Autorun Eater 2.6 - Changelog

What's new in Autorun Eater 2.6:

February 17th, 2012

· Added: ‘Malware Scan’ option to scan the infected storage device using Microsoft Security Essentials’ command line scanner (only works with version 2.1.1116.0 and above) after removing the suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ file.
· Added: ‘MSE Scan Log’ option to view the Microsoft Security Essentials scan log.
· Removed: ‘Priority’ option in the tray menu.
· Removed: Removed some redundant code to improve startup time and performance.
· Changed: Tweaks to program behaviour.

What's new in Autorun Eater 2.5:

May 7th, 2010

· Added: ‘Remove Ignore For All’ option to stop ignoring all previously ignored suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files.
· Added: ‘Undo Ignored Drive’ option to stop ignoring a previously ignored drive.
· Added: Option to enable or disable the splash image.
· Added: ‘Ignore Drive’ option in the detection window.
· Added: Drive letter for ‘Suspicious File 1/2' in the detection window.
· Added: Name of Autorun Backup file in the results log.
· Removed: ‘(Pause)’ word in the tray menu to avoid confusion that Autorun Eater is paused when it is not.
· Changed: New Autorun Eater icon.
· Changed: The startup/exit sound is now turned off by-default.
· Changed: Minor tweaks and improvements to the detection window.
· Changed: Minor tweaks to tray tips.
· Changed: Improvements to monitoring engine.
· Changed: Minor tweaks to program behaviour.
· [Fixed]: Problem moving on to the next drive when there are problems removing suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ file in the current drive.
· [Fixed]: Pause notification not appearing in the Windows XP Classic theme.

What's new in Autorun Eater 2.4:

June 9th, 2009

· Added: ‘Close Autoplay’ option to prevent execution of malware via AutoPlay window.
· Removed: ‘Scan Started… Right Click For Menu’ tray tip during launch.
· Changed: aesettings.ini file, results.log file, and Autorun Backup folder relocated to application data folder for compatibility with Windows Vista & 7.
· Changed: Improvements to monitoring engine.
· Changed: Minor tweaks to program behaviour.
· Changed: Minor tweaks to program GUI.
· Changed: Minor tweaks to installer.
· [Fixed]: Unable to ignore suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ with read-only attribute.

What's new in Autorun Eater 2.3:

November 28th, 2008

· Added: 2 suspicious "autorun.inf" removal methods - "Ask For Confirmation" and "Auto-Remove".
· Added: Feature to view contents of suspicious 'autorun.inf' files in detection window.
· Added: Option to on or off startup/exit sound.
· Added: Option to on or off detection sound.
· Added: Option to enable or disable GUI Tips.
· Added: Option to ignore suspicious 'autorun.inf' files.
· Added: "Remove Ignore" option to undo previously ignored suspicious "autorun.inf" files.
· Changed: Detection window has evolved from a mundane message box to a cooler GUI window!
· Changed: Smaller memory footprint.
· Changed: Minor tweaks to the scanning engine.
· Changed: Minor tweaks to program behaviour.
· Changed: Minor improvements to installer.
· [Fixed]: Minor Scan Drive A: and B: issues.

What's new in Autorun Eater 2.2:

March 24th, 2008

· Added option to scan drives A: & B: manually.
· Minor tweaks to the scanning engine.
· Minor tweaks to the scanning engine.
· Minor tweaks to program behaviour.
· Improved CPU usage.
· Fixed 'No Disk Error' when empty removable USB devices are plugged-in(eg. card reader).

What's new in Autorun Eater 2.1:

February 1st, 2008

· Added: 'Donate' option under the tray menu.
· Added: 'Autorun Backup' option under the tray menu to easily view or delete autorun backup files.
· Removed: 'Start' and 'Stop' option under the tray menu but the 'Pause' option remains.
· Changed: Minor tweaks to the scanning engine.
· Changed: Scan now starts automatically when Autorun Eater is launched.
· Changed: Add/Remove to global startup entry option now indicates if startup entry exist or not.