February 6th, 2012· Added protection for system policies and safe boot configuration.
· Possible incompatibility with AdMuncher – fixed.
· Improved cleaning of large amounts of malware detections.
· Software startup bug with large amount of quarantined objects – fixed.
· Minor improvements in renewal notification popups.
January 23rd, 2012· Added a new autorun location for behavior monitoring.
· E2: Improved exploit detection for MS Word files.
· E2: Improved scan of PDF files (multiple possible exploit infections are handled)
· E2: Minor internal changes.
· Minor GUI modifications for better support of the large fonts.
· Support for offline installations added. License verification and update can be skipped now.
· Improved memory management.
· Changed default view settings on host rules list.
· Improved renewal notifications when license is about to end soon.
· Online update crash in the commandline scanner – fixed.
· Problem when saving application rules and whitelist items – fixed.
· Display bug on the number of used signatures – fixed.
· Bug in refreshing the license details during online update – fixed.
· Bug: Old license dialog appears after last beta update – fixed.
· Bug when deleting application rules – fixed.
· Minor changes in order processing.
· Updated copyright year in footer.
· Program restart notification loop when updating Explorer context menu modules – fixed.
· Improved dynamic disk support in routine used for converting file paths from device to human readable format.
· Localization bug in submit notification popups – fixed.
· Improved date-time conversion routine for correct handling of different date formats.
· Improved data validation during scans to avoid potential crashes.
· Problems when trying to scan non-supported paths via Explorer context menu – fixed.
· Minor problem when refreshing license details – fixed.
· Localization bug in email scanning plugins – fixed.
· Incorrect label in logs for automatically quarantined items – fixed.
· Minor improvements in skinning feature.
January 3rd, 2012· Startup error “a2framework.dll is missing” on systems with a large number of physical drives – fixed.
December 18th, 2011· Surf protection can’t be separately disabled – fixed.
· Problem with scanning NTFS mount points – fixed.
· Update error 31 problem – fixed.
· Reason of different random crashes in Security Setup Wizard found and fixed.
· Minor modifications of trial and freeware mode handling.
· Minor crashes reported by users – fixed.
· Major memory leak in service component – fixed.
· Minor bug in trial end handling – fixed.
· Application rules missing bug – fixed.
· All whitelist settings are unticked – fixed.
· Whitelist not saved correctly – fixed.
· Guard crash with corrupt path string – fixed.
December 7th, 2011· Surf protection speed improvements.
· Crash on system standby – fixed.
· Crashes submitted from reports – fixed.
· Slow start of GUI on Windows 7 x64 – fixed.
· System freeze/tray icon update animation loop – fixed.
· One more problem that may cause a delay on software startup fixed.
· Crash on service component restart – fixed.
· Communication problem of service with GUI components – fixed.
· Application rule submission bug fixed that caused a guard freeze problem with tooltip text ”’1 KB (100%) of 1 KB uploaded…’”.
November 18th, 2011· Manually created host rule disappears from the list – fixed.
· Incomplete uninstalling of drivers bug – fixed.
· Framework module crash – fixed.
· Stack overflow crash – fixed.
· Code cleanup and internal improvements.
· Internal service crash – fixed.
· Crash in quarantine module – fixed.
· Occasional crashes reported by users – fixed.
· Import/export settings bug – fixed.
· Localization reading bug – fixed.
· Service shutdown crash – fixed.
· Quarantine bug on locked files – fixed.
· Saving host rules bug – fixed.
· Quarantine rescan bug – fixed.
· Saving settings bug – fixed.
· Preparations for email scanning feature.
· E2/IK engine improved 64bit PE-file detection.
· E2/IK engine improved Bifrost detection.
· E2/IK engine minor bugfixes.
· Crash in service application – fixed.
· Crash in quarantine module – fixed.
· Incorrect submission of application rules to Anti-Malware network – fixed.
November 4th, 2011· Manually created host rule disappears from the list – fixed.
· Framework module crash – fixed.
· Stack overflow crash – fixed.
· Code cleanup and internal improvements.
· Incomplete uninstalling of drivers bug – fixed.
· Internal service crash – fixed.
