What's new in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.10.6
Mar 28, 2024
- Updated WAU Manager and DiskCopy with their latest builds..
- Check Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.10.5 (Feb 22, 2024)
- Fixed: Importing settings from ini files was failing..
- Check Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.10.4 (Feb 19, 2024)
- Updated Clear Disk Info, WAU Manager and the Threat Scanner with their latest versions.
- Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.10.3 (Feb 10, 2024)
- Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.10.2 (Jan 28, 2024)
- Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.10.1 (Jan 23, 2024)
- Fixed a critical crash when opening the application. This crash was only happening in computers where UVK was not previously installed, which is the reason why the bug was not noticed. Sorry for the inconvenience..
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New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.10.0 (Jan 17, 2024)
- Updated the Threat Scanner to the latest version, which now has more repair actions in the Malware tab..
- Lots of code improvements.
- Bug fixes and definition updates
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.9.7 (Nov 26, 2023)
- Fixed a bug where batch OEM licenses were being deleted after activating.
- Other bug fixes and definition updates
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.9.6 (Nov 7, 2023)
- Bug fixes and definition updates
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.9.5 (Oct 28, 2023)
- Branding license owners can now easily create demo licenses to use with UVK portable or SFX packages from the Options module, Utilities tab. A demo license enables only the branding. CloudSync and all other paying features are not enabled..
- Added a checkbox to the SFX creator's options: Generate and Include a demo license which enables branding only.
- Added a new link button to the Options module, Utilities tab: Create a demo license which enables your branging only.
- Added support for auto-importing settings and custom apps from an INI file, even if no valid license is activated.
- Bug fixes and definition updates
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.8.4 (Oct 17, 2023)
- Updated WAU Manager with the version 3.4 which now also updates installed applications.
- Increased the size of the Custom Apps dialog box, adding 11 more buttons.
- Added a new item to the System repair's fixes list: WAU Manager - update all apps.
- Added support for a new scripting command: <WAUUpdateApps>. This new fix updates installed applications using WAU Manager.
- Bug fixes and definition updates
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.8.3 (Sep 13, 2023)
- Bug fixes and definition updates
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.8.2 (Sep 10, 2023)
- Updated the Threat scanner to the latest version.
- Check Fixed a typo in the <ResetAllPrintJobs> command.
- Check When running custom apps, UVK now shows more information in the progress dialog box.
- Check Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.8.1 (Aug 3, 2023)
- Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.6.0 (Jun 24, 2023)
- Fixed bug: Enabling/Disabling the System Restore was no longer working.
- Check Fixed bug: Enabling/Disabling the Windows Firewall was no longer working.
- Check Updated the Threat scanner to version 10.7.8.
- Check Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.5.0 (Jun 10, 2023)
- Added a new dialog box that lets you easily create a new note and manage the existing ones (edit, delete, ...); This dialog box can be executed from the Reporting and System repair modules, and also from a UVK script with the <AddEditNote> command. When this feature is executed from the Reporting module, it has a button that lets you add the selected note to the zip archive.
- Check Notes now have a .rtf file extension.
- Check Updated the log analyzer with support for inserting the new <AddEditNote> command.
- Check Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.4.0 (Jun 1, 2023)
- Added a new tweak to Tools and tweaks -> Registry tweaks tab: Disable auto-upgrading to Windows 11. This new tweak, only valid on Windows 10, lets you enable or disable auto upgrading from Windows 10 to Widows 11.
- Check Added support for applying the Disable auto-upgrading to Windows 11 tweak from a UVK script with the <EnableAutoUpgradeToWindows11> and <DisableAutoUpgradeToWindows11> commands. Also updated the Log analyzer with support for inserting those commands.
- Check Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.4.0 (May 31, 2023)
- Added a new tweak to Tools and tweaks -> Registry tweaks tab: Disable auto-upgrading to Windows 11. This new tweak, only valid on Windows 10, lets you enable or disable auto upgrading from Windows 10 to Widows 11.
- Check Added support for applying the Disable auto-upgrading to Windows 11 tweak from a UVK script with the <EnableAutoUpgradeToWindows11> and <DisableAutoUpgradeToWindows11> commands. Also updated the Log analyzer with support for inserting those commands.
- Check Code improvements, bug fixes and definition update
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.3.0 (May 25, 2023)
- Removed the Avast aswMBR scan from the default system repair third party apps due to it causing many computers to bluescreen. The AswMBR scan can still be automated with the <AswMBRScan> UVK scripting command.
- Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.2.0 (May 13, 2023)
- The Backup and recovery module now also lets you move files instead of copying them, when the source and destination are in the same drive letter (i.e. when restoring from Windows.old). Besides making the restore operation much faster, this is also useful when there is not enough free space for a data copy in the drive.
- Updated WAU manager and the Threat scanner to their latest versions.
- Check Added a new System Repair item to the System repair group: Disk speed test. This fix downloads and runs CrystalDiskMark, which lets you easily benchmark the speed of your storage devices.Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script: <DiskSpeedTest>, and updated the log analyzer with support for this new command.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
- The Backup and recovery module now uses the DiskCopy file copying tech for application data, fully restoring:
- Internet browser data (login info, passwords, bookmarks, history).
- Office files (outlook pst files, and all office programs settings).
- User settings for most other applications (thunderbird, Skype, OpenOffice, TeamViwer, ...).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.1.0 (Apr 28, 2023)
- The Set technician power settings and Reset power settings fixes now also change power settings for battery mode. In previous builds, these fixes only changed power settings for A/C mode.
- Check Googling items directly from the lists and from the Log Analyzer is now more effective.
- Check Updated DeviceRescue to the latest version.
- Check Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.10.0.0 (Apr 20, 2023)
- This build no longer runs on Windows XP. Users can still download the latest build to support XP.
- Added a new application as part of UVK's code: DeviceRescue, which is a highly featured replacement for the Windows Device Manager.
- Fixed: The Windows Store Apps uninstaller was not showing app names correctly.
- Added a new System Repair item to the Maintenance actions group: Uninstall all devices not present. This fix uninstalls all devices which are installed but are no longer connected, to the computer.Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script: <UninstallDevicesNotPresent>.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.9.8.0 (Mar 29, 2023)
- Fixed the bug where UVK was hunging when getting URL reports from VirusTotal.
- Check Updated the threat scanner with version 10.7.6.
- Check Definition updates, bug fixes and code improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.9.7.0 (Mar 21, 2023)
- Added a new System Repair item to the Essential installs/Updates group: Install uBlock Origin for Chrome. This fix opens Chrome on the web page that installs uBlock Origin. You still need to click 'Add to Chrome' to install the extension. Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script: ipt: <InstalluBlockOriginChrome>.
- Check Added a new System Repair item to the Essential installs/Updates group: Install uBlock Origin for Firefox. This fix opens Chrome on the web page that installs uBlock Origin. You still need to click 'Add to Firefox ' to install the extension. Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script: <InstalluBlockOriginFirefox>.
- Check Added a new System Repair item to the Essential installs/Updates group: Install uBlock Origin for Edge. This fix opens Chrome on the web page that installs uBlock Origin. You still need to click 'Add to Edge' to install the extension. Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script: <InstalluBlockOriginEdge>.
- Check Definition updates, bug fixes and code improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.9.6.0 (Mar 16, 2023)
- Fixed bug: The application was hunging when sending information to VirusTotal.
- Added a new System Repair item to the Essential installs/Updates group: Install AdBlock Plus for Chrome. This fix opens Chrome on the web page that installs AdBlock Plus. You still need to click 'Add to Chrome' to install the extension. Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script:
- Added a new System Repair item to the Essential installs/Updates group: Install AdBlock Plus for Firefox. This fix opens Chrome on the web page that installs AdBlock Plus. You still need to click 'Add to Firefox ' to install the extension. Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script: <>.
- Added a new System Repair item to the Essential installs/Updates group: Install AdBlock Plus for Edge. This fix opens Chrome on the web page that installs AdBlock Plus. You still need to click 'Add to Edge' to install the extension. Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script:
- Added a new System Repair item to the Essential installs/Updates group: Install Natural Landscapes 3 theme. This fix installs the beautiful 'Natural Landscapes 3' Windows theme, from Community Showcase. Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script:
- Added a new System Repair item to the Essential installs/Updates group: Install Waterfalls theme. This fix installs the beautiful Windows theme 'Waterfalls', downloaded directly from Microsoft. Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script: <InstallThemeWaterfalls>.
- Added a new System Repair item to the System repair and optimization group: Hardware temperature test. This fix runs StressMyPC and HWMonitor simmultaneously, which lets you easily check whether your CPU, graphics card and storage devices are overheating. Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script:
- Added a new System Repair item to the System repair and optimization group: Camera test. This fix runs the Windows 'Camera' app, which lets you easily check whether your attached cameras are working properly. Also added a new scripting command that lets you run this fix from a UVK script:
- Definition updates, bug fixes and code improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.9.5.0 (Mar 5, 2023)
- Added a new button to the Reporting module named Add a note. This new option lets you quickly write a text note that will be added to the report zip archive. This feature will soon be extended to other modules.
- Check Added support for a new scripting command: <SetTechPowerSettings>. This new command optimizes the current power scheme settings so the computer will not enter sleep mode automatically. Also, closing the laptop's lid does nothing, hard drives and displays are always on, the display is dimmed after 5 minutes.
- Check Added support for a new scripting command:<ResetPowerSettings>. This new command applies the following settings for the current power scheme: Close lid action: Sleep. HDD power off and sleep timeout: 30 min. Dim display timeout: 5 min. Display power off: 20 min.
- Check The new scripting commands above are both single line commands, so they can be used not only in UVK scripts, but also as third party app commands (System repair), or custom apps' commands (Home module).
- Check Added support for multiple scripting tags in third party app commands (System repair), or custom apps' commands (Home module), separated by ||| (three bertical bars). Example for a command:
- <FixInstallProblems>|||<FixWinStoreApps>|||<RestartWindowsShell>
- Check Updated DiskCopy with the newest version.
- Check Definition updates, bug fixes and code improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.9.4.0 (Feb 21, 2023)
- Added support for changing the text of the 'More custom apps' button in the Home screen, by right-clicking the button and selecting 'Edit this button's name'. This setting can be exported to UVKSettings.ini and to CloudSync. This feature was requested.
- Check Added a new tweak to the 'Tools and tweaks' module, Registry tweaks tab: Disable Office saving to OneDrive. This tweak removes the OneDrive saving location from any version of Microsoft Office installed.
- Check All the tweaks from the 'Tools and tweaks' module (Registry tweaks tab), can now be applied through a UVK script. More than 100 single-line command tags were added in order to support applying or removing each of the tweaks. See the tweaks list here.
- Check Updated the Log Analyzer with support for inserting the Tweaks' tags mentioned above.
- Check Disabled automatic updates for non licensed users. All users can stil update from Options >> Utilities tab.
- Check Definition updates, bug fixes and code improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.9.3.0 (Feb 6, 2023)
- Updated the threat scanner to the latest version which inludes adding the ability to customize the aggressivity of the Threat scanner. Users can select one of three aggressivity levels:
- Soft - Lower detection rate, but very few false positives
- Medium - A combination of good detection rate and few false positives (default)
- Aggressive - Very good detection rate but there may be more false positives
- To control this feature from the threat scenner, go to Menu >> Malware detection settings.
- Check Added support for setting the malware scan's aggressivity from the Options module, Malware scan tab. This feature can be exported to UVKSettings.ini and cloud synced.
- Check Added two options to the SFX package creator: Include your branding logo and icon, and Include your license file (key.uvkey). The previous option to include both the license key and logo was removed. This gives users more control on what to include in their SFX package.
- Check Also added support for two more command line switches that let you automatically start a scan with the desired aggressivity level: /Soft and /Aggressive. If neither is specified, the Medium aggressivity level is used..
- Check Fixed bug: Home screen extra apps could not be edited.
- Check Definition updates, bug fixes and code improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.9.2.0 (Jan 30, 2023)
- Added support for UVK script tags on third party apps' commands. All single line tags such as <ResetSecuritySettings>, or <UpdateChrome> are supported. This feature was added to bot System repair and Home screen custom apps.
- Check Fixed bug: the Optimize all drives fix was not working.
- Check Updated DiskCopy with its latest version, which fixes the bug: Make disk bootable was not working for MBR disks (Utilities tab)..
