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Free Firewall Changelog

What's new in Free Firewall 2.6.0

Nov 22, 2021
  • New features and improvements:
  • Big UI changes.
  • Windows kernel can now be released for network traffic.
  • Process monitor can be configured.
  • Changes and fixes:
  • Changes to the firewall rules are sometimes not adopted.
  • Applications launched from a network path could not be shared.
  • Antivirus programs could not get updates.

New in Free Firewall 2.5.8 (Jun 22, 2021)

  • Additional translation: Polish

New in Free Firewall 2.5.7 (Apr 22, 2021)

  • New features and improvements:
  • The installation wizard can now also uninstall the software.
  • Minor changes to the user interface.

New in Free Firewall 2.5.6 (Jun 12, 2020)

  • New features and improvements:
  • Cleaning up old program entries now shows the total number of removed entries.
  • Support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
  • Entries in the event list are highlighted in color.
  • Various enhancements to the user interface.
  • Changes and fixes:
  • Navigation menu decreased when a menu item was selected.
  • Tray menu in the notification area was sometimes not displayed.
  • Programs with internet access sometimes appeared in the program list with a delay.

New in Free Firewall 2.5.5 (May 25, 2020)

  • New features and improvements:
  • Revision of the translation: Spanish
  • Changes and fixes:
  • Unassigned events were displayed repeatedly.
  • The window was not minimized during the automatic start.

New in Free Firewall 2.5.4 (Apr 26, 2020)

  • New features and improvements:
  • Revision of the translation: Spanish
  • Changes and fixes:
  • The window was not minimized during the automatic start.

New in Free Firewall 2.5.3 (Apr 25, 2020)

  • New features and improvements:
  • Reduced CPU utilization
  • Improved cleanup after uninstallation
  • New function: Password protection when starting FreeFirewall
  • New translation: Turkish
  • Chinese translation revised
  • Changes in the language are now accepted immediately without restarting.
  • Reduced CPU utilization
  • The number of alarms has been reduced
  • Changes and fixes:
  • Export works again
  • Sporadically, some applications were blocked without being able to be released.

New in Free Firewall 2.5.2 (Apr 14, 2020)

  • Reduced CPU utilization

New in Free Firewall 2.5.1 (Dec 3, 2019)

  • 1621/5000
  • New features and improvements
  • New: Three firewall modes: Normal, Gaming, Blockade
  • New Mode: Blockade: Network traffic is blocked for all programs and services.
  • New Mode: Gaming: All notifications are disabled and games get network access.
  • New translations: Dutch.
  • New translations: Czech.
  • Applications can now be added to the list itself.
  • Window position is saved and loaded.
  • Bernuzteroberfläche revised.
  • Additional manual update search by button.
  • Software and processes run more stable.
  • Icon in the info area (tray) flashes on events.
  • Icon in the info area (tray) shows different icons for each firewall mode.
  • The sorting of the lists is stored across sessions.
  • Revised context menu for applications
  • Right click context menu for applications
  • New functions in the context menu for applications: start program, copy path to the clipboard, open directory
  • New: Temporary rules. Rules are reset after the next reboot.
  • New: Ignore events. In the event list and in the event window.
  • Lists of events can be sorted.
  • Applications can be shown and hidden in the list.
  • Lower memory consumption.
  • Translated translations.
  • Changes and fixes
  • Bug fixed in sorting list by rule.
  • List of events was not updated automatically as events were processed in the event window.
  • Firewall rules were not correctly adopted sporadically.
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New in Free Firewall 2.5.0 (Dec 2, 2019)

  • New features and improvements:
  • New: Three firewall modes: Normal, Gaming, Blockade
  • New Mode: Blockade: Network traffic is blocked for all programs and services.
  • New Mode: Gaming: All notifications are disabled and games get network access.
  • New translations: Dutch.
  • New translations: Czech.
  • Applications can now be added to the list itself.
  • Window position is saved and loaded.
  • Bernuzteroberfläche revised.
  • Additional manual update search by button.
  • Software and processes run more stable.
  • Icon in the info area (tray) flashes on events.
  • Icon in the info area (tray) shows different icons for each firewall mode.
  • The sorting of the lists is stored across sessions.
  • Revised context menu for applications
  • Right click context menu for applications
  • New functions in the context menu for applications: start program, copy path to the clipboard, open directory
  • New: Temporary rules. Rules are reset after the next reboot.
  • New: Ignore events. In the event list and in the event window.
  • Lists of events can be sorted.
  • Applications can be shown and hidden in the list.
  • Lower memory consumption.
  • Changes and fixes:
  • Bug fixed in sorting list by rule.
  • List of events was not updated automatically as events were processed in the event window.
  • Firewall rules were not correctly adopted sporadically.
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New in Free Firewall 2.4.3 (Aug 23, 2019)

  • New features and improvements
  • New translations: Russian.
  • New translations: Italian.
  • New option: Clicking on the FreeFirewall icon in the notification area opens the event window.
  • Changes and fixes
  • Option to remove obsolete entries did not work sporadically.

