How do you create this simple Firewall Rule for Windows 7 Firewall?

Hi guys

I can't seem to figure this out..

say I have software.exe
I would like to setup the custom Windows Firewall policy:

ALLOW ALL INBOUND and OUTBOUND CONNECTIONS
-> Except OUTBOUND to IP ADDRESS XXXX


So what i did was

1) CREATE INBOUND RULE = ALLOW from ANY IP ADDRESSES
2) CREATE OUTBOUND RULE = DENY connection TO x.xx.xx IP ADDRESS

at this point things seem to be setup right..

Except that I need to explicitly tell Windows to allow OUTBOUND to ANY IP ADDRESS as well to prevent the Firewall notification "Allow connection?" etc

so a 3rd rule comes into play

3) CREATE OUBOUND RULE = ALLOW to ANY IP ADDRESS


My problem is that this conflicts with RULE #2 .. basically Rule #3 takes over and software.exe is allowed to connect to any IP ADDRESS (the desired BLOCK of the specific IP Address doesn't work)



I know I should just use a 3rd party firewall w/ better RULE HANDLING but I wanted to keep things lite weight and use built in firewall.


I hope this is possible..

Tnx guys

If you are behind some sort of hardware firewall (built into a router perhaps) that would be easier to set up I would imagine.

Or use this link to use the hosts file to block access to specific IPs/sites

hi thanks, but the hosts file can only block domain names not IP addresses