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Noralabs Norascan Changelog

What's new in Noralabs Norascan 4.0

Dec 29, 2021
  • Major enhancement:
  • Normal scan time improvement (scan time is now significantly decreased)
  • Update via command will update all available updates and exit on termination.
  • Added 2 scan option for advanced users:
  • Hunt modus. To hunt for malicious files
  • To scan with machine learning Wave pattern analysis
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed occasionally error "memory overflow".

New in Noralabs Norascan 3.3 (Oct 19, 2018)

  • Improvements:
  • Major enhancement.
  • Auto update wave pattern analysis database.
  • Cloud verification waiting time drastically improved.
  • Main form screen adapted , so it can better match safe mode resolution.
  • Improved
  • Improved compatibility with several antivirus software programs.
  • Added server OS version detection.
  • Bug Fixes :
  • Fixed :Sometimes OS version wasn’t correctly displayed.
  • Compatible with Norascan server 5.0

New in Noralabs Norascan 3.2 Build 32512 (Aug 1, 2017)

  • Improvement:
  • Improved compatibility with several antivirus software programs.
  • Update:
  • Internal white listing
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Some minor bug fixes
  • Compatible with Norascan server 4.5

New in Noralabs Norascan 3.1 Build 31507 (Jan 3, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Major enhancement. Scan engine up to 4 times faster than previous versions
  • Improved compatibility with several antivirus software programs.
  • Updated:
  • Enhanced Wave pattern analysis.
  • Bug Fixes :
  • Some minor bug fixes

New in Noralabs Norascan 3.0 Build 31507 (Jan 2, 2017)

  • Improvement:
  • Major enhancement. Scanengine up to 4 times faster than previous versions
  • Improved compatibility with several antivirus software programs.
  • update:
  • Enhanced Wave pattern analysis.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Some minor bug fixes
  • Compatible with Norascan server 4.1

New in Noralabs Norascan 3.0 Build 30483 (Jun 25, 2016)

  • Improvements:
  • Better detection of adware that also results in different categories.
  • From now on “full scan “ button will appear after the completion of the Quickscan. This to enforce using quckscan first.
  • reduced total scan time by 10 %
  • Updated:
  • internal white listing
  • Bug Fixes :
  • Some minor bug fixes

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.9.0 Build 439 (Dec 29, 2015)

  • Improvements:
  • Better detection of zero hour cryptolocker ransomware
  • Compatible with Norascan server 3.8
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed occasional crashes during startup with windows 8.1 and windows server
  • 2012
  • Fixed occasional crashes when rescanning with some windows XP and windows 7
  • machines

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.9.0 Build 422 (Oct 8, 2015)

  • Improved :
  • Auto whitelist memory load with quick and full scan. This will increase actually scan start time but overall performance will be more effective
  • Enhanced for windows 10
  • From now on decompressing of files will be done in the cloud
  • loading of PE headers
  • Update :
  • Enhanced Wave pattern analysis.
  • Bug Fixes
  • Sometimes wrong display of 8.1 OS version (added also windows 10)
  • fixed progress bar on full scan and upload

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.8 Build 399 (Jul 1, 2015)

  • Improved :
  • verification time of suspicious files has been decreased by 20 % to a max. of 10 seconds
  • Update :
  • internal white listing
  • Improved compatibility with several antivirus software programs

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.8 (Mar 20, 2015)

  • Improvement:
  • prepared initial phase to categorize more different malware types. Will be fully operational in next release.
  • Update:
  • Updated internal white listing
  • Fixed:
  • some minor bugs

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.7 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • New:
  • Leftover trace scan operational. When malware is detected , next full scan
  • will search for leftovers
  • Improvements:
  • Norascan updater
  • classification of 64-bit files has been reconfigured.
  • Some minor bug fixes:
  • version 2.7 is compatible with Norascan server 3.5

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.6.0.368 (May 23, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • Better and faster way to handle false positives.
  • Enhanced Wave pattern analysis .
  • Changed filter priority of different scanning methods
  • Improved compatibility with several antivirus software programs.
  • Fixed:
  • Issue auto updating program in version V2.5

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.5.0.292 (Feb 14, 2014)

  • Enhanced:
  • Compatibility with windows 8.1
  • Reloading cloud signatures
  • Fixed:
  • Issue uploading when internet explorer 11 is installed.
  • Compatible with Norascan server 3.4

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.4.0.269 (Oct 24, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • Enhanced scanning on ssd hard drives
  • New:
  • From now on cloudsignatures will be auto updated with one hour interval.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Some false detected rootkit behavior on a folder with full scan.
  • Switched hour glass mouse pointer to default when error occurs on upload is
  • solved.

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.3.0.253 (Aug 14, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • Drastically improved cpu performance when confirming/analyzing files (up to 90 %).
  • Much better identifying and analyzing 64bit files.
  • Extra warning when user wants to quarantine files that are not verified and therefore not confirmed.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed message box displaying quantity restored quarantined items
  • Some minor bug fixes

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.2.0.242 (Jun 21, 2013)

  • Improved:
  • Restoring (speed) of quarantined items.
  • Compatibility with antivirus software from different vendors.
  • New:
  • The possible to delete quarantined files.
  • Udates:
  • Wave Pattern PE analysis.
  • Internal white listing.
  • bug fixes:
  • Correction of some spelling errors

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.1.0.225 (May 17, 2013)

  • Improved startup/loading time up to 20% performance gain.
  • Improved secondary (cloud) blacklist engine (memory scanning)
  • Bug fixes:
  • Overflow error when (in rare cases) uploading suspicious file. Buffer will now be cleared asking to click the upload button
  • Compatible with Norascan server 3.1

New in Noralabs Norascan 2.0.0.112 (Apr 18, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • Improved installer with new logo improved for windows 7 and windows 8 systems
  • New use of secondary (cloud)blacklist/ signatures
  • Improved whitelisting
  • Improved use with Bartpe and Hirem mini windows editions.
  • Updated:
  • Wave pattern analysis.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Issue with autorun using command line switch/autorun
  • Adjusted label for deepscanning 150K + files
  • Issue solved with full rescan after abort
  • New use of secondary (cloud)blacklist/ signatures
  • Compatible with Norascan server 3.0.

New in Noralabs Norascan 1.9.0.677 (Feb 28, 2013)

  • Added ability to auto switch server when high load occurs.
  • Compatible with Norascan server 2.9
  • Fixed: some minor bugs.
  • Ability to force program update.
  • Improved rootkit behaviour detection.
  • Improved compatibility with antivirus software.

New in Noralabs Norascan 1.9.0.663 (Jan 5, 2013)

  • Improved:
  • quicker upload for slow network connections
  • scanning inside Parallels Virtuozo containers
  • Bug fixing:
  • D-entry messages , running a full scan ( on windows xp systems)
  • correction for the stop button ,that did not stop immediately. ( on windows 7 systems)
  • "file already open" error on slow internet connection during update.
  • new:
  • new range of commandline functions

New in Noralabs Norascan 1.8.0.637 (Jan 5, 2013)

  • Compatible with windows 8
  • compatible with Norascan server 2.6
  • Improved compatibility with antivirus software
  • Improved use of Commandline:
  • usage : norascan /q : start norascan quickscan on background
  • norascan /s start norascan in silent mode. No message box will be disabled
  • norascan /autorun : Will make norascan start on start up with the option /q
  • There is a possibilty to combine these parameters

New in Noralabs Norascan 1.7.488 (Oct 5, 2012)

  • Improved interal whitelist
  • Full compatible with norascan server version 2.5