simplewall (Wfp Tool) Changelog

What's new in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.8

Apr 1, 2024
  • Added mitigations (win10+) (issue #611)
  • Added dark theme support (issue #248)
  • Fixed displaying same context menu on apps and packets log
  • Updated search engine
  • Updated project sdk

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.7.8 (Jan 28, 2024)

  • added saving flag state for install/uninstall filters
  • fixed crash on tooltip (issue #1686)
  • fixed apps disabled removal menu
  • updated dropped packets (ui) listview context menu
  • updated project sdk

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.7.7 (Jan 3, 2024)

  • added error message when loading library on subscribe
  • added comment item for apps/rules (issue #1664)
  • added recheck app hash in properies dialog
  • fixed disaplying incorrect error messages
  • added highlighting of undelatable apps
  • fixed high disk usage (issue #1655)
  • updated ports list

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.7.6 (Nov 30, 2023)

  • Fixed configuration of windows update (issue #1648)
  • Fixed auto update fails to install (issue #1565)
  • Updated project sdk

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.7.4 (Oct 27, 2023)

  • Added set option to disable apps removal from profile
  • Fixed cannot save itself as unchecked
  • Fixed could not save profile
  • Fixed crash
  • Updated project sdk

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.7.3 (Oct 11, 2023)

  • Added error message for saving profile
  • Removed redistributable package requirement (issue #1587)
  • Fixed profile was not found message (issue #1557)
  • Fixed crash on reading version information
  • Revert back certificates checking option
  • Updated project sdk

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.7.2 (Sep 21, 2023)

  • Dropped windows 7 and windows 8 support
  • Fixed launch of several copies of the application (issue #1547)
  • Fixed create filters for inaccessible apps (issue #1528)
  • Fixed displaying update dialog at startup (issue #1511)
  • Fixed retrieving version information for some files
  • Fixed slow apps search (issue #1477)
  • Fixed periodicaly crashing (issue #1486)
  • Fixed retrieving some apps icons
  • Fixed saving input on settings
  • Fixed saving unused apps
  • Fixed process creation
  • Improved signature checking
  • Updated project sdk

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.7.1 (Jul 31, 2023)

  • Fixed import not correcly worked (issue #1466)
  • Fixed crash when checking files (issue #1455)
  • Updated project sdk

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.7 (Jul 27, 2023)

  • added profile encryption [oldest versions cannot open new profile] (issue #599)
  • added terminate process into notification window (issue #1398)
  • added checksum calculation for the apps (issue #394)
  • added error message for log subscription
  • improved search performance (issue #1383)
  • fixed timer and apps timestamp displays incorrect information (32-bit only)
  • fixed sometimes application displays incrorrect icons
  • fixed possible crash when clearing log
  • fixed silent uninstaller do not worked
  • fixed arm64 build crash (issue #1228)
  • fixed internal bugs
  • fixed memory leaks
  • updated nuget package
  • updated project sdk
  • updated locale

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.6.7 (Sep 21, 2022)

  • Added windows update service solution
  • Added feature to allow only the requested ip in notification
  • Added 12 and 24 hour timer values
  • Fixed opening editor are overlapped by notification window
  • Fixed uwp apps are reset after installing updates
  • Fixed select all with search filter selects everything
  • Fixed loading default icons for services and uwp apps
  • Fixed check update option in main menu
  • Fixed port numbers are now verified

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.6.6 (Aug 12, 2022)

  • Fixed editor does not disable save button when rule name is empty
  • Fixed network monitor duplicate calls
  • Fixed application crash (issue #1272)

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.6.5 (Aug 11, 2022)

  • Added group for apps with timers
  • Display long time in packets log date column
  • Fixed uwp packages display name parsing
  • Fixed blank notifications (again!) (issue #1009)

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.6.4 (Jun 19, 2022)

  • Added focus assistant support (win10rs3+)
  • Fixed notification sometimes can lose focus of fullscreen app
  • Fixed internal profile loading crash (issue #1228)
  • Fixed blank notifications (issue #1009)

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.6.3 (May 10, 2022)

  • Fixed installer launches simplewall without asking user (issue #1119)
  • Fixed saving unused apps in profile (issue #1216)
  • Fixed app crash on create process (issue ##1224)
  • Fixed blank notification (issue #1009)
  • Fixed uninstaller delete not all files
  • Improved workqueue environment
  • Improved threading model
  • Fixed internal bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.6.2 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • added autoinstall non-executable updates feature (issue #1122)
  • added clear search with escape button for editor
  • added fallback for font loading when it does not exists
  • improved uwp packages information loading
  • fixed installer launches simplewall without asking user (issue #1119)
  • fixed restore properties window position
  • fixed blank notification (issue #1009)
  • fixed rule tooltip whitespace
  • fixed internal bugs
  • updated network monitor
  • updated locales
  • cosmetic fixes

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.6.1 (Nov 11, 2021)

  • Added clear search on escape button
  • Fixed crash on delete filters (issue #1084)
  • Fixed import profile warning (issue #1086)
  • Fixed crash dumps processing
  • Updated locales
  • Cosmetic fixes

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.6 (Nov 9, 2021)

  • Improved multi-threading safety
  • Improved startup time
  • Improved dpi support
  • Added option to confirm allowing applications (issue #1070)
  • Added filtering for the application list (issue #663)
  • Added editor list items count mark for tab title
  • Added wfp initialization failure workaround
  • Added filtering for editor apps and rules
  • Added layer name into log
  • Moved log exclude configuration into another settings page (issue #1064)
  • Revert notification x button (issue #973)
  • Changed create rule toolbar icon (#723)
  • Fixed filters with hard permit can access internet (issue #689)
  • Fixed issue with hotkeys for switch tabs (issue #723)
  • Fixed rebar incrorrect resizing when dpi was changed
  • Fixed update installation issue (issue #1061)
  • Fixed notification multi-monitor support
  • Fixed service missing path (issue #1036)
  • Fixed editor can cause crash (#1071)
  • Fixed big memory leak (issue #1066)
  • Fixed net events unsubscription
  • Optimized listview sorting
  • Fixed internal bugs
  • Cosmetic fixes

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.5.3 (Oct 17, 2021)

  • Fixed using uninitialzed port variable in ip ranges [regression].

