In Windows, you can use Windows Firewall to block or unblock certain applications, but it doesn’t offer an easy-to-use interface for its advanced features. If you want to block an application from accessing the internet, you must go through the following steps:
1. Click the Windows Start Menu and open Control Panel
2. Select System & Security
3. Then in the Firewall section, you select “Allow a program through the Windows Firewall”
4. If the program you wish to block or unblock isn’t listed, you must click “Allow another program” to add it. Choose the application in the list and select “Add”. Else you must then browse the hard drive to find it, and so on. This seems complicated for the average user.
Firewall App Blocker makes the process very easy! Simply drag and drop the application you wish to block into the FAB window, or browse the hard disk to find it.That’s it!
What is new: (Wednesday, 28 September 2022)
[FIXED] – If you change GUI language, Enable WhiteList box disappears
[FIXED] – A minor bug in command prompt
[FIXED] – Entries can’t be sorted that the most recently added ones are at the top
[ADDED] – Partial language support for “File -> Netsh Commands”
If you want to allow it access again, just right clik on it and choose “Allow” or select it and press the Delete button also you can use Allow button.
In this version there are some extra features on the Firewall menu, including “White List Mode”, Block internet , Restrict Firewall Options etc.
What is WhiteList Mode: it will block everything except on the white listed items, to activate it tick the “Enable WhiteList” box on the right bottom corner , The whitelist mode denies access to all network interfaces, After enabling WhiteList Mode Drag and drop an Application/Applications on the “Firewall Application Blocker” interface to Allow it/them , It was the most wanted feature
Following command can be used to allow WhatsApp in whitelist. You can use this command with task scheduler or in a script.
fab_x64.exe /a /allow /in /out %ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps\*WhatsAppDesktop*
If you want to delete old whatsApp , you need to run below command , before the above add command
fab_x64.exe /d /in /out %ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps\*WhatsAppDesktop?*
Note: When you enable the WhiteList mode, some devices such as a printer on your local network may not work properly, to solve this Problem,you can allow devices on your local network by clicking File – Netsh Commands – Allow Local Subnet
To sort Entries that the most recently added ones are at the top , please click enabled or action column header first then “#” column will appear , click on header this column to sort the most recently added entries at the first place.
How to Block Ms EDGE internet connection Properly: To block Microsoft EDGE properly please use “Disable_EdgeRule.bat” Here and then use FAB (Firewall Application Blocker) Add Process button (second) to add Microsoft EDGE icons on the FAB interface.
To add an Outbound or Inbound Firewall Rules separately , use One of the Bottom left buttons , shown above are Firewall Application Blocker file and Options menus
By selecting Options –> Languages –> Translate, you can easily translate FAB into your language. By choosing “Add Process” feature you can Add any process to Outbound or Inbound list. To add more than one process, just hold down the ctrl key and select the Processes
When “Add to exe context menu” feature enabled from Options menu, you will be able to block/unblock a specific app right from Windows Explorer right-click context menu, this will allow you to right click any .exe file and easily add it to the Windows Firewall. This context menu entry can be altered to only display when you press the Shift key. To do this, select “Use Shift Key to Display”
FAB also offers CMD support. To use this, just make sure to use the correct parameter, as shown below:
Note: Firewall App Blocker doesn’t change Windows Firewall default Rules. If you use 3rd party security software or a 3rd party firewall (e.g. Avast), they can disable your Windows Firewall. If you do not want Ms Edge and similar microsoft programs to access the Internet in White List mode, you can manually disable their rules in the advanced windows firewall settings Firewall App Blocker runs properly only if your Windows Firewall is enabled.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 11 , Windows 10 , Windows 8.1 , Windows 8 , Windows 7 , Windows Vista – (both x86 and x64)
Supported languages: English , Turkish , German , French , Brazilian portuguese , Greek , Italian , Polish , Persian , Russian , Dutch , Spanish , Korean , Simplified and Traditional Chinese , Indonesian , Japanese , Finnish , Hungarian , Ukrainian , Slovenian , Arabic , Vietnamese , Bosnian , Czech , Hebrew , Thai , Portuguese , Romanian , Swedish
File: Fab_x64.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 970b29465d8118bf8038a42c92bf90df
SHA1: b22d955115f4142198a288550d3592927b1b9460
File: Fab.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 5da9c7ba1250ae64f2ae50f1244dc5e9
SHA1: d11b74adf1ad35dd6df0f57004e287859f021a29
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The main purpose of the software is not to disable the Firewall.
Hi. There are 2 IPsec processes related to firewalling that aren’t stopped when disabling firewall.
Agente de directiva IPsec (policyagent)
Motor de filtrado de base (bfe)
Unfortunately no
Can I use this to block a driver? A internal keyboard driver for example
Nice utility. Save me a lot of time going typing scripts for the firewall. It would be nice if dll fille blocking capabilities can be added to the software
Hi, Thank you for the Firewall App Blocker, that makes easy to create firewall rules, IF the software can create both In/Outbound rule at the same will be very helpfully.
Thank you.
Eric
1. No but all settings will valid
2. How do I minimize the FAB program to the system tray? , for the FAB it seems unnecessary but we may use this option next version.
Hello!
I have two (2) simple questions about the ‘Firewall App Blocker’ program, in Windows 10:
1. If I close the F.A.B. program (Specifically, with the [X] at the top right), does FAB continue to run in the background?
2. How do I minimize the FAB program to the system tray?
Cheers~
Got it sorted. It was a software (Glasswire) that kept resetting Firewall App Blocker.
Anyway, how do you stop KMS Server connection from being blocked? I have to go to Default Mode for connection and then back to Whitelist Mode. Added the service KMSSS.exe but that doesn’t work (i.e. doesn’t connect to server).
Thank you
why you want to start it with system start ?
It is recommended to add, with the system self-starting, in the system tray
It seems there is something wrong with your system, it can be a firewall problem . please reset your firewall or if you use any other security software disable it.
When I restart the PC the program returns back to default mode from whiltelist mode. It did not do this before. Please advise.
We have tested it on Win7 Pro x64.After enable white list Mode we added
C:\Program Files (x86)\ ozilla Firefox \firefox.exe
to the Outbound Rules list. Firefox connected to the internet without any problems.
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There may have been a problem with the firewall rules on your system. If you have an important setting in the firewall rules, you can back up the settings and try to reset the windows firewall rules.
If the problem still persists, you can add processes which running in the background one by one to the fab list and check the status.
W7pro, FAB in Whitelist Mode, Firefox Outgoing enabled: W7 says "WLAN connected, but no Internet Access". Firefox has also no Internet connection.
Disabling Whitelist Mode, everything works.
Any hint?
This means White list mode works perfect, Just disable white list mode to use Vpn then enable it again
Hi ,
I have enabled FAB whitelist mode and My IKev2 Windows VPN not working(it connected but with no internet access).I tested Openvpn it also not work before but After allowing all main process(measure while connected) it works but My IKev2 not Works How to fix It.