@tnodir - thanks for your quick and technical reply! You did a great job with Fort Firewall to protect the PC from internet communications at boot time that the user doesn't want, which of course includes malware. I see that Fort Firewall uses WFP and has a signed kernel-mode driver. There are other firewalls that also use WFP with boot-time filters, but they install no kernel code. Is it possible for other WFP-based firewalls to block MS OS internet accesses at boot time if they install no kernel code?
Fort Firewall v3.10.0 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
After search a lot for a firewall found FF 3.10 it is Awesome!! I got a question, Filter mode has a great option, (Ask to connect) https://i.ibb.co/yW8548P/Screen-Shot00017.png but cant select it. https://i.ibb.co/m6HtNHT/Screen-Shot00017.png is it a problem I have on my system, Win11? or it is a To-Do pending to be implemented? Run it as admin too for some other options get activated that way but not this one. What can be done?
Yes, that feature is not implemented yet. I hoped to quickly implement it, but there is little spare time recently.
Fort Firewall v3.10.1 UI: Improve main icon. UI: TrayIcon: Process system message's click asynchronously. UI: WidgetWindow::event: Fix recursion. UI: Update SQLite to v3.44.2
Fort Firewall v3.10.2 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.
Fort Firewall v3.10.3 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.
Fort Firewall v3.10.4 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.
Fort Firewall v3.10.5 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. \device\mup\vmware-host\shared 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.
Fort Firewall v3.10.7 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 "HKLM\Software\Fort Firewall\BootFilter" initial flag from registry. Set "NetworkProvider" group to services.
Fort Firewall v3.10.8 UI: Options: Add "Purge Obsolete only on mounted drives" flag. UI: Options: Fix App Groups ordering after remove from middle. UI: Programs: 1-st cell is active on Select All. UI: Programs: Improve errors showing. UI: AppInfo: Extract File Version, not Product. UI: Service: Fix for Windows 7 (Regression from v3.10.7).
Fort Firewall v3.10.9 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.
Fort Firewall v3.10.10 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.
Fort Firewall v3.10.11 UI: Programs: Add "Parked" flag to not purge as obsolete. UI: Statistics: Add "Options" button.
Fort Firewall v3.10.12 UI: Programs: Add "Notes" field. UI: MyFort: About: Show release text in scroll area.
Fort Firewall v3.10.13 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
Fort Firewall v3.11.0 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 Attention: Please move Allow/Block Texts from App Groups to Wildcard Programs! (They're read-only now and will be removed in v4.)
Fort Firewall v3.11.1 UI: ProgramAlert: Show newest alerts, not oldest. UI: ProgramEdit: Add "Advanced Options" menu. UI: ProgramEdit: Schedule "Kill Process" action too. UI: ProgramEdit: "Select File" button opens an existing path. UI: Programs: Add "Review Alerts" menu item. UI: Programs: Reorganize Parked/Scheduled columns. UI: Options: Add "Auto-Show Alert Window for New Programs" & "Alert Window is Always on top" flags.
Fort Firewall v3.11.3 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.