- Check Definition updates.
- Check Bug fixes and code improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.9.1.1 (Jan 27, 2023)
- Added support for 17 more custom apps in the Home page. All of these custom apps can be exported to UVKSettings.ini and cloud sync'd.
- Check Added a new option to permanently disable the Hybrid shutdown warning. This new option can be exported to UVKSettings.ini and cloud synced.
- Check Added a new fix to the System Repair module's list; Reset all print jobs): This fix cancels all print jobs, for all the printers currently installed.
- Check Definition updates.
- Check Bug fixes and code improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.9.0.0 (Jan 16, 2023)
- Added two customizeable buttons to the Home screen. Each button can be set to behave the same way as Custom third party apps, in the System repair module. They can download one or two files and execute up to four commands.
- Updated Clear Disk Info and WAU Manager with their latest versions.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.8.1.0 (Dec 23, 2022)
- Fixed a critical bug in the Threat scanner that was causing some computers running Windows 11 to blue screen after reboot.
- Check Other bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.8.0.0 (Dec 20, 2022)
- Updated DiskCopy with the latest version' which has a Utilities tab with tons of Disk/Partition management tools.
- Check Added a new button to the Home screen named Health Check. This new module lets you take a quick peek into your computer's health status, and also provides quick fixes and instructions for common issues.
- Check Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.7.0.1 (Nov 15, 2022)
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.7.0.0 (Nov 10, 2022)
- Tweaked the UI in the Home page, adding more buttons pointing to the most important modules recently added.
- Updated Clear Disk Info and DiskCopy with their latest builds.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.6.4.0 (Oct 11, 2022)
- Added a new application as part of UVK: DiskCopy. This new tool lets you easily copy a disk or a partition. It has several unique features such as cloning an MBR disk to a GPT one, or cloning a non bootable disk into a bootable one.
- Added a new item to the System repair list: Launch the DiskCopy app. This lets you easily run DiskCopy as part of your repair routine directly from UVK's interface.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.6.3.0 (Sep 18, 2022)
- Added a checkbox named On Failure, delete on reboot, in the Delete files and folders module. This lets users indicte whether they want subborn files to be scheduled for removal on reboot..
- Updated the DiskCopy script, in the System repair module. The old one didn't support copying files with paths longer than 256 characters.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.6.2.0 (Sep 7, 2022)
- Added a text label in UVK's home page telling the actual Internet connection status.
- Added a new item to the fixes list, in the System Repair module: Launch the DiskCopy script. This new fix runs our DiskCopy script, which lets you easily make a disk or volume clone. Features include copying a MBR disk to a GPT one, and vice versa, or simply cloning a single volume. See more info in Technibble's related post.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.6.1.0 (Aug 22, 2022)
- Added a new checkbox to the Options module:Disable CloudSync uploads for OEM licenses linked to my account. This option can only be changed from a PRO or a Branding license, and controls whether CloudSync uploads are disalloed from Technician OEM licenses.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.6.0.0 (Aug 8, 2022)
- Following the creation of our reseller program, we added support for batch based, auto activating OEM licenses. Resellers can now purchase license batches (up to 2500 licenses in a single batch, starting at USD $6 per license).
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.7.4 (Jun 21, 2022)
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.7.3 (Jun 8, 2022)
- Added integrity check (anti-hacking) to protect the application's executable files from being tampred with.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.7.2 (May 25, 2022)
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.7.1 (May 15, 2022)
- Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.7.0 (May 9, 2022)
- Tweaked the UI colors for better reading.
- UVK now displays a warning if there are Windowd updates pending to be installed on reboot, advising not to proceed with any repair actions before rebooting to install the pending updates.
- Registry defragmentation is no longer available when there are Windowd updates pending to be installed on reboot,
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.6.0 (May 5, 2022)
- Fixed a UI bug in the Threat Scanner.
- Improved the VirusTotal HTML reports, which now always include links to the VT report page. Links to rescan were removed, since they were no longer valid.
- Other bug fixes and definition updates
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.5.0 (Apr 28, 2022)
- Code improvements, bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.4.0 (Apr 11, 2022)
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.3.0 (Mar 29, 2022)
- Fixed bug: Some download methods were not working.
- Fixed bug: The Uninstall this application System repair fix was not working..
- Other bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.2.0 (Mar 22, 2022)
- Fixed bug: Clicking Open file location was not working in most modules.
- Fixed bug: Clicking Verify file signature was not working in the Memory modules manager.
- Other bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.1.0 (Mar 19, 2022)
- Fixed bug: When trying to reboot the computer in safe mode or Safe mode with networking from the System repair module or from a UVK script, the computer did not reboot automatically, and it did not restore the normal boot mode after rebooting in safe mode.
- Downloading files from UVK is now faster because of double threading
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.5.0.0 (Mar 13, 2022)
- Added a new UI theme named Bubbles. This new theme improves focus and reading.
- Added a theme preview to the Appearence tab of the Options module. This lets you see what a new theme will look like before switching to it.
- The lists now use less memory and load faster.
- Updated the threat scanner with the latest version, which also had some UI improvements and bugs fixed.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.4.0.0 (Mar 2, 2022)
- Updated the threat scanner with the latest version, which is now able to scan and repair most Firefox based browsers such as Waterfox, Tor, Netscape and even Thunderbird.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.3.9.1 (Feb 9, 2022)
- Updated the threat scanner with the latest version, which is now able to scan and repair most Chromium based browsers such as Opera, Brave, Avast! Secure Browser, cCleaner Browser and Chromium Browser..
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.3.8.1 (Jan 27, 2022)
- Added a new item to the tweaks list of the Tools and Tweaks module: Enable old Explorer ribbon on Windows 11. As the name says, this new tweak lets you restore the classic Windows 11 File Explorer ribbon, removing the new command bar.
- Added a new item to the tweaks list of the Tools and Tweaks module: Enable old Explorer menus on Windows 11. As the name says, this new tweak lets you restore the classic Windows 11 File Explorer menus, removing the new modern menu with the Show more options button at the bottom.
- Added a new item to the tweaks list of the Tools and Tweaks module: Disable transparency effects. This new tweak lets you disable the transparency effects on Windows Aero themes. Useful to fix some glitches in old graphics cards.
- Most registry tweaks that previously required the user to log of and back on to take effect can now be instantly applied by restarting the Windows shell. If you apply one or more of such tweaks, UVK will ask you if you want to restart the Windows shell, just before you exit the Tools and tweaks module.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.3.7.0 (Jan 24, 2022)
- Largely improved the Process Manager, including:
- Added two columns to the list, showing each prcesse name and parent PID.
- The Process properties dialog box also shows the parent process ID and path, when available.
- The Process properties dialog box also has a Go button that lets us jump to the parent process.
- Clicking the Threat level, CPU and RAM column headers now sorts the items in descending order first, letting us know immediately which processes use more resources or are more dangerous.
- The Process manager itself now uses less system resources, as a result of improved code.
- Added a new tweak to the Registry tweaks list of the Tools and tweaks module: Disable transparency effects. This tweak may be useful in computers with less powerful graphics cards.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.3.6.0 (Jan 16, 2022)
- Updated the threat scanner with the latest version, which has improvements to the malware detection engine.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.3.5.0 (Jan 11, 2022)
- Upgraded the threat scanner's malware detection engine
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.3.3.0 (Jan 7, 2022)
- Updated 2Browse with the latest version.Previous version was not working properly
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.3.2.0 (Nov 30, 2021)
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module: Backup all device drivers. This new fix lets you easily backup all third party drivers to a folder in C: so they can be restored later either from the device manager, or with the 'Restore a driver backup' fix below. The destination folder will be named Driver_backup_[date and time]. Only for Windows 10 and higher.
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module: Reset all device drivers. This fix will remove all third party installed drivers, and optionally also uninstall them from any devices using them. This fix lets you create a backup before the removal operation. Useful for fixing hardware related issues such as BSODs or hardware devices not working properly. Only for Windows 10 and higher.
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module: Restore a driver backup. This fix restores a driver backup from a folder. The restoe operation is recursive, meaning all sub folders will be scanned for the presence of driver files. Drivers can be just added to the store or also installed on their matching devices. Only for Windows 10 and higher.
- Added support for three more commands for UVK scripts: <BackupDrivers>, <ResetDrivers> and <RestoreDrivers>. These new commands let you execute the Backup all device drivers, Reset all device drivers and Restore a driver backup fixes described above from a UVK script.
- Also updated the Log Analyzer with support for inserting the new commands listed above.
- Other bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.3.1.0 (Nov 12, 2021)
- Fixed the bug of not showing progress details when running UVK scripts.
- Other bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.3.0.0 (Nov 2, 2021)
- Updated the threat scanner, Clear Disk Info and WAU Manager with their latest versions.
- The Windows Store Apps Uninstaller now displays user apps and system apps in different groups.
- Added a new checkbox to the Windows Store Apps Uninstaller: Check all in this group. This lets you quickly select all apps in the same group as the selected one..
- Added a new button to the Windows Store Apps Uninstaller: Reset checked. This new button lets you easily reset all the ticked apps.
- Improved the System booster and the Smart Uninstaller.
- Other bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.2.0.0 (Oct 24, 2021)
- Updated the threat scanner with the latest version.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.1.0.0 (Oct 17, 2021)
- Updated the threat scanner, Multiple reboot scheduler, Account profile fixer and WAU Manager with their latest versions.
- Fixed the UI colors to improve compatibility with all Windows themes, including the contrast ones.
- More UI improvements.
- Other bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.0.1.0 (Oct 10, 2021)
- Improved compatibility with Windows 11.
- Tweaked the colors in all themes for a better reading experience.
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module, System repair and optimization group: Run the PC Health Check tool. This fix downloads, installs and runs the PC Health Check tool, which helps you to verify whether the computer is compatible with Windows 11 and why.
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module, System repair and optimization group: Upgrade to / Reinstall Windows 11. This fix downloads and runs the Windows 11 Installation Assistant, which lets you perform an in-place Windows 11 reinstall or upgrade your OS to the latest Windows version, while keeping all your data and apps.
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module, System repair and optimization group: Create Install media for Windows 11. This fix downloads and runs the Windows 11 Install media Creator, which lets you download the latest Windows 11 installation files, and then create an install media as an ISO file or a USB stick.
- Added a new command for UVK scripts: <RunPCHealthCheck>. This new command lets you execute the Run the PC Health Check tool fix mentioned above from a UVK script.
- Added a new command for UVK scripts: <ReinstallWindows11>. This new command lets you execute the Upgrade to / Reinstall Windows 11 fix mentioned above from a UVK script.
- Added a new command for UVK scripts: <CreateWindows11InstallMedia>. This new command lets you execute the Create Install media for Windows 11 fix mentioned above from a UVK script.
- Also updated the Log Analyzer with support for inserting the commands above.
- Fixed some UI bugs which resulted from the recent changes to the UI..
- More UI improvements.
- Other bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 11.0.0.0 (Oct 5, 2021)
- Added a new theme: Lignt. This new skin displays a lighter interface which provides a better readability.
- Fixed the bug where the smart uninstaller crashed when clicking Stop monitoring..
- Fixed the bug where some of the built in applications prevented shutdown even when idle.
- Other UI improvements.
- Other bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.21.0.0 (Sep 30, 2021)
- Updated the Threat scanner with the latest version.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.20.10.0 (Aug 24, 2021)
- Updated the Threat scanner, with the latest version.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.20.8.0 (Jul 30, 2021)
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.20.7.0 (Jul 16, 2021)
- Updated the Threat scanner, WAU Manager and Clear Disk Info with their latest versions.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.20.6.0 (Jul 4, 2021)
- Fixed bug: UVK was not able to retrieve the BIOS OEM product key stored in the BIOS.
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module, System repair and optimization group: Activate Windows with BIOS OEM key. This fix checks if there is an OEM product key stored in the BIOS and if there is, tries to install and activate it.
- Added a new command for UVK scripts: <ActivateWinFromBIOS>. This new command lets you execute the Activate Windows with BIOS OEM key fix mentioned above from a UVK script.
- Updated the log analyzer with support for the new command mentioned above.
- Updated the Threat scanner with the latest version.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.20.5.0 (Jun 26, 2021)
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.20.4.0 (Jun 9, 2021)
- Fixed bug: When trying to create a shortcut to a UVKSR file from the System repair module, the shortcut creator's dialog box could not be closed.