· Crash in quarantine module – fixed.
· Occasional crashes reported by users – fixed.
· Import/export settings bug – fixed.
· Localization reading bug – fixed.
October 20th, 2011· Self protection bug – fixed.
· Context menu scan fails with already open scanner window – fixed.
· Formatting bug of ADS names in file guard alerts – fixed.
· Problem with mixing Domain and Local users in permissions settings – fixed.
· Occasional crash on moving detected objects to quarantine – fixed.
· Rootkit detection information message box modified.
· Minor internal improvements.
· Crash on reading skin.ini – fixed.
· Engine and quarantine initialize bug – fixed.
· ScanBuffer bug – fixed.
· Preparations for upcoming features.
· Added memory limitations for the file i/o threads to avoid memory starvation on systems with very fast disk setups like SSDs or RAIDs.
October 6th, 2011Scanner:
· Completely re-written dual scan engine framework for multi-core optimizations.
· 450% speed improvement on average – with the same things being scanned.
· Advanced caching for self optimizing scans – it gets faster with every scan.
· New direct disk access scan mode for better rootkit detection (TDL-3, ZeroAccess, TDL-4, Sinowal).
· Changed scan presets – added Rootkit scan, excluded Cookie scan.
· Improved false positive handling.
· Desired actions to be taken on scan completion can be set before the scan now, too.
· The postfixes of infections were changed to !E1 and !E2.
· New animation during active scans.
· User interface simplifications for better usability.
· Added loading scan engine animation in security setup wizard.
· Missed scheduled scans can optionally be run on next program startup.
Realtime protection:
· Significantly reduced performance impact of the file guard with smart caching.
· Optimizations to strongly speed up the boot process.
· Reduced false positives in real world use due to internal rating system.
· File guard file extensions list can now be reset to defaults.
· Internal and custom host blocker rules can be viewed more conveniently now.
· Re-organized the guard tray icon menu to provide quick access to common features.
Licensing:
· User accounts are no longer required. Switched to a simple key-based system.
· Simplifications in license dialogs.
· New referral rewards program to obtain a full version license for free by referring new users.
· Get 1 month for free by referring another 1 month trial user.
· Get 6 months for free by referring a buying customer.
· New long term customer bonus program – renewals get 5% cheaper every year.
· Improved notification when license is about to expire soon.
· Each license is limited to use on one computer now.
General:
· Settings can now be exported and imported by category.
· Added security prompts to confirm final deletion of files, rules or logs.
· Added newsletter subscription link in news area.
· Improved update system for greater stability of online updates.
· No more use of the registry to store settings – using ini files now.
· Code cleanup and improvements to avoid potential crashes and hangs.
· Simplified the setup process significantly.
· Removed the trojan horse animation.
October 6th, 2011· Problem with saving permissions settings – fixed.
· Not all areas of help button clickable – fixed.
· Referral rewards program ads removed in server edition.
· Warning message when trying to scan network drives added.
· Internal changes to the license system to prevent license locking by accident.
· Licenses are automatically re-mapped to the local PC during auto-update now.
· Minor bugfix in license dialog.
October 6th, 2011· Bug in permissions settings fixed.
· Loading converted settings from v5.1 bug fixed.
· Scanner crash when restarting scans fixed.
· License bug in Anti-Malware for Server fixed.
· Actions on scan end problem fixed.
· Malware finding path translation bug fixed.
· Wrong handling of license type in registration form fixed.
· Display bug of custom host rules fixed.
September 30th, 2011· Changed window border from 2 to 1 px.
· Added internal debug logging for license and update actions.
September 24th, 2011· Implemented new header image design.
· Removed HiJackFree item in left side main menu. It’s still available in start menu and via tray icon context menu.
· Promo box for referral rewards program can be hidden now.
· Problem with some white label backgrounds on XP fixed.
· Submit file problem fixed.
· Increased speed of host rules sorting.
· Missing program files folder in smart scan defaults fixed.
· Potential freeze bug in guard fixed.
· Guard performance tuning.
· License key is hidden by default and can be copied to clipboard now.
· Minor GUI and internal bugfixes.
