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simplewall
Discontinued Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.
An alternative to the Microsoft Store is either manually downloading via the vendor's website(s); Winget; Chocolaty
Lot of people mention chocolately for applications, which is great because it has a huge library, but I try to use scoop where possible. It doesn't need admin privileges to install applications, and installs the "portable" versions where possible, making it really easy to back up and move them if you need to.
Great question! Yes it is pfblockerng, and the lists I currently use are: https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/tree/master/data/firewall. Just a heads up, this will block LinkedIn as well. Didn’t make sense to me at first why, but I found out that LinkedIn is a subsidiary of Microsoft now. But yea this list does a lot of blocking for me. In addition, I use glasswire as a host based firewall. I use that to block other connections. It is app based, so it makes it easier than stopping each IP. glasswire is a subscription based product (30$) a year. So just a heads up on that. Both of them provide me with a pretty good solution. Not bulletproof, but still a pretty good solution IMO.
I have windows firewall disabled so it doesn't try any of that. This link from the dev will explain better than I possibly could. (I'm no tech genius, I just can confirm it works) https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall/wiki/FAQ