- Other bug fixes.
- Added a menu button to the Run Script module. Clicking this new button displays a menu with two options:
- Create shortcut - this lets you create a shortcut that runs a UVK script with the desired UI mode.
- Create automatic schedule - this lets you create a scheduled task that runs a UVK script with the desired frequency and UI mode.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.20.3.0 (Jun 8, 2021)
- Added a new button to the System Repair list's menu: Create automatic schedule. this new feature lets you easily create a scheduled task that executes a System repair operation with the desired frequency. You can select an existing UVKSR file to execute, or create a new one from the current selection.
- Updated the Threat scanner to the latest version.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.20.2.0 (May 24, 2021)
- Updated the Threat scanner to the latest version. This update fixed the bug where the threat scanner got stuck in updating the definitions..
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.20.1.0 (May 21, 2021)
- Updated the Threat scanner to the latest version. which now has a Custom Scan feature and causes less false positives.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.20.0.0 (May 16, 2021)
- Updated the Threat scanner to the latest version. whch now is able to better detect 0-day threats.
- Improved the 7-zip update function to install the x64 build on 64-bit machines.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.19.10.0 (May 10, 2021)
- Updated the Threat scanner to the latest version. whch has improvements to the malware scanner.
- Security fixes, bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.19.9.0 (Apr 29, 2021)
- Updated the Threat scanner WAU Manager and Clear Disk Info to their latest versions.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.19.8.0 (Apr 23, 2021)
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module, System repair and optimization goup: Install/Repair Group Policy files. This fix lets install Group Policy in Windows Home versions, .or reinstall GP if it is not working properly. Note that the required files must exist in %WinDir%servicingPackages. They usually do, even in Windows 10 home.
- Added a new command for UVK scripts: <InstallGP>. This new command lets you execute the Install/Repair Group Policy files fix mentioned above from a UVK script.
- Updated the log analyzer with support for the new command mentioned above.
- Updated the Threat scanner with the latest version.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.19.7.0 (Apr 9, 2021)
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module, Privacy cleanup goup: Clear Waterfox history. This fix deletes the browsing history for all Waterfox profiles in the current user's application data folder. Note: If Waterfox is syncing the browsing history, this fix may not have any effect.
- Added a new command for UVK scripts: <ClearWaterfoxHistory>. This new command lets you execute the Clear Waterfox history fix mentioned above from a UVK script.
- Updated the log analyzer with support for the new command mentioned above.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.19.6.0 (Mar 31, 2021)
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module, Maintenance actions goup: Cleanup the systemprofile folder. This fix deletes useless folders that often get accumulated in the System profile, such as CrashDumps and tw-xxx.tmp.
- Added a new command for UVK scripts: <CleanupSystemProfile>. This new command lets you execute the Cleanup the systemprofile folder fix mentioned above from a UVK script.
- Updated the log analyzer with support for the new commands mentioned above.
- Fixed two Windows troubleshooters not working on both the System repair module and UVK scripts: Show/Hide Updates Troubleshooter and Windows Store Apps Troubleshooter.
- When executed without command line parameters (i.e. by double-click), RebootExec now displays a dialog box that lets you choose an application to be executed: Desktop Watermark Setup, Desktop Watermark, Stop Resetting My Apps, Multiple Reboot Scheduler, Account Profile Fixer and Configure Immunization.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.19.5.0 (Mar 28, 2021)
- Added 4 new items to the fixes list in the System repair module, Essential updates goup: Install/Update Chrome, Install/Update Firefox, Install/Update 7-Zip and Install/Update K-Lite Codec Pack. These new items update the corresponding applications. The Installers are downloaded and executed only if the applications are not up to date.
- Added four new commands for UVK scripts: <UpdateChrome>, <UpdateFirefox>, <Update7Zip> and <UpdateKLiteCodeckPack>. These new commands let you execute the corresponding fixes mentioned above from a UVK script.
- Updated the log analyzer with support for the new commands mentioned above.
- Updated Clear Disk Info and the Threat Scanner to their latest builds
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.19.4.0 (Mar 19, 2021)
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module: Cleanup the systemprofile folder. This new fix deletes useless folders that often get accumulated in the System profile , such as CrashDumps and tw-xxx.tmp.
- Added a new command for UVK scripts: <CleanupSystemProfile>. This new command lets you execute the Cleanup the systemprofile folder fix mentioned above from a UVK script.
- Updated the log analyzer with support for the <CleanupSystemProfile> command.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.19.3.0 (Feb 15, 2021)
- Tweaked the UI's background and text colors to improve text reading.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.19.2.0 (Feb 8, 2021)
- Updated the Threat scanner with the latest version.
- Updated 2Browse with the latest version.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.19.1.0 (Feb 6, 2021)
- Fixed bug: Clearing Firefox's history also deleted bookmarks.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.19.0.0 (Jan 31, 2021)
- Improved the UI with a new skin named Sky mirror, and tweaked the colors of the UI elements for easier text reading.
- New feature: Wi-Fi Profiles Manager. It's a small application which lists the saved Wi-Fi profiles and lets the user deletethe desired ones. The most interesting part is that it also allows to set the connection priority of the saved profiles, which is an option no longer available in Windows 10's Settings app.
- Added a new item to the System Repair fixes list: Manage Wi-Fi Profiles, which runs the new Wi-Fi Profiles Manager tool mentioned above.
- Added support for a new script command: <WiFiManager>. This new command lets you launch the new Wi-Fi Profiles Manager tool mentioned above from a UVK script.
- Updated the Log Analyzer with support for the new <WiFiManager> command.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.18.10.0 (Jan 2, 2021)
- Fixed bug: The Scan and Create Log module was not working properly.
- Fixed bug: Log Analyzer's VirusTotal reports were not working properly.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.18.9.0 (Jan 1, 2021)
- Fixed bug: UVK was not recognizing OEM license in verion 10.18.8.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.18.7.0 (Dec 15, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with version 9.5.
- Updated Multiple Reboot Scheduler with version 2.3.
- Updated Account Profile Fixer with version 1.6.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.18.6.0 (Dec 2, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with version 9.3.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.18.5.0 (Nov 19, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with version 9.3.
- Added a new group to the fixes list, in the System Repair module: Privacy cleanup. This new group contains items that perform privacy cleaning related actions. Some items were moved from the Maintenance actions group to this new one: Clear Quick Access and Jump Lists, Clear computer and IE history, Delete all browsers cookies, Delete browsers cookies (all users, Clear Windows event logs, Clear Error report folders, Clear the shell cache and Clear the shell MuiCache.
- Added a new fix to the System repair list, in the new Privacy cleanup group: Clear MS Edge history. This fix deletes the browsing history for all MS Edge profiles in the current user's application data folder. Note: If MS Edge is syncing the browsing history, this fix may not have any effect.
- Added a new fix to the System repair list, in the new Privacy cleanup group: Clear Chrome history. This fix deletes the browsing history for all Chrome profiles in the current user's application data folder. Note: If Chrome is syncing the browsing history, this fix may not have any effect.
- Added a new fix to the System repair list, in the new Privacy cleanup group: Clear Firefox history. This fix deletes the browsing history for all Firefox profiles in the current user's application data folder. Note: If Firefox is syncing the browsing history, this fix may not have any effect.
- Added a new fix to the System repair list, in the new Privacy cleanup group: Clear all browsers history. This fix deletes the browsing history for IE, MS Edge, Chrome and Firefox, and only for the current user's application data folder. Note: For browsers syncing the history this fix may not have any effect.
- Added a new fix to the System repair list, in the new Privacy cleanup group: Clear all browsers history (all users)) This fix deletes the browsing history for IE, MS Edge, Chrome and Firefox, and for all user accounts in this computer. Note: For browsers syncing the browsing history this fix may not have any effect.
- Added support for four new script commands: <ClearFirefoxHistory>, <ClearChromeHistory>, <ClearFirefoxHistory> and <ClearAllBrowsersHistory>. These new commands let you execute the corresponding fixes listed above from a UVK script.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.18.4.0 (Nov 1, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with version 9.2.
- Updated WAU Manager with version 2.7.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.18.3.0 (Oct 28, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with version 9.1.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.18.1.0 (Oct 22, 2020)
- Fixed ritical bug: When launching WAU Manager the system was immediately rebooted.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.18.0.0 (Oct 18, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with version 9.0.
- Fixed automation not working for some third party applications.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.17.3.0 (Sep 26, 2020)
- Added a new item to the fixes list, in the System Repair module: Free storage space GUI. This new feature displays a dialog box that lets you select file system items that can be safely removed, and may use large amounts of storage space, such as hiberfil.sys, files from previous Windows installation, error reporting files, temporary files, browsers cache, windows update downloaded files among others.
- Added support for executing the Free storage space GUI feature above from a UVK script, more specifically with the <FreeStorageSpace> command.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.17.2.0 (Sep 13, 2020)
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.17.1.0 (Sep 6, 2020)
- Fixed bug: The Disable hibernation registry tweak was always checked (Tools and tweaks)
- Fixed bug: Auto update feature not working properly in some cases.
- Also improved other aspects of the Auto update feature to work faster and use less bandwidth.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.17.0.0 (Aug 28, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with version 8.0.
- Added two new skins: Bright star and Abstract 2 which display new beautiful backgrounds.
- Tweaked some UI elements to render the text more readable.
- Removed some dialogss in order to make the application less intrusive.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.16.8.0 (Jul 31, 2020)
- Added the option to modify installed programs (when available) to the Smart Uninstaller module:
- Users can now select one or more uninstall entries in the list, right click the selection and the click on Modify selected programs.
- Another way to access this new feature is to double-click an uninstall entry to bring up the Uninstall entry properties dialog box and then press the Run button in the Modify path field's line.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.16.7.0 (Jul 25, 2020)
- Updated WAU Manager with version 2.6.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.16.6.0 (Jul 9, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with version 7.8.3.
- Updated Clear Disk Info with version 1.9.2.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.16.5.0 (Jun 21, 2020)
- Updated Multiple Reboot Scheduler to version 2.1.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.16.4.0 (Jun 8, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version (7.8.2.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.16.2.0 (May 8, 2020)
- Added a new fix to the System repair module's list: PatchMyPC - Update all apps. This fix downloads and runs the excellent software updater 'PatchMyPC'. In unattended mode, outdated applications are automatically updated.
- Added support for the following UVK scripting commands:
- <ResetFileAssociations> - Reset and fix the custom file associations for the current user account.
- <PatchMyPC> - Automatically update any outdated software in the local PC.
- <DismRepairGUI> - This feature lets you easily run DISM with the desired command line switches.
- <SfcScanGUI> - This feature lets you easily run the System File Checker with the desired command line switches.
- <CheckDiskGUI> - This feature lets you easily run the CHKDSK with the desired command line switches.
- <AeroEffectsTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems displaying Aero effects such as transparency.
- <AppCompatibilityTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot applications not running properly in recent Windows versions.
- <AudioPlaybackTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot roblems playing sounds and other audio files.
- <AudioRecordingTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems recording audio from a microphone or other input source.
- <DeviceTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems using hardware and access devices connected to the computer.
- <DirectAccessTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems connecting to a workplace network using DirectAccess.
- <FileShareTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems accessing shared files and folders over the network.
- <HomeGroupTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems viewing computers or shared files in a homegroup.
- <IEPerformanceTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems related to Internet Explorer's performance.
- <IESecurityTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot related to Internet Explorer's security.
- <InstallUninstallTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems installing or uninstalling applications.
- <InternetConnectionTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems connecting to the Internet or to a specific website.
- <KeyboardTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot keyboard related issues.
- <MaintenanceTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot ad help performing maintenance tasks.
- <NetworkAdapterTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot roblems with Ethernet, wireless, or other network adapters.
- <NetworkInboundTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot issues with allowing computers to communicate through Windows Firewall.
- <PerformanceTroubleshooter> - Adjust settings to improve operating system speed and performance.
- <PowerTroubleshooter> - Adjust power settings to improve battery life and reduce power consumption.
- <PrinterTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems printing or managing the printer queue.
- <SearchTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems with search and indexing using Windows Search.
- <ShowHideUpdatesTroubleshooter> - Allows users to view hidden updates,and hide or unhide some of them.
