Now it isn't as nice as Little Snitch because it doesn't notify you directly when a program tries to call out, however, it does offer you the ability to log the calls so that you can see which programs tried to make a connection and it does offer you the ability to block those calls beforehand. Windows Firewall makes it easy to block any outgoing call to any computer. While I'm not advocating software piracy, I also don't advocate my PC doing things I didn't tell it to do like make outbound calls. This means that while you may install that wonderfully pirated version of some Adobe software on your PC, as soon as the software runs and calls back to Adobe it can be disabled. Often, applications call back to their creators for validation. If you are a person who uses pirated software, you may find that your software gets disabled whenever you have your LAN or Wireless Internet up and running on your computer. You may be asking yourself why you would want to block outgoing calls from your PC to another PC. Browsing the web means finding stories you don’t have time to read right away.
Windows Firewall ships with Windows 7 and while it does not notify you every single time a program tries to establish an outbound connection, it does give you the ability to block any and all outbound calls by any program on your system. The budding marketplace doesn’t have nearly as many choices as Google or Firefox’s host of add- ons, but the few it does have will make your browsing experience more intuitive and user- friendly if you’re giving the new browser a try.
