CryptoPrevent free edition discontinued…
We deeply regret to announce the discontinuation of CryptoPrevent’s free edition.
When CryptoPrevent first began in 2013, it was a unique and effective product aimed at stopping a new and unique threat, and as the years have passed the free edition has been invaluable not only to the protection of countless users, but also to the growth of the product and to this company as it spread by reputation, effectiveness, and at no cost for anyone to use.
As for the malicious software known as “ransomware” that necessitated the first versions of CryptoPrevent, the last 5 years have also seen massive increases in distribution and infection rates, with percentages climbing each year at enormous rates, such as the reported 6000% increase in 2016. To search for “ransomware” with the word “percentage” or other words like “increase” or “statistics” and you’ll see it has dominated more traditional forms of malicious infection.
Although there has been a cost for us, at one time this was absorbed by our premium edition (offering automatic updating and other added convenience features to the free protections.) In fact, sales of the premium edition also allowed growth in staff and resources, and this made providing support possible, as well as driving many improvements to the product that keep it worth your dollars today in a now saturated market.
For these reasons we continue to watch the free edition of CryptoPrevent grow, which still provides all protection features for free, and this increased usage has also greatly increased the resources required to offer the free edition. While we do wish that we could continue offering a free edition, we feel that at this time we should refocus our resources and efforts solely on paid product offerings.
What will happen to the free edition?
Existing copies of CryptoPrevent will continue to provide the current protections as expected, but will not update beyond version 9.1.0.0, the final update for the free edition. You will still be able to download this final version of the free edition from 3rd party download mirrors such as MajorGeeks.com or Softpedia.com, however we will no longer offer the download from our website.
An existing installation of the free edition can be updated to the latest version at any time (without losing your pre-configured settings) by purchasing a license.
What happens when a purchased CryptoPrevent license expires?
In the past CryptoPrevent reverted to the free edition after the expiration of a license term, which still allowed usage of the protection features but disabled automatic/scheduled updates as well as other non-protection and convenience features. With the free edition now discontinued, we do not want these systems left unprotected even for a minute, therefore CryptoPrevent will remain a fully active product after the expiration of the license term, although any support or updates will be discontinued.
To be clear, an expired product license will lose the ability to receive product and definition updates as expected, but all protections and features will remain fully functional after your license expires. This effectively makes CryptoPrevent a one-time purchase, with updates included throughout the purchased license/subscription term only (some software vendors will refer to this as an included “product maintenance” period.)
- Please note: When definition updates are disabled due to an expired license, you will no longer have the ability to enable or disable the Extended Hash Definitions option. The currently selected option when the subscription expires will remain in effect unless you re-subscribe to enable update functionality.
To restore update functionality and receive the current version of the software, with any newer features since your license expired, you can purchase a new license at any time.
CryptoPrevent Download/Purchase Options
- Save 25% on a subscription license! (compared to a Fixed 1-Year Term)
- Please Note: Subscriptions are automatically charged at each annual billing cycle. If you do not wish to renew automatically, please see below to purchase a fixed license term.
- Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time, however they are rate locked and will never increase as long as the subscription is actively maintained (even as rates may increase for new standard or new subscription purchases in the future.)
- Please Note: This is a Non-Renewing Fixed License Term and does NOT include user support or product and definition updates beyond the included term. In order to extend your term, you will be required to repurchase the software for the current pricing rate during at time of renewal.
- Save 15% on a 3-Year License Term! (compared to a 1-Year Term)
- Please Note: This is a Non-Renewing Fixed License Term and does NOT include user support or product and definition updates beyond the included term. In order to extend your term, you will be required to repurchase the software for the current pricing rate during at time of renewal.
- Save 25% on a 5-Year License Term! (compared to a 1-Year Term)
- Please Note: This is a Non-Renewing Fixed License Term and does NOT include user support or product and definition updates beyond the included term. In order to extend your term, you will be required to repurchase the software for the current pricing rate during at time of renewal.
CryptoPrevent Purchase and License FAQs
In the past CryptoPrevent reverted to the free edition after the expiration of a license term, which still allowed usage of the protection features but disabled automatic/scheduled updates as well as other non-protection and convenience features. With the free edition now discontinued, we do not want these systems left unprotected even for a minute, therefore CryptoPrevent will remain a fully active product after the expiration of the license term, although any support or updates will be discontinued.
To be clear, an expired product license will lose the ability to receive product and definition updates as expected, but all protections and features will remain fully functional after your license expires. This effectively makes CryptoPrevent a one-time purchase, with updates included throughout the purchased license/subscription term only (some software vendors will refer to this as an included “product maintenance” period.)
- Please note: When definition updates are disabled due to an expired license, you will no longer have the ability to enable or disable the Extended Hash Definitions option. The currently selected option when the subscription expires will remain in effect unless you re-subscribe to enable update functionality.
To restore update functionality and receive the current version of the software, with any newer features since your license expired, you can purchase a new license at any time.
