DefenseWall Changelog

What's new in DefenseWall 3.25

Apr 30, 2015
  • Privilege escalation from within trusted zone solved
  • Untrusted zone bypass method covered.
  • Whitelist has been extended.
  • Help file updated.

New in DefenseWall 3.24 (Mar 27, 2014)

  • Digital certificate issue solved.

New in DefenseWall 3.23 (Mar 21, 2014)

  • Support for new Chromium-based Opera.
  • Minor improvements.

New in DefenseWall 3.22 (Jul 30, 2013)

  • Google Chrome crashes when untrusted solved.
  • Windows 8.1 Preview support.
  • Internal browser "Tab" issue solved.
  • Untrusted Zoom Player issue solved.
  • Internal improvements on performance.

New in DefenseWall 3.21 (Feb 16, 2013)

  • Now it's possible to update FireFox, uTorrent and ICQ out of box, without need to run them as trusted first
  • Windows 8 Mail Metro is set as untrusted by default
  • Minor internal improvements

New in DefenseWall 3.20 (Nov 14, 2012)

  • Automatic cleanup for internal lists enhanced.
  • Whitelist extended.
  • Solved an issue with FireFox can't play Flash-based content.
  • One new hotkey (Win-Alt-'R') added for displaying trusted and untrusted processes currently running.
  • Number of untrusted processes, displaying with tray icon, up to Creer, thank you for the icon's artwork!

New in DefenseWall 3.19 (Aug 28, 2012)

  • Windows 8 compatibility improved.
  • FireFox Aurora/Nightly update issue solved.
  • An issue solved with the main executable.
  • Whitelisting list enhanced

New in DefenseWall 3.18 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • Every binary module is digitally signed.
  • Found and solved an issue with copy control functionality. Now it puts untrusted attribute correct way.
  • Found and solved an issue with Windows events were triggering once per two seconds.
  • Found and solved an issue with inability to start WMP initialization in trusted zone for Windows 8.
  • Whitelisting enhanced.

New in DefenseWall 3.17 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • Internal improvements on various 3.16 issues

New in DefenseWall 3.16 (Nov 18, 2011)

  • Anti-TOCTTOU protection issues solved.
  • Windows 8 pre-beta compatible.
  • Project is re-written with safe string functions.
  • Initialization scripts are improved.

New in DefenseWall 3.15 (Jul 20, 2011)

  • Internal lists caching implemented.
  • Anti-TOCTTOU protection hardened.
  • New protection methods implemented.
  • Few issues are solved.

New in DefenseWall 3.14 (Jun 30, 2011)

  • "Go Banking/Shopping" mode is enhanced with built-in elementary browser. From now on, this mode does not terminate all the untrusted processes.
  • Opera auto-updates are supported.
  • Protection algorithms are improved.
  • Various compatibility issues are solved.
  • BitCoin client for Windows is covered by "Resource Protection" to prevent walled.dat stealing.

New in DefenseWall 3.13 (May 26, 2011)

  • A serious issue may allow malware to execute on every Windows restart solved.
  • "Stop attack" now restarts services that were terminated in order to restore full computer functionality without restart.
  • Minor updates and fixes.

New in DefenseWall 3.12 (May 13, 2011)

  • Now DefenseWall push its logging reports into the Windows "Application" log.
  • MS10-73 covered for unpatched Windows instances.
  • Compatibility issues with third-party software solved.
  • White list extended.

New in DefenseWall 3.11 (Apr 11, 2011)

  • Multiple kernel memory leaks issues are solved, as well as two BSOD ones.

New in DefenseWall 3.10 (Mar 24, 2011)

  • Tray menu re-built.
  • New popup dialog on new "Program Files" folder making by untrusted process.
  • "Untrusted Applications", "Rollback", "Firewall" and "Defense Excludes" dialog's lists are much faster.
  • Untrusted status visualization with Windows Explorer.
  • Whitelist is enhanced.
  • Two BSOD issues solved.
  • Minor security and compatibility issues solved.

