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TinyWall Changelog

3.5.1 - Maintenance update (10.12.2024)

  • Small performance improvements
  • Code clean up

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3.5.0 - Minor update (09.12.2024)

  • Filter UWP packages list by name

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3.4.5 - Maintenance release (09.12.2024)

  • Corrected package versions
  • Fixed UWP exceptions

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3.4.4 - Maintenance release (21.08.2024)

  • Bug fix for process form where clicking or tapping the clear button didn't clear the search text box
  • Added search function to the services form

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3.4.3 - Maintenance release (20.08.2024)

  • Bug fix for showing all items instead of showing the search item when searching in processes

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3.4.2 - Maintenance release (20.08.2024)

  • Bug fix for not showing all items when searching in connections

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3.4.1 - Preview release (19.08.2024)

  • Added missing GitHub icon
  • Added CHANGELOG.MD

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3.4.0 - Preview release (19.08.2024)

  • Show connections now has a search capability
  • Improved performance through async await for long running operations
  • Show connections form now display a 'please wait' message
  • Updated date to UK format

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3.3.1 - Maintenance release (12.03.2023)

  • TinyWall is now open-source
  • Add GitHub button to Settings window
  • Change license to GPLv3
  • Fix Korean localisation not loading
  • Update Chinese localisation

3.3.0 - Major update (05.03.2023)

  • Windows 10 and .NET Framework 4.8 are now prerequisites
  • Do not require executable to exist when editing firewall exceptions in GUI
  • Migrate serialisation formats to JSON to avoid runtime code generation
  • Migrate native libraries to .NET
  • Many memory and performance optimisations
  • Annotate for and enable null-state static analysis
  • Code restructuring and modernisation
  • Deprecated code removal

3.2.5 - Maintenance release (28.12.2021)

  • Correctly handle change of presence of trailing slashes in registry paths
  • Backport many memory improvements from WIP TinyWall 3.3+
  • Fix grey icon due to long startup time when apps such as Samsung Magician 7.0 are installed
  • Fix merging of blocked UWP app entries in Connections window
  • Update Bulgarian localisation
  • Deprecation notes:     Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and certain older versions of Windows 10     will soon not be supported in a future TinyWall release.

3.2.3 - Maintenance release (26.10.2021)

  • Fix GUI crash in Connections window if missing file access permissions

3.2.2 - Maintenance release (25.10.2021)

  • Add support for encrypted DNS in Windows 11
  • Add support for whitelisting on mount points
  • Add workaround for ImDisk issue
  • Fix memory leak when changing service failure action
  • Fix memory leak when verifying authenticode certificate
  • Fix memory leak when using an IPv6 address filter condition
  • Fix Connections list not sorted by timestamp by default (3.1.1 regression)
  • Fix possible null-dereference with VeraCrypt volumes
  • Update Japanese and Portuguese localisations

3.1.1 - Important update (11.10.2021)

  • Add option to block internet during display power-save
  • Heuristically determine and show PIDs of blocked processes if possible
  • Support for showing and whitelisting services in Processes and Connections windows
  • Launch GUI with elevated privileges on boot if possible
  • Use exact capitalisation of paths from autolearn and blocked processes
  • Reduce dependency on WMI and avoid polling by WMI
  • Avoid creation of redundant "-" entries during autolearn
  • Fix WFP audit logging is not disabled when autolearn mode ends
  • Fix "active connections" and "open ports" lists would not recognise UWP processes as such
  • Fix rule is ineffective if loaded while its target path is not mounted
  • Fix rule is ineffective for paths with certain international characters
  • Fix Bulgarian translation not loading
  • Fix non-form Korean messages are gibberish due to wrong encoding
  • Updated German, Italian translations
  • New Hebrew localisation
  • GUI layout fixes for various localisations
  • Updated hosts blocklist
  • Updated application database

3.0.10 - Maintenance release (04.11.2020)

  • Fix invalid WFP rules created for "System" on some machines (3.0.9 regression)

3.0.9 - Maintenance release (01.11.2020)

  • Automatically ask for passphrase when needed, and remove now redundant "Unlock" menu item
  • Fix child process monitoring not working (3.0.7 regression)
  • Fix memory leak in traffic rate monitor
  • Fix service becomes temporarily unresponsive when network parameters change
  • Fix missing signature could be incorrectly detected as an invalid signature
  • Reduce dependency on WMI
  • Add runtime profiling feature
  • Updated Brazilian Portuguese and Polish localisations
  • New Bulgarian localisation

