Windows Firewall: Logging/Notifying on outgoing request attempts

Windows Firewall: Logging/Notifying on outgoing request attempts I'm trying to configure Windows firewall with Advanced Security to log and tell me when programs are trying to make outbound requests. I previously tried installing ZoneAlarm, which worked wonders for me with this in Windows XP. But now, I'm unable to install ZoneAlarm on Windows 7.
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Guest [Entry]

"You should be able to see this in Event Viewer. First you'll need to tweak the logging options in the Advanced Settings Console:

In the Event Viewer's left pane, expand to Applications and Services Log -> Microsoft -> Windows -> Windows Firewall with Advanced Security:

There, you can create a custom view and filter the log to only outbound connection attempts."

Guest [Entry]

"I was looking for same problem, and neither the Event Viewer (no events) nor the pfirewall.log option (no name of the violating program) helped me to identify what's going on.

Looking around I fond Windows Firewall Notifier, which even provides a GUI that shows the offending program and allows to generate exception rules (you need to thell WFN to create rules, not exceptions when calling it for the first time)."