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Windows Firewall Control full changelog

Windows Firewall Control full changelog

Windows Firewall Control 6.30.1.0 released Mar 29, 2026 (New Release)
Fixed: Mounting a volume in VeraCrypt while wfcUI.exe is elevated, does not refresh the Windows Firewall state and the existing firewall rules defined for files located on the encrypted drive do not work unless you manually switch the profile.
Fixed: A warning message is logged repeatedly in WFC event log if the service is stopped and the tray app can't connect to the service.
Fixed: Requesting elevation and cancelling the request triggers an unhandled exception in the tray app if the service is stopped.
Improved: Reduced workload on service side when notifications are disabled.
Windows Firewall Control 6.30.0.0 released Mar 20, 2026 (New Release)
Improved: When Learning Mode is enabled and the tray process is not elevated, a notification will be displayed even if the program is digitally signed, otherwise such programs are silently ignored.
Improved: Request elevation button was re-added in the Main Panel to give a hint that the program requires elevation before being able to change the settings which are disabled in the user interface.
Fixed: Auto closing countdown timer is not displayed anymore in the notification dialog when the tray process is not elevated.
Windows Firewall Control 6.29.0.0 released Mar 9, 2026 (New Release)
Fixed: Learning Mode is automatically enabled in version WFC 6.28 if there is no
notification exception defined.
Windows Firewall Control 6.26.0.0 released Feb 26, 2026 (New Release)
New: Added global hotkey support for toggling between Request elevation and Remove elevation.
Windows Firewall Control 6.24.0.0 released Feb 3, 2026 (New Release)
Fixed: A low-privilege user can exploit a named pipe vulnerability to turn Windows Firewall off or to clear the Security Event log. Starting with this version, only reading data can is allowed without elevation. Any action that requires changes to Windows Firewall state, firewall rules, settings, requires to elevate the tray app process and confirming the UAC prompt. This applies to all user account types.
Fixed: Learning Mode can be enabled from a standard user account.
Fixed: 'Request elevation' context menu item does not update when changing the language.
Fixed: Auditing settings regarding allowed and blocked connections are not preserved after an update.
New: Added Vietnamese language support.
Windows Firewall Control 6.22.0.0 released Nov 14, 2025 (New Release)
Improved: Extended the list of locations which are considered safe in version 6.21
to avoid conflicts with Windows Defender.
Windows Firewall Control 6.21.0.0 released Nov 13, 2025 (New Release)
Improved: Added extra checks to avoid malicious DLL injection.
Windows Firewall Control 6.20.0.0 released Oct 17, 2025 (New Release)
Fixed: Uppercase notifications exceptions do not work if notifications are disabled.
Fixed: Secure Rules does not work correctly if any of the authorized group names contain the apostrophe character.
Improved: Added extra locks in Secure Profile logic.
Windows Firewall Control 6.19.0.0 released Oct 2, 2025 (New Release)
Fixed: Secure Profile is sometimes out of sync, it appears as disabled while it is actually enabled. Secure Profile reinforcement was rewritten to use events instead of a timer.
Fixed: The service does a lot of processing when Medium Filtering profile is enabled but the notifications are disabled.
Fixed: When using Learning Mode, if you manually delete a newly created rule, Learning Mode will not work anymore for the same app unless you restart WFC.
Fixed: Rules from specific authorized groups list are not preserved by Secure Rules if the group name contains the apostrophe character.
Fixed: While Secure Rules disables an unauthorized rule added from outside of WFC, it does not disable the rule if it was enabled from outside of WFC.
Fixed: Importing rules may not properly complete if Secure Rules is enabled.
Windows Firewall Control 6.17.0.0 released Jun 2, 2025 (New Release)
Fixed: Under specific circumstances, the installer does not complete the update.
Updated: Auto check for updates is now a machine wide setting instead of an per user account setting.
Improved: Added WFC version in the system tray icon tooltip.
Improved: Added validation for invalid character | in the rule properties dialog.

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