- <StartMenutroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems related to the Start Menu and Cortana.
- <WindowsStoreAppsTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems related to the Start Menu and Cortana.
- <WindowsUpdateTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems that prevent Windows Update from performing update tasks.
- <WindowsUpdateWebTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems concerning the Windows autoamtic updates and related services.
- <WMPDVDPlayingTroubleshooter> - Helps the user reset Windows Media Player settings to the default configuration.
- <WMPLibraryTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems playing a DVD using Windows Media Player.
- <WMPSettingsTroubleshooter> - Troubleshoot problems with adding media files to the Windows Media Player library.
- <RestartWindowsShell> - Save all Windows Shell settings, and then restart the File Explorer process.
- <UninstallRogueKiller> - Uninstall RogueKiller, if it has been previously installed in this PC.
- Updated Clear Disk Info with the latest version (1.9).
- Updated the default repair and maintenance scripts to include recently added fixes (Run scripts and Log analyzer modules).
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.16.1.0 (Apr 26, 2020)
- Added a new fix to the System repair module's list: DISM repair GUI with all options. This fix lets you easily run DISM with the desired command line switches. It acts as a GUI interface for the most common DISM image cleanup options, such as selecting the desired image source and destination.
- Added a new fix to the System repair module's list: SFC scan GUI with all options.This fix lets you easily run the System File Checker with the desired command line switches.It provides a guided user interface for the most common SFC options, such as selecting the offline Windows dir and the path for the log.
- Added a new fix to the System repair module's list: Check disk GUI with all options.This fix lets you easily run DISM with the desired command line switches.In fact, it acts as a GUI interface for the most common DISM options, such as selecting the desired image source and destination.
- All three items above were added to the end of the System repair and optimization group.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.16.0.0 (Apr 8, 2020)
- Added a new group to the fixes/apps list of the System repair module: Windows troubleshooters. This new goup contains 28 troubleshooters ready to execute by UVK. Note: not all troubleshooters run in every Windows version. Some of the old troubleshooter fixes that were scattered through the list were moved to this group.
- Added a new button to the System repair module: Easy diagnostic. Clicking this new button shows a dialog box where you can select items corresponding to the issues your computer is having, which in turn will automatically select the related fixes in the System repair list, making the selection much easier for the users. Give it a try!
- Added a new fix to the System repair module's list: Reset MS Edge for all users. This fix resets the new, Chromium based, MS Edge preferences and extensions. Cache and cookies are not affected. The reset operation is performed for all users, and all Edge profiles are reset.
- The Reset Microsoft Edge fix now also supports the new, Chromium based, MS Edge.
- Added a new fix to the System repair module's list: Reset and fix the file associations. This fix resets the custom file associations for the current user account and fixes the registry permissions for file associations. This should also make Windows stop resetting your file associations.
- The Empty all browsers cache, Empty browsers cache (all users), Delete all browsers cookies and the Delete browsers cookies (all users) fixes now also support the new, Chromium based, MS Edge.
- Added a new button to the context menu of the System repair module: Create shortcut. This new feature lets you quickly create a shortcut to the current repair procedure, which you can set to be executed in normal, passive or quiet mode. You can also choose to create the shortcut in the Startup folder, so it is executed each time you sign in.
- Updated Stop Resetting My Apps with the new version 1.7.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.15.8.0 (Mar 31, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware killer with the latest version (7.8).
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module: Upgrade to / Reinstall Windows 10. This fix downloads and runs the Windows 10 Installation Tool, which lets you perform an in-place Windows 10 reinstall or upgrade your OS to the latest Windows version, while keeping all your data and apps.
- Added support for a new script command: <ReinstallWindows10>. This new command allows you to apply the fix above from a UVK script Also updated the log analyzer to support the new command.
- Added a new tweak to the list in the Tools and tweaks module, Registry tweaks tab: Disable scrolling inactive windows. Un-ticking this tweak on Windows 8 lets you scroll lists without the need to click on them before. This tweak is unchecked by default on Windows 10, and required user log off to take effect.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.15.7.0 (Mar 23, 2020)
- The Reset registry and file permissions fix also repairs the tepmporary profile issue caused by the latest Windows updates.
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module: Delete temporary profile folders. The late Windows Update issue of logging users in to a temporary profile can create many TEMP profile folders. This fix will safely remove those.
- Added support for a new script command: <DeleteTempProfiles>. This new command allows you to apply the fix above from a UVK script
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.15.6.0 (Mar 17, 2020)
- New feature: UVK is now able to repair the temporary profile login issue caused by the latest Windows updates, without the need to uninstall the faulty update. This fix was long awaited. When launched, UVK will automatically detect and prompt the user to fix the corrupted profile issue.
- The Fix corrupted profiles fix also repairs the tepmporary profile issue caused by the latest Windows updates.
- Added a new item to tweaks list in the Tools and tweaks module: Disable Windows Hello pin setup.
- Bug fixes and definition updates.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.15.3.0 (Mar 7, 2020)
- Fixed bug: The new Uninstall and hide the KB4532693 update System repair fix was defragmenting the system drive instead.
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module: Uninstall and hide the KB4535996 update. This new fix allows you to uninstall this faulty update, which is known for causing very slow boot times on Windows 8.1.
- Added support for a new script command: <RemoveKB4535996>. This new command allows you to uninstall the faulty update mentioned above from a UVK script.
- Added support for new command line parameters:
- UVK_en.exe /UninstallBL /Force /Unattended /DelLeftovers /BLPath "Blacklist INI path"
- /UninstallBL (required) - tells UVK to go to the Smart Uninstaller and uninstall all blacklisted programs.
- /Force (optional) - Use the forced uninstall method. Do not use both /Force and /Unattended.
- /Unattended (optional) - Try unattended uninstall. Do not use both /Force and /Unattended.
- /DelLeftovers (optional) - after uninstall, scan for and remove any leftovers of the uninstalled apps.
- /BLPath "Blacklist INI path" (optional) - Specify the path or URL of a custom blacklist INI file. If this parameter is not specified, the default blacklist is used.
- You can also add /Auto or /Quiet to completely remove UVK's UI, or /Passive to show progress info only. UVK itself will not require any user interaction anyways. Each uninstalled application may or may not require user interaction, depending on the switches used.
- Bug fixes and definition update.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.15.2.0 (Mar 1, 2020)
- In this update we focused on providing our users with an easy way to fix the issues caused by the KB4532693 Windows update, namely corrupting the user account, leaving users stuck with a temporary user profile after the update is installed. Defragging the regidtry with UVK may also bring up the same issue in some computers where the KB4532693 update is installed. Uninstalling the faulty update always seems to solve the issue.
- So now everytime the UVK is launched, it will check whether the current user is logged to a TEMP profile, and the KB4532693 update is installed. If both conditions meet, a message box is displayed, asking if the user wants to fix the corrupted user profile, remove the faulty update, and also hide it so it will not be installed again.
- This allows users to fix this severe issue with just one click.
- Added a new item to the fixes list in the System repair module: Uninstall and hide the KB4532693 update. This new fix allows you to uninstall the faulty update mentioned above on demand, or from a UVKSR file.
- Added support for a new script command: <RemoveKB4532693>. This new command allows you to uninstall the faulty update mentioned above on demand, or from a UVK script.
- Bug fixes and definition update.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.15.1.0 (Feb 28, 2020)
- Improved some GUI aspects. Now when you switch modules, the window always starts centered, instead of remembering the last position.
- Fixed a bug in the ->WaitWindowState automation function.
- Bug fixes and definition update.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.15.0.0 (Feb 23, 2020)
- Fixed some automation functions that were not working properly.
- Added some new automation functions: ->WaitWindow2, ->WaitWindowState, ->WaitControlState2, ->ClickControlAt, ->WaitControlAt and ->SendText.
- Updated some automation functions with support for more parameters. ->Sleep and ->WaitProcessClose
- Updated the log analyzer with support for the changes above.
- Bug fixes and definition update.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.14.5.0 (Feb 14, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version (7.6.8).
- Added a new skin named Carpet. This new visual style displays a carpet styled background with a nice gradient color.
- Bug fixes and definition update.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.14.5.0 (Feb 13, 2020)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version (7.6.8).
- Added a new skin named Carpet. This new visual style displays a carpet styled background with a nice gradient color.
- Bug fixes and definition update.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.14.3.0 (Dec 21, 2019)
- Updated Clear Disk Info with the latest version of the tool (1.'), which now supports more devices.
- Bug fixes and definition update.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.14.2.0 (Dec 2, 2019)
- Updated Clear Disk Info with the latest version of the tool (1.2), which now supports Windows XP, as requested by some users.
- Fixed bug: The application could no longer be launched on Windows XP.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.14.1.0 (Nov 28, 2019)
- Updated Clear Disk Info with the latest version of the tool (1.1).
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version (7.6.7).
- Added support for detecting NvmE SSDs in the System Info module.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.14.0.0 (Nov 12, 2019)
- Updated WAU Manager with the latest version of the tool (2.1).
- Integrated a new tool: Clear disk Info, which is a user friendly diagnosis and information tool for storage devices such as HDDs or SSDs. Unlike existing similar tools, the information is provided in a human friendly way, allowing you to diagnose hardware errors in a blink.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.13.0.0 (Oct 16, 2019)
- Updated WAU Manager with the latest version of the tool (2.0).
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version of the tool (7.6.6).
- Updated Account Profile Fixer with the latest version of the tool (1.4).
- Fixed a few bugs in the Backup and Recovery module.
- Improved the Windows Store Apps Uninstaller filter for system apps.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.12.0.0 (Sep 21, 2019)
- Included our new tool WAU Manager with the application package
- Added a new fix to the System Repair fixes/apps list: Update Windows using WAU Manager This fix runs WAU Manager which will search for Windows updates, and automatically download and install the available ones
- Added a new fix to the System Repair fixes/apps list: Launch WAU Manager This fix runs our WAU Manager tool, which is a lightweight but complete replacement for the built in WindowsAutomatic Updates interface
- Updated the Ultra Adware Killer's definitions database provided with the package
- Minor bug fixes
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.13.0 (Sep 7, 2019)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to the latest version of the module (7.6.5.0).
- Added a new registry tweak: Enable Show All Folders in navigation pane.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.12.0 (Aug 12, 2019)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to the latest version of the module (7.6.4.0).
- Added a new registry tweak: Disable user and application telemetry.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.11.0 (Jul 25, 2019)
- Updated Multiple Reboot Scheduler to the latest version (2.0).
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.10.0 (Jul 15, 2019)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to the latest version of the module (7.6.3.0).
- Updated the regular expression library to the latest version (pcre2 10.33).
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.8.0 (May 29, 2019)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to the latest version of the module (7.6.2.0).
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.7.0 (May 17, 2019)
- Added support to uncompress several file archive types in custom third party apps and also for the <UnzipFile> UVK script command. New supported archive types are: 7z, lzma, cab, zip, gzip, bzip2, Z and tar. Previously, only ZIP archives were supported. This also fixed the issue of not extracting password protected archives correctly.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.6.0 (May 9, 2019)
- Added a newitem to the Enable and run known tools list of the Tools and tweaksmodule: Disk management.
- Changed thescrolling type of the Registry tweaks list (Tools and tweaksmodule). The list now scrols vertically instead of horizontally.
- Also addedthe following tweaks to the same list: Disable Windows 10 StartupDelay, Enable auto reboot on BSOD, Disable create memory dump onBSOD, Enable control panel icon view, Disable Windows automaticupdates and Disable the Windows Firewall.
- Also addeda search feature to the tweaks list, allowing you to easily find atweak by typing part of its name.
- Also addeda new feature that lets you export the current tweaks to a file andeasily import them later. This new feature allows you to quicklyset/unset the desired tweaks by simply loading them from a file.Tweaks files existing in %InstallSourceDir% and %ThirdParty% areautomatically listed in the drop down box, for even faster access.
- Minor bugfixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.5.0 (Apr 22, 2019)
- Update Ultra Adware Killer to the latest version of the module (7.6.1.0).
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.4.0 (Apr 9, 2019)
- Added a new button to the Delete files and folders section: Find & addPressing this button opens a new dialog box which allows you to easily search for files and folders and add their paths to the removal list.
- Added a new fix to the System Repair fixes/apps list: Reset Windows StoreThis fix, only available on Windows 10, 8.1 and 8, resets the Windows Store without changing account settings or deleting installed apps.
