Windows 7: Windows firewall and outbound connections notifications

Hello,

Is windows firewall able to notify me when blocking a new program trying to establish an *outbound* connection?

Thanks,
diodorus

No it doesn't. Only inbound connections notify.

A decent firewall that does a good job with outbound notifications is PC Tools Firewall Plus.. While it may not be as comprehensive as some other firewalls are, the price is right ... get it -=> here

Thanks for the tip. Actually I am not looking for many features like inbound protection, as I'm behind a router, or complicated port-rules. All I need is a "program" (or would you call this a "firewall", already?) *JUST* notifying/blocking a *process* from connecting to the internet. Does such thing exist? (Ideally I would run this next to windows firewall, which is enough for me...)

Thanks!

Yes it will notify you if a process attempts to connect to the net... This program runs fine with the default rules, or you can get down and dirty and configure it to suit your specific needs...

Windows 7 Firewall control sounds like it might be what you are looking for.

Details here and downloads here

Yes, so far, every time a new program tries to access anything outside the local network, a warning dialog pops up and asks if you want to let it. If you say yes, it makes a permanent exception fotr that program so it won't ask you again...

Thanks, I'll try this Sphinx Windows 7 Firewall Control (despite their horrible-looking website/logo! ). It looks "lighter" (in resources) than PC Tools Firewall Plus (but please correct me if you know more about this...)
Thanks!

In task manager I have 2 processes running 1 (Windows7firewallcontrol) is using 1,956 and the 2nd (Windows7firewallservice) is using 2,024

For what it's worth, that only works for "well behaved" processes/apps. Malware can simply deactivate or circumvent the outbound filtering, given it's already running on the machine. This is one of those religious debates in computing.