Geo Firewall - Change Log

August 5, 2024

Version 4.9 has been released.

• Fixed: An issue with the user interface validation of DNS names upon entry in the DNS whitelist.

July 24, 2024

Version 4.8 has been released.

• Fixed: DNS resolution issues when running alongside DnsProxywall.

Version 4.7 has been released.

• Added: Pattern-based DNS name support for the whitelist (e.g.,'*.verigio.com').
• Updated: The internal geographical definitions database (GeoDefsDB).

May 30, 2023

Version 4.6 has been released.

• Fixed: An intermittent communication interruption between the UI and the service.
• Improved: Stability on Windows 11.
• Improved: The conditions requiring a restart after installation.
• Updated: The internal GeoDefsDB to 29-5-2023.
• Added: A feature to display the OS build number in diagnostics.
• Added: An installer option to place a shortcut on the Desktop.
• Added: An installer option to launch the application after installation.

May 30, 2023

Version 3.62 has been released.

• Fixed: An intermittent communication interruption between the UI and the service.
• Improved: Stability on Windows 11.
• Improved: The conditions requiring a restart after installation.
• Updated: The internal GeoDefsDB to 29-5-2023.
• Added: A feature to display the OS build number in diagnostics.
• Added: An installer option to place a shortcut on the Desktop.
• Added: An installer option to launch the application after installation.

March 13, 2023

Version 4.3 has been released.

• Fixed: An issue where "Protect Settings" (the Lock) was not persistent.
• Fixed: An intermittent user interface hang upon closing the Settings dialog.
• Fixed: A partial blocking issue that was introduced in v4.2.
• Updated: The embedded GeoDefsDB to 2023-03-07.
• Added: A menu to perform diagnostics output to notepad.exe.
• Added: A feature where diagnostics now show all locations of installed Verigio drivers.

March 13, 2023

Version 3.60 has been released.

• Fixed: An issue where "Protect Settings" (the Lock) was not persistent.
• Fixed: An intermittent user interface hang upon closing the Settings dialog.
• Fixed: A partial blocking issue that was introduced in v3.59.
• Updated: The embedded GeoDefsDB to 2023-03-07.
• Added: A menu to perform diagnostics output to notepad.exe.
• Added: A feature where diagnostics now show all locations of installed Verigio drivers.

December 12, 2022

Version 4.1 has been released.

• Fixed: A notification of "unable to establish driver trust" after an upgrade.
• Improved: The automatic import of settings and rules from v3.x.
• Improved: The licensing process: after an upgrade from a previous major version, the license now switches to trial mode, and an additional 30 days are granted.

December 12, 2022

Version 3.58 has been released.

• Fixed: A notification of "unable to establish driver trust" after an upgrade.

December 1, 2022

Version 4.00 has been released.

• Info: This version has the same functionality as v3.57.
• Info: It does not accept license keys from v3.x.
• Info: Only 64-bit releases are available from now on.

December 1, 2022

Version 3.57 has been released.

• Fixed: An issue with the installer to uninstall leftover driver INF files.
• Fixed: A popup of the License Expired dialog during a busy UI.
• Improved: The output of critical events into the Event Viewer log.
• Improved: The internal geo definitions database (GeoDefsDB) to 11/15/22.
• Improved: The appearance of the IP Geo Lookup dialog.
• Added: A setting to Block/Allow unknown (not within the DB) subnets.
• Added: Diagnostics tracing integration with Windows Performance Monitor.

September 5, 2022

Version 3.52 has been released.

• Improved: Network traffic filtering performance.
• Improved: The internal geo database to September 1, 2022.

June 13, 2022

Version 3.51 has been released.

• Fixed: An incompatibility with SoftEther VPN.
• Improved: Network traffic processing performance by up to 20%.

March 22, 2022

Version 3.49 has been released.

• Fixed: An issue where the service would not start after updating from Windows 10 1809 to Windows 10 21H2.
• Fixed: An issue where the location of the activity log could not be changed.
• Improved: Performance on 10Gbps networks.
• Improved: To show the GeoDefsDB version from acquisition time to compression time.
• Updated: The embedded GeoDefsDB to the build of February 22, 2022.
• Added: Compatibility with most VPNs.
• Added: The ability to configure the CPU mask and utilization limits via the registry.

December 11, 2020

Version 3.46 has been released.