3.0.8 - Important update (27.09.2020)

  • Add workaround for "grey icon on Win7" issue   Note: On affected systems icon will appear with considerable delay after boot. This is expected.
  • Fix WMI leak when mountpoints change
  • Fix GUI crash if mountpoints change after changing the GUI language
  • Fix service crash if pipe command results in uncaught exception
  • Fix windows are potentially invisible if virtual desktop size changes
  • Fix text placement in pt-BR localisation
  • Make dependency on eventlog service optional
  • Updated Italian localisation
  • Updated application database

3.0.7 - Important update (12.07.2020)

  • Add support for WSL
  • Add support for WSL 2
  • Add support for whitelisting from network shares and network drives
  • Fix autolearn doesn't detect short-lived processes
  • Fix autolearn handling of non-win32 file paths
  • Fix service crash if multiple exceptions with the same path apply to child processes
  • Don't log expected exceptions during system shutdown
  • Don't show System process as a missing app, and add icon for it
  • Updated Italian localisation

3.0.6 - Maintenance release (25.06.2020)

  • Fix GUI crash if an "All applications" rule is present

3.0.5 - Important update (14.06.2020)

  • Restore compatibility with 32-bit (x86) Windows systems
  • Remember user-set column widths in lists
  • Keep application list selection and scroll-position after modifications
  • Reduced system load of traffic rate monitor
  • New and performance-optimised firewall rule application
  • Fix not all changes are detected when a network adapter is reconfigured
  • Fix rules for Windows services may get ignored due to wrong SID translation
  • Fix incomplete deserialisation of DHCP profile
  • Fix tooltip rule edit not saving correctly
  • Fix two rules merged incorrectly if one of them was Unrestricted
  • Fix "Ask for exception details" not always taken into account
  • Fix UI text contents in Connections window (column headers, and 2 -> 5 mins)
  • Fix WMI leak while monitoring sub-processes
  • Increase traffic rate update interval to 2 seconds
  • Only enable sub-process monitoring if necessary for active rules
  • Optimised sub-process monitoring when enabled
  • Rework inter-process pipe communication
  • Update old WhatsNew and FAQ in installer
  • Updated Brazilian Portuguese and Russian localisations
  • Introduce logging in installer routines
  • Collect all logs to "logs" folder

3.0.4 - Maintenance release (26.04.2020)

  • Make language changes take effect without a GUI restart
  • Handle WMI errors gracefully in service
  • Wait longer for service availability after loading desktop
  • Avoid harmless exception being logged during system shutdown
  • Prevent opening the Manage window when other windows are active
  • Fix wrongly positioned GUI elements in Dutch and Russian localisations
  • Fix potential race condition of UI timer during exit
  • Fix traffic rate text ignores selected GUI language
  • Updated Spanish and Russian localisations

3.0.3 - Maintenance release (01.04.2020)

  • Fix potential GUI crash during whitelisting in error case
  • Fix potential GUI crash due to race while GUI is closing
  • Fix tray icon sometimes wrongly showing Unknown state after a fresh boot

3.0.2 - Maintenance release (26.03.2020)

  • Test for UWP support instead of OS-version checking
  • Install hosts and database updates atomically
  • Keep Windows Firewall settings as desired when enabled & changed externally
  • Fix user GUI settings not migrated (effective starting with v3.0.3)
  • Fix possible GUI crash when user selects Elevate

3.0.1 - Maintenance release (22.03.2020)

  • Fix whitelist ineffective on some executables with overtight permissions
  • Fix whitelisted file cannot connect if its rule was loaded while the file was missing

3.0.0 - Major update (22.03.2020)

