Note:

If you are experiencing slow-downs when you start up, a previous version may have created a race condition with the svchost wildcard rule (if you created one).
To fix this, it is easiest to just reset the firewall. Close Minimal Firewall completely, then open up cmd as administrator. Then just type in: netsh advfirewall reset

That will reset your firewall rules to default, and you can build again.

UI

• Removed status bar.

Backend

• Faster startup.
• Wildcard rules for shared Windows processes (like svchost.exe, dllhost.exe, etc.) are now much smarter. They will create a precise rule for the specific service that needs network access, rather than a broad rule for the entire host process.

Bugs

• A critical bug has been fixed where an "Allow" wildcard rule for svchost.exe could cause hundreds of duplicate rules to be created in a race condition. See the note above.
• A short debouncing period has been added when a wildcard match triggers rule creation to further protect against race conditions.