• Fixed: An issue where the uninstaller was unable to shut down the UI when a message box was open.
• Fixed: An issue where high CPU utilization on the system triggered the UI to report that the license had expired.
• Fixed: A flicker of the GeoDefsDB date within the settings dialog during an update.
• Fixed: A UI crash when adding an IP address to user-defined networks while the "user-defined networks" tree item was expanded.
• Improved: The responsiveness of the user interface.
• Improved: The use of all processors for traffic filtering in multi-processor systems.

October 15, 2020

Version 3.42 has been released.

• Fixed: An issue where geo exceptions for TCP/UDP ports were not taking effect for blocked territories.

October 1, 2020

Version 3.41 has been released.

• Fixed: An issue where the geo lookup dialog was not accepting non-standard IPv6 addresses.
• Fixed: An issue where DNS whitelist names were applied only at UI startup.
• Fixed: An issue where checking/unchecking port exceptions for user-defined networks was incorrectly linked to the geo rules window.
• Fixed: An issue where expired subscriptions were not ignored when an unexpired one was present.
• Improved: Faster detection when the UI disconnects from the service.
• Improved: By performing a catch-up download of the geo-definitions database after waking from sleep.
• Improved: The internal geo-definitions database.
• Added: Compatibility with Microsoft Hyper-V.

May 1, 2020

Version 3.35 has been released.

• Improved: Upgrading to this release will reset whitelisted networks.
• Fixed: An issue where resetting GeoDefsDB to the built-in version cleared the rules.
• Fixed: An issue where unchecking a whole territorial region was locked.
• Fixed: An issue where user-defined networks did not get a visual selection when opening the context menu.
• Fixed: An issue where autoscroll did not scroll to the end when logging in and the list was already populated.
• Fixed: An issue where the visual association of some countries to their respective regions was incorrect.
• Fixed: An issue preventing the addition of the same serial key for a subscription as for the active product.
• Fixed: An issue where the activation dialog did not prevent the same subscription key from being added multiple times during product activation.
• Fixed: An issue to prevent the rollback of GeoDefsDB upon cancellation of the Settings dialog.
• Fixed: An issue to prevent the loss of selection of a subscription within the Activations dialog during refresh/re-validation.
• Fixed: An issue where the activation dialog did not immediately reflect the success or failure response from the server.
• Improved: By avoiding the display of an expired subscription license that is not actually used in online communications.
• Added: A context menu to allow/block a region/country.
• Added: The ability to import/export program-wide settings into an XML file.
• Added: Support for the optimized geo database GeoDefsDB v2.0.
• Added: A progress animation within the Activation dialog for product and subscription activations.
• Added: Notifications for new releases and a setting for the frequency of update checks.

February 3, 2020

Version 3.32 has been released.

• Fixed: A recovery issue after an unexpected shutdown corrupted the user.config file.
• Fixed: An incompatibility with the 'Windows Network Data Usage Monitoring Driver' that resulted in a memory leak.
• Fixed: An issue where DHCPv4 packets were sometimes discarded on a mixed IPv4-IPv6 network.
• Fixed: The license status refresh during activation.
• Added: Support for Windows 10 1909.
• Added: A feature where the whitelist can now contain DNS names and subnets based on DNS names.
• Added: An overlay image for when the UI is disconnected from the service.
• Added: Subscription management within the Activation dialog.

June 14, 2019

Version 3.26 has been released.

• Fixed: A failure to detect network adapters on Windows 10 1903.
• Added: Support for Windows 10 1903.

June 3, 2019

Version 3.24 has been released.

• Added: A feature to display the last 5 characters of the license key within the activation dialog.
• Added: A detection and recovery mechanism for a corrupt user.config file that was preventing the UI from starting.
• Added: A diagnostics utility to display the .NET Framework version and the correct Windows version.
• Improved: The uninstallation process to shut down all programs that use the driver.
• Improved: The end-user license agreement.
• Fixed: An issue where a "Process unauthorized..." event was written to the event log upon UI and service startup.
• Fixed: An issue with the sometimes incomplete loading of rules upon service startup.
• Fixed: A timeout of the service upon startup during OS startup.

January 16, 2019

Version 3.18 has been released.

• Fixed: An issue where the geo-database was not updating on Windows 10 (1809).

January 14, 2019

Version 3.16 has been released.

• Added: Support for Windows Server 2019.
• Fixed: An issue where the geo-rules territory tree was not properly populated.

January 11, 2019

Version 3.15 has been released.

