New Update Windows Firewall Control - Updates Thread

[brambedkar59]

No issues here, I use WFC on two laptops

I will try reinstalling in that case.

 

[silversurfer]

@brambedkar59
The same issue reported, Wilders Security Forums => Windows Firewall Control (WFC) by BiniSoft.org
WFC developer usually give users support there, just wait for him

UPDATE, He said:

Good catch. Yes, one event comes null during shutdown and I forgot to add a check for null before attempting to dispose a null object

I will publish a fixed version soon. Thank you for reporting this.

Windows Firewall Control (WFC) by BiniSoft.org

@alexandrud Since 6.13 @ shutdown: [ATTACH] [SPOILER]

www.wilderssecurity.com

 

[silversurfer]

Windows Firewall Control 6.14.0.0​

What's new in version 6.14.0.0 (04.04.2025)

- Fixed: During machine shut down, WFC service has an exception which appears in Reliability Monitor as Stopped working.

Download: https://binisoft.org/download/wfc6setup.exe

Version:	6.14.0.0
Date:	April 04, 2025
SHA256:	0fbf810c5d12ca863ceec5f390bbba1780cca4e877e1fb84e3bb801783950603

Windows Firewall Control

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall by adding outbound notifications and many other features.

binisoft.org

 

[brambedkar59]

@brambedkar59
The same issue reported, Wilders Security Forums => Windows Firewall Control (WFC) by BiniSoft.org
WFC developer usually give users support there, just wait for him

UPDATE, He said:

Windows Firewall Control (WFC) by BiniSoft.org

@alexandrud Since 6.13 @ shutdown: [ATTACH] [SPOILER]

www.wilderssecurity.com

Haha, it was not my machine, it was the app
I searched Malwarebytes forum in the morning if anyone has reported similar problem but saw no one. Thank you for posting this.

 

[brambedkar59]

Windows Firewall Control 6.15.0.0

- Fixed: "Allow Windows Store rules" checkbox from Secure Rules does not work.
- Improved: The logic that checks if a file is digitally signed or not was improved
for certain processes.
- Improved: In Rules Panel it is now possible to use "Authorize group" option on
multiple rules at once instead of just one by one.

Windows Firewall Control

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall by adding outbound notifications and many other features.

binisoft.org

 

[silversurfer]

Windows Firewall Control v6.16.0.0

What's new in version 6.16.0.0 (27.05.2025)

- 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.

Windows Firewall Control

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall by adding outbound notifications and many other features.

binisoft.org

 

[silversurfer]

Windows Firewall Control 6.17.0.0

What's new in version 6.17.0.0 (02.06.2025)

- 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.

Windows Firewall Control

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall by adding outbound notifications and many other features.

binisoft.org

 

[ProblematicPions]

Do you do anything about duplicate rules? Should they be cleaned up?

 

[silversurfer]

Do you do anything about duplicate rules? Should they be cleaned up?

Yes, I am removing them manually from time to time...

 

[silversurfer]

Windows Firewall Control v6.18

What's new in version 6.18.0.0 (18.07.2025)

- 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.

Windows Firewall Control

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall by adding outbound notifications and many other features.

binisoft.org

 

[silversurfer]

Windows Firewall Control 6.19.0.0

• 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.

Windows Firewall Control

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall by adding outbound notifications and many other features.

binisoft.org

 

[lokamoka820]

Windows Firewall Control 6.20.0.0

• 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.

Windows Firewall Control

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall by adding outbound notifications and many other features.

binisoft.org

 

[silversurfer]

Windows Firewall Control 6.23.0.0

What's new in version 6.23.0.0 (November 14, 2025)

- Revert: The new security checks implemented in version 6.21 and 6.22 were reverted
until a better solution is implemented.

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What's new in version 6.22.0.0 (November 13, 2025)

- Improved: Extended the list of locations which are considered safe in version 6.21
to avoid conflicts with Windows Defender.

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What's new in version 6.21.0.0 (November 13, 2025)

- Improved: Added extra checks to avoid malicious DLL injection.

Windows Firewall Control

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall by adding outbound notifications and many other features.

binisoft.org

 

[silversurfer]

Windows Firewall Control 6.24.0.0

What's new in version 6.24.0.0 (December 5, 2025)

• New: Added a new checkbox "Include beta updates" in the About tab. This is disabled by default. This will help releasing new experimental features for WFC enthusiasts.
• Fixed: Connections Log does not load the entries on some machines.

Windows Firewall Control

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall by adding outbound notifications and many other features.

binisoft.org

 

[Parkinsond]

What's new in version 6.24.1.0 (February 3, 2026) - BETA RELEASE

- Fixed: A low-privilege user can exploit a named pipe vulnerability to turn Windows
Firewall off or to clear the Security Event log. Starting with this version, only
reading data can is allowed without elevation. Any action that requires changes to
Windows Firewall state, firewall rules, settings, requires to elevate the tray app
process and confirming the UAC prompt. This applies to all user account types.
- Fixed: Learning Mode can be enabled from a standard user account.
- Fixed: 'Request elevation' context menu item does not update when changing the language.
- Fixed: Auditing settings regarding allowed and blocked connections are not preserved
after an update.
- New: Added Vietnamese language support.

Windows Firewall Control

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall by adding outbound notifications and many other features.

www.binisoft.org