Suggestion for Malwarebytes

[Nazareno]

Hello I want to suggest the inclusion of a firewall to Malwarebytes. In this way it would be transformed into a complete protection suite. Greetings and thanks.

[Porthos]

28 minutes ago, Solitario said:

Hello I want to suggest the inclusion of a firewall to Malwarebytes. In this way it would be transformed into a complete protection suite. Greetings and thanks.

That suggestion is welcomed and has been mentioned before.

Windows firewall is sufficient to handle that aspect (in my opinion).

[exile360]

3 hours ago, Porthos said:

That suggestion is welcomed and has been mentioned before.

Windows firewall is sufficient to handle that aspect (in my opinion).

While I do agree for the most part, enabling outbound filtering/blocking (including notifications/prompts to allow/block individual applications/processes) would be a welcomed addition.  The capabilities are there for this and much more within the WFP APIs included in Vista and newer Windows versions and Malwarebytes is already using WFP for its web blocking component so adding this function wouldn't be too much trouble from a dev/code perspective.

That said, there actually are already several rather robust and free options available that enable this functionality including Windows 10 Firewall Control (formerly Windows 7 Firewall Control and before that, Vista Firewall Control) by Sphinx Software, simplewall by Henry++, Privatefirewall by Privacyware, Tinywall by Pados among others.  You can find a fairly comprehensive list of free firewalls, many of which leverage the built in WFP APIs/firewall technology in Windows Vista and newer here on Wilders.