• Added: A context/popup menu to clear the log and statistics.
• Added: A context/popup menu to edit user-defined networks.
• Fixed: An issue where setting the log timezone did not switch between GMT and local time.
• Fixed: An issue where importing/exporting rules did not add the file to the MRU list.
• Fixed: An issue where geo codes for custom and reserved networks were displayed as IP addresses.
• Fixed: An issue where clicking 'Set Current GeoDefsDB' in settings cleared all geo rules.

December 10, 2018

Version 3.11 has been released.

• Added: A feature to start the service upon UI startup.
• Added: A flag for the "Mayotte" territory.
• Added: A setting to include the full country name in the persistent log.
• Added: A setting to display the country code next to each rule.
• Added: A context menu for the geo log to navigate to the associated geo rule.
• Improved: Text search of rules now also searches among geo-codes.
• Fixed: An issue where the trial key was not accepted by the activation dialog.
• Fixed: An issue where online activation was blocked by some firewalls.

November 26, 2018

Version 3.10 has been released.

• Improved: The program to work as a Windows service.
• Improved: From file-based startup to import/export of rules; removed UI toolbar buttons for loading and saving files.
• Added: The Ultimate edition.
• Fixed: An issue where the statistics chart was not immediately refreshed with the latest data upon becoming visible.
• Fixed: An issue where the About dialog showed the embedded geo definitions database version instead of the current one.
• Added: Logging to a file.
• Added: An option to use GMT or local time when logging to the file.
• Added: Per-direction settings to select the action for blocking packets: silent drop or packet drop with a 'destination unreachable' reply.

October 17, 2018

Version 2.40 has been released.

• Added: Settings for selecting traffic directions where blocking rules apply.
• Fixed: A hang upon termination.
• Fixed: An issue where a downloaded geo definitions database update was not applied on start until the next pull from the server.
• Improved: The internal geo definitions database.

January 22, 2018

Version 2.37 has been released.

• Fixed: The blocking of countries due to an added user-defined subnet with an odd number of digits.
• Fixed: An issue where the rules auto-apply interval was not changeable.
• Added: Statistical charts for total and blocked packets.
• Added: A whitelist of networks not to be blocked by rules.
• Added: An option to load the last-used file upon normal program start.
• Removed: The "Toggle Select All" menu.

November 26, 2017

Version 2.36 has been released.

• Improved: Auto-update of the geographical definitions database for all product editions.

June 14, 2017

Version 2.35 has been released.

• Added: An open geo-ports page for exceptions from geo rules for port ranges.
• Added: A geo statistics page.
• Added: A Geo IP Lookup dialog.
• Added: A toolbar button to lock/unlock rule modification.
• Fixed: An issue where the rules file was not loading on startup in build release 2.34.
• Fixed: A crash when more than 30 user-defined networks were added.
• Improved: The driver to version 6.43 for compatibility with other released products.

April 25, 2017

Version 2.22 has been released.

• Improved: Email-based product activation with offline activation and manual license request uploads to the website. Online activation remains unchanged.
• Improved: The license dialog with periodic automatic checking for license request approval when the dialog is open.
• Improved: The licensing to automatically use shared licenses on the same computer. Licenses are now stored within the local application data directory of a user's profile.
• Added: Product edition and build date information to the About dialog.
• Improved: Closing the main window now places the program in the system tray notification area.
• Added: Settings for auto-start on user login to load the last-used file.
• Improved: The centering of message boxes.
• Added: The capability to cancel saving a file on exit.
• Added: A Close button to the filter bar.
• Improved: The geographical definitions.
• Improved: The geo rules limits for the Basic version.
• Improved: The maximum number of user-defined networks for the Ultimate edition.
• Added: A Settings option to stretch the background to fit the window.
• Fixed: A crash that occurred on Windows 10 during uninstallation.

December 24, 2016

Version 2.10 has been released.

• Info: This is a maintenance release for compatibility with our other products.

December 2, 2016

Version 2.7 has been released.

• Added: The capability for a user to add user-defined networks. User-defined networks or IP addresses can serve as exceptions to other rules. User-defined networks are saved in a data file along with other rules.
• Improved: The data file format to XML-based. Files in the old format can still be loaded.
• Added: Settings to allow starting on the system tray upon user login.

November 20, 2016

Version 2.6 has been released.

• Info: This is a maintenance release for compatibility with our new products.

September 17, 2016

Version 2.5 has been released.

