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It's got the necessary learning mode, but you'd need to have some level of networking knowledge to get set up

I personally really like how it prompts me when a new program tries to access the network for the first time, but I can imagine that this would be as annoying as for any similar product.

I personally would be happy to pay for it (as I have done to try a number of competing products) but hopefully it'll continue to be developed The rule is created but automatically disabled but WFC. When Chrome is updated, it tries to add a rule. According to the user guide, the way it works is for Windows Firewall Control to be notified when new rules are created and it will disable them if they're not in the right group.

I have it so just Windows Firewall Control is allowed to create rules. It has functionality that it calls "Secure Rules" which will automatically disable any rules that were not created by the specific authorized groups.

While there are a number of other products that provide a better interface on top of the Windows Firewall, this is the only one I've found that solves the problem you raise. The best solution I've found has been to use Windows Firewall Control (WFC) which has been acquired by Malwarebytes as of 2018. Windows Update is joined by Firefox, Chrome and many others that feel entitled to ensure that they can send and receive network traffic without asking your permission.

The problem is that any program that runs with Administrator privileges is allowed to silently change Windows Firewall rules.

Windows Firewall Control is a program that will automatically delete or disable Windows Firewall rules that you didn't approve by using the Secure Rules functionality. TL DR: It's not possible to stop programs with Administrator access from changing firewall rules.