Build v0.55

New build with many improvements, see change-log for details.

[0.55] - 2019-11-15

Added

• added tweaks to disable visual studio tlemetry
• when closing priv10 from tray now it prompts if the user wants to stop the priv10 service
• programs.xml and tweaks.xml is now auto saved every 15 minutes
• added rule context menu
• added command to restore rules detected as changed
• added command to approve rules detected as changed
• program list cleanup not removed not longer existing programs
• added access filter to view options
• added socket type filter to socket list
• added access column to socket list
• apps/services/groupes in dropdown are now sorted alphabetically

Changed

• moved rule quick actions to ribbon (commands are also avialavle form context menu)
• moved panel filter options to toolbar form sidebar
• reworked change notifications
• rule change notifications now display the resolved name when possible

Fixed

• issues with some tweak definitions
• blocked/allowed connetion display was mixed up
• fixed minor issue with event log notificaiton
• fixed issue when changing rule guard mode
• fixed crash bug in notifications
• fixed issue adding apps

Build v0.50b

Some big fixing

[0.50b] - 2019-11-05

Added

• compatybility with old 32 bit platforms

Fixed

• when rule guard is not enabled all rules were marked as changed

Build v0.50a

Finally there is a new build of priv10, large parts of the code base have been reworked to solve some more fundamental issues of windows firewall handling.
Most issues have been fixed and the usability greatly improved. Also many new features have been added, priv10 now shows in addition to the firewall log also a list of all open sockets with data rates. The tool is also capable of showing the remote host names for remote IP's wherever possible it shows the domains as queried by the application as reverse DNS is very unreliable in the age of CDN's hence its used only as a fallback.
A new feature called Tweak Guard monitors the state of the applied privacy tweaks and warns, or re applies (depending on the setting) when a tweak has been un done.
An other new feature, the Rule Guard, monitors firewall rules and prevents 3rd party changes when desired, or just warns the user (depending on the setting), this is especially useful to ensure apps from the windows store wont get internet access, as the msft store always auto adds allow rules without asking the user.
Last but not least the overview page now features an own event log showing priv10 activity.

[0.50a] - 2019-11-03

Added

• added own event log, displayed in the overview page
• added network manager listing all open sockets and currently connected networks
• added ETW tracking to obtain datarate information for sockets
• added dns inspector, dns query monitoring with fallback to reverse dns queries
  -- showing domain names to the remote adresses
  -- logging all domains every program tryed to connect to
• added tweaks to disable office 2016/2019 telemetry
• added Ribbon Toolbar to the Firewall view
  -- improved program list filtering a lot
  -- added more list view customization options
  -- much better category filtering
  -- etc...
• added Tweak Guard to automatically re apply tweaks that windows undid
  -- tweaks and their states are saved to tweaks.xml
  -- tweak changes are logged on the priv10 event log
• added Firewall Rule Guard
  -- firewall rule changes are identifyed on start as well as monitored on live during runtime
  -- Optin to automatically disable changed/added rules or to flat out always out undo all changes not done by priv10
  -- All 3rd party changes to firewall rules logged in the priv10 event log + notfication
• added option to reload app list from apps dropdown
• added propper modern app resource string display

Changed

• completly reworked the backend (engine and service) code

• refactored IPC code

• dropped many unnececery dependencies

• Now by default using "C:\ProgramData\PrivateWin10" instead of the application directory to store data
  -- If a PrivateWin10.ini is present in the applicaton directory the tool starts in portable mode instead

• reworked firewall manager and firewall rules

• reworked firewall event monitoring to make it more robust to future changes in windows

• Changed from the old and out dated COM Interface to a use Native windows firewall API's instead
  -- Now supporting new windows 10 features

• reworked datagrid header handling

• and much more that I forgot to write down...

fixed

• program list browsing with arow keys when filter is engaged

• reworked AppManager class to properly work
  -- improved sid to app resolution performance
  -- properly resolving apppackage id of running modern apps by current process ID

• not uniqie service resolution is now handled properly.

• sorting by timestamp now works properly

• fixed issues with file and registry tweaks not being un don properly

• fixed issues with not applicable tweaks being sometimes shown where it could have been avoided

• and many more which I forgot to write down...

0.1h Release

[0.1h] - 2019-05-01

Added

• Compatybility with windows 8.1 and server 2012
• first seen date for programs

Fixed

• diagtrackrunner.exe and AeLookupSvc tweak are not longer offered to win10 users as on win 10 thay are not present
• crash when adding new category

0.1g Release

[0.1g] - 2019-01-06

Added

• notification window has now path label clickable and opens explorer in the files directory
• issuing cleanup now also resets teh error flag

Changed

• disabled autoresize for Name column
• open from tray trayicon now only react to left mouse button double click
• notification window direction stings are nor more clear
• allowed lan connections are now logged blue
• allowed multicast connections are now logged turquoise

Fixed

• notification window next/previouse buttons now peoeprly enable/disable
• fixed crash when listing a not longer existing service
• fixed issue when resolving special adress ranges

0.1f Release

Added

• italian translation by garf02
• prevent starting of multiple instances inside the same user session
• add option to block/unblock internet access from tray

Fixed

• not showing proepr "any protocol" string in lists
• rule violating actions are not colored yellow
• fixed ptiv10 failed to start when firewalls ervice was disabled

Changed

• poer and Ip columns doesn't autoresize anymore

0.1e Release (beta, hotfix)

[0.1e] - 2018-12-29

Fixed

• localization string screwup in firewall page
• englich fixed by ViVek

Added

• polish translation by ViVek

0.1d Release (Beta)

[0.1d] - 2018-12-28

Added

• save last open page and open it on restart
• all setings can now enabled when running not as dmin, wne a admin only seting is to be chaged the cleint prompts fo a restart
• finish localizations upport

Fixed

• fixed issue in retriving service by PID
• UAC bypass messing with -autorun argument

Changed

• improved emabling and disabling of execution as service

0.1c Release (Beta)

[0.1c] - 2018-12-27

Added

• buttons in the firewallwindow get enabled/disabled based on list selection
• rule validation for the rule window

Fixed

• not setting properly local port and address when creating a rule from the notification window
• fixed a bug in ip matching when a subnet was present
• rule window not saving position
• crash issue under windows 7 related to non existent app list

Changed

• changes the way service names and PIDs are resolved

Bigfix Release

[0.1b] - 2018-12-25

Added

Fixed

• possible crash when loading the list off installed uwp apps

Changed