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Fort Firewall Changelog

What's new in Fort Firewall 3.12.6

May 2, 2024
  • UI: Service: Restart clients on upgrade.
  • UI: Use RegisterApplicationRestart().
  • Installer: Remove unneeded "delay-start.bat".

New in Fort Firewall 3.12.5 (Apr 30, 2024)

  • UI: Portable: Istall driver on startup and uninstall on exit.
  • Installer: Portable: Don't install driver to system.

New in Fort Firewall 3.12.4 (Apr 29, 2024)

  • Process "-c prog ..." command line arguments by Service directly in absence of UI process.
  • Installer: Don't uninstall "boot filter" on upgrade.

New in Fort Firewall 3.12.3 (Apr 29, 2024)

  • UI: Support "-c prog add|del|allow|block|kill PATH" command line argument.
  • UI: MyFort: About: Add Download/Install buttons.
  • Installer: Add "/LAUNCH" argument (useful with "/SILENT").
  • UI: FortFirewall.exe.ini: Add "forceDebug" flag.

New in Fort Firewall 3.12.3 Test 08 (Apr 28, 2024)

  • UI: Support "-c prog add|del|allow|block|kill PATH" command line argument.
  • UI: MyFort: About: Add Download/Install buttons.
  • Installer: Add "/LAUNCH" argument (useful with "/SILENT").
  • UI: FortFirewall.exe.ini: Add "forceDebug" flag.

New in Fort Firewall 3.12.3 Test 06 (Apr 26, 2024)

  • UI: Support "-c prog allow|block PATH" command line argument.
  • UI: MyFort: About: Add Download/Install buttons.
  • Installer: Add "/LAUNCH" argument (useful with "/SILENT").
  • UI: FortFirewall.exe.ini: Add "forceDebug" flag.

New in Fort Firewall 3.12.3 Test 04 (Apr 26, 2024)

  • UI: Support "-c prog allow|block PATH" command line argument.
  • UI: MyFort: About: Add Download/Install buttons.
  • Installer: Add "/LAUNCH" argument (useful with "/SILENT").

New in Fort Firewall 3.12.3 Test 03 (Apr 26, 2024)

  • UI: Support "-c prog allow|block " command line argument.
  • UI: MyFort: About: Add Download/Install buttons.
  • Installer: Add "/LAUNCH" argument (useful with "/SILENT").

New in Fort Firewall 3.12.2 (Apr 22, 2024)

  • UI: Prepare Rules forms (Driver is not yet ready).
  • UI: Options: Edit Hot Key Shortcuts.
  • UI: Fix layouts for Arabic language.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.45.3

New in Fort Firewall 3.12.1 (Mar 14, 2024)

  • UI: Add Arabic language.
  • UI: AppInfoUtil: Improve version info parsing.
  • UI: Update SQLite to 3.45.2

New in Fort Firewall 3.12.0 (Mar 2, 2024)

  • UI: Option to try to start a Service on startup.
  • UI: Logger: Append to last log file.
  • UI: Tasks: Add debug outputs.
  • Installer: Add "qt.conf" to use GDI font engine.
  • Driver: Shaper: Rework packets processing again.

New in Fort Firewall 3.12.0 Test 1 (Feb 26, 2024)

  • UI: Option to try to start a Service on startup.
  • UI: Options: AppGroups: Auto-check speed limit on value change.
  • UI: Logger: Append to last log file.
  • UI: Tasks: Add debug outputs.
  • Driver: Shaper: Rework packets processing again.

New in Fort Firewall 3.11.9 (Feb 23, 2024)

  • Driver: Shaper: Tweak limit processing.
  • UI: popcnt is not supported by old CPU (MSVC 17.9 regression in v3.11.8).

New in Fort Firewall 3.11.8 (Feb 20, 2024)

  • UI: Options: Add "Default" button.
  • Driver: Enumerate processes on startup for "Apply rules to child processes".

New in Fort Firewall 3.11.7 (Feb 19, 2024)

  • UI: Add "--no-splash" argument.
  • Driver: Shaper: Rework packets processing.

New in Fort Firewall 3.11.6 (Feb 14, 2024)

  • UI: Speed Limit: Fix bandwidth value's overflow.
  • UI: Splash: Fade in/out.