  • Firewall technology improvements     - Completely rebuilt firewall on top of Windows Filtering Platform     - Full support for File and Printer Sharing and Network Browser     - Boot-time filtering     - Raw and promiscuous socket filtering     - Apps no longer disconnect when firewall reloads     - Connections window need not be open to register blocked applications     - Multicast support for local network detection     - Support for UWP (Windows Store) apps     - Support for machine-global exceptions     - Increased protection against code-identity spoofing attacks     - Ability to automatically apply rules to child-processes     - IPSec AH support in VPN rules
  • GUI improvements     - Manual app detection gives instant first results     - Live update of traffic rate in tray menu     - Processes & Services windows remember size     - Much improved loading time of Processes window     - Don't list duplicate processes in Processes window     - Improved batch whitelisting from Connections and Processes     - Make Settings window resizable     - Auto-detection of UWP apps     - Support F5-refresh in Connections window     - Support Delete key for application exceptions list     - Eliminate flicker from all lists in the application     - Enable single-click toggling of special exceptions     - Sort Connections list by timestamp by default     - Group together deleted applications in settings     - Add error logging to GUI     - Prevent svchost from being learned when using the Autolearn feature
  • Installer improvements     - Install location can be customised     - Warning about remote installations during setup     - Slightly modernised installer look     - Password protection of uninstaller if TinyWall is locked     - Display version number in Welcome screen title     - Fix dangling tray icon after uninstall     - Show version on installer's Welcome screen     - Faster install and uninstall
  • General improvements     - Atomically store configuration     - Reduced probability of failed whitelisting attempts     - Fix: Don't leave locked files on service exit     - Fix: Race condition between update check and service message loop     - Fix: Some code paths not reliably run at service exit     - Fix: Application finder can freeze if closed while detection is running     - Optimisations to startup performance     - Only check updates over HTTPS
  • Deprecation notes     - Windows Vista no longer supported     - 32-bit systems no longer supported (support added back in 3.0.5)     - Temporarily remove support for network drives (added back in 3.0.7)

2.1.15 - Maintenance release (07.03.2020)

  • Only offer upgrade to v3.0 if running on a 64-bit system.

2.1.14 - Maintenance release (02.01.2020)

  • Fix communication error with Service when update info is available (2.1.13 regression)

2.1.13 - Maintenance release (28.12.2019)

  • Fix for local exploit CVE-2019-19470

2.1.12 - Maintenance release (23.08.2019)

  • Fix user may not get notified of updates for a very long time

2.1.11 - Maintenance release (28.07.2019)

  • Fix service hang on some systems when blocklists are enabled
  • Fix service hang on some systems when opening Connections window

2.1.10 - Maintenance release (19.07.2019)

  • Fix accidentally introduced dependency on .NET Framework 4.8

2.1.9 - Maintenance release (18.07.2019)

  • Add support for Windows 10 v1903
  • Add drag&drop whitelist support to applications in settings window
  • Fix: Online updates not supporting TLS >= 1.2
  • Updated application database
  • Updated hosts blocklist

2.1.8 - Important update (10.03.2016)

  • Fix: Potential GUI crash when whitelisting by window
  • Fix: GUI crash if copying to clipboard which is in use by another app
  • Fix: Connections form GUI scaling issue in German localisation
  • Workaround for performance issue in Windows 10
  • Atomic file updates to reduce chance of lost settings in case of file system corruptions
  • Handle some more possible errors on uninstallation
  • Add Czech localisation, and Spanish update

2.1.7 - Maintenance release (04.01.2016)

  • Fix: GUI freezes if Application Finder is closed while scan is running
  • Fix: GUI is blurry if desktop scaling is enabled
  • Add Polish and Turkish localisations
  • Updates to Spanish, French, and Brazilian Portuguese translations
  • Application database updates

2.1.6 - Maintenance release (06.01.2015)

  • Windows 10 (TP) compatibility
  • Add color-coding to Application Exceptions list
  • Faster loading of Manage and Processes windows
  • Fix: GUI crashes when process list is cancelled
  • Fix: Printer sharing doesn't create rule for spoolsv.exe
  • Fix: Two rules can get incorrectly merged
  • Fix: TinyWall loses its settings under specific circumstances
  • Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation
  • Add Chinese translation

2.1.5 - Important update (12.10.2014)

  • Support for Window Update in Windows 8.1
  • Add support for whitelisting executables on remote network shares
  • Increase service robustness by dry-run testing new rules before save
  • Allow selecting multiple processes when initiated over tray menu
  • Add uninstallation protection
  • Fix: Service crashes if backup of hosts cannot be found
  • Fix: If local network traffic is allowed, local broadcasts are still blocked
  • Fix: Connections window crashes if endpoint IP cannot be determined
  • Fix: Under some circumstances, controller commits new settings even if rejected by service
  • Fix: Wrong error message is shown if user tries to change mode while locked
  • Fix: Tray shows out-of-date lock status after service locks due to timeout
  • Fix: Tray GUI needs restart after service locks due to timeout
  • Fix: Service crash after merging a wildcard and a non-wildcard port rule
  • Fix: Hosts file not automatically updating
  • Preliminary Italian translation and other localisation updates
  • Updated application database

