What's new in MCShield 3.0.5.28
Apr 14, 2014
- fixed an issue related to folder selection when adding files to the whitelist
- improved handling stability for write protected drives
- improved display of tray notifications on high DPI configurations
- updated Brasilian Portuguese language
New in MCShield 3.0.4.27 (Feb 3, 2014)
- fixed an issue that caused the scanner to crash on certain locked files;
- updated Vietnamese language.
New in MCShield 3.0.3.26 (Jan 27, 2014)
- completely redesigned user interface with additional features;
- new tab in Control Center: "Status" used to
- view & change main functions;
- view system information & main settings;
- new tab in Control Center: "Logs" for easy logfile access and manipulation;
- new tab in Control Center: "MCS Cloud" providing stats and latest news;
- new option "Add Scan with MCShield to drives' menu" in Control Center >
- General:
- possibility to start on demand scans via right click menu;
- new option "Visual style" in Control Center > General:
- possibility to select one of four visual styles;
- new option "Don't scan autorun.inf" in Control Center > Scanner:
- possibility to completely disable AntiAutorun (processing of autorun files);
- additional heuristics (AntiRep4) for another family of replicating worms (CryptoLocker and similar);
- additional heuristics (AntiScript) for all types of vbscript based worms:
- on the fly decryption, code format & contents analysis;
- support for extremely large malicious files;
- improved detection (FME) of worms mimicking legitimate files;
- improved detection (AntiRep3) of several replicating worms;
- added Simplified Chinese language (thanks to translator Anan);
- added Swedish language;
- updated all languages for v3 (except Brasilian Portuguese);
- fixed an issue that caused the MD5 not to be shown for suspicious files in interactive mode;
- improved program initialization time by removing obsolete on-start routines;
- digitally signed all executable components:
- improving compatibility and ease of use alongside other security software;
- giving users the possibility to verify the origin and authenticity of the software;
- various other improvements (code stability, graphics, program logic...).
New in MCShield 2.8.3.24 (Oct 28, 2013)
- fixed a false detection of a specific folder on flash drives used on Win8.1
- several other code adjustments for better compatibility with Win8.1
- added Vietnamese language
- added Blazilian Portuguese language
New in MCShield 2.7.4.23 (Jul 16, 2013)
- Improved heuristics for better recognition of legitimate files.
New in MCShield 2.7.3.22 (Jul 9, 2013)
- improved detection/remediation of all variants of Win32.Gamarue;
- added heuristics for another family of worms (Dunihi.A and similar);
- added Turkish language (thanks to translator Mahsum Å?EN);
- several changes in the log formatting and details.
New in MCShield 2.6.3.21 (Apr 15, 2013)
- updated all components to work with our new domain (www.mcshield.net);
- added detection for another variant of replicating worms;
- updated/improved detection/remediation of Win32.Gamarue;
- added Russian language
New in MCShield 2.5.4.20 (Feb 11, 2013)
- fixed a bug related to autoupdate (if database notifications are off, the new setup would not be started after download).
New in MCShield 2.4.3.18 (Dec 17, 2012)
- implemented a new generic detection routine (for more precise detection/remediation of Trojan:VBS/Autorun.B (MS));
- added Persian language (thanks to translator Seyed Ehsan Hadi).
New in MCShield 2.3.3.17 (Nov 30, 2012)
- fixed an issue that caused some quarantined items not to be shown on the Quarantine tab inside the Control Center
- added Hungarian language (thanks to translator lostprophet)
New in MCShield 2.2.4.16 (Oct 26, 2012)
- fixed an issue regarding encryption of certain quarantined files;
- fixed an issue that caused longer scan and wrong tray notification when the program was fixing a false positive.
New in MCShield 2.2.3.15 (Oct 16, 2012)
- fixed a scanner issue that could cause long scan times in case of very large exe files;
- fixed an installer issue that caused the autoupdate interval to be set to 2 even if program was previously installed;
- implemented quarantine encryption;
- implemented direct autorun.inf whitelisting (previously: only indirect whitelisting was possible);
- implemented a new generic detection routine (to better cover the "blended behaviour" worm that's currently in the wild);
- added Slovenian language (thanks to translator Darth.Mikey);
- added Norwegian language (thanks to translator Pondus);
- added Spanish language (thanks to translator iroc9555);
- added Spanish help file (available on the website, translated by iroc9555);
- improved autoupdate (previously: checked new program version only after RTM starts; now: checks every time RTM does an update);
- modified (additional fine tuning) detection routines for malware related folders (those that use same names as legit folders).
New in MCShield 2.1.4.13 (Jul 23, 2012)
- fixed an issue that caused a scanner crash when an orphan autorun file gets detected.