What Windows firewall are you using? (2024 edition)

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  1. MalachiSATX

    MalachiSATX Noisemaker

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    Yep, me too.
     
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  2. simplysimple

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    Simplewall and Windows Firewall Control are great free solutions.
    WFC includes some useful features but I prefer the simplicity of Simplewall.

    I tried portmaster but the experience was not streamlined for my use case - ask to allow or block outgoing connection from any new app.

    In short, all three are good solutions.
     
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  3. orbitbooster

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    A side note to standard windows firewall: I just discovered few days ago, to me an absolute NO GO feature: it has no rule prioritization, and this can be a real mess, so I think that any overlay (tiny, wcf, etc) of wf is a NO GO too.

    I use the overbloated (free) Comodo firewall, that has HIPS too and a virtual container (kind of sandboxie).
     
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  4. Floydatio

    Floydatio Newbie

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    I use Evorim - Free Firewall.
     
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    Same here, however with comodo and Kontakt6+ there are issues when daw is blocked (kontakt does not open at all, gets error).
     
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  6. orbitbooster

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    It doesn't matter which fw you're using because kontakt needs a loopback (127.0.0.1) connection, so the same must be granted to daw.
    Create a rule for that purpose.
     
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