Software Update: NetLimiter 4.0.9.0

Locktime Software has released version 4.0.9.0 of NetLimiter, a test version. With this program all incoming and outgoing network and internet traffic can be monitored. In addition, the maximum bandwidth to be used per application can be specified. Anyone who has purchased a license for version 3 after October 2012 can upgrade free of charge. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

New features

• Added full IPv6 support (limits, firewall, stats, etc.).
• Stats: Now you can sort data by Apps, Users and Countries (where the data flowed) and view data Payload or protocol Overhead data.
• Installer contains less files.
• Context menus for most of list views.
• Tools section in InfoView.
• Option to Kill existing connections added.
• Improved list of applications and filters in Rule editor.
• Some keyboard shortcuts added.
• Almost all list views in NetLimiter are sortable now.
• Byte units in rule lists.
• New Blocker module which allows to define firewall rules order. The firewall rules are now sorted and evaluated from first to last. The first applicable rule is tasks.
• A lot of minor GUI improvements.

Bug fixes

• Stats: Problems in left Custom filter menu. Did not work properly in several cases.
• Top level traffic filters displayed in wrong place in Activity View.
• Connection’s network interface change ignored when filtering the traffic.
• Firewall request window (ASK rule): Deny action and ‘don’t ask me again’ option will not block first connection in the list.
• Possible access violation exception and the GUI application crash when loading traffic data from service.
• NetLimiter window access violation exception when parsing IP address, ie when firewall request window opened.
• NetLimiter service access violation exception when parsing IP address, ie when creating filter for IP range etc.
• NetLimiter service deadlock on its shutdown.
• BSOD when a lot of traffic is pended via ASK rule.