SoftPerfect WiFi Guard Changelog

What's new in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.2.3

Feb 21, 2024
  • Added: Online device recognition.
  • Fixed: Partial MAC address matching.
  • Fixed: Auto-scan feature now engages before the main window is displayed.
  • Improved: Double-clicking a device web-page icon now opens the web browser.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.2.2 (Sep 14, 2023)

  • Added: Linux support.
  • Added: detection of web UI on network devices.
  • Improved: performance with large sets of devices.
  • Fixed: occasional duplicate devices shown in main view.
  • Fixed: occasional wrong MAC addresses from ARP cache.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.2.1 (Sep 14, 2023)

  • Added: Instant detection of new devices via system ARP cache.
  • Added: Configurable data retention setting for purging outdated info.
  • Added: Support for Windows systems on ARM64 CPUs.
  • Added: Custom 'Email Sender' field in SMTP settings.
  • Improved: Database journal changed from WAL to DELETE mode for a better cloud sync.
  • Improved: Dark Mode appearance on Windows.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.2.0 (Nov 1, 2022)

  • Added: instant detection of new devices joining the network.
  • Removed: obsolete interface translations.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.1.6 (Jul 18, 2022)

  • Added: dark mode support on Windows.
  • Updated: built-in MAC address vendor database.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.1.5 (Dec 24, 2021)

  • Added: new setting to avoid sending duplicate e-mails.
  • Added: automatic SNMP settings for simpler e-mail setup.
  • Added: built-in secure SMTP and removed OpenSSL dependency.
  • Improved: mail sent in background thread to prevent freezing.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.1.4 (Jan 11, 2021)

  • Added: new setting to automatically approve devices with locally administered MAC addresses.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.1.3 (Nov 17, 2020)

  • Improved: avoid sending identical duplicate e-mail alerts.
  • Improved: minor tweaks for latest Windows 10 and macOS 11.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.1.2 (Aug 21, 2019)

  • Improved: easier device identification with SNMP and mDNS as additional host name resolution methods.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.1.1 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • Added: include computer name in outgoing email notifications.
  • Added: number of detected devices shown in the status bar.
  • Improved: device manager window made resizable.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.1.0 (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Improved icons scale to any DPI on high-resolution displays.
  • Numerous small fixes and user interface improvements.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.0.2 (Apr 6, 2018)

  • Added IP address information in activity display.
  • Fixed a crash when trying to execute non-valid EXE file.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.0.1 (Jan 26, 2018)

  • Added the OpenSSL library for secure e-mails.
  • Updated built-in SQLite database engine.
  • Updated MAC address vendor database.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 2.0.0 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • WiFi Guard is now commercial software. To facilitate its further development, we introduced a licence fee.
  • Reintroduced macOS and Linux versions all built from the same codebase.
  • Fixed launching audio and EXE files with non-Latin characters.
  • Using system-independent date-time format in XML export.
  • Numerous high DPI fixes and reworked detection notification dialog.
  • Preventing multiple application copies from running on Windows and instead activating the current one.
  • Added recording device activity by day and hour to track when it's been online.
  • Updated and refined vendor database for easier identification of new devices.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 1.0.7 (Jan 18, 2016)

  • Added exporting device list to a CSV file in addition to XML
  • Added partial matching for devices with a variable MAC address

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 1.0.6 (Jul 20, 2015)

  • Added custom command execution on detection of unknown devices.
  • Replaced XML config storage with a more reliable SQLite database.
  • Several minor tweaks and fixes throughout the application.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 1.0.5 (Sep 30, 2014)

  • Added known devices export and import
  • Added the copy menu item in the device manager
  • Added timestamp and host name to email notifications
  • Fixed sorting devices by Last Seen in the device manager

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 1.0.4 (Mar 3, 2014)

  • Fixed a crash on Windows with a right-to-left system language.
  • Added Windows high DPI awareness for high-resolution displays.
  • Added emails notifications sent when unknown devices are found.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 1.0.3 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • Fixed the main window position when an auxiliary monitor was disconnected
  • Fixed detecting the default gateway on Windows with multiple adapters
  • Fxied a crash when encountering a corrupted configuration file
  • Added and updated several user interface languages

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 1.0.2 (Jan 14, 2013)

  • Added getting page titles from HTTP enabled devices.
  • Added device manager allowing to see all devices ever detected.
  • Fixed detecting the default gateway on all platforms.

New in SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 1.0.1 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • Added MAC address based vendor lookup for easier device identification.
  • Fxied saving settings on shutdown on Windows.
  • Added automatic check for new versions and about information.
  • Added custom IP address range support.
  • Added saving displayed devices to a file and copying to the clipboard.