👉 If you know additional paths for app vendors or have information on other vendors, please consider contributing. (See the Contributing section below for details.)
Your all-in-one firewall control script for blocking Adobe, Corel, Autodesk, Maxon and more from phoning-home! 💻🚫
Welcome to WinMasterBlocker—a nifty little batch script that slaps firewall rules on apps you probably don’t want connecting to the internet (like Adobe, Autodesk, Corel, Maxon and others). It’s your no-fuss way to get peace and quiet from those phoning-home apps. 🚫📡
!IMP: Only Windows inbuilt commands & firewall cli is used to block the apps from internet access, NO third party tools or solutions are used for this script's functionality.
To run the script, simply download WinMasterBlocker.bat and double-click it or run the following command from the command line as administrator:
WinMasterBlocker.bat- Make sure you run this as admin! It won't work otherwise (netsh requires it). We’ll prompt you if you forget, don’t worry. 😎
- Double-click or run from the command line
- Block rules for Adobe, Corel, Autodesk, etc.
- Remove firewall rules (just the ones we added, don’t worry 😉).
- You can pick whether to block inbound, outbound, or both kinds of traffic. Customizable and clean. 💪
We love contributions, PRs, and feature requests! If you’re one of those who likes to tinker and hack on scripts, here’s how you can get involved:
- Fork it 🍴 – You know the drill. Fork this repo.
- Clone it 🛠️ – Get the code to your local:
git clone https://github.com/ph33nx/WinMasterBlocker
- Create a branch 🌿 – New features? Fixes? Start a new branch:
git checkout -b my-cool-feature
- Add your magic ✨ – Modify
WinMasterBlocker.bator enhance theREADME.md. Make sure your changes are 💯 legit. - Push your branch 🚀 – Send it back up:
git push origin my-cool-feature
- Submit a Pull Request (PR) 🤙
Feel free to throw in more providers. Just add the app to the providers[] and paths[] arrays in the script. Got new paths for a provider? Add them in there too! We’re open to adding pretty much anything (the bigger the blacklist, the better). 💣
:: Add new provider paths here
set "vendors[7]=NewApp"
set "paths[7]=C:\Program Files\NewApp;C:\Program Files (x86)\NewApp"- Make sure the script runs on your machine before submitting. Nobody likes broken code. 🛠️
- Follow the existing format for adding new providers or paths.
- Respect the 💀 rule: no hard-breaking changes.
MIT License – this means you can do pretty much anything with this, but we’d love a shout-out if you find it useful. 🎉
- Author: ph33nx
- Current Repo: WinMasterBlocker
- Contributions welcomed! - Especially for app vendors and their install locations.
Feel free to copy, edit, or just stare at the code. 😎