- Added support for a new UVK script command: <ResetWindowsStore>This command, available on Windows 10, 8.1 and 8, will reset the Windows Store without changing account settings or deleting installed apps.
- Added dard disk spinning speed (RPM) information to the System Info sectionThe RPM info is displayed i the first column in the for of Hard disk 0 (7200rpm).
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.3.0 (Mar 25, 2019)
- Added a new fix to the System Repair fixes/apps list: Reset Windows services' start types. This fix, only available on Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista and XP, will reset the start type of the protected Win32 services. Services will only be reset if they have been modified.
- Added a new fix to the System Repair fixes/apps list: Cleanup Windows Installer unused files. This fix will free hard disk space by removing unneeded files from the Windows installer folder, which may, over time, use a large ammount of HDD space.
- Added support for a new UVK script command: <CleanMSIUnusedFiles>. This command, available on Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista and XP, will reset the start type of the protected Win32 services. Services will only be reset if they have been modified.
- Added support for a new UVK script command: <ResetServicesStartTypes>. This command will free hard disk space by removing unneeded files from the Windows installer folder, which may, over time, use a large ammount of HDD space.
- The System Infor module now also lists the existing expansion slots and related info, such as the slot type and whether they are in use.
- Added a new tool in the Run/Open tab of the Tools and tweaks section: WICleanup (msi/msp cleanup).
- UVK can now be configured to auto update itself silently (without asking for confirmation). This setting can be found in the Options section, General tab (Don't ask for confirmation to update).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.2.0 (Mar 14, 2019)
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.1.0 (Mar 8, 2019)
- New feature: When UVK is launched without command line switches, if Hybrid Shutdown is enabled, the user is presented with a message box suggesting him to reboot and optionally disable Hybrid Shutdown. This prompt can be easily dismissed and disabled directly in its interface.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.11.0.0 (Mar 8, 2019)
- Improved the UI. Changes are noticeable mostly on the interface buttons.
- Improved the speed of the scans. Most of the scans are now up to 30% faster.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version of the tool.
- Fixed a bug where the application was crashing in some computers, when performing the System booster scan.
- Fixed a bug where the application was crashing in some computers, when performing a Registry seeker scan.
- Fixed a bug where the application was crashing in some computers, when performing a Alternate data streams scan.
- Other minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.10.3.0 (Feb 2, 2019)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version of the tool.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.10.2.0 (Jan 14, 2019)
- Fixed bug:CloudSync could not upload files on Windows 7 or lower machines.
- Added a newoption to the Options section, General tab: When closing the last instance ofthis application, prompt me to uninstall it. Thisnew option controls whether to display a dialog box asking you ifyou want to uninstall UVK, when you close its last running instance.In previous versions, the dialog box was displayed when using theportable version.
- Other minorbug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.10.1.0 (Dec 17, 2018)
- Fixed bug: The Open registry location feature was no longer working in Windows 10 version 1809. This bug affected several sections, including Ultra adware killer and Smart uninstaller.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to version 7.5.4, which fixes the bug of the anti-malware scan taking too long to complete in some machines.
- Other minor bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.10.0.0 (Dec 9, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to version 7.6.
- Tools and tweaks section: The Enable and run well known tools now displays in icon view. Also added the following items to the list:
- Add a device
- Add network location
- Date and time
- Desktop icon settings
- Display settings
- Fonts
- Forgotten password wizzard
- Keyboard properties
- Mouse properties
- Network connections
- Notification settings
- Personalization
- Power options
- Printers
- Programs and features
- Region
- Safely remove hardware
- Security and maintenance
- Set up backup
- Sound control panel
- Start menu settings
- Taskbar settings
- User accounts
- Windows features
- System repair section: Added a new fix to the list. Uninstall RogueKiller.
- System info section: The Operating system line now also shows the current Windows 10 release version.
- All executables were signed with a new certificate, valid until December 07 2021
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.9.10.0 (Nov 15, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization. This is mainly a bug fixing release.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to version 7.5.2.1.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.9.9.0 (Oct 31, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization. This is mainly a bug fixing release.
- Updated the automation of the third party tools, in the System repair section.
- Improved the Visual C++ runtime and .NET Framework updaters (System repair and UVK scripts).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.9.8.0 (Sep 10, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- New option: Hide UVK's installation in this computer. This new feature helps computer technicians to prevent their customers from using UVK, by hiding the installation folder, and also removing the application's desktop shortcut, context menu, uninstall entry and start menu folder. This option can be found in the Options section, Appearance tab.
- New feature: when defragging the hard drives from UVK's System repair section, SSD disk volumes are trimmed (previously they were skipped).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.9.7.1 (Jul 25, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- System Repair fix: Fix this PC not visible in the network. This new fix configures and starts a few Windows services that are required for a computer to be visible in the network. NOTE: This fix does not enable network discovery or file sharing..
- UVK script command: <FixPcNotShownInNetwork>. This new command acts the same way as the Fix this PC not visible in the network System Repair fix above.
- Updated the Log analyzer with support for the new <FixPcNotShownInNetwork> command above.
- Updated all the application links and URLs to use the HTTPS protocol when possible.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.9.7.0 (Jul 19, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- New Quick User Manager feature: Move/Restore user personal folders. This new feature allows you to change the location of the following account personal folders: Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures and Video. You can use this feature to redirect those folders to a new directory of your choice, in the same drive or in a different one.
- Updated Quick User Mnager with the latest version of the application (1.7).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.9.6.0 (Jun 24, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Added support for trial licenses. Any user can now get a free, fully functional 14-days trial license from this page.
- Added support for Technician OEM licenses. Users who already own a PRO or branding license can now get OEM licenses fo only $15, which they can sell to their customers for the price of a regular OEM license. In addition, unlike regular OEM licenses, Tech OEM licenses allow the use of CloudSync, and Branding. In order to purchase Tech OEM licenses, create an account, or login, if you already have one, and then go to this page.
- New feature: The System Info section now also shows the RAM module model, if available. This may not work in very old motherboards.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.9.5.0 (Jun 4, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Fixed bug: Some application names were not correct in the Windows Store apps uninstaller.
- New feature: The System Info section now also shows the installed Windows Store apps.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.9.3.0 (May 11, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- The Disable OneDrive registry tweak now also removes OneDrive from File Explorer's namespace tree. See the Tools and tweaks section (Registry tweaks tab).
- Added a new reset action to System repair's fixes list: Unpin all Start Menu tiles. This fix, only available on Windows 8 and above, will remove all the tiles from the Start Menu. New tiles can be added manually, afterwards.
- Add new UVK script command <UnpinAllStartTiles>. This new command, only available on Windows 8 and above, will remove all the tiles from the Start Menu. New tiles can be added manually, afterwards.
- Updated the Log analyzer with support for the new <UnpinAllStartTiles> command.
- Added the following tweaks to the Tools and tweaks section (Registry tweaks tab):
- Enable "This PC" icon in the Desktop
- Enable "Username" icon in the Desktop
- Enable "Network" icon in the Desktop
- Enable "Recycle bin" icon in the Desktop
- Enable "Control panel" icon in the Desktop
- Enable "OneDrive" icon in the Desktop
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.9.2.0 (Apr 23, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization. This is mainly a bug fixing update.
- Added support for more Tech Tool Store like options in System repair third party apps.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.9.1.0 (Apr 17, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization. This is mainly a bug fixing update.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.9.0.0 (Apr 9, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Added a new tweak to the Tools and tweaks section (Registry tweaks tab): Enable right-to-left explorer menus.
- Added a new tool to the Tools and tweaks section (Run/Open tab): Tablet PC settings.
- The System info section now shows MAC address information, for network adapters, and Actual clock speed, in the Processosrs group. .
- To improve application quality and ease of use, we made some changes in the UI behavior, such as disabling controls that currently don't do anything.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.8.4.0 (Mar 20, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Fied bug: Some icons were not showing up properly in the Smart uninstaller.
- Fied bug: Sometimes the dialog boes were showing up an invisible background.
- Fied bug: The application was crashing in some computers, when emptying the temporary folders.
- Fied bug: Sometimes, the application was not uploading unknown items to VirusTotal, even if that option was enabled.
- New feature: Added support for etracting zip files with password protection in UVK scripts and custom third party apps.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.8.3.0 (Mar 16, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- UI debugging: In some sections the Esc key was not working to go back to the Home section.
- Updated Account Profile Fixer to the latest version.
- Updated Multiple Reboot Scheduler to the latest version.
- Updated the MBAM automation to the latest version of the application.
- Improved the Smart Uninstaller's automation of the uninstall process, when Try unattended uninstall is checked.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.8.2.0 (Mar 16, 2018)
- General debugging and code optimization. This is mainly a bug fixing release.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.8.1.0 (Mar 1, 2018)
- Added a new tool: Account Profile Fixer. This new tool can be accessed in the Quick User Manager and System Repair sections.
- Upgraded Quick User Manager to the latest version of the tool, which can now detect broken user profile registry keys.
- Other improvements and bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.8.0.0 (Dec 10, 2017)
- Added support for OEM licenses. This is a new, cheap license type that only works in one computer. End users can now enable all UVK features for a low price. Also, techs can now leave UVK installed in the customer machine by purchasing a OEM license for it. We're creating a partnership program where techs will have big discounts in OEM licenses for their customers
- The System Repair, Smart Uninstaller, Process Manager, Autorun Manager and Service Manager lists were improved. Checking/Selecting items in details view is now easier, and the text and icon visibility was also improved
- Added three registry tweaks in the Tools and tweaks section: Disable auto-install network devices, Disable auto-install device drivers and Disable driver updates from Windows update
- Added new maintenance action to the System repair list: Empty temporary folders. This fix works just like Empty all users temp folders, except it does not empty the recycle bin
- Added support for a new script command: <EmptyTempFolders> This command will empty the temporary folders for all users. Unlike <CleanAllUsersTemp>, the new command does not empty the recycle bin
- Updated the Log analyzer with support for the new <EmptyTempFolders> command
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to its latest version (7.2)
- Other improvements and bug fixes
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.9.1 (Nov 27, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization. This is mainly a bug fixing build.
- We finally managed to detect and permanently fix the crashing bug when loading the Process Manager. Our apologies to all the concerned users for this issue.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.9.0 (Nov 12, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- Fixed bug: The application was crashing in some machines, usually when loading the Process Manager.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.8.0 (Nov 6, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New branding feature: UVK packages (UVKSetup.exe, UVKPortable.exe) now support an icon file named BrandIco.ico in the same directory. When present, this icon will be used as the icon for the desktop and start menu shortcuts, as well as the title bar and task bar icon of the application.
- Example: To automatically activate a branding license, place UVKPortable.exe, your license file (key.uvk), your logo picture (ie. logo.png), and your custom icon (named BrandIco.ico) in the same folder. Then just run UVKPortable.exe. Your branding license is automatically activated, and your custom icon installed
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to its latest version (7.1), which includes bug fixes and improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.7.2 (Nov 1, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization
- Updated Quick User Manager to the latest version (1.4), which includes many improvements, including the ability to change the user profile picture on Windows 8, 8.1 and 10
- Other minor fixes
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.7.1 (Oct 25, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- Improved progress information for repair operations in the System repair section.
- Improved progress information for script execution in the Run scripts section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.7.0 (Oct 25, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- Improved progress information for repair operations in the System repair section.
- Improved progress information for script execution in the Run scripts section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.6.1 (Oct 11, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.This is mainly a bug fixing release.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.6.0 (Oct 5, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to the latest version (7.0).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.5.1 (Sep 27, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.This is mainly a bug fixing release.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.5.0 (Sep 22, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- Optimized the functionality of the Process manager.
- Fixed: The Process manager was not updating the VirusTotal results for new processes.
- Fixed: The Process manager was not updating the column based sorting for new processes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.4.0 (Sep 9, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization. Fixed a few bugs reported in the forums.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the new version (6.1). This includes some new scan and remove options, deeper MS Edge scan and more reset options.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.3.0 (Sep 1, 2017)
- Fixed: Desktop Watermark was starting everytime you go to the home section
- Updated the URL strings and Ultra Adware Killer's database
- General debugging and optimization. This is mainly a bug fixing release
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.2.0 (Aug 21, 2017)
- New: UAK can be configured to automatically remove any threats found, when launched from the System Repair section. This setting can be found in the Options section, General tab. When this option is enabled, any detected and "checked" items are automatically removed, and UAK is closed after the removal. Note that this will not let you to check for false positives, so use this feature at your own risk.
