an Allow rule for it.

Windows Firewall Control does not create suspended firewall rules.

Read the manual. It's a bit unclear, but that is how the product works.

Forgive my ignorance but what is "AV" stand for?

thank you for the help.

 

[509322]

Forgive my ignorance but what is "AV" stand for?

thank you for the help.

It is acronym for Anti-Virus.

 

[509322]

The developer, Alexandru, is constantly improving WFC.

It is a very solid product.

Those that do not like it, generally don't know how it works.

Once you figure out how it works, it is a great little soft.

Where else are you going to find a very good outbound firewall notification soft for $10 - with unlimited installs and a lifetime license ?

 

[Bitz]

It is acronym for Anti-Virus.

I finally got it. LOL

BitDefender Update Downloader.exe <------- I right clicked this on connection log --- "Allow this program" and it worked.!


thank you very much!