They include Events (event log) and Connections (list of available connections). To make all things easier I clicked “Enable All” (from Quick Apply section) for applications that I trust. Moreover, such editing windows are quite concise and clear. Many might not like the fact that it asks so many questions in the beginning, but I think that it is alright, because firewall is just starting to learn your system. When Windows 10 Firewall Control identifies a new application it makes a piercing sound (that may be disabled or redefined) and opens this access settings editing window for a newly discovered application. Requests look like this:īasically it is access settings editing window for a specific application. Immediately after the installation this application pops up a huge number of requests asking your permission to grant access to the Internet to unfamiliar applications (and it looks like it knows nothing at the beginning). You can add or adjust settings for every application separately. Even if it was made by developers that have no idea about the design, lets hope that they took good care of the back-end.īy the way, this initial tab shows the list of applications that are allowed or banned from accessing the Internet. I think that design is not the top priority for a good firewall. It is as if we are back to 90s when design of applications was unheard of. The situation is opposite when it comes to working with Windows 10 Firewall Control: although it has an ascetic interface, everything is clear and perfectly usable. Modern advertised tools against internet attacks for housewives have beautiful but rather complicated interfaces and that is precisely what I always disliked. Before jumping to the main part of this article I would like to mention that first and foremost thing I like in firewall is the simplicity of its interface. I’ve heard a long time ago about Windows Firewall Control (at least from feedback available on superuser). If you are not willing to make your private data (credit cards, passwords, etc.) available to hackers, then you need to make sure that you have an appropriate firewall. Previously I used free Comodo Firewall, but after installing Windows 10 it (as it seemed) started experiencing failures and I was forced to look for a good replacement.
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