New in Fort Firewall 3.11.5 (Feb 13, 2024)

  • UI: Show Splash screen on startup (Force Qt to populate fonts).
  • UI: Remove 'v' from version text.

New in Fort Firewall 3.11.4 (Feb 8, 2024)

  • UI: Options: Warn about deprecated App Group's Texts.
  • UI: Options: Schedule: Open Programs on double-click of "Purge Obsolete" task.
  • Driver: Fix new programs ignoring for "Ignore" mode.

New in Fort Firewall 3.11.3 (Feb 3, 2024)

  • UI: Scheduler: Add "Purge Obsolete Programs" task.
  • UI: Scheduler: Add "Run On Startup" flag to tasks.
  • UI: Options: Remove "Purge Obsolete on startup" flag.
  • UI: ProgramEdit: Show icon for wildcard too.
  • UI: Focus in menu widgets.

New in Fort Firewall 3.11.2 (Feb 2, 2024)

  • UI: Programs: Fix column descriptions (Regression from v3.11.1).

New in Fort Firewall 3.11.1 Test 1 (Feb 2, 2024)

  • UI: ProgramAlert: Show newest alerts, not oldest.
  • UI: Programs: Add "Review Alerts" menu item.
  • UI: Options: Add "Auto-Show Alert Window for New Programs" & "Alert Window is Always on top" flags.
  • UI: ProgramEdit: Add "Advanced Mode" button.

New in Fort Firewall 3.11.0 (Jan 31, 2024)

  • UI: Show Program Alert Window.
  • UI: Programs: Add ability to schedule Allow/Remove actions.
  • UI: Programs: Show app names to remove.
  • UI: Programs: Show app's icon in Edit dialog.
  • UI: Options: Tray: Add "Show Programs Or Alert Window" action.
  • UI: Options: AppGroups: Deprecate Text Edit Fields.
  • UI: MyFort: About: Set "Check update" button's tooltip as Last Success date.
  • UI: Create "FortFirewall.ini" on 1-st startup.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.45.1

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.13 (Jan 18, 2024)

  • UI: Programs: Add "Parked", "Scheduled" columns.
  • UI: Programs: Show Notes in Name's tooltip.
  • UI: Programs: Clear app's end-time on timeout. (Regression from v3.10.12)
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.45.0

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.12 (Jan 17, 2024)

  • UI: Programs: Add "Notes" field.
  • UI: MyFort: About: Show release text in scroll area.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.11 (Jan 16, 2024)

  • UI: Programs: Add "Parked" flag to not purge as obsolete.
  • UI: Statistics: Add "Options" button.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.10 (Jan 15, 2024)

  • UI: MyFort: About: Add "Check Update" button.
  • UI: Options: Scheduler: Use regional date format.
  • UI: Add reason info to "Restart Required" dialog.
  • Installer: Check allowed processor architectures.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.9 (Jan 13, 2024)

  • UI: MyFort: Add "Help" link to User Guide.
  • UI: Zones: Fix new Zone saving.
  • UI: Tray Menu: Hide on active app modal dialog.
  • UI: Show app modal dialogs on top of Graph Window.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.7 (Jan 11, 2024)

  • UI: Add QtBase translations.
  • UI: Programs: Native separators for FileDialog paths.
  • UI: Traffic Graph: Add "Hide on close" flag.
  • UI: Tray Menu: Handle mouse release event only after pressed.
  • UI: Bring window to top on activation.
  • UI: Workaround to show initial dialog on WinPE.
  • UI: Restart on profile drive's remount.
  • Driver: Use "HKLMSoftwareFort FirewallBootFilter" initial flag from registry.
  • Set "NetworkProvider" group to services.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.7 Test 5 (Jan 7, 2024)

  • UI: Traffic Graph: Add "Hide on close" flag.
  • UI: Bring window to top on activation.
  • UI: Workaround to show initial dialog on WinPE.
  • UI: Restart on profile drive's reattach.
  • Driver: Use "HKLMSoftwareFort FirewallBootFilter" initial flag from registry.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.7 Test 1 (Jan 5, 2024)

  • UI: Activate message boxes on show.
  • Set "NetworkProvider" group to services.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.7 Test 0 (Jan 3, 2024)