- New: The Help buttons in the main Window are now fully working even when you're working in a separate child dialog box, allowing you to go the the current section's help page without closing the window you're working on.
- Fixed: The Un-immunize all areas System repair fix was not un-immunizing Chrome or Firefox related areas.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.1.0 (Aug 13, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization. This is mainly a bug fixing release.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.7.0.0 (Aug 3, 2017)
- Introducing a new feature: Multiple Reboot SchedulerThis new tool can optimize the Windows boot time, backup and restore the layout of the desktop icons, and also setup user auto-logon.
- Added a new pre-repair action to the System repair list: Backup desktop icon layoutSometimes the custom layout of the desktop icons is lost when the computer rebootsThis new fix allows you to backup the icons' positions so they can be restored later
- Added a new post-repair action to the System repair list: Restore desktop icon layoutThis fix will restore the position of the desktop icons, as previously saved with the Backup desktop icon layout pre-repair acion.
- Added a new post-repair action to the System repair list: Launch Multiple Reboot SchedulerThis fix runs our boot uptimizing tool (MRS), mentioned above.
- Added support for a new script command: <BackupDesktopIcons>This new command allows you to backup the icons' positions so they can be restored later with the also new <RestoreDesktopIcons> command.
- Added support for a new script command: <RestoreDesktopIcons>This new command restores the position of the desktop icons, as previously saved with the <BackupDesktopIcons> command.
- Added support for a new script command: <MultipleRebootScheduler>This new command runs our boot uptimizing tool (MRS), mentioned above.
- Added support for a new script command: <DefragDrive>This new command allows to degar a specific partition.
- Updated the Log analyzer with support for inserting the commands above,and also a few others that were missing.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.6.4.0 (Jul 19, 2017)
- Bug fixing release.
- Major bug fix: The Prevent Shutdown feature was not working properly.
- Major bug fix: Sometimes the encryption/decryption feature did not work properly.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.6.3.0 (Jul 10, 2017)
- Bug fixing release.
- Major bug fix: The auto-update feature was not working if the install source package was located in the root of a drive.
- Major bug fix: The application could not download files if to the root of a drive.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.6.2.0 (Jul 7, 2017)
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.6.1.0 (Jun 30, 2017)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Fixed bug: Some file downloads were failing.
- Fixed bug: Professional reports sent to Repairshopr were not showing up in the RS account pag
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.6.0.0 (Jun 10, 2017)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Added 2 new skins: Fantasy, and Nature. Fantasy is now the default skin.
- Added new fix to System Repair's fixes list: Enable Windows Recovery Environment. This new fix enables the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), for the next time the computer boots up. This fix only works on Windows 8 or higher.
- Added support for a new command for UVK scripts: <EnableWinRE>. This new command enables the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), for the next time the computer boots up.
- Updated the Log Analyzer to support the new <EnableWinRE> command.
- Added a new utility to the Utilities tab of the Options section: View last SFC logs. This utility allows you to quickly have a look at the details of the last System file checker (SFC) operations.
- Added a new utility to the Utilities tab of the Options section: View last Dism logs. This utility allows you to quickly have a look at the details of the last Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) operations.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.5.5.0 (May 21, 2017)
- General debugging and code optimization. This is mainly a bug fixing release.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.5.4.0 (May 15, 2017)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Fixed bug: The Unattended disk cleanup System repair fix was not waiting for the operation to complete before stepping to the next selected fix.
- Added new registry tweak to the Tools and tweaks section: Enable Windows Installer in safe mode. The same feature was added to the System repair section as a new fix with the same name. This fix will enable the Windows installer to run in Safe Mode minimal and with networking, allowing you to install applications through the Windows Installer in those boot modes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.5.3.0 (May 10, 2017)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version of the tool (5.9).
- Updated Stop Resetting My Apps with the latest version of the tool (1.3).
- Fixed bug: MalwareBytes Anti-malware could not be downloaded in some computers.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.5.2.0 (May 7, 2017)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Fixed bug: Ultra adware killer was not automatically cloud syncing the whitelist (when changed) after closing.
- Fixed bug: MalwareBytes Anti-malware scan was not starting properly in some computers.
- Fixed bug: The Uninstall MalwareBytes AntiMalware System Repair fix was not working properly in some computers.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.5.1.0 (May 3, 2017)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Fixed bug: The Smart Uninstaller sometimes hunged while uninstalling some programs in forced uninstall mode.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.5.0.0 (Apr 24, 2017)
- General debugging and code optimization.
- Added support for saving the selected custom third party app in several UVKSR files simmultaneously.
- Restored missing post-repair action: Reboot in safe mode with network.
- Added support for more command tags for UVK scripts, namely:
- <AutoLogon>: This command enables auto-logon for a user profile.
- <DisableAutoLogon>: This command disables auto-logon, if it was previously enabled.
- <PreventShutdown>: This command tries to prevent this PC from rebooting or shutting down until the current script is fully parsed.
- <EnableF8BootMenu>: This command enables the old legacy F8 boot menu on Windows 8 or higher.
- <RestoreBootMenu>: Use this command if you previously used <EnableF8BootMenu>. It will restore the normal (standard) boot menu on Windows 8 and higher.
- <FixIEHistory>: This command epair corrupted Internet Explorer's history.
- <CleanupRecentList>: This fix will cleanup references to recently accessed items, usually shown in the Quick Access and Jump Lists.
- <CleanupTrayIconCache>: This fix will cleanup the tray icon cache for all users.
- <RunMemDiagOnReboot>: This fix will schedule memdiag to perform the memory diagnostics on the next system boot.
- <CancelMemDiag>: If you previously scheduled the memory diagnostics on reboot, this fix will cancel it.
- <StartMenuTroubleshooter>: This fix will download and execute the Start Menu Troubleshooter.
- <StoreAppsTroubleshooter>: This fix will download and execute the Windows Store Apps Troubleshooter.
- <WindowsUpdateTroubleshooter>: This fix will download and execute the Windows Update Troubleshooter.
- <UninstallMBAM>: This command uninstalls Malwarebytes AntiMalware, if it has been previously installed in this PC. Note: If MBAM has detected and removed any threats, you reboot your machine before running this command.
- <UninstallSAS>: This command uninstalls Super AntiSpyware, if it has been previously installed in this PC. Note: If SAS has detected and removed any threats, you reboot your machine before running this command.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.4.5.0 (Apr 9, 2017)
- Improved Ultra Adware Killer's engine. Also updated UAK with the latest version of the tool (5.8), which now skips trusted Firefox extensions.
- Added two new Post repair actions to System repair's fixes list: Uninstall Malwarebytes AntiMalware and Uninstall Super AntiSpyware. Those new actions allow you to easily remove MBAM and SAS after using them. But keep in mind that you may need to reboot the computer before uninstalling those tools, in case they have found and removed threats in your system.
- New feature: UVK now prevents the computer from rebooting when an uninstall operation is running (Smart uninstaller), or when a System repair operation is running (System repair). A message will be displayed before shutting down, asking you to cancel shutdown until the operation is complete.
- Minor bug fixes and optimizations.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.4.4.0 (Mar 29, 2017)
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.4.3.0 (Mar 20, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization. This one is mainly a bug fixing release. Several minor bugs were fixed.
- Increased the max zip file size to 15 MB, in the Reporting section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.4.2.0 (Mar 16, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- Added drag & drop support for multiple files to the Reporting section's list of files in the ZIP.
- Added drag & drop support for multiple files to the Smart uninstaller's list view, to create new uninstall entries.
- Added drag & drop support for multiple files to the SFX creator's list of files to add to the SFX package.
- Added option: Make the version text label in the Home section link to the Change log page.
- Improved the json parsing functions.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.4.1.0 (Mar 10, 2017)
- Added a new item to the Registry tweaks list of the Tools and tweaks section: Disable require password on wake up. This new tweak disables requiring passwor on wake up for all users, and for both plugged-in and on-battery power schemes.
- Updated the Stop resetting my apps utility to the latest version (1.2).
- General debugging and optimization.
- Fixed: SXF packages created by the application were creating 2 desktop shortcuts, when using the branding version.
- New feature: The Create SFX package utility can also brand the SFX package's icon.
- New feature: The System Booster now has an Ignore list. Items can be set to never being listed again.
- Added the following Windows utilities to the Enable and run list of the Tools and tweaks section:
- Magnifier
- Math input panel
- On-screen keyboard
- Quick assist
- Snipping tool
- Task scheduler
- Windows to-go creator
- WordPad
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.4.0.0 (Mar 3, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- Fixed: The auto-update feature was not updating the packages located in the root of a drive.
- Improved the way the application communicates with VirusTotal.
- Improved the Log Analyzer.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version (5.7.2.0).
- New System repair fix: Update Windows. This fix will search for Windows updates, and automatically download and install the available ones.
- New supported command line switch: -UpdateSFX. This command creates an SFX package as you previously set in Options > Utilities > Create SFX package.
- Added support for the following commands in UVK scripts (also updated the Log Analyzer with supprt for inserting the commands):
- <FixWifiLongWait>: Sometimes, after booting up, Windows may take long to automatically connect to a saved Wifi network. This command repairs that issue.
- <UpdateWindows>: This fix command searches for Windows updates, and automatically downloads and installs the available ones.
- <AutoDiskCleanup>: This command runs the Windows disk cleanup utility, scans the system drive and automatically frees up disk space. No user interaction is required.
- <CleanupWinSxS>: This command will free up HDD space by removing files from previous Windows versions and service packs. It may take long time to execute. Please note that, after that, you will no longer be able to downgrade to those previous Windows versions.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.3.10.0 (Feb 23, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New System repair fix: Fix Wifi takes long to connect. Sometimes, after booting up, Windows may take long to automatically connect to a saved Wifi network. This new fix repairs that issue.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.3.9.0 (Feb 20, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- Bug fixing release.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.3.8.0 (Feb 20, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New feature: Professional HTML reports created in the System Repair section can now be sent to RepairShopr. You just need to enter your RepairShopr sub-domain, API key and the ticket ID to associate with the report. These options are available when ticking the Create professional Report check box. There is an option to also send the System Info HTML report in the same request. The reports are automatically sent after the repair operation completes.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version of the module (5.6), which includes bug fixes, detection of IPv6 DNS hijacks, definition updates and the removal of many false positives from the database.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.3.7.0 (Feb 16, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New feature: Professional HTML reports created in the System Repair section can now be sent to RepairShopr. You just need to enter your RepairShopr sub-domain, API key and the ticket ID to associate with the report. These options are available when ticking the Create professional Report check box. There is an option to also send the System Info HTML report in the same request. The reports are automatically sent after the repair operation completes.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version of the module (5.6), which includes bug fixes, detection of IPv6 DNS hijacks, definition updates and the removal of many false positives from the database.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.3.6.0 (Feb 6, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New feature: CloudSync can now be set to ask before uploading files.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.3.5.0 (Feb 6, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New feature: Auto-Logon can also be set for domain users.
- New feature: Added a new fix to the System repair list: Clean up the WinSxS folder. This fix will free up HDD space by removing files from previous Windows versions and service packs. It may take long time to execute. Please note that, after that, you will no longer be able to downgrade to those previous Windows states.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to the latest version of the application (3.4), which includes improvements to the scan and bug fixes.
- Improved the VirusTotal related functions.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.3.4.0 (Jan 31, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- Added 3 new tools to the Enable and run well known tools list: Security policy editor, which opens the security management snap-in (secpol.msc), SFX creator (IExpress.exe), which launches the Windows SFX creation wizzard (iexpress.exe), and Windows Firewall, which opens the Windows firewall interface.
- Added a new utility - Create SFX package:
- This new feature allows you to create a self installing package containing UVK's required files, your license activation files, settings, scripts and any other files you may need.
- You can also choose not to include Ultra Adware Killer's definitions database in your package. In this case, the database will be automatically downloaded on runtime, but an active Internet connection is required.
- You can add any files and folders you want to the package, but remember it may largely increase the size of your archive.
