Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.2.12918.5857-REL14 - Changelog

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.2.12918.5857:

September 8th, 2011

Security:
· Improved malware detection mechanism
· Optimized memory consumption and fixed some memory leaks
· Rare GUI related crash issues on some systems fixed

Virtual System:
· Multi-disk Virtualization support added for non-system disks & partitions
· Fixed 'Phantom drive' issue

Usability:
· Corrected: processing of snapshots on Windows Server 2008

System Restore:
· Updated Chinese Taiwan translation
· Updated Japanese translation

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.2.10853:

October 26th, 2010

· A/V engine updated to version 4.6.2
· Optimized memory usage for A/V database loading Virtual Mode
· File Manager - Auto Saving feature implemented Usability
· Fixed Portuguese (Brazil) in installer
· New languages: Chinese Simplified, Finish, Dutch, Korean, Bulgarian localizations

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.2.10303.5418:

September 13th, 2010

Virus Guard:
· Fixed repairing of locked files System Restore
· Fixed an issue with displaying truncated snapshots names
· Fixed an issue with incorrect restore analysis results in extreme cases Usability
· Corrected empty repair dialog as seen on slower PCs
· New languages: Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Polish

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.2.10143.5401:

September 1st, 2010

· New languages: German and Japanese

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.2.10100.5394:

August 21st, 2010

Virtual Mode:
· Fixed preserving of VM settings after upgrade from 3.1

System Restore:
· Fixed recursive full restore suggestions that may occur in some cases

Usability:
· Enhanced application responsiveness during upgrades from 3.1 to 3.2. Prevented application hangs under very heavy system load scenarios
· Changed popup style for A/V updates to match style of other popups in application

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.2.10006 RC2:

August 21st, 2010

Virus Guard:
· Fixed a number of issues related to integration with cloud protection
· Fixed product recovery in the case of manual corruption of A/V updates

Virtual Mode:
· Virtual Disk
· Changed default disk type to FAT32 to minimize impact of the virtual disk to the rest of the system
· Fixed deletion of virtual disk under Windows Vista

System Restore:
· Fixed file restoration in the case of reconfiguration of disk partitioning scheme

Usability:
· Added an option to configure status of protected system: Either new model or backward compatible model (Preferences / Administration)
· Added "System Requires Attention" product status, which becomes active when there is a recommended action to perform by user
· Fixed GUI crash when progress window is displayed multiple times

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.2.9914 RC1A:

August 21st, 2010

Virus Guard:
· Fixes
· Fixed service crashes when A/V updates are downloaded
· Fixed inability to re-enable real-time protection after new A/V update has been received
· Reduced CPU usage during certain operations

Virtual Mode:
· Fixes
· Fixed BSODs and other errors that occur for mount, unmount, or remount of virtual disk on Windows Vista
· Fixed BSOD that may occur right after entering into Virtual Mode

· File Manager
· Save folder contents recursivelyNEW
· Delete absent files when saving to real disk
· Honor special file types (like hard links)
· Display progress when files are copying

· Start Virtual Mode
· Prevent destroying of real disk when Virtual Mode is active

Usability:
· User Interface
· Added support for Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA)
· Enhanced Protection Sensitivity control

· Localization
· Added support for right-to-left languages

Maintenance:
· Passed Microsoft Windows Software Logo Program testing

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.2.9815 RC1:

August 21st, 2010

Overall Product:
· Re-branding to "Returnil System Safe"

System Restore (Recover infected files or restore your entire system in case of infection):
· Perform automated analysis and file restoration during Real-time, Quick and Full scan
· Perform full system restoration with automatic detection of previous not infected system state
· Allow user to recover documents and settings after full restore
· Restore functionality is fully extensible and easy to integrate with third-party backup systems
· Support for Microsoft Windows Volume Shadow Copy service is built-in in the product as a default provider for restore functionality
· Watch our site for a new product that implements a restore provider that overcomes limitations of the built-in mechanism and provides much stronger features to restore infected systems

Virus Guard:
· Cloud Protection
· Allows for analysis of programs in the cloud to provide advanced malware detection capabilities and significantly reduce time for new malware recognition
· The existing Virus Guard functionality has been integrated with Returnil in-the-cloud engine for malware detections and preventions, in addition to local A/V engine
· Optimized data collection engine to minimize effect of the cloud protection to end user computer even more
· Allow user to monitor availability of cloud protection for a particular installation
· Note: The cloud protection is running in restricted mode at this time. It will be running at full speed soon. You will not need to change your client to feel the difference.