2.1.4 - Maintenance release (14.07.2013)

  • Fix: Cannot save settings after upgrade to 2.1.3

2.1.3 - Maintenance release (12.07.2013)

  • Fix: A network zone change left outgoing connections unfiltered (2.1 regression)
  • Various Hungarian, Japanese, and general localisation updates

2.1.2 - Maintenance release (06.07.2013)

  • Fix: Could not install TinyWall.XmlSerializers.dll on some systems

2.1.1 - Maintenance release (04.07.2013)

  • Fix: When asking for permission to whitelist related files, app name is left out

2.1.0 - Major update (04.07.2013)

  • Proper and official Windows 8 support
  • Add ability to disable global hotkeys
  • Properly validate binary certificate of whitelisted applications
  • Remove network zone support, it mainly caused confusion
  • Don't show half-constructed Manage window while loading it
  • Make list in Processes and Services windows sortable
  • Allow batch Remove of application exceptions in GUI
  • Fix: Add Firewall Exception window now allows rules for "System" to be saved
  • Fix: If cannot add a firewall rule, log details and keep service running instead of crashing
  • Fix: Crash when trying to merge rules where at least one is not fully specified
  • Fix: Crash when Modifying exception that has "No restrictions" set
  • Fix: Connections window for open/listening ports might miss entries
  • Fix: Unable to whitelist some services due to bad parsing of ImagePath property
  • Fix: Wrong installation of Portuguese localisation
  • Fix: Failed to get file path of privileged window due to inverted condition
  • Fix: Avoid double-shutdown of service on machine shutdown
  • Fix: Unable to add rule in service due to short path notation
  • Add Dutch, German, Hungarian, Spanish and Russian translations. Update Portuguese.
  • Reduce disk space used by localisations by appr. 41%, for icons by 30%
  • Controller app and Connections window load faster
  • Improve security of communication between service and controller
  • More robust communication between service and controller
  • Show timestamps in Connections dialog
  • Support for multiple controller instances
  • All binaries are now cryptographically timestamped
  • Precision traffic meter
  • Updated application database

2.0.1 - Maintenance release (22.06.2012)

  • Added Brazilian Portuguese and Japanese translations, fixes to French translation.
  • Fix: Sporadic communication errors between TinyWall's controller and service.
  • Fix: License file does not open from the settings window.
  • Updated application database

2.0.0 - Major update (11.06.2012) The changes are too numerous to list in detail. An overview can be found at: http://tinywall.pados.hu/docs/whatsnew.html

1.0.4 - Maintenance (03.04.2012)

  • Give appropriate instructions to the user when upgrading to future major (>=2.0) releases.

1.0.3 - Maintenance (21.01.2012)

  • Fix: Controller crash when bubble-editing new exception in GUI multiple times in a row
  • Fix: Controller crash after exception modification in Manage window, when Modify is clicked again
  • Fix: Possible controller crash when populating list in Connections form
  • Fix: Firewall rules may overwrite each other
  • Fix: Some DNS responses are blocked, leading to possibly slower DNS resolution
  • Fix: Wrong filtering of ICMPv6 traffic
  • Fix: GUI is not updated when timed rules are removed
  • Fix: Generalise Steam profile for all Steam games
  • Tell user that admin rights are missing instead of disabling Uninstall button
  • New and updated application profiles
  • Updated FAQ (please read it)

1.0.2 - Maintenance (27.12.2011)

  • Fix: False merge of firewalls rule upon new exception, leading to loss of connectivity
  • Fix: Adding a new rule might not show up in the Manage window, even though it is applied correctly

1.0.1 - Maintenance (26.12.2011)

  • Improved start-up performance
  • Fix: Active tab should only be restored upon load in Manage window
  • Fix: Timed exceptions get removed too early
  • Fix: Cancelling a process- or service-selection window may cause crash
  • Add context menu to terminate a process in the Connections window
  • When adding a new exception, always tell the user if the app was recognised in the bubble notification
  • Option to click the bubble notification to edit any freshly added exception
  • Slightly reduced binary size
  • Installer fixes
  • Include offline FAQ in the installer
  • Updated application profiles

1.0.0 - Initial release (04.12.2011) For changes since beta and RC versions, see http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=309739