Firewall App Blocker (Fab) v1.6

Author | April 21, 2017 | 112 Comments

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: (Friday , 21. April 2017)
FIXED – Add a folder feature doesn’t support shortcuts
FIXED – If the firewall is closed, added icons seems to be blocked
FIXED – In whitelist mode MS Edge continues to establish normal connections to the Internet (Need extra step)
FIXED – Fab cannot remove old versions Context Menu registry entries properly

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

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 below 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

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 settings. If you use 3rd party security software or a 3rd party firewall (e.g. Avast), they can disable your Windows Firewall. Firewall App Blocker runs properly only if your Windows Firewall is enabled.

Supported Operating Systems: 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

File: Fab_x64.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 2441beb1a1f695dc33e9b097442e0e6c
SHA1: e602773634767fb71360d18631ec7e5bae390618

File: Fab.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 2294c122d38f564e8ef2bd3e58d7a623
SHA1: 1bdd95fc5cf5408688f32fcb4483af5eecf543da