  • UI: Add QtBase translations.
  • UI: Programs: Native separators for FileDialog paths.
  • Set "NetworkProvider" group to services.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.6 (Jan 2, 2024)

  • UI: Programs: Add ability to enter multiple wildcard paths as one entry.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.5 (Jan 1, 2024)

  • UI: Options: Add Backup Export/Import.
  • UI: Options: Make "Explorer Integration" for user, not system.
  • UI: Options: Add "System Language" option.
  • UI: Speed Limits: Use bits-per-second, not bytes.
  • UI: IconCache: Check "./icons/" existence once on startup.
  • UI: Tray Menu: Set icon to "Quit" item.
  • UI: Fix unrecognized kernel paths handling (eg. devicemupvmware-hostshared folders).
  • Installer: Portable: Create "Data/" directory with user permissions.
  • Installer: Windows 7: Check for installed KB4474419.
  • Installer: Check for VC Redist x86 only in 32-bit version.
  • Installer: Skip OS compatibility checks on upgrade.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.5 Test 1 (Dec 27, 2023)

  • UI: Options: Add Backup Export/Import.
  • UI: Options: Add "System Language" option.
  • UI: Highlight focused tool buttons.
  • UI: IconCache: Check "./icons/" existence once on startup.
  • Installer: Portable: Create "Data/" directory with user permissions.
  • Installer: Windows 7: Check for installed KB4474419.
  • Installer: Check for VC Redist x86 only in 32-bit version.
  • Installer: Skip OS compatibility checks on upgrade.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.5 Test 0 (Dec 24, 2023)

  • Installer: Portable: Create "Data/" directory with user permissions.
  • Installer: Windows 7: Check for installed KB4474419.
  • Installer: Check for VC Redist x86 only in 32-bit version.
  • Installer: Skip OS compatibility checks on upgrade.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.4 (Dec 20, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Add ability to Accept/Reject Zones.
  • UI: Programs: Add "Kill child processes" option.
  • UI: Programs: Support Env vars in wildcard paths.
  • UI: Zones: Add ability to add addresses as inline text.
  • UI: ZonesWindow: Add "Update Zones" button.
  • UI: Options: Turn on the "Use System Regional Settings" flag by default.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.3 (Dec 5, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Add ability to add Wildcard paths.
  • UI: Programs: Add "Groups" button to open Options: "App Groups" tab.
  • UI: AppGroup: Use "wildcard search" for "Kill Process" option.
  • Driver: fortconf: Search by wildcard first, then by prefix.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.2 (Nov 28, 2023)

  • UI: Options: IP Addresses: Fix saving the "Include/Exclude All" flags.
  • UI: Options: Tray: Add "Maximum count of Groups in menu" option.
  • UI: Options: AppGroup: Add "Kill Process" option (always collapsed).
  • UI: Programs: Focus search-field on open.
  • UI: Programs: Add "Kill Process" & "Find" menu items.
  • UI: Rename "Restrict access to LAN only" flag to "Block Internet Traffic".
  • UI: Fix Windows 10 sleeping.

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.1 Test 0 (Nov 16, 2023)

  • UI: TrayIcon: Process system message's click asynchronously.
  • UI: WidgetWindow::event: Fix recursion.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.44.0

New in Fort Firewall 3.10.0 (Oct 19, 2023)

  • UI: Update driver on new device arrivals.
  • UI: Fix tables creation for programs' full-text search.
  • UI: Log messages to console in same format as to file.
  • Installer: Add "/UNPACK=" argument.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.43.2

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.12 (Sep 27, 2023)

  • UI: MyFort: Add "Uninstall" Portable button.
  • UI: Update SQLite to 3.43.1

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.11 (Aug 26, 2023)

  • UI: Drop excessive blocked log packets on slow machines.
  • UI: Optimize icons by FileOptimizer.
  • UI: Update SQLite to 3.43.0

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.10 (Aug 15, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Add ability to search by path and name.
  • UI: Options: Add "Alert Message" flag to show system message notification about new program(s).
  • UI: Options: Add "Use System Regional Settings" flag.
  • UI: Rename "Stop ..." to "Block ...".

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.9 (Jul 17, 2023)

  • UI: Fix "System" path handling (v3.9.8 regression).