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.5.2 (Oct 17, 2021)

  • Builded with windows 11 sdk
  • Fixed port can be omited when parsing ip ranges (issue #1010)
  • Fixed remote range replaces local range (issue #1044)
  • Fixed interface stuck by comctl library (issue #1009)
  • Fixed massive gdi handles leak
  • Fixed internal bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.5.1 (Oct 5, 2021)

  • Optimized certificate checking
  • Fixed check apps for digital signatures option not works (issue #1037)
  • Fixed lock to avoid duplicate file information loading
  • Fixed crash on profile loading (issue #1033)

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.5 (Oct 4, 2021)

  • In this release fqdn support was removed because of security issue
  • Improved performance due caching network resolution and file information
  • Partially revert of windows defender power off
  • Added ballon tip to display input limitations
  • Added compress internal profile in resources with lznt1
  • Fixed signatures information pointer use-after-free when dns resolver avoid arpa requests
  • Fixed resolve network addresses can cause crash
  • Fixed notification color issues
  • Fixed update installation
  • Fixed blank notification
  • Fixed version information retrieval
  • Fixed workqueue environment
  • Fixed internal bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.4.3 (Aug 30, 2021)

  • Added verify code signatures from catalog files
  • Fixed crash at startup
  • Fixed rule reference

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.4.2 (Aug 24, 2021)

  • Enable checking apps certificates by default
  • Show notifications immediately without waiting for busy operations to complete
  • Impoved listview responsiveness by using virtual listview callback
  • Fixed packets log displays incorrect direction (issue #945)
  • Fixed missed listview icons on refresh
  • Fixed thread environment
  • Fixed internal bugs
  • Cosmetic fixes

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.4.1 (Aug 16, 2021)

  • Fixed blocklist can does not change action status
  • Fixed crash at startup (issue #976)
  • Fixed profile import compatibility
  • Fixed install update

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.4 (Aug 11, 2021)

  • Added arm64 binaries (portable only)
  • Added protocol and host name information into network alert window (issue #843)
  • Added limit number of packets log entries (issue #941)
  • Added host resolving for packet logger listview
  • Added listview group for forever blocked apps
  • Fixed loading icons of each application freezes interface (issue #830)
  • Fixed log listview can have empty lines due to race condition
  • Fixed ui not properly display installation status (issue #962)
  • Fixed memory leak when loading profile (issue #888, #937)
  • Fixed high cpu usage for packet logger (issue #949)
  • Updated system rules
  • Updated project sdk
  • Fixed internal bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.3.5 (Jul 5, 2021)

  • Added command line short opts
  • Use guid for tray icon
  • Updated project sdk
  • Fixed toolbar glitch on hidpi displays (issue #950)
  • Fixed multi-monitor with diffirent dpi support
  • Fixed installer creates unused files
  • Fixed internal bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.3.4 (Jun 3, 2021)

  • Autoclean packets log ui when system suspended
  • Fixed config may not be saved when profile directory does not exist
  • Fixed unnecessary checking for app paths attributes
  • Fixed threadpool does not initialized com library
  • Fixed installer silent mode (issue #907)
  • Updated blocklist and system rules
  • Fixed internal bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.3.3 (Apr 29, 2021)

  • Fixed listview tooltip can cause crash (issue #890)
  • Fixed editor does not create filters for the app
  • Fixed incorrect shared icons behaviour
  • Fixed interlocked operations logic
  • Fixed caching behaviour
  • Fixed internal bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.3.2 Pre-release (Apr 23, 2021)

  • Added half an hour timer
  • Added missing spinlocks
  • Fixed file write operation can cause crash
  • Fixed path unexpand does not worked
  • Fixed running log viewer
  • Fixed little memory leak
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.3.1 Pre-release (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Added workaround for native paths on profile loading (issue #817)
  • Fixed net events does not subscribe on os version lower than 1607

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.3 Pre-release (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Added option for tray icon to open window in single click
  • Added warning message for allowing service host
  • Added quic service for internal rules (issue #819)
  • Added multiple rules at once in rules editor
  • Added properties dialog for apps
  • Added index column for logs
  • Added sorting for logs
  • Do not mark apps as unused if it applied for rules
  • Set limit for rules popup menu (issue #692)
  • Increased speed of service enumeration
  • Removed notification ignore button
  • Use threadpool for timers
  • Improved multi-monitor support
  • Improved listviews highlighting
  • Improved file dialogs
  • Fixed rule window does not display rule length limitation (issue #867)
  • Fixed update period timestamp does not set correctly (issue #745)
  • Fixed crash when user uses ipv6 range in rules (issue #822)
  • Fixed support filesystems with custom driver (issue #817)
  • Fixed blank notification window (issue #775)
  • Fixed dependencies load flags for win10rs1+
  • Fixed crash on app startup (issue #775)
  • Updated project sdk
  • Cosmetic fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.2.4 (Sep 5, 2020)

  • removed assertion from release builds (issue #764)
  • removed user service instance from the list (win10+)
  • fixed parsing not existing apps (issue #732, #739)
  • displays incorrect name on timer expiration
  • check app timer expiration on profile load
  • incorrect read-only rules tooltip markup
  • create filter does not report errors
  • fixed checking of file attributes
  • fixed parsing ip/port ranges
  • cosmetic fixes
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.2.3 (Aug 25, 2020)

  • This is a maintenance release:
  • added ncsi system rule (issue #709)
  • added command line mutex checking (issue #750)
  • added noficitation window redraw (issue #731)
  • use logical sorting order (issue #735)
  • check for provider status before create filters
  • do not highlight connections in log tab
  • fixed support oldest win7 versions (issue #737)
  • removed listview empty markup
  • cosmetic fixes
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.2.2 (Jul 30, 2020)

  • added Enable silent-mode when full screen app in foreground option
  • added error message for createprocess failure (issue #720)
  • highlighting valid connections in network tab
  • changed "Disabled apps" group title into "Apps without internet access"
  • skip uac warning does not worked (issue #724)
  • notification window localized in english only
  • revert ip version selection ipv4/ipv6 in rules editor (issue #723)
  • revert expand rules in tooltip (issue #723)
  • revert "recommended" tag (fix #719)
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.2 Pre-release (Jul 18, 2020)

