| Version | Change log |
| Windows Firewall Control 6.30.1.0 Mar 29, 2026 |
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 Mar 20, 2026 |
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 Mar 9, 2026 |
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 Feb 26, 2026 | New: Added global hotkey support for toggling between Request elevation and Remove elevation. |
| Windows Firewall Control 6.25.0.0 Feb 25, 2026 |
New: Added support to 'Remove elevation'. This will restart the tray process. Improved: Added support to 'Request elevation' from the notification dialog. Existing notifications will be preserved and restored when elevated process is started. Improved: Added a more helpful message in case the check for updates does not work. Fixed: Lock functionality should be available only if the software runs elevated. 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 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 6.24.0.0 Feb 3, 2026 |
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 Nov 14, 2025 |
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 Nov 13, 2025 | Improved: Added extra checks to avoid malicious DLL injection. |
| Windows Firewall Control 6.20.0.0 Oct 17, 2025 |
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 Oct 2, 2025 |
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. |