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.8 (Jul 12, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Accept File Drops.
  • UI: Auto-install driver in portable mode.
  • UI: Add "-i boot_filter" argument.
  • UI: "no-cache" can't be used with service.
  • UI: Run scripts in minimized window.

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.8 Test 2 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Accept File Drops.
  • UI: Auto-install driver in portable mode.
  • UI: Add "-i boot_filter" argument.
  • UI: "no-cache" can't be used with service.

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.7 (Jul 3, 2023)

  • UI: Monitor services for driver.
  • Installer: Start program automatically after installation.

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.7 Test 1 (Jun 21, 2023)

  • UI: Monitor services for driver.
  • Installer: Start program automatically after installation.

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.6 (Jun 3, 2023)

  • UI: Traffic Graph: Fix crash after sleep.
  • UI: Options: Apply "Tray: Show Icon" changes immediately.
  • UI: Options: Add "My Fort: Auto-Show Menu" flag.
  • UI: Tray Menu: Fix Traffic Graph's checked state.
  • UI: Update main icon.

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.5 (May 28, 2023)

  • UI: Options: Add tag to language list.
  • UI: Options: Confirm Quit by default.
  • UI: Options: Tray: Animate alert by default.
  • UI: Programs: Refresh on app group's enabled flag change.
  • UI: Close windows by Escape key immediately.
  • Driver: Remove processes enumeration on startup.

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.4 (May 21, 2023)

  • UI: Options: Traffic Graph: "Reset to defaults" button added.
  • Driver: Existing connections are not closed during installation.
  • Installer: Check whether Windows version is 10 2004 or newer.

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.3 (May 18, 2023)

  • UI: "My Fort": Some controls moved from "Options".
  • UI: Reorganization of "Options" window.
  • UI: Added "Menu" button to all windows.
  • UI: "Options": Added "Purge Obsolete on startup" flag.
  • UI: Don't ask for a password if an open window exists.
  • UI: Updated SQLite to v3.42.0

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.2 (May 8, 2023)

  • UI: Activate already running instance, don't show a warning.
  • UI: My Fort: Show menu on activation.
  • UI: Update main icon.
  • UI: Add ability to use custom icons/ folder from current working dir.
  • UI: Programs: Rename "Purge All" to "Purge Obsolete".

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.1 (May 7, 2023)

  • UI: Add "My Fort" window.
  • UI: Options: Tray: Add "Show Icon" flag.
  • UI: Options: Hot Keys: Add "Global" flag.
  • UI: Show Traffic Graph when "Collect Traffic Statistics" is turned off.

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.0 (May 4, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Add "Kill Process" option.
  • UI: Fix "Collect Blocked Connections" functioning when "Collect Traffic Statistics" is turned off.

New in Fort Firewall 3.9.0 Test 1 (May 1, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Add "Kill Process" option.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.17 (May 1, 2023)

  • Driver: Fix SvcHost path checking (v3.8.16 regression).

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.16 (May 1, 2023)

  • Driver: Refactor processes inheritance handling.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.15 (Apr 29, 2023)

  • Driver: Fix BSOD when processes' inheritance handling.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.14 (Apr 28, 2023)

  • UI: Options: Statistics: Add "Alerted only" flag (to collect only alerted blocked connections).
  • Driver: Clear IRP's cancel routine before completion.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.13 Test 01 (Apr 25, 2023)

  • UI: Add debug logs.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.12 (Apr 22, 2023)

  • Driver: Expand kernel stack for workers.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.12 Test 01 (Apr 19, 2023)

  • UI: Add debug logs.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.11 (Apr 19, 2023)

  • UI: WorkerManager: Fix workers waiting on exit.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.10 (Apr 19, 2023)

  • Driver: Expand kernel stack for driver entry.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.10 Test 01 (Apr 18, 2023)

  • UI: Add debug log

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.9 (Apr 16, 2023)

  • Driver: Fix stability issues.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.8 (Apr 15, 2023)

  • Driver: Fix potential memory corruption on unload.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.7 (Apr 12, 2023)

  • Driver: Expand kernel stack size on startup.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.6 (Apr 11, 2023)

  • UI: Options: New Version: Fix download URL.
  • Driver: Reduce kernel stack usage to avoid BSOD on startup.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.5 (Apr 4, 2023)

  • Driver: Fix BSOD on shutdown/reboot (v3.8.4 regression).

