d7II subscribers will notice their copy of d7II v3.6.86 (or earlier) now promotes that an update exists to v3.6.87 (there is no actual code change for this specific .exe version; the version number is incremented to silence d7II update notifications if used after this d7x release.) [Some information may be outdated] Please see the d7x Manual for ALL current product information and downloads. d7x is the name given to the successor of d7II, our current generation PC technician productivity software. Initial incarnations...
d7x v0.0.0.90 just released adds Windows 10 to custom app platform/OS restriction settings. If not configured, behavior should not change. Backwards compatibility note: This is the only area in d7x configurations where d7II may (and likely will) erase the setting entirely when used to edit the same custom app configuration. Although we’re not looking to add new features in d7x Alpha at the moment until we have tested everything, had good feedback from testers, and are...
This latest d7x Alpha “TestBuild” replaces the “d7IIx Alpha” versions opened to all d7II subscribers in March. We believe this release can be tested with confidence in a production environment, provided you keep d7II with you as a backup. d7x Alpha is designed to sit beside d7II in the same folder, and maintains backwards compatibility with d7II configurations and active d7II session data (temporary files and settings specific to d7II and the current repair process) so...
Sept 26th, 2017 Update: Yesterday this appeared on Bleeping Computer: Avast Publishes Full List of Companies Affected by CCleaner Second-Stage Malware https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/avast-publishes-full-list-of-companies-affected-by-ccleaner-second-stage-malware/ Bleeping also put out a nice article from the 22nd, containing a nice summary if you’re just catching up on the news (because of course more has emerged since our last update, and we shouldn’t just assume you read it elsewhere): Info on CCleaner Infections Lost Due To Malware Server Running Out of Disk Space...
If you missed the show from today (09/19/2017) or just want to review it again, we’ve got it edited and posted to our YouTube channel! On this episode we go over some of the security issues going around right now and Nick spends a good chunk of time going over the latest updates to d7x. *Spoiler Alert It’s ready for production usage* d7II can be used as a backup fallback still* d7x Manual (Alpha Release...
Our web host has also informed us of scheduled maintenance in the server region affecting our servers (Website, Downloads, IRC), which is expected to last anywhere from a 15 minutes to two hours beginning at 18:00 UTC on July 13th, 2017 (or 2pm Eastern Time for us…) What is affected: The CryptoPrevent, d7II, and d7x/d7IIx Alpha software and definition update servers, as well as the main Foolish IT download servers, and website will be affected, as well as...
Our web host has also informed us of scheduled maintenance in the server region affecting CryptoPrevent licensing, d7II licensing, d7 and d7II cloud sharing servers, which is expected to last anywhere from a 15 minutes to two hours beginning at 10pm UTC (or 6pm Eastern Time for us…) What is affected: Installation and license activation for CryptoPrevent (including individual and bulk/white-label deployments) are affected, as well as some services for our d7II technician software. d7II based services affected...
We put CryptoPrevent’s HoneyPot Detection protection up against the latest WannaCry Ransomware (also known as WanaCrypt0r and WCry using .WCRY extension). Plus this time we show it off on WINDOWS XP!!!!!! Get CryptoPrevent Premium to take advantage of this protection here: CryptoPrevent Malware Prevention It was able to block and kill the ransomware quickly where only ONE honeypot file was encrypted and no legitimate files on the system were affected. It was also able to...
CryptoPrevent Registration server is fully upgraded and operational again. Thank you again for you patience during this time! The registration process is now significantly faster and should result in completed registrations without issues.
Due to the overwhelming increase of demand to register CryptoPrevent because of the WannaCry outbreak, we currently have the server down for upgrades. We only expect this to be the case for about the next hour, but during that time Bulk/White-Label installers and registration of individual Premium keys will be unavailable. The upgrade should resolve a number of issues with intermittent registration issues for the Bulk/White-Label editions installations and will greatly improve the registration of...