· Repair
· Added unified repair process for detected infections that combines quarantine and restore operations

· Local A/V Engine
· Updated A/V engine to version 4.6.1
· Enhanced malware detection in advanced modes by providing more memory for A/V engine (Not available in Windows XP)
· Fixed detection of trojans

· Quarantine
· Allow restoring a file to a user-defined location
· Compress files to use disk space efficiently. Show size of the items
· Fixed moving to Quarantine under 64-bit Windows 7
· Fixed Quarantine in Quick Scan when the same malware is specified in several registry locations
· Fixed moving files to Quarantine if they are located on read only devices (e.g. CD drives)

· Updates
· Added user notifications when updates are finished/failed
· Show progress of downloading A/V updates
· Boosted the process of downloading and applying A/V updates
· Automatically rescan recent system changes on receiving a new A/V update
· Automatically increase the rate of checks for A/V updates after critical events detected during data collection

· A/V Exclusions
· Added exclusion of files and folders from Real-time protection as per Microsoft guidelines (KB822158)
· Fixed specifying of network paths or mapped network drives in A/V Exclusion List

· Quick Scan
· Allow selection of malware files to be repaired after Quick Scan completion
· Allow user to work with the main application when Quick Scan is running (non-modal Quick Scan)

· Real-time Protection
· Enabled Real-time Protection for write-only files

· Full Scan
· Allow user to configure scan sensitivity level
· Under Vista/W7, when UAC has enabled: Ask user to perform Full Scan on his files or all files
· Fixed wrong elapsed time that is displayed in Full Scan when the scan takes more than 24 hours

· Virus Guard Log
· Added more details to security log: First and last process that has triggered a malware detection, an infected object within a file (important for viruses in archives), the cases when the detection has been made (including type, sensitivity, when triggered, when started)
· Allow user to exclude a file from Real-time malware analysis (and restore analysis) from the Virus Guard / Log
· Changed format of messages exported from Virus Guard / Log
· Added support for huge number of detections (important for on-disk scan for virus collections)

Virtual Mode:
· Anti-Execute
· Trust system services from real disk only: A new feature (enabled by default), which prevents malware from bypassing Returnil products

· Start Virtual Mode
· Added detection of memory cache mode. Notify user and limit functionality in this case
· Fixed incorrect calculation of disk cache size when free disk space is close to minimum

· File Protection
· Fixed specifying of system files for the file protection
· Fixed file protection when entire disk is selected

Usability:
· User Interface
· New layout of tabs, new message organization, split product and security messages
· Better visualization of locked user interface. Disable all operations in locked user interface
· New system menu displayed in system tray and desktop bar

· Message notifications
· Notify user about new messages arrived when GUI is not running

· Localization
· Display all the dates, times, and numbers in the localized format configured via Windows control panel regional settings
· Allow specifying emails using International DNS format
· Starting from Windows 7, added support for DPI-aware GUI

· Licensing
· Added "registration is in process" dialog, simplifying license activation for end users
· Show a dialog when an access to UI feature will require a license
· Only purchased products allow user to hide product icon in system tray
· Fixed resetting of pending registration status when the product cannot be registered with specified license

Maintenance:
· Integrated with Windows Security Center
· Protect the product from unwanted changes by malicious programs
· Enhanced overall system responsiveness for A/V and data collection engines
· Maintain install/uninstall log to simplify support of install/uninstall issues
· Changed product installations path to match Windows Software Logo Kit requirements
· Exclude Returnil work folders from backup/restore operations by Microsoft and other third-party products
· Do not require anymore system restart for applying changes in communication (e.g. proxy settings)
· Fixed installation ID generation on VMWare (Note: This change breaks backward compatibility with clients installed on VMWare already. All settings and license will be lost during upgrade)

Returnil Commander (for enterprise customers):
· Remote Control
· New remote execution engine, many new remote control commands added already
· Scheduling of commands to be executed on clients
· Simple web-based administration and monitoring of remote clients

· Product Configuration
· Allow users to download A/V updates from alternate locations
· Allow remote configuration for the server backup address

· Maintenance
· Automatically reduce network traffic utilization when server does not contain any new changes for client
· Minimize network traffic when too many remote commands shall be processed
· Compress data in network communication
· Fixed slow and unstable process of configuration reload after receiving new update from server

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.1.8774.5254:

April 8th, 2010

Stability:
· Fixed a number of rare system crashes reported by customers, and related to virtual system, virtual disk, virtual file manager
· Fixed system crash due to incompatibility with Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows XP
· Fixed system crash when a file is pasted in a remote console opened via Remote Desktop Protocol
· Fixed CPU spikes and service crashes during network communication activity
· Fixed system crash when some parts of the product have been removed manually before running the uninstaller
· Fixed service crash when quick scan is started
· Fixed installation failure when some required windows standard directories do not exist

Remote Client Management:
· Notify user when remote command has been received but ignored by the product, specifying the reason

Usability:
· Added help in German language
· Link to Returnil website added to Start Menu

· Fixed Microsoft WERs: 1689169950, 1700887031

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.1.7779.5174:

January 25th, 2010

· Licensing: Support for Home Classic Edition (No AV - Virtualization only option)
· Usability: Do not display splash screen when system is started
· Stability: Fixed downloading of AV updates during upgrade from previous versions

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.1.7414.5023:

January 19th, 2010

· Installer uses English language by default if the language of user's PC is not supported
· Updated Help Manual

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.1.7414.5023-REL:

January 18th, 2010

Security:
· Full Scan feature
· Enhanced data collection reports
· Enhanced cleanup of failed installation during next installation

Usability:
· New Language: Portuguese
· When web sites are opened from GUI, allow use GUI language on the sites
· When a file is moved to quarantine, mark the corresponding security message as processed

Stability:
· Fixed "Unknown ()" virus detection
· Fixed Microsoft WERs: 770604423, 787724936, 804837134, 1503708804, 1512934878, 1513411900, 1526442385, 1531360683, 1553873390, 1554949418, 1557035281, 1575793065
· Changed the way of configuration discovery under virtual machines. New installations will require entering a license again as well as setting other program options
· Optimize memory/CPU usage, which is especially noticeable for commodity PCs

· Note: The new Full Scan feature is available in the Trial, Home Lux, and Enterprise Premier versions only

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.0.6778.4986:

November 27th, 2009

· Added Japanese Help Manual

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.0.6517.4958:

November 2nd, 2009

Virus Guard Definitions:
· Include latest definitions file in installer, to ensure that computer is protected right after installation, and speedup the initial scanning
· Fixed downloading when proxy server is configured with authentication
Virtual System:
· Fixed corruption of System Restore points when System Safe is enabled. Third-party backup software will work now properly when System Safe is disabled.
· Fixed lost of GUI configuration when user folders reside on non-system disk
· Warn users before enabling System Safe if there is insufficient free disk space
Licensing:
· Simplified registration process right after product installation
· When GUI is password-protected, verify password before new license is requested, to avoid unconfirmed product edition changes
· Enhanced GUI to simplify password recovery and license recovery (for the editions that support these features)
Usability:
· Allow user to see the password reset immediately when it is available
· Display progress bar when Virtual Disk is mounted/unmounted
Stability - user's feedback via Microsoft portals:
· Fixed service crashes when new updates are downloaded incorrectly due to internet connectivity problems
· Fixed GUI crashes on logoff when some GUI screens are opened

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.0.6299.4937:

October 12th, 2009

Compatibility:
· Fixed compatibility issue with Microsoft Security Essentials
Security:
· Fixed wrong detection of "potentially unwanted applications" in default mode. Now they are recognized in advanced heuristics mode only
Stability:
· Fixed instabilities related to overloaded or broken internet channel (antivirus definitions not updating, failure to register, excessive CPU usage)
· Fixed system slowdowns, especially when other security solution has installed
· Fixed service hangs when user changes system settings in Control Panel
· Fixed GUI crash when a window is resized
· Fixed rare crash on Windows 7 during system start
· Fixed entering proxy configuration in GUI

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.0.6228.4929:

October 2nd, 2009

Stability:
· Fixed displaying of a security message when it includes a filename with special characters
· Fixed GUI hang when files are restored from quarantine in the case of insufficient disk space
· Fixed GUI hang at startup on slow machines
· Fixed GUI File Manager to access files and folders protected by File Protection
· Fixed remote configuration update when the same parameter is changed several times quickly
· Fixed uninstaller that has not deleted an application file in some cases after full product removal

Usability:
· Updated help manual

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.0.6180.4924:

September 30th, 2009

Virtual System:
· Fixed issue with blocking defragmenters when System Safe is disabled

Security:
· Fixed service crash when quarantine files have manually corrupted

Usability:
· Fixed help shortcut
· Updated help manual

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.0.6059.4914 Beta:

September 22nd, 2009

· Corrected quick scan on 64-bit Windows
· Fixed GUI crash during mount of Virtual Disk when there are no free drive letters
· Fixed service/GUI crash on exit
· Updated help manual
· Localization: added Spanish
· Support for multiple editions in GUI

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.0.5913.4905 Beta 9a:

September 10th, 2009

Virtual System:
· Perform wiping of disk cache at startup, not shutdown.
· Now compatible with McAfee Total Protection

Security:
· Virus Guard engine upgraded
· Virus Guard heuristic feature adjusted for proper functioning
· Correction for excessive resource usage by malware data collection process
· Quarantine upgraded to allow inclusion of files from network shares
· Trust programs from real disk option corrected for Windows 7 64-bit

Self-protection:
· 127.0.0.1 signature update vulnerability eliminated

Quick Scan:
· Corrections added for full functionality in 64-bit Windows
· Corrected issue where files could not be quarantined due to unsupported characters in the filename

Virtual Disk:
· Correction added to address Virtual Disk failures with frequent mounting / dismounting

Usability:
· Report progress during Quick Scan analysis phase
· Show when the Quick Scan was last performed
· Updated localizations for previously included languages
· New localizations: Czech, Finnish, Dutch

Maintenance:
· Default language can be specified before installation, to avoid displaying the language selector (example of fully unattended install: RVS_SETUP_xxx.EXE //LANG=eng /I$$ /passive)

Stability:
· Fixed hanging on some systems at shutdown using Vista
· Eliminated GUI freezes on some systems using Vista
· Fixed GUI crashes in File/Registry Browser

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.0.5636.4886 Beta 8:

August 24th, 2009

Quarantine:
· Move malware to Quarantine (See Preferences / Antivirus / Quarantine for the main view: View, Restore, Delete, Undo quarantine items, See action "Move to Quarantine" in message list for reported malware, See action "Move to Quarantine" in message popup)
· Move malware identified during Quick Scan to the quarantine
Data Collection:
· Approve / disapprove items for upload (See Preferences / Antivirus / Upload Queue for the main view)
Licensing:
· Corrected displaying of licensing details
Virtualization Registry Browser:
· Ability to view/compare/update registry on real and virtual systems (See Tools / File Manager / Access Registry)
Quick Scan:
· Properly handle files located on network shares
· Log files processed during the Quick Scan
Usability:
· GUI: Updated logo, backgrounds, changed links to buttons, increased space for localized string
· Increased splash screen display during application start
· Localization: Added Italian, Polish, Russian, Korean to GUI
Security:
· 64-bit Windows fixes for real-time a/v, a/v exclusions, file protection, trust programs from real disk only
Updates:
· Enhanced handling of unsuccessful a/v database updates
Messaging:
· Corrected rare crashes during displaying of messages
Installer:
· Corrected administrative installation with supplying custom parameters (RVSPARAM)
Stability:
· Numerous fixes to stability issues detected in GUI, service, and drivers
Detection of unknown malware:
· Enhanced report generation by inclusion DLL signatures
· Improved memory utilization during suspicious behavior collection
· Improve drivers quality for Vista/2008/W7

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.0.5118.4859 Beta:

July 27th, 2009

· RVS now comaptible with 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7
· Supported OS's: Windows XP 32-bit, 2003/2008 Server, Windows Vista (32-bit/64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit)
· User's Manual
· Support for behavioral data and malware sample collection
· New GUI languages: Chinese Traditional and Simplified
· New build can now be installed over the previous Beta
· Various GUI improvements

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.0.4769.4840 Beta 6a:

July 9th, 2009

· Version: Changed name of product to reflect extended development and testing time (2009 to 2010)
· Updated: GUI localizations added for German and Japanese

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 3.0.4613.4833 Beta 6:

July 3rd, 2009

· Additional program level protection
· Compatible with most top and secondary level Antivirus solutions
· Dynamic, as needed caching
· Returnil Tools functionality now integrated into the program interface
· Access and browser for real disk and registry
· Quick overview of all settings
· Compatible with Windows XP, Vista (32-bit), and Server 2003/2008
· Coming soon - Windows 7 and 64-bit! (Stay tuned)
· Desktop Toolbar with right-click menu
· Program hot-key and skins
· Localized installer: English, Chinese-Simplified, German, Japanese and Polish (note: the GUI is still only in English, new languages coming soon)
· All new intuitive and simple User Interface
· Easier to use program registration and licensing
· User's Help Manual

What's new in Returnil System Safe Free 2011 2006 1.51a:

August 28th, 2006

· Fix the bug of showing boot menu when XP booting.
· Support running quite.