- This feature is only available to registered users and can be found in the Options section, Utilities tab.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.3.1.0 (Jan 18, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.3.0.0 (Jan 16, 2017)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New feature: Ultra Adware Killer also detects and removes all most common forms of malware, including but not limited to trojans, rogues, ransomware and rootkits.
- New feature: UVK can now automatically carry out up to 3 actions immediately after it is executed: Run a UVK script (.uvk), load a System Repair Settings (.uvksr) file, or run a specific command. This new feature can be found in the Options section, Auto script tab.
- New registry tweak: Enable defer windows upgrades. This new tweak sets a group policy that makes Windows defer feature upgrades. When you defer upgrades, new Windows features won’t be downloaded or installed for several months. Deferring upgrades doesn’t affect security updates. Note that deferring upgrades will prevent you from getting the latest Windows features as soon as they’re available.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.2.3.0 (Dec 19, 2016)
- Updated Ultra Adware killer with the latest version of the tool.
- Compiled and signed all the executables with a dual algorithm (SHA-1 and SHA-256) signature.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.2.2.0 (Dec 18, 2016)
- General debugging and optimization.
- Improved the functionality of the custom third party apps, in the System Repair section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.1.0.0 (Dec 14, 2016)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New feature: Windows Store apps uninstaller. This new fucntionality can be found in the Smart Uninstaller section, by pressing the Windows Sore apps new button, which replaces the old Uninstall entry properties button, only in Windows 8 and higher.
- This new feature is a simple uninstaller for Windows store apps. It displays the existing apps in a list, in which you can tick the ones you want to uninstall, and press the Uninstall checked button. You have a check box named Check usual/none which ticks the apps that are most usually uninstalled, or none, respectively. Just below, you have another check box named Show system apps, which defines whether the list should show all apps, or hide the most critical ones.
- The Store apps uninstaller can remove system apps such as Cortana or Microsoft Edge. While this may be useful if you want to remove some of those apps, you should be careful not to remove important system apps, because you will not be able to easily re-install them. You should be careful when using this feature.
- Added more tweaks to the Registry tweaks list, in the Tools and tweaks section: Disable Store apps auto-updates, Enable store apps access to admins, Disable service: Downloaded Maps Manager, Disable service: Delivery Optimization, Disable service: Windows Search and Disable and hide Cortana
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 10.0.0.0 (Dec 3, 2016)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New feature: The UVKPortable's uninstall prompt includes a new check box which allows to define whether to delete all application reports.
- New section: Backup and recovery. This new section provides a complete backup and recovery solution especially designed for computer technicians. The new section's help page can be found here.
- You can backup user profiles with the option to select which user folders to copy, including the user settings (application data folders). You can also backup any additional folders you like.
- Existing backups can be updated in place, which becomes much faster, bacause files up to date don't need to be copied again.
- This new feature obviously allows you to restore a previous backup. You can choose which users to restore, which per-user folders to restore and which additional folders to restore.
- Restoring also has an impressive feature: the ability to create exactly the same user accounts that existed when the backup was created, and then restore those users files. This is especially useful when reinstalling Windows, or migrating the OS to a bigger or SSD disk, as you will no longer need to worry about creating all the previously existing user accounts. The Backup and recovery feature does all the work for you.
- The Backup and recovery section was built to be intuitive and easy to setup. Usually you only need a few seconds to configure a backup, and once it is created, it can be opened for restoring. Each backup is saved in its own directory, and the backup configuration is saved in a BackupInfo.uvkbk file, in the backup's folder. This file type is associated with UVK, so you can open these files by double-click.
- Improved the Quick User Manager section.
- Debugged and improved the Log analyzer.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.8.2 Beta (Dec 2, 2016)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New feature: The UVKPortable's uninstall prompt includes a new check box which allows to define whether to delete all application reports.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.8.0 Beta (Nov 29, 2016)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New section: Backup and recovery. This new section provides a complete backup and recovery solution especially designed for computer technicians.
- You can backup user profiles with the option to select which user folders to copy, including the user settings (application data folders). You can also backup any additional folders you like.
- Existing backups can be updated in place, which becomes much faster, bacause files up to date don't need to be copied again.
- This new feature obviously allows you to restore a previously created backup. You can choose which users to restore, which per-user folders to restore and which additional folders to restore.
- Restoring also has an impressive feature: the ability to create exactly the same user accounts that existed when the backup was created, and then restore those users files. This is especially useful when reinstalling Windows, or migrating the OS to a bigger or SSD disk, as you will no longer need to worry about creating all the previously existing user accounts. The Backup and recovery feature will do all the work for you.
- The Backup and recovery section was built to be intuitive quick to setup. Usually you only need a few seconds to configure a backup, and once it is created, it can be opened for restoring. Each backup is saved in its own directory, and the backup configuration is saved in a BackupInfo.uvkbk file, in the backup's folder. This file type is associated with UVK, so you can open these files by double-click.
- Improved the Quick User Manager section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.6.0 (Nov 9, 2016)
- General debugging and optimization (mostly bug fixing release).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.5.5 (Nov 6, 2016)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New feature: The Registry Defragmentation feature now ofers the option to also disable registry compression. This can highly improve system performance and reduce boot and shutdown time. Our tests indicate a great improvement after using this new feature.
- New feature: Added support for specifying the Report ID when sending reports to email address or FTP server through the command line. The Report ID must be specified in a new switch with the following format: /ID={ReportID}.
- New feature: You can now set up whether the Configure Immunization shortcut is created in the Desktop folder or in the Start Menu, or if it is not created at all. This new option can be found in the Options section, General tab, and can be Cloud Synced or exported to UVKSettings.ini.
- New feature: The Smart Uninstaller's white/black list manager now automatically sorts items in alphabetical order.
- Changed behavior: UVK no longer asks for the running protection password after an automatic update of the application, because it has already been done.
- Improved the registry backup, restore and defragmentation features.
- Fixed bug: UVK was not being able to delete directories containing reparse points.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.5.4 (Oct 31, 2016)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New feature: The Smart Uninstaller's white/black list manager now has a Toggle selected button that allows to move items directly from the while list to the black list and vice versa.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.5.2 (Oct 31, 2016)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New system repair fix: Unattended disk cleanup. This new fix will run the Windows disk cleanup utility, scan the system drive and automatically free disk space. No user interaction will be needed.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.5.0 (Oct 19, 2016)
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.4.0 (Oct 18, 2016)
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.3.0 (Oct 17, 2016)
- General debugging and improvement
- Fixed bug: The application was not behaving properly when uninstalling several progarms at once, in the Smart uninstaller section
- Improved the zipped report's file name in the Reporting section: The name now contains less underscores, and the saved report ID (if any) is appended in the end of the file
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.2.0 (Oct 17, 2016)
- General debugging and improvement.
- Fixed bug: The application was crashing when switching to the System Info section, in some computers.
- Fixed other reported bugs.
- Added a new fix to the System Repair list: Reset Firefox print settings. Sometimes Firefox gets stuck with one print paper size, usually after switching printers. This fix will reset Firefox's printer settings, automatically fixing that issue and similar ones.
- Note: Firefox's process will be killed prior to the reset operation.
- New feature: The Home section now shows process, memory and primary HDD information in the title bar.
- New feature: Items that have a high number VirusTotal detections become red, in the VirusTotal column.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.1.0 (Oct 13, 2016)
- General debugging and improvement
- Fixed bug: The application was crashing when switching to the System Info section, in some computers
- Fixed other reported bugs
- Added a new fix to the System Repair list: Reset Firefox print settings. Sometimes Firefox gets stuck with one print paper size, usually after switching printers. This fix will reset Firefox's printer settings, automatically fixing that issue and similar ones
- Note: Firefox's process will be killed prior to the reset operation
- New feature: The Home section now shows process, memory and primary HDD information in the title bar
- New feature: Items that have a high number VirusTotal detections become red, in the VirusTotal column
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.6.0.0 (Oct 13, 2016)
- The application was completely rewritten in C++. The major differences in this new rewrite are listed below.
- All lists now have a quick search feature, which allows to quickly find an item in the respective list by entering a portion of the item's text in the search input field. To quickly use this feature, use the Ctrl+F key combination.
- The lists load much faster, and the following sections now have a resizable window: System Immunization, System Repair and System Info.
- Added options to immunize Chrome and Firefox in the System Immunization section. Other improvements to this section.
- Added a "Quick load" feature to the system repair section. This feature shows a drop-down list containing the UVKSR files already loaded and those present in well known directoried such as %InstallSourceDir%, and allows to instantly load one of the listed files, or unload the current one.
- Added a new "Save hilighted App in..." context menu to the System Repair list, which allows to export a custom third party app to another UVKSR file, making it easy to transfer your favourite apps to all your UVKSR files.
- The System Info section now also lists installed programs.
- The "Misc tools" and "IT/Geek tools" sections were merged into a new one: Tools and tweaks. This new section not only has all the features of the previous two sections, but it also has many enhancements and new tweaks and tools. The only exception is the previous "Profile backup" feature, which will be replaced in the near future with a new section: Backup and recovery. The help page of the new sections will be available soon.
- The "Options" section also had many enhancements and new available options, so you can setup the application to behave exactly the way you want.
- The portable packages no longer create a start menu folder.
- The application's file layout was changed, and now it always installs both 32 and 64-bit files. If you run the 32-bit main executable (UVK_en.exe) in a 64-bit environment, it will automatically run the 64-bit executable instead (UVK_en64.exe). This allowed us to also provide the application as a simple ZIP archive, where you can put your license, and favourite scripts and other files, making it ideal for remote use.
- New behavior: When %InstallSourceDir% is not defined (for instance, when you use the ZIP version for the first time in a PC), it will default to the "Third party" folder, inside the application's folder itself. So, if you want to put default black lists and scripts in your custom zip, just place them in the "Third party" folder, inside the ZIP file.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.5.3.0 Beta (Sep 26, 2016)
- General debugging and improvement
- Improved the automation of the third party applications
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 9.5.0.0 Beta (Sep 23, 2016)
- The application was completely rewritten in C++. The major differences in this new rewrite are listed below.
- All lists now have a quick search feature, which allows to quickly find an item in the respective list by entering a portion of the item's text in the search input field. To quickly use this feature, use the Ctrl+F key combination.
- The lists load much faster, and the following sections now have a resizable window: System Immunization, System Repair and System Info.
- Added options to immunize Chrome and Firefox in the System Immunization section. Other improvements to this section.
- Added a "Quick load" feature to the system repair section. This feature shows a drop-down list containing the UVKSR files already loaded and those present in well known directoried such as %InstallSourceDir%, and allows to instantly load one of the listed files, or unload the current one.
- Added a new "Save hilighted App in..." context menu to the System Repair list, which allows to export a custom third party app to another UVKSR file, making it easy to transfer your favourite apps to all your UVKSR files.
- The System Info section now also lists installed programs.
- The "Misc tools" and "IT/Geek tools" sections were merged into a new one: Tools and tweaks. This new section not only has all the features of the previous two sections, but it also has many enhancements and new tweaks and tools. The only exception is the previous "Profile backup" feature, which will be replaced in the near future with a new section: Backup and recovery. The help page of the new sections will be available soon.
- The "Options" section also had many enhancements and new available options, so you can setup the application to behave exactly the way you want.
- The portable packages no longer create a start menu folder.
- The application's file layout was changed, and now it always installs both 32 and 64-bit files. If you run the 32-bit main executable (UVK_en.exe) in a 64-bit environment, it will automatically run the 64-bit executable instead (UVK_en64.exe). This allowed us to also provide the application as a simple ZIP archive, where you can put your license, and favourite scripts and other files, making it ideal for remote use.
- New behavior: When %InstallSourceDir% is not defined (for instance, when you use the ZIP version for the first time in a PC), it will default to the "Third party" folder, inside the application's folder itself. So, if you want to put default black lists and scripts in your custom zip, just place them in the "Third party" folder, inside the ZIP file.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 8.0.8.0 (Sep 16, 2016)
- This is probably the last update of the AutoIt UVK version. Time to take a look at the new C++ UVK, faster and more powerful.
- Fixed a few minor bugs.
- Added support for non standard FTP ports, in the Reporting section. Those can be specified in the Server name field, by appending a colon followed by the port number. i.e. example.com:2121 or 124.10.20.30:2121
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 8.0.5.0 (Aug 11, 2016)
- Fixed several minor bugs.