• Fixed: An incompatibility with the Windows 10 Anniversary update.
• Updated: The geographical definitions.
• Improved: The activation dialog user interface.

September 6, 2016

Version 2.4 has been released.

• Added: A filter bar for easy searching of countries.
• Added: The Basic (Free) edition.

August 4, 2016

Version 2.3 has been released.

• Fixed: An issue where rules were not automatically applied from the loaded file when started with the "/systray" switch.

June 10, 2016

Version 2.2 has been released.

• Fixed: A loss of connectivity after installation on Windows 2008 R2/Windows 7 when certain network cards are connected to the system.

May 27, 2016

Version 2.1 has been released.

• Fixed: An application crash on CPUs that do not support the AVX instruction set (binaries are now built with SSE2 instead of AVX).

May 5, 2016

Version 2.0 has been released.

• Improved: The meaning of the visual selection: selected now means blocked, and unselected means allowed.
• Added: Support for Windows 10.
• Removed: Support for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008.

September 26, 2015

Version 1.21 has been released.

• Improved: The merging of consecutive records related to the same territory within the log.
• Info: This is the last version to support Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008.

August 10, 2015

Version 1.20 has been released.

• Improved: Split reserved networks into IPv4 and IPv6 ranges.
• Added: A virtual log of allowed and blocked territories.
• Added: Log refresh rate settings to the Options dialog.

June 27, 2015

Version 1.19 has been released.

• Added: A system tray menu.
• Added: The Apply button with a progress indicator.
• Upated: The geographical definitions.
• Added: Online activation.

April 27, 2015

Version 1.18 has been released.

• Added: A system tray icon. Changed the rules to apply instantly and removed the Apply button.
• Info: Windows XP users need SP3, KB942288, and KB931125 installed.
• Info: The license expiration date is July 1, 2015.

March 3, 2015

Version 1.17 has been released.

• Info: Windows XP users need SP3, KB942288, and KB931125 installed.
• Improved: Downgraded the digital signature algorithm from SHA-2 to SHA-1 to resolve a connectivity issue on Windows 7 x64.
• Info: The license expiration date is May 1, 2015.

March 1, 2015

Version 1.16 has been released.

• Info: Windows XP users need SP3, KB942288, and KB931125 installed.
• Added: A diagnostic utility to the Help menu.
• Info: The license expiration date is May 1, 2015.

February 27, 2015

Version 1.15 has been released.

• Info: Windows XP users need SP3, KB942288, and KB931125 installed.
• Updated: The geographical territory network definitions.
• Info: The license expiration date is May 1, 2015.

December 1, 2014

Version 1.10 has been released.

• Info: Windows XP users need SP3, KB942288, and KB931125 installed.
• Added: IPv6 support.
• Improved: Performance on multi-core CPUs.
• Improved: The installation experience.
• Updated: The geographical territory network definitions.
• Info: The license expiration date is March 1, 2015.

September 29, 2014

Version 1.8 has been released.

• Updated: The license expiration date.
• Updated: The license expiration date is March 1, 2015.

April 28, 2014

Version 1.7 has been released.

• Fixed: A condition that treated "reboot required" after a driver install as an error.
• Updated: The license expiration date.
• Updated: The license expiration date is October 1, 2014.

January 30, 2014

Version 1.6 has been released.

• Added: Support for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
• Updated: The license expiration date is May 2014.

January 27, 2014

Version 1.5 has been released.

• Improved: The digital signature was updated from 1024-bit to 2048-bit (see Microsoft advisory ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2661254)). Added access-related security features.
• Important: Requires hotfix KB942288 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288), when installed on Windows XP SP3.
• Updated: The license expiration date is May 2014.

September 5, 2013

Version 1.3.1 has been released.

• Fixed: A delay issue when enabling or disabling a network adapter.
• Added: Changes to display error codes during installation whenever the driver cannot be installed.
• Updated: The license expiration date is March 2014.
• Important: To install on Windows XP SP3, hotfix KB942288 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288) needs to be installed first.

August 26, 2013

Version 1.3 has been released.

• Updated: The geographical definitions of country networks, current as of August 23, 2013.
• Added: Compatibility with 3rd-party PeerBlock software.
• Updated: The license expiration date is March 2014.

October 24, 2012

Version 1.2 has been released.

• Added: [Reserved Networks] as a separate region.
• Added: Acquisition of rules currently in effect.
• Updated: The license expiration date is October 2013.

Previous versions are archived and no longer available for download.