henrypp / simplewall

Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.
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[Feature] Allow to create rules that match a file path #1802

Closed mslivo closed 5 months ago

mslivo commented 6 months ago

Checklist

App version

3.8.2

Problem you are trying to solve

A lot of windows services .exe files get replaced with every update (gamingservices.exe, widgets.exe), and when they do they pop up again and again even though there are already rules for this.

Creating the rule without any TCP/IP/PORT restrictions still do not apply because the .exe file itself is not same anymore.

Suggested solution

If we could create a rule that just matches the file path with a regex this could be solved by creating a rule like C:\.\windowsapps.\.widgets.exe to be done with this app once and for all

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tormit commented 5 months ago

This is longwaited feature #1727 , unsolved for years. Very annoying these exe-s that change itself or change their path.

I was forced to disable notifications completely until this issue gets solved.