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.4 (Mar 30, 2023)

  • Driver: Decrease kernel stack usage to avoid BSOD.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.3 (Mar 24, 2023)

  • UI: Load password from registry when "Check Password on Uninstalll" enabled.
  • Installer: Remove password from registry on uninstall.
  • Installer: Optionally remove config & data folders on uninstall.
  • Driver: Improve shutdown/reset handling.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.41.2

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.2 (Mar 21, 2023)

  • UI: Fix default options on clean install (v3.8.1 regression).

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.1 (Mar 20, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Group's name reflects its enabled flag.
  • UI: Options: Move "Filter Local Addresses" flag into "Self Protection" group.
  • Driver: Filter local addresses when Fort is not running.
  • Driver: Rework flows closing on driver unload.

New in Fort Firewall 3.8.0 (Mar 13, 2023)

  • UI: Add "Auto-Learn" mode, remove "Auto-Allow New Programs" flag.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.41.1

New in Fort Firewall 3.7.9 (Mar 13, 2023)

  • UI: Vacuum the DB outside of transaction.
  • UI: Options: Add "Ctrl/Alt + Single Click" tray icon events.
  • UI: Drop Qt 5 support. Only Qt 6 is supported for building the sources!

New in Fort Firewall 3.7.8 (Mar 11, 2023)

  • UI: Fix service stopping on uninstall with "Disable Service controls" option.

New in Fort Firewall 3.7.7 (Mar 10, 2023)

  • UI: Auto-restart service on termination.
  • UI: Options: Add "Disable Service controls" flag.
  • UI: Options: Add "Check password on Uninstall" flag.

New in Fort Firewall 3.7.6 (Mar 8, 2023)

  • UI: Blocked Connections: Fix list updating.
  • UI: Don't check password on Quit.

New in Fort Firewall 3.7.5 (Mar 6, 2023)

  • Fix the distribution: A test signed driver was included in v3.7.4.

New in Fort Firewall 3.7.4 (Mar 5, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Add ability to not collect blocked connections.
  • UI: Blocked Connections: Process storing in separate thread.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.41.0

New in Fort Firewall 3.7.3 (Feb 20, 2023)

  • UI: Don't reset password on Quota alert.
  • UI: Options: Statistics: Fix Quota changes applying.
  • UI: Service: Add ability to pause/continue client connections.
  • Driver: Use event to wait processes enumeration.
  • Driver: Abort bad flows on unload.

New in Fort Firewall 3.7.3 Pre-release (Feb 15, 2023)

  • UI: Service: Add ability to pause/continue client connections.
  • Driver: Use event to wait processes enumeration.

New in Fort Firewall 3.7.2 (Feb 13, 2023)

  • UI: __popcnt is not supported by old CPU.

New in Fort Firewall 3.7.1 (Feb 12, 2023)

  • UI: Options: IP Addresses: Add "Show Zones" button.
  • UI: Try to reconnect to killed service by timer.
  • Driver: Refactor for IRQ level to avoid Driver Verifier errors.
  • Installer: Use "C:Program Files" by default on 64-bit OS.

New in Fort Firewall 3.7.0 (Jan 27, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Load app icons in separate thread.

New in Fort Firewall 3.6.9 (Jan 26, 2023)

  • UI: Options: Fix saving regression.

New in Fort Firewall 3.6.8 (Jan 25, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Optimize app info loading.
  • UI: Programs: Swap "State" & "File Path" columns.

New in Fort Firewall 3.6.7 (Jan 23, 2023)

  • UI: Tray: Fix Zones opening.
  • UI: Options: Cancel button is enabled on change only.
  • Driver: fortprov: Fix callouts unregistering order.

New in Fort Firewall 3.6.6 (Jan 19, 2023)

  • UI: Options: Fix window's position/size saving.
  • UI: Options: OK button is always enabled.
  • UI: Tray: Make Options menu clickable.

New in Fort Firewall 3.6.5 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • Driver: Double check the closed state on flow deletion.