  • New rules editor
  • Added option "IsInternalRulesDisabled" for completely disable internal rules (issue #630)
  • Added temporary filtering mode whether is active until reboot (issue #576)
  • Added packets logging interface (issue #672)
  • Added tile view for listview
  • Added information for export profile failure (issue #707)
  • Improved tooltips details for apps and rules
  • Improved listview resizing performance
  • Changed "Enabled apps" group title into "Apps with internet access"
  • Now highlight app with user rules only when user rules group is disabled
  • Removed compatibility with v2 profile databases
  • Removed special group for rules
  • Removed user id from title
  • Fixed local network connection treats as valid network connection (issue #579)
  • Fixed notification window will bring focus to it's parent window (issue #668)
  • Fixed "/uninstall" argument does not removing filters (issue #645)
  • Fixed wfp engine security violation (issue #680)
  • Fixed support custom windows themes (issue #701)
  • Fixed getting uwp app paths and timestamps
  • Fixed dpi support (issue #693)
  • Fixed internal upnp rule
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.1.2 (Mar 26, 2020)

  • Reverted disable windows firewall on startup (issue #559 and #562)
  • Fixed application cannot be started because of continuously restart
  • Fixed possible duplicate apps entries with short path (issue #640)
  • Fixed network alert steals the focus (issue #637)
  • Fixed network paths parsing (issue #629)
  • Fixed netbios direction (issue #636)
  • Fixed localization (issue #607)
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.1.1 (Feb 27, 2020)

  • fixed displaying tooltips for non-existing apps in network tab (issue #422)
  • fixed wsl apps do not display names in the network tab (issue #606)
  • fixed incorrect default locale name on some systems (issue #621)
  • fixed process mitigation policy (win10rs2+) (issue #611)
  • fixed persistent dark theme (win10rs5+) (issue #609)
  • fixed update window does not close (issue #616)
  • fixed log cleanup (issue #613)
  • updated blocklist
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.1 (Feb 8, 2020)

  • Changed compiler build settings
  • Changed settings interface
  • Improved windows 10 1903+ suppport
  • Show log cleanup confirmation only when it has entries
  • Fixed notification tabstop processing (issue #497) by @flipkick
  • Fixed downloading updates progress gets stuck (issue #568)
  • Fixed find dialog does not worked correctly (issue #511)
  • Fixed drawing filename in notification (issue #595)
  • Fixed adjust privileges (theoretically fixes #596)
  • Fixed inbound direction recognition (issue #581)
  • Fixed search for next/active notification
  • Fixed notification hotkeys (issue #597)
  • Fixed memory duplicate allocation
  • Updated project sdk (routine++)
  • Updated ports definitions
  • Updated blocklist
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.0.9 (Nov 15, 2019)

  • do not set notification to top when fullscreen apps working
  • fixed motifications disable notifications (issue #563)
  • fixed crash on system settings changing (issue #552)
  • fixed winhttp encoding conversion (issue #568)
  • fixed statusbar glitch (issue #569)
  • updated blocklist
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.0.8 (Nov 8, 2019)

  • Removed disable windows firewall on startup (issue #554)
  • Updated default timer values (issue #340)
  • Fixed non-default system dpi (issue #544)
  • Fixed overwrite notifications
  • Fixed crash (issue #552)
  • Cosmetics fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.0.7 (Nov 3, 2019)

  • Improved dpi support (win81+)
  • Fixed ended timer handling on restart
  • Fixed regular update message (issue #543)
  • Fixed components update installation
  • Fixed window and listview sizing
  • Updated project sdk
  • Updated blocklist
  • Cosmetics fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.0.7 Preview (Nov 1, 2019)

  • Improved dpi support (win81+)
  • Fixed ended timer handling on restart
  • Fixed regular update message (issue #543)
  • Fixed components update installation
  • Fixed window and listview sizing
  • Updated project sdk
  • Updated blocklist
  • Cosmetics fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.0.6 Preview (Oct 12, 2019)

  • Added windows 10 rs6 support
  • Added csv file title (clear the log to see changes)
  • Disable network address resolution in network tab by default (issue #515)
  • Improved refreshing filters on device connecting
  • Improved network monitoring speed and ui
  • Improved notification ui
  • Improved dpi support
  • Fixed collecting services & uwp information
  • Fixed device names resolution (issue #529)
  • Fixed toolbar gray text draw (issue #437)
  • Fixed network items blinking on refresh
  • Fixed flickering on window resizing
  • Fixed notification windows refresh
  • Fixed hostname restricted symbols
  • Fixed wfp security attributes
  • Fixed highlighting priority
  • Fixed memory leak
  • Updated system rules
  • Cosmetics fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.0.5 Preview (Aug 6, 2019)

  • Added option to block outbound connections globally
  • Added close connection feature (issue #506)
  • Added powerful blocklist configuration
  • Removed listen layer
  • Skip saving default rules configuration
  • Fixed connections port byte order (issue #504)
  • Fixed user rules ui bug (issue #500)
  • Fixed dropped packets log layout
  • Fixed internal rules editor
  • Fixed ipv6 rule formatting
  • Fixed connections hashing
  • Listview menu cosmetics
  • Cosmetics fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.0.4 Preview (Jul 23, 2019)

  • Added rules and blocklist options into main menu
  • Set security settings enabled by default
  • Set protocol names based on IEEE
  • Made correct backups for profile on reset
  • Bring notification window to top
  • Correct determine connections for apps
  • Fixed error message on new device insertion (issue #215)
  • Fixed missing connections (issue #423)
  • Fixed listview sorting does not save state sometimes
  • Fixed listview sorting compare checked items
  • Fixed uninstaller does not remove new profile
  • Fixed tray menu notifications cosmetics
  • Optimized group items counting
  • Optimized listview sorting
  • Cosmetics fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.0.3 Preview (Jul 3, 2019)

  • Added option to show notification window on tray
  • Added highlighting for network tab
  • Redraw app item on connection change
  • Remove "beta" mark from network tab
  • Improved wfp transactions
  • Fixed ipv6 rules port parsing for system rules (issue #475)
  • Fixed direction case for log and notification (issue #474)
  • Fixed notification action adds timer (issue #472)
  • Fixed timer set does not work (issue #484)
  • Fixed notification refresh when app remove
  • Fixed configuration reset does not work
  • Fixed menu graphics (issue #473)
  • Fixed log stack cleanup
  • Updated port service names
  • Cosmetics fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.0.2 Preview (Jun 24, 2019)