August 30th, 2011Scanner:
· Completely re-written dual scan engine framework for multi core optimizations.
· 450% speed improvement on average - with the same things being scanned.
· Advanced caching for self optimizing scans - it gets faster with every scan.
· New direct disk access scan mode for better rootkit detection.
· Changed scan presets: Added Rootkit scan, excluded Cookie scan.
· Improved false positive handling.
· Desired actions on scan end can be set before the scan now too.
· Detection names engine postfixes changed to !E1 and !E2.
· New animation during active scans.
· User interface simplifications for better usability.
· Added load scan engine animation in security setup wizard.
· Missed scheduled scans can optionally be run on next program startup.
Realtime protection:
· Significantly reduced performance impact of the file guard with smart caching.
· Optimizations to strongly speed up the boot process.
· Reduced false positives in real world use because of internal rating system.
· File guard file extensions list can be reset to defaults now.
· Internal and custom host blocker rules can be viewed more conveniently now.
· Re-organized the guard tray icon menu to provide quick access to common features.
Licensing:
· User accounts are no more required. Switched to a simple key-based system.
· Simplifications in license dialogs.
· New referral system to get a full version for free by referring new users.
· Get 1 month for free by referring another 1 month trial user.
· Get 6 months for free by referring a buying customer.
· New long term customer bonus program - renewals get 5% cheaper every year.
· Improved notification when license is about to expire soon.
· Each license is limited to be used on one computer now.
General:
· Settings can be exported and imported by category now.
· Added security prompts when finally deleting files, rules or logs.
· Added newsletter subscription link in news area.
· Improved update system for more stability of online updates.
· No more use of registry to store settings - using ini files now.
· Code cleanup and improvements to avoid potential crashes and hangs.
· Simplified the setup process significantly.
· Removed the trojan horse illustration.
July 5th, 2011· Updater bug fixed.
· “File not found” alert on malware removal problem fixed.
· Possible system freeze bug fixed.
· Added RAM disk support for Commandline Scanner.
June 7th, 2011· Displaying “allow” suggestion on behavior alerts accidently – fixed.
· Problem with scheduling system – fixed.
· Weblink on malware removal message box does not work – fixed.
· Refreshing licenses does not work – fixed.
· Update animation does not stop correctly – fixed.
· Removing host rules problem – fixed.
· Wildcard support for built-in host rules added.
· Guard crash bug fixed.
· Windows Security Center synchronization problems fixed.
· Host rules handling problem fixed.
· Auto-Update bug fixed.
· Internal improvements for debugging.
March 26th, 2011· Detection of signed files partially fails – fixed.
· Submitted malware is not being detected correctly – fixed.
March 11th, 2011· Import of large custom hosts file delays startup – fixed.
· Several minor bugfixes added.
December 13th, 2010· Immediate protection after bootup. In previous versions, a user had to logon to start the Guard that loads the protection layers (system tray icon application). In version 5.1 the protection immediately starts when Windows boots, even if no user is logged on. However, the File Guard settings dialog allows you to switch back to the old model.
· Along with the immediate protection, Anti-Malware 5.1 is now able to run auto-updates in server mode too.
· New email notification feature. Anti-Malware can now send an email to the admin everytime a malware is found and quarantined by the File Guard. That’s most important for server use when no user is logged on locally for a long time. Notification settings are available at the File Guard settings dialog.
Other new features in Anti-Malware 5.1:
· We have improved the behavior based protection against the TDL-3 and TDL-4 rootkits.
Anti-Malware Update-Proxy improvements:
· You can now configure Upate-Proxy to connect through another proxy to the internet.
· Update-Proxy now supports automatic cache cleanup for files that have not been served for more than 30 days.
October 17th, 2010· Server mode in freeware mode bug fixed.
· Application restart bug fixed.
· Crash bug in Wizard fixed.
· Crash on downloading full Ikarus signature updates fixed.
September 28th, 2010· Introducing Server Mode: File Guard now starts immediately after booting the system without visible guard needed (in system tray). No logged on user needed for protection.
· Introducing a new Email Notification feature at the File Guard. Useful in combination with server mode to get a notice about detected and quarantined malware.
