Good Firewall for Vista 64 bit?

[OldSchool38]

I'd like to ask you guys what is a good firewall with stealth abilities for vista 64 bit that's also light on resources.  I have an early version of Comodo firewall I've used in the past that worked great-but apparently it's only 32 bit, the current version is a resource hog so I would like to avoid that one.  Would the current zone alarm firewall be good to use or is there another option?

[burd]

8 hours ago, OldSchool38 said:

I'd like to ask you guys what is a good firewall with stealth abilities for vista 64 bit that's also light on resources.  I have an early version of Comodo firewall I've used in the past that worked great-but apparently it's only 32 bit, the current version is a resource hog so I would like to avoid that one.  Would the current zone alarm firewall be good to use or is there another option?

I think bitdefender offers a firewall if you get their antivirus which is good but its not light weighted.

[OldSchool38]

I really haven't had any experience with bitdefender so I decided to try Comodo free internet security first.  So far so good, I think being on 8gb of ram and a 64 bit system seems to work out better than the old 32 bit OS I last tried it on.

[Yellow Horror]

Windows Vista (and later versions) buildin firewall is good enough (and supports stealth mode). The only thing that is need to use it effectively is a better control tool than the native Windows "control panel". Try Windows Firewall Control, it is very lightweight and free. You need version 4.9.6.0 or older because Vista support is dropped since 4.9.7.0.

Edited October 27, 2017 by Yellow Horror

[OldSchool38]

On 10/27/2017 at 4:23 AM, Yellow Horror said:

Windows Vista (and later versions) buildin firewall is good enough (and supports stealth mode). The only thing that is need to use it effectively is a better control tool than the native Windows "control panel". Try Windows Firewall Control, it is very lightweight and free. You need version 4.9.6.0 or older because Vista support is dropped since 4.9.7.0.

Where can I download Windows Firewall Control 4.9.6.0?  Just came across this post recently and remembered I couldn't find it anywhere to download.

[VistaLover]

On 6/28/2019 at 9:44 PM, OldSchool38 said:

Where can I download Windows Firewall Control 4.9.6.0?  Just came across this post recently and remembered I couldn't find it anywhere to download.

Binisoft, the company behind Windows Firewall Control (WFC), was bought out by Malwarebytes: 

https://www.zdnet.com/article/malwarebytes-acquires-windows-firewall-control-firm-binisoft/

https://www.binisoft.org/

https://www.binisoft.org/wfc

On the current iteration of the WFC home page, no archived versions of the app exist , only a historical changelog ; v4.9.6.0 (Vista+WS2008 EoS) was released on Mar 26th 2017 and at a time when the "free" version had several limitations compared to the registered (paid for) one...

 I can't help commenting on the author's "rush" to drop Vista (but also WS2008) support with version 4.9.7.0, just days after MS ended Vista's Extended Support on April 11th 2017: 

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What's new in version 4.9.7.0 (22.04.2017)
- Important: Starting with this version, WFC is targeted to use .NET Framework 4.6 instead of .NET Framework 4.5 which is outdated.
- Important: Removed support for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

FWIW, .NET FW 4.6 was/is officially supported on Vista, so what was the rush to drop Vista?

Fortunately, the Web Archive has salvaged the download link for WFC v4.x.x.x: 

http://www.binisoft.org/download/wfc4setup.exe

The Mar 1st 2017 snapshot will get you v4.9.4.0 (Vista compatible): 

http://web.archive.org/web/20170301124512/http://www.binisoft.org/download/wfc4setup.exe

but, sadly, there's no WA link for v4.9.6.0 .

I have managed to track down a saved copy of v4.9.6.0 in a Czech software portal, and that's because they had actually archived it on their servers (and not just redirect to author's download link):

https://stahnu.cz/firewall/windows-firewall-control/download/6

I've scanned the setup locally with Kaspersky Internet Security (with latest defs) and it appears legit and clean; virustotal also gives it a clean bill:

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/6dc5106c7018567adc4e5473ed0676b7d9acfe0312f3eb0578b9f9954848b1c1/detection

NB, you do need .NET FW 4.5.x+ to run the app; screengrab of the setup running just before actual installation: 

Enjoy...