  • New notification ui
  • Allow microsoft update & microsoft apps servers by default
  • Added information about ports into the log
  • Moved icmp4 and icmp6 rules into custom rules
  • Improved dropped packets log markup cosmetics
  • Improved network monitoring speed
  • Improved blocklist configuration
  • Fixed saving special rules for uwp apps and services
  • Fixed tray icon dissapear sometimes (issue #450)
  • Fixed profile import does not work (issue #445)
  • Fixed semicolons in app paths (issue #462)
  • Fixed windows 20h1 uwp apps loading crash
  • Fixed parsing rules with "*"
  • Updated locales
  • Cosmetic fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.0.1 Preview (May 22, 2019)

  • New profile structure
  • Added checking for correct xml file format before import
  • Added service name resolution for connections
  • Added Reverse DNS Lookup for IP
  • More flexible autoresizing for listview
  • Fixed column size initialization (issue #426)
  • Fixed apps list sorting by date (issue #412)
  • Fixed status refreshing on timer deletion
  • Fixed table view for rules (issue #438)
  • Fixed connections recognition condition
  • Fixed highlighting (issue #408)
  • Fixed timers sets (issue #424)
  • Fixed services icons
  • Updated locales
  • Cosmetic fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 3.0 Preview (May 7, 2019)

  • NOTE 1: New version fully compatible with 2.x versions profile
  • NOTE 2: There is no Windows Vista support anymore (use 2.x versions instead)
  • dropped windows vista support
  • improved dpi support (ui)
  • moved rules list into main window
  • added services and uwp apps tab
  • added network connections monitor
  • fixed displaying notifications when it's disabled
  • fixed log file write through (issue #369)
  • fixed notifications safety timeout
  • fixed possible race conditions
  • fixed services path retrieve
  • fixed notifications cleanup
  • improved listview resizing
  • improved listview sorting
  • removed blacklist mode
  • cosmetic fixes
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.4.6 (Mar 27, 2019)

  • enabled special rules group by default (issue #352)
  • fixed removing dropped packet items when overflow
  • fixed notifications crashing (issue #360)
  • fixed checkbox saving state (issue #355)
  • fixed possible memory dereferencing
  • fixed errors log overflow
  • cosmetic fixes
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.4.5 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Fixed user reported bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.4.4 Pre-release (Mar 15, 2019)

  • added safety timeout for notification buttons
  • added filename highlighting into notification window (issue #344)
  • fixed new notifications replacing old one (issue #299)
  • fixed updates installation in some cases
  • cosmetic fixes
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.4.3 Pre-release (Mar 9, 2019)

  • Access filters access rights
  • Fixed race conditions crash (issue #337)
  • Fixed notifications locale
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.4.2 Pre-release (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Fixed crash (issue #337)
  • Updated blocklist
  • Cosmetic fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.4.1 Pre-release (Mar 1, 2019)

  • Improved notifications speed
  • Fixed rules listview sorting
  • Fixed notification ui
  • Cosmetic fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.4 Pre-release (Feb 21, 2019)

  • New notification ui
  • Improved transactions processing
  • Added predefined rules (ftp, http etc)
  • Added option to configure 6to4 redirections (it's allowed, but undocumented earlier)
  • Added double-click for statusbar parts to make purgen faster
  • Added option to secure installed filters
  • Added more list view modes
  • Fixed notifications stay visible when special rules applied for the app
  • Fixed possible duplicate of special rules from notifications
  • Fixed multithreading and possible race conditions
  • Fixed duplicate filters callback on device arrival (issue #291)
  • Fixed dropped packets csv log delimeter
  • Fixed packages path retrieving (win8+)
  • Replaced netsh commands by com interface
  • Cosmetic fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.13 (Jan 4, 2019)

  • Added dns resolver caching
  • Added dns resolver winsock fallback (issue #290)
  • Avoid window flickering on window sizing
  • Revert refresh filters on device arrival
  • Fixed access rights for wfp provider and sublayer
  • Fixed allocated strings dereferencing (issue #285)
  • Fixed parsing hosnames with dashes (issue #271)
  • Fixed localization (issue #288)
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.12 (Dec 25, 2018)

  • added (partialy) win10rs5+ dark theme (issue #248)
  • allow loopback connections by default for new users
  • fixed allocated strings dereferencing (issue #283)
  • cosmetic fixes
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.11 (Dec 14, 2018)

  • Added "/install" argument for install filtering
  • Added cache auto clean up (to prevent overflow)
  • Changed minimum size of main window (issue #269)
  • Changed installation message
  • Increased rule parsing speed (issue #276)
  • Memory optimization
  • Fixed notification window appears on taskbar (regression)
  • Fixed exclude user rules option was not working
  • Cosmetic fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.10 (Nov 28, 2018)

  • Fixed old bug where incorrect rules are may accepted as filters
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.9 (Nov 20, 2018)

  • Fixed resolving ip addresses may hang out net events thread (issue #256)
  • Fixed net events subscription when option is not set
  • Fixed protocol names
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.8 (Nov 7, 2018)

  • Fixed #251
  • Fixed #253

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.7 (Nov 5, 2018)

  • fixed dropped events callbak subscription on latest win10
  • fixed notifications sound cannot be played in some cases
  • fixed fastlock race condition (critical)
  • cosmetic fixes
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.6 (Oct 16, 2018)

  • Added purgen submenu into tray menu
  • Added more statusbar information
  • Set extra large icons view by default
  • Tray menu services counting bug
  • Fixed app with overdue timer still enabled on profile load
  • Fixed resetting some data on profile load
  • Fixed timer resetting on profie load
  • Fixed listview checkboxes
  • Cosmetic fixes
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.5 (Oct 15, 2018)

  • Added extra large icons view
  • Use correct function for netevents subscription (win10rs4+)
  • Fixed forced cleartype font style (issue #233)
  • Fixed possible buffer overflow
  • Rerwritten timer engine
  • Cosmetic fixes

