> My favorite one always has been Kerio Sunbelt Personal Firewall. But now that I > turned to Windows 7 x64 OS I can't, because it barely has support for Vista. Do any > of them ask permission for every single launching application as this one did. I > haven't tried any other yet, but I recall in most of them you grant permission to an > application and they do whatever they want without asking later on. This one also > asked when modifications occurred (say you upgraded a program, MD5 changes and asks > again).
Sorry to bump this old thread, I just want to mention the answer to my own question. Turns out what I was looking for is called a HIPS firewall (Host-based Intrusion Prevention System) and so far COMODO Firewall is the best for me.