What's new in Autorun Eater 2.6
Feb 17, 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.
New in Autorun Eater 2.5 (May 7, 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.
New in Autorun Eater 2.4 (Jun 9, 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.
New in Autorun Eater 2.3 (Nov 28, 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.
New in Autorun Eater 2.2 (Mar 24, 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).
New in Autorun Eater 2.1 (Feb 1, 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.