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.4 (Sep 21, 2018)

  • Fixed dns system rules when dns service is stopped
  • Fixed listen filter conditions (issue #213, #222)
  • Fixed memory referencing bug (issue #221)
  • Fixed massive handles leak (issue #230)
  • Fixed thread termination
  • Various ui fixes

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.3 (Jul 8, 2018)

  • added system rules update feature
  • fixed inaccurate timeout between notifications (issue #194)
  • fixed fullscreen apps showstopper (issue #209)
  • fixed possible crash for device path resolution
  • fixed skipuac warnings for some machines
  • fixed some services path resolution
  • fixed saving empty rules config
  • fixed update engine (issue #182)
  • updated system rules

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.2 (Jun 27, 2018)

  • Added sorting by state for user rules in app context menu
  • Increased priority for blocking user rules
  • Fixed loading on startup (issue #75)
  • Fixed editor apps list sorting
  • Fixed service names displaying
  • Fixed skipuac

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3.1 (Jun 25, 2018)

  • Fixed loopback rules (added more reserved ip addresses)
  • Fixed sometimes system cannot be going to sleep
  • Fixed applying rules for services (appcrash)
  • Fixed update sometimes cannot be installed
  • Fixed services enumeration
  • Fixed system rules

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.3 (Jun 19, 2018)

  • Added allowed connections monitoring in dropped packets log (win8+)
  • Added inbound multicast and broadcast connections logging (win8+)
  • Added outbound redirection filter layer (win7+)
  • Added separation for remote/local address/port in rules editor
  • Added hotkeys for import/export profile
  • Added win10 rs5 support
  • Prevent memory overflow for singly linked lists (win7+) (issue #193)
  • Do not load icons for processes if icons displaying are disabled
  • Improved multiple rules applying speed in settings window
  • Increased time limit for displaying same notification (win7+)
  • Search loading dlls in system directories only (safety)
  • Check for correct xml data type before loading
  • Store last notification timestamp for apps
  • Removed proxy support (win8+)
  • Fixed dropped events callback crash (win7+)
  • Fixed applying services filters
  • Fixed alphanumeric sorting
  • Improved port scanning defense
  • Improved loopback connections
  • Improved boot-time filters
  • Stability improvements
  • Cleanup xml atributes
  • Updated system rules
  • Cosmetics fixes
  • Fixed ui bugs
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.12 (Jun 6, 2018)

  • Fixed win10rs4 netevents subscription (win10rs4+)
  • Fixed double race condition lock (critical)

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.11 (Jun 6, 2018)

  • Fixed double race condition lock (critical)

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.10 (Jun 6, 2018)

  • Added feature to disable special rules group (issue #181)
  • Revert special rules highlighting
  • Fixed listview focusing (maybe?) (issue #164)
  • Fixed switching modes
  • Fixed reported bugs
  • Code cleanup
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.9 (Jun 5, 2018)

  • 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

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.8 RC (May 22, 2018)

  • 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

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.7 Beta (May 13, 2018)

  • 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

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.6 Beta (May 11, 2018)

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

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.5 Beta (May 4, 2018)

  • Fixed saving profile on manual apps state changing
  • Fixed some untranslated strings
  • Fixed installer/uninstaller
  • Fixed rules checkboxes
  • Fixed ui bugs
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.4 Beta (May 3, 2018)

  • Now simplewall install filters fastest than Manco pulls out his revolver
  • Reworked update engine, now it check all components updates automatically
  • Sort rules alphabeticaly
  • Fixed threads priority race condition
  • Fixed applying filters without pause
  • Fixed dns caching (issue #153)
  • Fixed ui bugs
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.3 Beta (Apr 16, 2018)

  • Added drop settings to default feature
  • Changed log format to csv (comma-separated values) table
  • Changed install/uninstall filters button icon
  • Notifications: instant timer applying in notification window
  • Notifications: cosmetics ui (issue #150)
  • Notifications: restored "disable notifications for this app" button
  • Notifications: fixed notification buttons behavior
  • Notifications: removed timeout threshold
  • Changed current locale version calculation method (more precision)
  • Removed special rules highlighting (they have own group for it)
  • Updated to the latest pugixml 1.9
  • Cosmetics update engine
  • Fixed ui bugs
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.2 Beta (Mar 26, 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

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2.1 Beta (Mar 14, 2018)

  • Instant apps list sorting
  • Notifications: added information about blocked protocol
  • Notifications: replaced "disable notifications for this app" icon
  • Notifications: changed default timeout between same notifications
  • Notifications: tray popup sometimes won't shown on some systems
  • Notifications: ignore button combined with block button
  • Notifications: changed texts for remote/local addresses
  • Timer does not removed when user manually uncheck apps
  • Removed font boldening for itself (issue #135)
  • Changed minimal width of main window
  • Fixed timers formatting
  • Fixed ui bugs
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.2 Beta (Mar 5, 2018)

  • new notification ui
  • now simplewall added to the apps list automatically (issue #106)
  • added windows services support [beta] (issue #88)
  • added profile timestamping
  • new localization engine (single .lng file)
  • more sensitive notifications (issue #107)
  • lock-free dropped events callback (win7+)
  • added group total items count indication
  • added block action for notifications (issue #123)
  • automatic profile backup (issue #110)
  • added network address resolution
  • make internal apps undeletable
  • menu bitmap transparent icons
  • app paths case correction
  • added timers (issue #96)
  • set process high priority
  • ipsec dropped packets logging (win8+)
  • removed wow64 redirection (use simplewall 64-bit binaries for win64)
  • revert "purge unused apps" feature
  • optimized apps types recognition
  • improved tray context menu (issue #103)
  • improved memory allocation
  • changed verify signatures algorithm (issue #94)
  • changed "purge invalid apps" hotkey
  • changed default font
  • cosmetics for filter names
  • cosmetic fixes (issue #108)
  • stability improvements
  • updated default colors
  • updated localization
  • fixed dropped events callback failure (win10 rs3 and above)
  • fixed steal focus at startup and when notification displaying
  • fixed working under blacklist mode
  • fixed multi-monitor support
  • fixed ui bugs
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.1.4 (Nov 27, 2017)