New in Fort Firewall 3.6.4 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • UI: Programs: Improve sorting by "State" column (Alerted programs are always on top).
  • UI: Tray: Change icon color on some states.
  • UI: Options: Save user.ini changes on OK/Apply only.
  • UI: Tray Menu: Move Options & Zones to Options sub-menu.
  • UI: Options: Add ability to Stop Internet when Quota exceeds.
  • UI: Programs: Add "Restrict access to LAN only" flag.

New in Fort Firewall 3.6.3 (Jan 13, 2023)

  • UI: Options: Add "Animate Alert Icon" flag.
  • UI: Programs: Rework State column for alerts.
  • UI: Programs: Add "File Path" column.

New in Fort Firewall 3.6.2 (Jan 11, 2023)

  • UI: Options: Remove "Dark mode" flag (auto-follows system mode now).
  • UI: App Groups: Improve speed limiting options.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.40.1
  • Driver: Rework the Shaper for speed limiting.

New in Fort Firewall 3.6.1 (Oct 15, 2022)

  • UI: The enabled "Dark Mode" is active, when System's theme is Dark too.
  • UI: Programs: Refactor "Options" button.
  • UI: Options: Add "Right Click" tray event and "Ignore" action.
  • UI: Tray: "Double Click"-s default action is "Ignore" now. (To immediately do "Single Click"-s action.)
  • UI: Options: App Groups: Remove "Fragment first TCP packet".
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.39.4
  • Driver: Check the device on asynchronous flow deletion. (Fix BSOD on shutdown/reboot.)
  • Installer: Check compatibility with HVCI (Core Isolation).

New in Fort Firewall 3.6.0 (Aug 12, 2022)

  • UI: Options: Add "Dark Mode" flag (Experimental).
  • Driver: Defer all TCP packets for speed limiting.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.39.2

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.9 (Jul 22, 2022)

  • UI: IpRange: Improve IP address parsing error messages.
  • UI: AppGroups: Fix tab moving in Service mode.
  • UI: Options: Validate IP address before saving.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.39.1
  • Driver: Fix BSOD on Win2016Svr RDP conn. (Refactor process inheritance checking.)
  • Installer: Fix creating README.portable.

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.9 Pre-release (Jun 7, 2022)

  • UI: IpRange: Improve IP address parsing error messages.
  • UI: AppGroups: Fix tab moving in Service mode.

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.8 (Jun 6, 2022)

  • UI: Add "Filter Mode", instead of "Block/Allow All".
  • UI: Statistics: Traffic: Fix "Clear All" to not duplicate active programs.
  • Driver: Add errors tracing to system event log.

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.7 Pre-release (May 12, 2022)

  • UI: Default User specific Logs path is "%LocalAppData%/Fort Firewall/logs"
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.38.5
  • Driver: Reliably wait for worker thread on unload

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.6 (Mar 19, 2022)

  • UI: Programs: Show time icon for auto-block apps (Remove "Bl." column).
  • UI: Options: Update app's group after removing.
  • UI: Use SetThreadExecutionState() to prevent OS sleep during events processing.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.38.1

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.5 (Feb 26, 2022)

  • UI: Programs: Fix app's auto-block time handling.

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.4 (Feb 25, 2022)

  • UI: Options: Add "Confirmations" box.
  • UI: Options: Fix initial OK & Apply buttons state on fresh install.
  • UI: Options: Fix empty App Group saving.
  • UI: Options: Fix new App Group saving in Service mode.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.38.0

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.4 Pre-release (Feb 24, 2022)

  • UI: Options: Add "Confirmations" box.
  • UI: Options: Fix initial OK & Apply buttons state on fresh install.
  • UI: Options: Fix empty App Group saving.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.38.0

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.3 (Feb 22, 2022)

  • UI: Programs: Fix manually adding a new program (Regression from v3.5.0).

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.2 (Feb 22, 2022)

  • Fix "Apply same rules to child processes" flag for root processes & services.
  • UI: Update translations.

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.1 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • Fix "Apply same rules to child processes" flag for deep nested processes.

New in Fort Firewall 3.5.0 (Feb 20, 2022)

  • Add "Apply same rules to child processes" flag to App Groups & Programs.
  • Driver: Support ARM64 (Experimental).

New in Fort Firewall 3.4.7 (Feb 12, 2022)

  • UI: Options: Add ability to set tray icon click actions.
  • UI: Update translations.