New in DefenseWall 3.09 (Dec 7, 2010)

  • Windows Vista/7 Scheduler issue solved
  • Windows Vista/7 login/logout issue solved
  • Overal protection level increased

New in DefenseWall 3.08 (Oct 13, 2010)

  • MS Word, AVG 2011, Norton Online Family, IIS, Apache and some other compatibility issues are solved.
  • Programming errors in protection are fixed.

New in DefenseWall 3.07 (Sep 7, 2010)

  • This build contains a number of security improvements and compatibility issues solved.
  • Greek UI translation added.

New in DefenseWall 3.06 (Aug 6, 2010)

  • This build solves several issues, including a BSOD one.
  • German UI translation added.

New in DefenseWall 3.05 (Jul 27, 2010)

  • Windows Shell .LNK exploit coped.

New in DefenseWall 3.04 (Jul 17, 2010)

  • Anti-TOCTTOU (race conditions) protection has been improved.
  • Shared folders issue has been solved.

New in DefenseWall 3.03 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • Strong anti-TOCTTOU (race conditions) protection is integrated into.
  • Untrusted document files, not allowed to be modified by untrusted, running with MS Office, are able now to be modified.
  • Various issues are improved.

New in DefenseWall 3.02 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • This build solves multiple issues, including a BSOD one.

New in DefenseWall 3.01 (May 20, 2010)

  • This build solves multiple issues, found with v3.00.

New in DefenseWall 3.00 (Apr 21, 2010)

  • New DefenseWall Personal Firewall edition is created.
  • Dynamic Trusted/Untrusted zones control for installation software is added.
  • System shutdown control is added.
  • Screen capturing control for untrusted processes is added.
  • Whitelisting for new "known as good" installation programs is added.
  • Multiple stability and security-related issues are solved.

New in DefenseWall 2.56 (Jun 29, 2009)

  • Various third-party compatibility issues are fixed. DDE launch is improved. IBM Lotus Symphony support is added.

New in DefenseWall 2.55 (May 21, 2009)

  • New Windows 7 Release Candidate compatibility issues are fixed.

New in DefenseWall 2.54 (May 4, 2009)

  • This version fixes various issues alongside with sandbox defense hardening.
  • Atlantics Word Processor support is added

New in DefenseWall 2.53 (Apr 8, 2009)

  • This version fixes various issues found with the 2.52 one.

New in DefenseWall 2.52 (Mar 20, 2009)

  • This build fixes main module high CPU usage as well as a number of third-party software compatibility.

New in DefenseWall 2.51 (Mar 9, 2009)

  • This build fixes a number of serious flows with the previous versions as well as a few kernel memory leaks.
  • System time protection is added.
  • Symbolic links protection is added.

New in DefenseWall 2.47 (Jan 23, 2009)

  • This version fixes a number of problems found with the 2.46 version

New in DefenseWall 2.46 (Jan 23, 2009)

  • Advanced COM protocol control.
  • Improved localization abilities (dwall_res.dll). Now on, you can make any localizations by your own hands.
  • Performance improvements.
  • OpenOffice3, Google Chrome, SWR Iron, Windows Media Recorder 12, Reply Media Catcher and other software support with default ruleset.
  • Removable HDD's are supported as removable devices.
  • Process separation for MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Word Viewer.
  • Removable sources are untrusted by default.
  • Buggy ActiveSkin is dropped off. Software is temporary unskinned.
  • Also, version contains a number of compatibility fixes.

New in DefenseWall 2.45 (Jan 23, 2009)

  • Significantly increased the number of auto-protected files extensions in order to improve GpCode protection.
  • Added an ability to automatically launch browser for "Go Banking/Shopping" as trusted.
  • Added an ability to save DW's logs into one text file.
  • Added "Query Google" function for keys/files/folders from the rollback list.
  • Added "Save Details" function to save keys/files/folders info from the rollback list.
  • Added "Secured Files" excludes feature.
  • Added protection against account rights removal.
  • Re-organized shell extension menu.
  • Added additional resource protection for aMSN, Windows Address Book and Outlook Express mailing folders.
  • Also, version contains a number of compatibility fixes.

New in DefenseWall 2.44 (Jan 23, 2009)

  • This version contains a number of fixes and improvements.

New in DefenseWall 2.43 (Jun 7, 2008)

  • Bugfix