  • Do not verify signatures for store apps (win8 and above)
  • Optimized digital signatures verification (issue #94)
  • Fixed appcontainers listing (removed firewallapi.dll dependence) (win8 and above) (issue #104)
  • Fixed notifications race conditions (it may fix issue #73)
  • Fixed status does not changed when app deleted
  • Fixed "system" process marked as pico
  • Updated blocklist
  • Code cleanup
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.1.3 (Nov 22, 2017)

  • Disabled loopback and digital signatures config by default
  • Fixed displaying name of store apps (win8 and above) (issue #98)
  • Fixed network paths rules (issue #102)

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.1.2 Beta (Nov 21, 2017)

  • Added option to disable apps signature checking
  • Set selected apps when you are open rules editor from main window
  • Reworked special rules (minimized memory usage and speed improvements, also removed limit in apps selection for special rules)
  • Removed ocsp signature verification (issue #94)
  • Improved apps version receiving
  • Renamed "filters" into "rules"
  • Fixed various rules editor crashes (issue #89)
  • Fixed race conditions (it may fix issue #73)
  • Fixed blocklist incorrect check state
  • Fixed restoring after hibernation
  • Updated localization
  • Fixed ui bugs
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.1.1 Beta (Nov 17, 2017)

  • Reworked filter settings page
  • Added option to disable hosts support for rules
  • Added option to load blocklist extra rules
  • Cosmetic fixes for ipv6 address format
  • Fixed dns resolutions where it does not required (issue #94)
  • Fixed various rules editor crashes (issue #89)
  • Fixed windows store icon destroying
  • Removed filters configuration from menu (use settings dialog instead)
  • Removed internal rules files from distro
  • Updated internal rules
  • Updated localization
  • Fixed ui bugs
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.1 Beta (Nov 13, 2017)

  • added windows store apps support (win8 and above)
  • revert allowing loopback connection feature
  • converted log limit unit to kilobytes
  • dropped packets log cosmetic fixes
  • improved confirmation dialogs
  • updated localization
  • fixed settings will not be applied for main menu
  • fixed displaying icons for some processes
  • fixed rules editor crash (issue #89)
  • fixed color items reorganization
  • fixed ui bugs
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.20 (Nov 6, 2017)

  • now custom rules will overwrite system rules
  • added warning message for listen connections option
  • apply filters on demand in settings dialog
  • added port support for ip ranges
  • removed rules configuration from menu (use settings dialog instead)
  • fixed rule apps does not saved when checkbox are checked
  • fixed rule genration from notification window
  • fixed listen connections does not blocked
  • fixed highlighting special rules for apps
  • fixed running under non-admin account
  • fixed skip-uac working directory
  • fixed listview sorting
  • fixed ui bugs
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.19 (Nov 1, 2017)

  • new rules editor ui
  • added highlighting rules with errors
  • automatically sorting rules after changing
  • added feature to set custom dns ipv4 server ("DnsServerV4" in .ini)
  • added option to exclude blocklist rules from notifications
  • show process information in statusbar on menu item hover
  • optimized signature information retrieving from binaries
  • updated localization
  • fixed saving profile in some cases
  • fixed parsing rules types (issue #70)
  • fixed dns queries
  • fixed ui bugs
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.18 (Oct 19, 2017)

  • added setting to disable proxy support (win8 and above only)
  • prevent notifications duplicate
  • fixed windows firewall disabling on win10
  • fixed notifications sound configuration does not saved
  • fixed notifications sound does not played on some systems
  • cosmetic fixes about notifications cross button
  • updated localization
  • updated blocklist
  • fixed dpi support
  • fixed ui bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.17 (Oct 12, 2017)

  • Clear notifications cache on apply filters and configuration
  • Show more address information on notification window tooltip
  • Fixed redraw listview after notification actions
  • Fixed ui hangouts for a long time sometimes
  • Fixed race conditions
  • Fixed ui bugs
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.16 (Oct 5, 2017)

  • fixed internal rules configuration saving

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.15 (Oct 5, 2017)

  • make current settings backup before import
  • changed default listview font
  • fixed settings listview groups does not changed immediately
  • fixed notification window display at startup
  • fixed uninstaller do not removed some files

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.14 (Oct 5, 2017)

  • apply settings on demand (too much faster)
  • revert listen connections blocking feature (request)
  • set font also for settings lists
  • revert forgotten rules editor button
  • updated localization
  • fixed ui bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.13 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • new settings style
  • fixed settings reset on device arrival
  • fixed colors configuration checkboxes

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.12 Beta (Oct 3, 2017)

  • Use colors and tooltip for notification icon same as in main window
  • Do not show notifications on tray hover when it is disabled
  • Do not bring notifications window into the foreground when it shows
  • Revert error log tray menu
  • Fixed network paths detection
  • Fixed displaying non interesting errors
  • Fixed some device path conversions
  • Fixed notifications cleanup
  • Updated localization
  • Fixed ui bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.11 Beta (Sep 30, 2017)

  • subscribe for net events only when filters are installed
  • fixed incorrect filters applied for special rules
  • fixed all apps are in lowercase

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.10 Beta (Sep 29, 2017)

  • Added selection counting for remove items dialog
  • Show signature information in notification app icon tooltip
  • Show exit confirmation dialog when filters are installing
  • Set low-limit for notification timeout
  • Revert forgotten privelege (regression)
  • Fixed filters for non existing paths (regression)
  • Fixed string case for cyrillic symbols
  • Fixed filters thread
  • Fixed minimize button
  • Fixed ui bugs
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.9 Beta (Sep 25, 2017)

  • Improved notifications cleanup
  • Revert processes icons
  • Fixed nt path conversions (regression)
  • Fixed notification ui display timeout
  • Fixed ui bugs
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.8 Beta (Sep 21, 2017)

  • New logo
  • Changed minimal size of main window
  • Updated notification ui
  • Updated icons pack
  • Updated blocklist
  • Fixed font quality (use cleartype ever)
  • Fixed notifications sound
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.7 Beta (Sep 14, 2017)

  • Added count marks for all groups
  • Added font selection for listview
  • Prefer "blocklist_full.xml" parsing if it's presented
  • Improved signatures checking
  • Optimized listview redraw items
  • Optimized listview autosizing columns
  • Disable retrieving icon handle for network paths for notification dialog
  • Changed default listview colors
  • Optimized loading speed
  • Code cleanup
  • Fixed ui hanging in some cases
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.6 Beta (Sep 12, 2017)