· Surf protection now fully supports Internet Explorer on Win 7 x64.
· Optional redirect for blocked hosts in Surf Protection feature added. Blocked websites display ”Blocked by Emsisoft Anti-Malware”.
· Reduced number of alerts by avoiding duplicates of the same (behavior) alerts.
· Modified and simplified the update settings dialog for better usability.
· Wine support for Commandline Scanner added.
· Many bugfixes and minor improvements for better stability.
May 10th, 2010· Emsisoft Anti-Malware Version 5.0 incorporates major changes. The one that is most relevant to the user: The user interface has been greatly simplified. This allows PC beginners to immediately start working with the software because it is now much easier to use. The scanner has also been integrated into the main window and can now be started even faster than before. Emsisoft Anti-Malware is also very light on computer resources and now uses only about 20 MB RAM in normal guard operation.
Other new features:
A new file guard:
· To ease the load on the system, the Anti-Malware background guard previously only started when files in the system were opened or executed. The new file guard in version 5 has been written anew from scratch and now also offers the optional ability to scan files immediately after downloading and when they are copied or moved.
Full support for Windows 7:
· Anti-Malware 5 offers full support for Windows 7, including new functions specific to Windows 7.
100% x64 compatible:
· Anti-Malware 5.0 works equally well without limitations on both 32 and 64 bit systems. This makes Anti-Malware 5 one of the first "complete" behavior-blockers for x64 systems.
Extended behavior analysis:
· A new addition is recognition of manipulation of the system security policies. The false alert filter has been further refined and the design of the alert window has been optimized.
Improved self-protection:
· The self-protection in Anti-Malware 5 has been greatly optimized. This prevents Malware programs from changing or disabling the protection program.
Improved cleaning:
· The cleaning routines in the software have been greatly improved. This means that all Malware found by the program can also be reliably deleted.
New game mode:
· Users can now suppress all popups and alarms per mouse click if they wish to remain undisturbed during a game or while working with any other type of full-screen application.
No more need for registration when testing:
· Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5 can now be tested free of charge without prior registration.
New freeware mode:
· After a license or test period has expired, Anti-Malware 5 can still be used free of charge without the guard features. You are not compelled to purchase the product in order to test and clean your PC.
Hundreds of small improvements:
· Numerous features requested by the users, such as optional shutdown of the computer after completion of a scan or a new central whitelist, have been added during Beta testing.
November 5th, 2009· Trust module (revised)
· Trust check module
· Anti-Malware Network module (revised)
· Community module - 8.0
· Scan Engine (revised)
· Scan Engine Component - 1.1.74.0
· Signature update
· Additional signatures
October 7th, 2009· Log section speedup.
· Plaintext password transmission on file submits changed to crypted.
· Cookie scanner bug fixed.
· Memory usage optimizations.
· Introducing new header image with new icon style.
· Bug with 4 updater retry fails fixed.
· Engine and quarantine bugfixes.
· Changed default action to "block" in alert windows.
· Crash while adding objects to whitelist during scan fixed.
August 18th, 2009· Signature update
· Additional signatures
July 13th, 2009· Introducing new icons for main app, scanner, guard and wizard
· Freeze bug fixed
· File count bug in scanner fixed
· ADS scanner bug fixed
· Firefox cookie detection bug fixed
· Quarantine rescan feature improved
· Update system improved: Updates are transferred packed and crypted now to avoid proxy troubles
· Default sort order in logs changed (newest first)
· Popup display bug fixed
June 8th, 2009· Added Windows Security Center support. Fine tuning. Stability improvements. Bugfixes.
December 16th, 2008· a-squared Anti-Malware 4.0 (revised)
· Main application including the configuration panel - 4.0.0.66
November 3rd, 2008· Added a second antivirus scan engine to improve detection quality. The a-squared engine was improved too: it loads 57% faster, uses 30% less RAM and scans 4% faster than v3.x. A new surf protection feature has been added too to block malicious, tracking and phishing websites.
October 6th, 2008· Signature update
· 876 Signatures: 120 Trojans, 27 Spywares, 6 Worms, 723 Traces
April 15th, 2008· Traces signature update
· 230 Spyware Traces
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