New in Free Firewall 2.4.1 (Jul 30, 2019)

  • The software now has a digital signature so that no alerts about unknown publishers appear when the software starts.

New in Free Firewall 2.4.0 (Mar 27, 2019)

  • New features and improvements:
  • New option: Sound playback on events
  • Minor adjustments and enhancements to the user interface
  • Changes and fixes:
  • Icons were not displayed in the list after restart.
  •      Sporadically, alarms and events were not displayed.
  •      Exporting settings did not work.

New in Free Firewall 2.3.0 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • New features and improvements:
  • New translations: French, Spanish, Chinese.
  • Changes and fixes:
  • Corrected display errors in the user interface.
  • Corrected memory leak in firewall service.
  • Last rule, in selected zones, was not implemented correctly.

New in Free Firewall 2.2.1 (Jan 16, 2019)

  • New features and improvements:
  • Filter function changed: Instead of filtering entries based on a string, the specified keywords are searched in the list.
  • New commands in the event overview: Allow or forbid all events.
  • Changes and fixes:
  • Zones could not be deleted.
  • Event window was not displayed in the previous version.

New in Free Firewall 2.2.0 (Jan 14, 2019)

  • New features and improvements
  • Anzeigen eines Programmsymbols im Infobereich.
  • New option: Firewall verkleinert sich beim Schließen in den Infobereich.
  • Neues Menü im Infobereich.
  • Neue Befehle in der Ereignis-Übersicht: Alle Ereignisse erlauben oder verbieten.
  • Benutzeroberfläche der Firewall startet schneller
  • Neuer Befehl: Delete filter
  • AntiViren-Software blockieren das Starten der Firewall nicht mehr.
  • Changes and fixes
  • Verschiedene grafische Darstellungsfehler behoben.
  • Complete translation into English

New in Free Firewall 1.4.9.17123 (May 4, 2017)

  • Translation into Russian, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese.
  • Translation: Italian, Japanese, French and Polish

New in Free Firewall 1.4.8.17080 (Mar 21, 2017)

  • Innovations:
  • Translation in russian, korean and brazilian portuguese.
  • Changes and fixes:
  • Small acceleration of displaying notifications.
  • Error in starting the firewall on Windows 7 SP0.
  • Translations were not displayed correctly.
  • Bugfix of connection to the firewall failed error.

New in Free Firewall 1.4.7.17046 (Feb 15, 2017)

  • Bugfix of connection to the firewall failed error.

New in Free Firewall 1.4.6.17044 (Feb 14, 2017)

  • Translations were not displayed correctly.

New in Free Firewall 1.4.5.17042 (Feb 13, 2017)

  • Innovations:
  • Translation in russian, korean and brazilian portuguese.
  • Changes and fixes:
  • Small acceleration of displaying notifications.
  • Error in starting the firewall on Windows 7 SP0.

New in Free Firewall 1.4.2.17037 (Feb 6, 2017)

  • Changes and fixes:
  • Error in starting the firewall on Windows 7 SP0.

New in Free Firewall 1.4.1.16317 (Nov 13, 2016)

  • Speed up the display of notifications.

New in Free Firewall 1.4.0.16316 (Nov 12, 2016)

  • Innovations:
  • Translation in russian, korean and brazilian portuguese.

New in Free Firewall 1.3.2.16283 (Oct 10, 2016)

  • Changes and fixes:
  • Some applications become unstable and crashed through the Firewall.
  • New digital signature of the binary files

New in Free Firewall 1.3.0.16229 (Aug 16, 2016)

  • Translation into Portuguese.

New in Free Firewall 1.2.9.16213 (Aug 2, 2016)

  • Innovations:
  • Older entries of programs that have not been configured by the user are automatically deleted.

New in Free Firewall 1.2.6.16201 (Jul 19, 2016)

  • Corrections:
  • Delayed or wrong notification about new applications, which connect to the Internet.

New in Free Firewall 1.2.5.16175 (Jul 19, 2016)

  • Innovations:
  • Delete individual rules of the application
  • Better self-protection of the application against manipulation and viruses
  • Blockade feature

New in Free Firewall 1.2.0 (Jul 19, 2016)

  • Innovations:
  • Alphabetical sorting of applications and services according to file name
  • Filter to quickly find applications and services
  • Permanent rules: Despite the termination of the application Firewall running in the background.
  • Descriptions have been expanded.
  • Corrections:
  • The 64 Bit version had sometimes displaing errors

New in Free Firewall 1.1.0 (Jul 19, 2016)

  • Improved protection of network applications from remote access from the Internet
  • Protection against Port Scanners