  • Added signature checking for apps
  • Added set default language as in system
  • Changed default listview colors
  • Updated project sdk
  • Fixed allowed apps cannot recieve any data from network (when stealth-mode enabled)
  • Fixed retrieving nt path for reparse point files (issue #59)
  • Fixed update checking not working on some systems
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.5 Beta (Aug 30, 2017)

  • added proxy support (win8 and above only)
  • added indication for inbound connections for all (when stealth-mode enabled)
  • added group for special rules (rules applied for apps)
  • added apps list selection indication
  • changed experimental settings mark into "for experts only"
  • removed process list menu icons
  • improved retrieving file path by handle
  • improved notifications ui
  • updated project sdk
  • fixed ui bugs
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.4 Beta (Aug 23, 2017)

  • added grouping for rules
  • removed listen connections blocking feature
  • improved import/export xml database
  • fixed open rules editor action in main window
  • fixed crash on delete rules
  • fixed ui bugs
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.3 Beta (Aug 23, 2017)

  • added import/export applications list feature
  • added mode selection into installation dialog
  • added tooltips into the notifications ui
  • added remembering collapsed state for the listview groups
  • increased internal rules loading speed (please update blocklist.xml and rules_system.xml to latest versions)
  • increased rules list icons size
  • changed default sorting configuration
  • fixed notifications ui logic
  • fixed filters installation state flag
  • fixed support some domains
  • fixed carriage return type for rules_system.xml
  • fixed thread spinlock
  • updated localization
  • updated project sdk
  • updated blocklist
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.2b (Aug 7, 2017)

  • fixed incorrect vector index

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0.1b (Aug 7, 2017)

  • added update checking for new beta version
  • added flush dns cache after filters applied
  • set max prefix length for ipv6 addresses to 64
  • new rules editor interface
  • changed minimum width for a main window
  • fixed running with "/minimized" argument under uac
  • updated localization
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 2.0b (Aug 7, 2017)

  • new notification ui
  • show notifications only for whitelist mode
  • allow listen connections for all is enabled by default
  • added import custom rules from file feature
  • added support to load large xml files
  • added more information into the main window
  • added apps grouping (allowed/blocked)
  • added custom rules syntax checking
  • added support dns resolution for custom rules
  • added resolving shortcut path
  • added notification display timeout config
  • save internal rules configuration into xml
  • purgen remove only apps with errors
  • minimized dropped packets log size (union remote and local address information)
  • minimized memory usage
  • removed "trust no one" mode
  • updated system rules
  • updated blocklist
  • fixed dropped packets logging hibernation (win7 and above)
  • fixed remember windows size and position sometimes
  • fixed version string trimming
  • fixed ui bugs
  • fixed memory leaks
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.6.5 (Jun 1, 2017)

  • do not block listen connections on stealth-mode
  • do not block listen connections on boot-time
  • fixed dropped events does not shutdown on exit (win7 and above)
  • fixed memory leak

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.6.4 (May 31, 2017)

  • Added fallback if blocklist and/or system rules not found
  • Added more dropped events logging (win7 and above)
  • Fixed dropped events subscription duplicate (win7 and above)
  • Fixed run as admin does not work sometimes
  • Updated blocklist
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.6.3 (May 27, 2017)

  • Generate unique session key at startup
  • Fixed custom app rules crash on delete
  • Fixed lookup account sid length mismatch
  • Fixed dropped packets logging crash (win7 and above)
  • Stability improvements
  • Updated system rules
  • Fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.6.2 (May 24, 2017)

  • create filter even if file doesn't exists (drive must be mounted)
  • allow inbound & listen traffic only if stealth-mode does not enabled
  • added required rules for the ipv6 stack to work properly
  • stealth-mode marked as experimental
  • fixed com library initialization (again!)
  • fixed stealth-mode
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.6.1 (May 23, 2017)

  • Added username and domain information to the window title
  • Added configuration refresh on user logon
  • Removed static wfp session key (request)
  • Fixed com library initialization
  • Fixed incorrect return value on file not found error

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.6 (May 19, 2017)

  • Added prevent port scanning option
  • Added acl (access control list) to the engine
  • Added gridline for the listview config
  • Added item into the custom rules menu for open rules editor
  • Added version-independent network events api call (win7 and above)
  • Added dropped packets log file size limit to 1mb (win7 and above)
  • Reset windows firewall to its initial state when restore it back
  • Blocklist marked as experimental
  • Removed custom rules from package
  • Fixed dropped packets logging stop sometimes (win7 and above)
  • Fixed removing custom rules
  • Fixed classic ui
  • Fixed bugs
  • Ui fixes

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.5.5 (May 7, 2017)

  • added installer
  • added static wfp session key
  • copy filter name if description is not available for dropped packets log
  • revert trim rules back (request)
  • fixed index flag cannot be set (win8 and above)
  • removed "file not found" xml parsing errors
  • fixed ui bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.5.4 (Apr 30, 2017)

  • trim executable version string
  • fixed filters uninstallation
  • fixed duplicate update checking
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.5.3 (Apr 27, 2017)

  • Fixed restoring windows firewall state
  • Fixed incorrect size restoring sometimes

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.5.2 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • fixed dropped packets log spinlock cannot be unlocked (critical)
  • fixed displaying "file not found" errors
  • restore listview selection after application delete
  • disable main button on filters installation
  • improved shutting down windows firewall feature
  • removed unnecessary whitespace trims
  • optimized window resizing
  • updated to the latest sdk
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.5.1 (Apr 17, 2017)

  • added remember window position and size feature
  • added "enable errors notifications" config
  • added f11 hotkey for maximize window
  • disable wow64 filesystem redirection
  • changed error log notification text
  • fixed possible memory leak

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.5 (Apr 17, 2017)