License Term: Term begins at ‘initial software activation’ which occurs during the very first software installation by using the installation key provided with the purchased license.
Product and definition updates are provided only within the purchased license term (this applies to both automated as well as manual mechanisms.) Product and definition updates for the CryptoPrevent software include new features/functionality (and any necessary bug fixes) for the application/program binaries (the CryptoPrevent software itself) as well as malware “definitions” (used by the software) for detection information on newly discovered malicious threats.
User support is provided within the purchased term through our email support system for the CryptoPrevent software only.
License does NOT include user support or product and definition updates beyond the license term purchased. In order to continue receiving user support or product and definition updates beyond the purchased term, including newer program features and functionality released after your purchased license expires, you must purchase a new license to obtain a current version of the software.
Additional terms are applicable (e.g. you can’t steal it, resell it, distribute it to torrent sites, etc.) and are available for review in the store’s general Terms and Conditions page.
License Term: Available in 1, 3, or 5 year terms. You may be notified about the pending expiration of your license term, at which time you will be provided options to purchase a new license term.
License Term: 1 year included. The license term is extended for 1 additional year beginning with each successful subscription renewal (billed automatically.)
Subscription Renewals: Renewals occur annually from the date of original purchase (note this is not necessarily the date you may have initially activated the software and licensing term.) Renewals are automatically charged at each annual billing cycle, unless the subscription is cancelled prior to the next billing date. Automated renewals are charged to the same payment method used during the original purchase, unless the payment method is modified prior to the next billing cycle (you will receive a link in your purchase email to modify your payment method on file as necessary, as well as a notification should the payment method expire prior to your next billing date.) You will be notified automatically by our billing system on or before the anniversary of your original purchase about the pending subscription renewal and charge. It is the responsibility of the subscriber to cancel any subscription prior to the billing date.
As a valued customer, your current rate will NOT be subject to any future pricing increase, so long as your automatically renewing subscription plan remains active!
Subscription Cancellations: You may cancel your subscription at any time to stop automatic billing (a link will be provided in the notification email received prior to any pending subscription renewal, or you may contact us for assistance as necessary.) It is the responsibility of the subscriber to cancel any undesired subscription renewal prior to the next billing date in order to avoid charges.
Please note that cancellation of your automatically renewing subscription will result in termination of user support as well as product and definition updates after the included term expires (which is 1 year from your last successful purchase/renewal charge.)
If your subscription is cancelled, you may purchase or resubscribe in the future, but you are NOT guaranteed the same or similar discounted subscription rate, as product prices may increase in the future to both new and existing customers not locked in to an automatically renewing subscription.
CryptoPrevent Software FAQs
Unfortunately CryptoPrevent is only designed for malware prevention, and cannot help if you are already infected, at which point you should seek help from your local or remote PC repair specialists.
If you don’t know where to turn for help, consult our new Tech Directory!
Background: We at Foolish IT have been seeking a way to help our customers when they need local or remote repair/malware removal services, because frequently customers end up here after they are already infected. As this site hosts a lot of PC Technician related software, also frequently people will land on this website searching for answers in fixing other PC issues.
In order to stock the database, we’ve recently reached out to our technician clients who use our flagship d7II: PC Productivity Software, the best tool in the industry for PC Repair, Malware Removal, and workflow automation, to invite them to sign up for approval to appear in our Tech Directory.
All PC Repair shops, Technicians, MSPs, and other IT Service Providers who use the best tools in the industry also receive current and regular or on-demand training from our staff. While our training is first provided to ensure the tools are used accurately and efficiently, to produce the best and most consistent results, we also provide continuing education courses in malware removal and other repair tactics as well. We want to ensure our technician customers are getting the best possible result, and that means ensuring that their customers (you) are happy with the work!
While it is just getting started, so there may be very few entries in the list especially for someone local to your area, some of our listed businesses will provide Remote Support services and can possibly remotely assist you with your issues right now! So visit the Tech Directory today!
We cannot answer that. Your existing Anti-Virus protection is only as good as the latest definition files, and I can’t tell you which products on the market are confirmed to protect against this threat.
What I can tell you is that there is NO Anti-Virus software on the market today that provides the same type of protection that CryptoPrevent provides, it works in an entirely different manner.
Since the two can co-exist on the same PC peacefully, and CryptoPrevent’s protections do not utilize any system resources, why not utilize both methods of protection?
Yes! CryptoPrevent should co-exist peacefully with your existing security software. There may from time to time be some minor issues, and they will be outlined on the Troubleshooting page.
Yes it is compatible, just like a workstation OS. We would highly recommend installing it on a terminal server.
Otherwise it is actually pointless to install CryptoPrevent or other CryptoLocker prevention rules on a server OS, as it is usually company policy that employees do not check their email from the server, or browse the internet, etc. There is no other reason that malicious files would be executed from the server itself, if no one uses it as if it were a workstation. What then would be the purpose of installing the protection on the server?