New in Fort Firewall 3.4.6 (Feb 10, 2022)

  • Add ability to filter svchost.exe by service name.
  • UI: Add Slovenian translation.

New in Fort Firewall 3.4.5 (Jan 30, 2022)

  • Driver: Fix 32-bit build for Windows 8+.

New in Fort Firewall 3.4.4 (Jan 14, 2022)

  • UI: LogManager: Fix log reading (Regression introduced in v3.4.3)
  • UI: Show "Portable" in window title.
  • UI: Update icons.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.37.2

New in Fort Firewall 3.4.3 (Dec 20, 2021)

  • Driver: Use Loader to not depend on EV certificate in the future.
  • UI: Add Italian translation.
  • UI: Update SQLite to v3.37.0

New in Fort Firewall 3.4.2 (Oct 7, 2021)

  • UI: Use QtNetwork for downloads, instead of curl.exe.
  • UI: Disable WOW64 FS Redirection for 32-bit build.

New in Fort Firewall 3.4.1 (Aug 8, 2021)

  • UI: Fix activating a minimized window.
  • UI: Fix password checking.
  • UI: ControlManager: Named pipe name is per user name.

New in Fort Firewall 3.4.0 RC 0 (May 22, 2021)

  • UI: Options: Add "For all users" auto-run mode.
  • UI: Options: Add "Run as a Service in background" option.
  • UI: Use "%LocalAppData%Fort FirewallFortFirewall.user.ini" for user specific settings.
  • UI: Options: Hot Keys is applied immediately now.
  • UI: Options: Move Statistics page to Statistics window as Traffic page.

New in Fort Firewall 3.3.9 (May 3, 2021)

  • UI: Options: Add "Logs" box.
  • UI: Exit gracefully on console close.
  • Move "Windows Explorer integration" from Installer to UI.
  • UI: Update translations.

New in Fort Firewall 3.3.7 (Apr 23, 2021)

  • UI: Programs: Fix multi selected apps editing.
  • UI: Add Korean translation.
  • Installer: Add French and Korean translations.
  • Installer: Check that VC Redist x86 exists.

New in Fort Firewall 3.3.6 (Apr 21, 2021)

  • UI: Use global settings from working directory. (See FortFirewall.exe.example.ini)
  • UI: Options: Add "Startup mode" option.
  • UI: Programs: Improve "Edit Program" form.
  • UI: Statistics: Fix "Collect traffic, when Filter Disabled" init.
  • UI: PasswordDialog: Add ability to unlock the password.
  • UI: Statistics: Fix app list updating (when app is already blocked).
  • UI: Update translations.
  • Driver: Continue filter search, when not blocked or allowed.
  • Update SQLite v3.35.5

New in Fort Firewall 3.3.5 (Mar 25, 2021)

  • Installer: Add "Add to Explorer's Context Menu" option.
  • UI: Update French translation.

New in Fort Firewall 3.3.4 (Mar 23, 2021)

  • UI:
  • Connections: Add "Add Program" button
  • Update translations.

New in Fort Firewall 3.3.3 (Mar 21, 2021)

  • UI: Tray: Show Connections window on mouse middle click.
  • UI: Connections: Fix state after rows deleting.
  • Update SQLite to v3.35.2

New in Fort Firewall 3.3.2 (Mar 10, 2021)

  • UI: Statistics: Add "Collect Traffic, when Filter Disabled" option.
  • Driver: "Stop Traffic" is effective, when "Filter Enabled" is turned on.

New in Fort Firewall 3.3.1 (Feb 24, 2021)

  • UI: Add French translation.
  • UI: Connections: Add ability to copy selected cells' text.

New in Fort Firewall 3.3.0 (Feb 22, 2021)

  • UI: Add Connections Window.
  • UI: Connections: Show block reason in tool-tip.
  • UI: Update icons.
  • UI: Traffic Graph: Stick to screen edges after dragging.
  • UI: Traffic Graph: Resize by dragging with right mouse button.
  • Driver: Log "inbound" state of blocked connection.
  • Update SQLite to v3.34.1

New in Fort Firewall 3.2.2 (Sep 16, 2020)

  • UI: App. paths of Programs window overwrite paths from Options window.
  • Update SQLite to v3.32.2