  • added index flag to the filters, to help enable faster lookup during classification (win8 and above)
  • added app container loopback traffic permission (win8 and above)
  • added "allow listen connections for all" config
  • added loopback indication for dropped packets log
  • copy real path instead display path on copy command in main window listview
  • do not show dropped packets notifications when filters are not installed
  • if boot-time filters enabled then apply system rules for boot-time too
  • custom rules for apps does not saved sometimes
  • removed running without admin rights feature
  • changed notification about errors logic
  • changed alt+f4 behaviour (request)
  • cosmetic fixes for tooltips
  • fixed disabling windows firewall on some systems
  • fixed settings tabstop doesn't work
  • fixed incorrect listview icons for some apps
  • fixed process list some apps have no icons
  • fixed possible duplicate filters
  • fixed purge unused apps
  • stability improvements
  • updated translations
  • updated system rules
  • updated pugixml
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.4.6 (Apr 4, 2017)

  • added write error logs into a file feature
  • fixed process list does not recognize pico applications on win10
  • updated translations
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.4.5 (Apr 4, 2017)

  • Added pico support (subsystem for unix-based applications) for win10
  • Added l2tp/ipsec for system rules
  • Added localhost for custom rules
  • Fixed access denied for some self protected applications (like "ekrn.exe" for nod32)

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.4.4 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • added ipsec connections monitoring into the log (win8 and above)
  • cosmetic fixes about tray notifications
  • fixed dropped packets callback crash (critical)
  • fixed displaying tray notifications on win10
  • fixed possible duplicate filters

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.4.3 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • Added provider information into the log/notifications
  • Added displaying error messages on filters configuration via tray popup
  • Fixed link processing in settings window
  • Cosmetic changes about debug error messages
  • Removed "nlatunicast" flag from loopback permissions
  • Updated blocklist
  • Code cleanup

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.4.2 (Feb 20, 2017)

  • added hints to rules pages
  • fixed filter creation for nonexistent apps (critical)
  • fixed resource definition
  • fixed purge unused apps
  • cosmetic changes about rules tooltip

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.4.1 (Feb 9, 2017)

  • fixed suspended drop event callback (critical)
  • fixed suspended apply filters thread (critical)
  • fixed purge unused apps

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.4.0 (Feb 9, 2017)

  • revert original project name
  • added mode changing confirmation
  • added reading information about "System" process
  • added protocol and version (ports only) option into the rules editor
  • added blocklist editor (set it "on" or "off" only)
  • added custom rules applying to the apps feature
  • added "show filenames only" option
  • added icon indication for rules
  • added loopback permission for "trust no one" mode
  • moved system rules into the "rules_system.xml" file
  • clear log even if logging to a file is not enabled
  • do not load information about apps from shared resources
  • fixed profile not saved if filters is not installed
  • removed tray balloon tips on filters changing
  • boot-time filters marked as experimental
  • improved working under uac (no rights)
  • improved system apps detection
  • cosmetic fixes in process list
  • cosmetic fixes in apps tooltip
  • fixed race conditions
  • updated translation
  • updated blocklist
  • updated ui
  • fixed bugs

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.3.7 (Nov 22, 2016)

  • fixed special rules crash on apply settings
  • fixed special rules reinitialization in main menu/tray menu
  • updated translation

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.3.6 (Nov 20, 2016)

  • added loopback permission for boot-time filters
  • added ip:port syntax for special rules
  • added default values for new special rules
  • fixed restore listview selection
  • fixed special rules crash on delete item
  • fixed log path unexpand environment strings

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.3.5 (Nov 18, 2016)

  • fixed configuration saving (critical)
  • fixed xml saving (critical)

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.3.4 (Nov 16, 2016)

  • fixed xml saving (critical)

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.3.3 (Nov 15, 2016)

  • added boot-time filters for prevent data leak during system startup, even before "Base Filtering Engine" (BFE) service starts
  • added "purge unused applications" feature
  • added "hide icons" feature
  • added documentation for rules editor and filter page
  • added special rules to main menu/tray menu
  • fixed multi-select configuration in listview
  • fixed system imagelist destroying
  • fixed dropped packets filters decription empty sometimes
  • fixed find dialog crash
  • removed inbound events logging for some reason
  • updated translation
  • updated pugixml

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.3.2 (Nov 1, 2016)

  • added domainusername indication to log events
  • added filter name to log events
  • added ip/port range support for rules
  • combined ip and port rules settings page
  • added save checkbox state on install/delete message
  • added listen loopback permission
  • added inbound events logging
  • set xml load encoding to auto
  • improved logic for detect incorrect applications
  • listview empty text indication doesn't changed at locale change
  • changed default log parameters for "system" & "svchost.exe"
  • fixed inbound ip doesn't affected in applied rules
  • changed default color for silent applications
  • removed output log into debug log feature
  • improved open/save file dialog flags
  • optimized log callback
  • updated blocklist
  • updated translation
  • minor improvements

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.3.1 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • added option to set application for open log file
  • added option to exclude application from log
  • added option for disable notification sound
  • added middle click on tray icon now open log file
  • added empty listview text indication
  • added rules highlighting
  • added usage examples to rules.xml
  • reorganized log settings
  • fixed unit of time for notification timeout had in minutes (instead seconds)
  • fixed custom rules saved twice
  • fixed skip user account control not worked
  • fixed custom rules saved empty when filters not installed
  • fixed system rules cannot be unchecked automatically
  • changed auto byte order mask for xml load/save
  • replaced QueryFullProcessImageName to NtQueryInformationProcess
  • stability improvements
  • updated translation
  • ui improvements

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.3 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • disable/enable windows firewall on filters installation/deletion
  • normalize nt paths for dropped packets callback
  • exclude "svchost.exe" & "system" from log configuration
  • abbility to show/clear log
  • resize support as in alpha builds
  • hotkeys for menu items
  • PathUnExpandEnvStrings for log path
  • confirmation settings for exit/deleting application/log clear
  • changed message boxes style
  • changed default color for invalid application
  • fixed access denied for some processes
  • config doesn't saved if user don't trigger apply filters
  • improved windows firewall control
  • stability improvements
  • updated translation

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.2.118 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • fixed crash on filters installation
  • save sort order into profile (regression)
  • unable to clear log path config
  • stability improvements
  • updated translation

New in simplewall (Wfp Tool) 1.2.117 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • changed ui by IAEA safety standards (issue #2)
  • added logging configuration
  • now filters disabled by default
  • inbound ports doesn't blocked for custom rules
  • updated translation
  • minor improvements