Recent changes: v2.4 – implemented the option to check for updates direct from this website within the application itself. v2.3 – relaxed protection methods on Vista+ OSes as rules of prior versions were blocking some executables running from %temp% directories which could cause certain application installations to fail unless you temporarily removed protection during the installation. This should no longer be necessary. Tested relaxed protection against Cryptolocker to ensure it still cannot infect the OS,...
There’s a lot of buzz revolving around my last new utility, CryptoPrevent, and there are a lot of sharp folks out there who prefer to examine the file hashes of their downloads (especially with software of this type) to ensure that the download is actually what it is supposed to be, and not a corrupted or infected replacement. For this purpose, I’ve introduced QuickHash, a tiny utility to quickly examine a file’s hashes (MD5, SHA1,...
After being tested on some systems, the protection wasn’t working for temporarily extracted executables from archive files. What I discovered was in software protection policies, the %temp% environment variable simply wasn’t expanding as expected. It is a complete MYSTERY to me why it works with %appdata% and not %temp%. Thanks for the unpredictable behavior, Microsoft! Note that CryptoPrevent’s internal test function only tests for the protection in %appdata% so it would succeed once properly applied,...
v2.0 v2.0.1 of my Cryptolocker prevention utility has been released with new whitelisting capabilities and command line parameters for scripting! UDPATE: v2.0 had a bug in the whitelisting component which didn’t work on some systems, it is fixed in v2.0.1 and is tested on all platforms. https://www.d7xtech.com/cryptoprevent-malware-prevention/ New functionality: Automatically whitelist all EXEs currently located in %appdata% / %localappdata% and their first level subdirectories. Whitelist editor where you can view existing whitelisted items, and whitelist individual EXEs...
With all this mess about Cryptolocker going around, a lot of folks are looking to immunize themselves from this nasty bit of malware which will encrypt user files and hold them for ransom. Removal of the malware is easy with d7, but there is no known method to decrypt the files except by paying the ransom, so prevention is crucial. There is a Cryptolocker Prevention Kit here: http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2013/10/15/cryptolocker-prevention-kit.aspx however the kit is for domains and professional...
Wondering if these are an item I should re-stock on? Did you get one, do you like it? Did you NOT get one, but wish you had?
Get it while it’s hot! dCloud Lifetime by itself is item #5 on this page: https://www.d7xtech.com/buy-something-now/ All purchase options including the dCloud Lifetime subscription will be discontinued tomorrow, so hurry!
The dCloud Lifetime Subscription purchase option will be discontinued effective Oct. 2013 If you’ve been eyeballing the Lifetime dCloud option so you never have to worry about another dCloud monthly/annual payment, now is the time to purchase! This purchase option is on the chopping block and is slated to be discontinued in October of 2013. Only the purchase option itself will be discontinued, so existing (and new) dCloud Lifetime users will of course retain their...
MBAM is not a typical custom app, and is actually controlled by internal d7 logic. A lot of this logic is old news, some recent news, and some of it is hot off the presses. The MBAM process starts off by detecting whether or not MBAM is already installed on the PC, and whether or not it is the Professional paid for version, or the free edition. If it is the free edition, you are...
YES! d7 has reached version 10, just released this morning. This version was released to d7 Premium AND Free users alike. Here are a few of the more notable changes: * Added ability to open Notes window at every d7 startup (checkbox to enable is in the Notes window.) * Added upload only and download only options (which overwrite the defs) to definitions section of dCloud, in addition to the existing Merge feature. * Added...
