Basic Firewalls
Windows 8 Firewall Control
Stars- Application for Desktops and Laptop PC
- Uses the in-built Windows firewall so no extra kernel drivers are required. Small installation size. Runs in three modes - Normal, EnableAll and DisableAll. All round improvement to the standard windows firewall
- With no training mode, it has a manual configuration which means that getting it up and running effectively can take a while. The online manual is ok, but could be better.
- http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html
- http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/order.html
- Free versions available
- Designed for Windows 8/7/Vista/2008/2012/XP/2003
- Works with XP and Upwards even though its called Windows 8 Firewall Control!
TinyWall 2.1
Stars- Application for Desktops and Laptop PC
- Lightweight and Simple firewall. Non intrusive no-popup approach and allows whitelisting of applications easily as they are detected. Does not require you to know about ports, protocols and application details. A good choice for computer beginners
- Requires .Net Framework 3.5 SP1, everything is accessed from right click context menu so not quite as intuitive as other systems
- http://tinywall.pados.hu
- http://tinywall.pados.hu/download.php
- 100% free, no ads, no artifical limitations, no upgrades.
- All Windows from 7 upwards (limited Vista support)
- Recently released version 2.1