The software adds application connection prompts to all recent versions of Windows. You can check out our Windows Firewall Control 6.0 review here. The program is compatible with Windows 10, but also older versions of the Windows operating system including Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016. That's where Windows Firewall Control comes in. Control in this regard means information about programs trying to access the Internet, and options to either allow or deny those request temporarily or permanently. While it should work fine most of the time without user interaction, as it has been designed for that, you may want better control over the process. The configuration can be difficult, especially in the beginning right after the first start of the operating system as you may have to deal with several cases where programs don't work correctly because they are blocked by the firewall. Windows Firewall will block the connection if the application is unknown (not listed in the control panel of the software). It does lack several features that most third-party firewalls offer including usability enhancements like displaying prompts whenever an unknown application tries to create a connection to a private or public network. The functionality of the firewall has been improved ever since Microsoft starting shipping Windows XP versions with an initial - basic - version of it. It is by far not as advanced as third-party firewalls, but it does a good job at protecting a computer system running Windows.
The firewall in Windows 7, Windows 8 and newer versions of Windows is a solid software firewall.
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