The best way to protect a server from CryptoLocker is to protect the workstations. Even with CryptoPrevent installed on the server, if a workstation with a mapped drive gets infected, any data on an open network share is still compromised!
Short answer is “No, there is nothing that will protect you in all cases.” Malicious software is forever evolving, and it will always be a cat and mouse game with both sides playing ‘catch up’ no matter which side of the situation you are on.
CryptoPrevent is a security supplement, filling a need where other solutions fall short, however it is not a replacement for anti-virus software, firewalls, or other security solutions, nor does it render backup software or user education useless. As a company composed primarily of experienced professionals from the PC repair industry, we believe strongly in a layered security approach, combined with comprehensive backup software that is tested regularly, and user education focusing at a minimum on safe web browsing and email usage habits.
Read more in Best Practices for Avoiding Malicious Software.
CryptoPrevent’s free edition is a stripped down version of CryptoPrevent which includes the original SRP based protections, but excludes the FolderWatch and HoneyPot protections, and excludes all of the additional functionality such as the tray icon, email alerts, maintenance features, and of course automatic updating of the software and definitions. With the release of CryptoPrevent v9.1, the free edition no longer allows any updating, even when performed manually.
You can still obtain the free version of the latest CryptoPrevent by removing your old versions and installing the latest version. You can download the latest CryptoPrevent to the right.
An existing installation of the free edition can be updated to the latest version at any time (without losing your pre-configured settings) by purchasing a license. After purchase you can simply copy and paste the product license key into the software; we’ll send you that automatically after purchase!
Process Explorer copies it’s 64-bit version to the temp folder to execute, you may need to whitelist the following location to allow this application to operate.
%localappdata%\Temp\Procexp64.exe
YES! You should periodically check for and update to the latest version using the program’s update function to stay current with the latest methodology in preventing current malware.
This process is entirely automatic for users with a purchased license (which includes automatic updating functionality) however the free edition available in older versions of the product can only update to CryptoPrevent v9.1, the last version in which the free edition was available.
After update it is then necessary to re-apply the protection to your system. It is not necessary to undo the previous protection in place before doing this, or even to uninstall the app before updating.
YES! A LOT of trojan based malware out there utilizes the same infection tactics and launch point locations as CryptoLocker, therefore CryptoPrevent will protect against all malware that fits the same or similar profile and behavior. Additionally new SRP rules to the existing protection system, plus new protection types (and definition updates) integrated into CryptoPrevent v6/v7 (and another coming soon in v8) will stop far more malware than just ‘crypto’ style ransomware!
CryptoPrevent News from the Blog
CryptoPrevent Bulk Installer – .NET Error, Missing Chilkat dll
0 CommentsIf you're receiving the following error while running your customized CryptoPrevent Bulk installer, this post is for you. First at this prompt, click the Quit button and then Finish button to complete setup. If you click the Continue button instead of Quit, you'll have to End Task on CryptoPrevent.exe from the Windows Task Manager > Details tab. Next you want to install the missing VC++ 2010 x86 Runtimes, the reason for this error. (YES,…
Read MoreCryptoPrevent v19.01.09.0 Released
0 Commentsv19.01.09.0 (January 9th, 2019) Added rules for SRP Double Extensions to include (.7 & .ARJ) Corrected possible issues with Updating from System Tray or problems with System Tray after an update (note: issues may still occur with this update since the issue will still exist in current EXE) Subscription page now shows product key for the registered system or the 1st 5 of Bulk/White-Label Key being used for easier management and identification Updated Digital Certificate…
Read MoreCryptoPrevent v18.11.29.0 Released
0 Commentsv18.11.29.0 (November 29th, 2018) Corrected issue when submitting Bulk configs for creation Fixed timing issues with registration in the Creator application (Bulk/White-Label) Other minor bug fixes We STILL have several more improvements already in development and testing, so there should be additional updates in the coming days. You can subscribe to this category of our blog to stay current on any new additions or changes!
Read Mored7x now includes 25 resell-able licenses of CryptoPrevent White-Label for each year purchased!
0 CommentsThat's right, d7x annual subscriptions as well as the fixed term purchases (1, 3, or 5 year) now include 25 resell-able CryptoPrevent White-Label 1-year licenses. For the annual subscriptions you can contact us for a new 25 pack of licenses EACH year your license renews. For fixed terms, you get 25 per-year also, so the 3 year gets 75 licenses and the 5 year gets 125 licenses! Current subscribers or fixed term purchases can also receive…
Read MoreCryptoPrevent Customer Testimonials
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I haven’t had a problem yet and I know this is because I am using Foolish IT. I suggest everyone install this program for your own sake.
Rick Siegel
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Great software, if you ever see yourself looking for protection!
Working with a client recently attacked by ransomware I know you’ll come to appreciate this if it happens to you.
Fuera Castro
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Perfect software.
Love it.
The best is that it actually works.
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