- New feature: The Smart Uninstaller now automatically closes any browser processes launched by the uninstaller processes.
- New feature: Enabling/disabling the User Account Control no longer needs to reboot in order for changes to apply.
- Changed behavior: The EULA is not displayed if a valid license is found, either a branding or common license. Previously, the EULA was only skipped for branding licenses.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 8.0.4.0 (Jul 27, 2016)
- Fixed several reported bugs.
- New feature:
- UVK now also creates a desktop shortcut before each repair operation, in the System repair section. This shortcut is automatically deleted when the repair operation completes, and is intended to quickly resume the operation in case the computer is rebooted or UVK is unexpectedly closed by some other application. The name of the created shortcut is Continue system repair, and it is created in the current user's desktop folder.
- New feature:
- The UVKPortable package now supports a command line switch: -NoRun. When you use this parameter, UVKPortable will not run UVK_en.exe after installing, as is does bu default. Example of a command: UVKPortable.exe /NoRun or UVKPortable.exe -NoRun
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 8.0.3.0 (Jul 25, 2016)
- Fixed reported bug: The application was crashing when running the Run MS Install/Uninstall troubleshooter fix.
- Other minor bug fixes.
- New feature: The Reporting section now ensures that SystemInfo.ini has been created and added to the zip.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 8.0.2.0 (Jul 18, 2016)
- Added a Help button to the Cloud Sync dialog box, which takes you directly to the online help page.
- Fixed a few reported bugs.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 8.0.1.0 (Jul 12, 2016)
- Introducing a new feature: Cloud Sync. This new feature, only available to registered users, allows you to sync application settings, scripts and whitelists from/to the cloud. It is especially useful for remote access.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to its latest version (4.3), which includes the new features and fixes below.
- New Ultra Adware Killer feature: DNS hijack detection. Detected DNS hijackers are displayed in the Autostart tab, more exactly in a new group called DNS hijackers. Note: The group is not displayed if no hijacks are found.
- New Ultra Adware Killer feature: Reset Edge's DOM Storage.
- New Ultra Adware Killer feature: Reset IE's DOM Storage.
- Fixed Ultra Adware Killer bug: Open registry location and Open file location was not working in the Firefox list.
- Fixed reported bug: The System Info section was not displaying the serial number properly in some computers.
- Added a checkbox in the Reporting section: Delete files after sending. This new option allows you to automatically delete the local report files after successfully sending them to your email address or FTP server. This option is exportable to UVKSettings.ini.
- Changed behavior: The Send reports by Email or FTP System repair fix is only executed after the whole repair operation completes. This way, it no longer sends an incomplete professional HTML report.
- New feature: The Delete All Browsers Cookies function also cleans up Internet Explorer's Dom storage.
- New feature: The Clear Internet explorer's history function also cleans the Internet Explorer's Recovery pages.
- Changed behavior: When UVK SU whitelist.ini is present in %InstallSourceDir%, it is directly used by the Smart Uninstaller, automatically updating the white/black list file on the fly.
- Changed behavior: When UAK_White_list.ini is present in %InstallSourceDir%, it is directly used by the Ultra Adware Killer section, automatically updating the whitelist file on the fly.
- Changed behavior: When UVK SR settings.uvksr is present in %InstallSourceDir%, it is directly used by the System Repair, section, allowing to automatically update the default UVKSR file on the fly.
- Changed behavior: Preferences, in the Options section are updated on the fly, when ticking the checkboxes. The Save button was no longer needed, and was replaced with the new Cloud sync option below.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.9.4.0 (Jun 27, 2016)
- Fixed wrong behaviour after clicking the Stop monitoring button, when running third party apps, in the System repair section.
- Updated behaviour when running third party apps, in the System repair section: If a third party app reboots the computer, logs from that app are collected after reboot.
- Updated behavior: UVK no longer asks for passwrod when continuing repair operations, even if the running protection password is enabled.
- Added a new item to the Smart uninstaller's right-click menu: Report as unwanted program. This new option allows you to help us improve the Ultra Adware Killer's dataset by reporting malicious and unwanted programs that are currently not being detected by UAK.
- Added a new Maintenance action to the System repair list: Clear Quick Access and Jump Lists. This new fix removes all items in the Quick access, and Jump lists, on the Start menu and taskbar.
- Added a new Pre-repair action to the System repair list: Disable the User Account Control. This new option allows you to disable the UAC during the repair operation. The UAC can be automatically re-enabled unce the repair operation os complete with the new Enable the User Account Control post-repair option.
- Added a new Pre-repair action to the System repair list: Enable the legacy (F8) boot menu. This new option allows you to enable the old boot menu, activated by pressing F8. Obviously this fix only works on Windows 8 or higher.
- Added a new fix to the System repair and optimization group of the System repair list: Start menu troubleshooter. This fix downloads the same named troubleshooter from Microsoft.com and executes it, troubleshooting problems related to the Start Menu and Cortana.
- Added a new fix to the System repair and optimization group of the System repair list: Windows store apps troubleshooter. This fix downloads the same named troubleshooter from Microsoft.com and executes it, troubleshooting problems related to the modern apps and the Windows store.
- Added a new fix to the System repair and optimization group of the System repair list: Windows update troubleshooter. This fix downloads the same named troubleshooter from Microsoft.com and executes it, troubleshooting problems related to Windows Update.
- Added a new Post repair action to the System repair list: Restore the previous UAC state. This new option will restores the User Account Control (UAC) state it had before the current repair operation, is case you used the new Disable the User Account Control fix.
- Added a new Post repair action to the System repair list: Restore the standard boot menu. This new option will restore the standard boot menu in Windows 8, 8.1 and 10, eventually removing the old F8 boot menu, if it was previously enabled.
- Added a new Post repair action to the System repair list: Enable the User Account Control. This new option will restore the User Account Control (UAC) enabled state.
- Imporoved and debugged the Log analyzer.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.9.1.0 (Jun 10, 2016)
- Fixed bug: The Restore normal boot System repair fix, when checked, was disabling some previous selected fixes.
- Improved the List affected files feature of the Execute prevent section. Replaced the confirmation dialog boxes with a text label and a checkbox in the status area.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.9.0.0 (Jun 7, 2016)
- Fixed bug: The System immunization feature was triggering Windows 10 to reset the default apps
- Fixed bug: UVK was not uploading files to VirusTotal in some cases, even if that option was enabled
- Fixed bug: UVK was not exporting / importing the custom third party directory from UVKSettings.ini
- Fixed other minor bugs
- Added a new item to the System repair list: Prevent resetting default apps. Because Windows 10 keeps periodically resetting the file association, this new tool will fix that issue by preventing some built-in apps such as Microsoft Edge or Photos to be set as the default apps
- Bundled the Prevent resetting default apps feature mentioned above to the Configure Immunization app that's left beyond uninstall. This way users can also setup the blocked built-in apps after uninstalling the product
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.8.7.0 (May 29, 2016)
- Fixed bug: In the System repair section, double-clicking an item in the list automatically unchecked the previous item
- Updated the automation of the third party apps
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.8.6.0 (May 26, 2016)
- General debugging and impovement.
- Updated Ultar Adware Killer to the latest version (4.2.2).
- Improved the Local user profiles System info field. Now it also displays the user's full name and type.
- Improved the Network adapters System info field. Now it also displays the adapter's associated IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, when available.
- Changed the behavior of the Reboot in safe mode and continue System repair action. After using this action, the normal boot will only be restored once the current repair operation is complete, regardless of how many times the PC reboots in the meantime.
- Added a new post repair action to the System repair list: Restore normal boot. If, for some reason this PC is stuck in safe mode boot, this fix will restore the normal boot.
- New System repair item: Auto-logon the current user. This new action allows you to set up automatic logon for the current user. Useful to avoid entering the logon password if the PC is rebooted before the repair operation ends.
- New System repair item: Remove user auto-logon. This new action is intended to undo the Auto-logon the current user fix above, but it can also be used to remove user auto-logon set by other means, such as through the Quick user manager section.
- New System repair item: Defrag the registry if needed. This new action will check the registry hives for fragmentation, and defrag the ones more than 10% fragmented. Note: The computer may be automatically rebooted after running this fix. Also this fix requires activation.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.8.3.0 Beta (Apr 29, 2016)
- General debugging and improvement.
- Changed the behavior of the Reboot in safe mode and continue System repair action. After using this action, the normal boot will only be restored once the current repair operation is complete, regardless of how many times the PC reboots in the meantime.
- Added a new post repair action to the System repair list: Restore normal boot. If, for some reason this PC is stuck in safe mode boot, this fix will restore the normal boot.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.8.2.0 (Apr 26, 2016)
- General debugging and improvement.
- New System repair item: Auto-logon the current user. This new action allows you to set up automatic logon for the current user. Useful to avoid entering the logon password if the PC is rebooted before the repair operation ends.
- New System repair item: Remove user auto-logon. This new action is intended to undo the Auto-logon the current user fix above, but it can also be used to remove user auto-logon set by other means, such as through the Quick user manager section.
- New System repair item: Defrag the registry if needed. This new action will check the registry hives for fragmentation, and defrag the ones more than 10% fragmented. Note: The computer may be automatically rebooted after running this fix. Also this fix requires activation.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.8.1.0 (Apr 12, 2016)
- General debugging and improvement.
- Fixed bug: The Fix IE and Windows Shell fix was lasting indefinitely in some computers.
- New feature: UVK now allows you to send the reports to the email address you wish. You still need to have a valid license in order to send the reports, though.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.8.0.3 (Apr 7, 2016)
- Fixed bug: The application was crashing in some computers, when running the Fix the Windows store and Metro apps fix
- Fixed bug: The application was crashing in some computers, when switching to the System Info section
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.8.0.0 (Apr 5, 2016)
- Fixed bug: The application was crashing on Windows Vista and 7, when checking if a hard drive is SSD.
- New fix: Cleanup notification area cache. This fix will cleanup the tray icon cache for all users. NOTE: The Windows Explorer process will be restarted while this fix is executed.
- New fix: Install the System Update Readiness Tool. This fix only works for Windows Vista and 7. It will download and run the System Update Readiness Tool in unattended mode.
- New fix: Reset Get Windows 10 notifications. This fix, only available on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, will remove all Windows 10 upgrade notifications, including the tray icon and the corresponding Windows update notification.
- New fix: Fix Task scheduler errors. This fix will try to repair Task scheduler related errors, such as when it says "The selected task "{0}" no longer exists". NOTE: This fix is not available for Windows XP.
- Added support for two more script commands: , and which allow to execute the three fixes above from a UVK script.
- Added support for a new script command: This command allows to execute the Clear the shell MuiCache fix directly from a UVK script, in unattended mode.
- Added support for a new script command: This command allows to execute the Clear empty appdata sub directories fix directly from a UVK script, in unattended mode.
- Improved the Log analyzer's code and updated it to automatically insert the commands above.
- New feature: UVK now supports changing the path the Third party folder. It can be set to the same directory as %InstallSourceDir%, or even a custom path. The feature can be found in the Options section, there's a button named Third party folder options.
- New System Info field: Windows product key from BIOS. This new field wil display the Windows product key stored in the UEFI BIOS, when available.
- New feature: When UVK imports the Smart uninstaller's white/black kist, or the Ultra adware killer's white list from the default files, as explained in this help page, any changes to the white lists are updated in the original files.
- Updated the automation of the following third party tools: Kaspersky TDSSKiller and RogueKiller.
- Added a new item to the System repair's context menu: Check recommended maintenance. This button check all recommended maintenance fixes in the list.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version of the tool (4.2).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.7.2.0 (Mar 21, 2016)
- General debugging.
- Fixed: UVK was no longer being able to update Java.
- Improved the Fix corrupted user profiles fix.
- New feature: The local cache of the VirusTotal reports is only valid for 10 days.
- New feature: UVK now skips defragging SSD drives.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.7.1.0 (Feb 27, 2016)
- General debugging
- Fixed Smart uninstaller's bug: When uninstalling programs, the Stop monitoring button of the progress dialog was only working for the first two consecutive programs
- Fixed VirusTotal analysis bug: Pploaded files reported Scan queued, forever
- Fixed Quick user manager's bug. The tool was not allowing to create user accounts with empty passwords. Neither was it allowing to assign empty passwords to existing accounts
- Fixed general bug: The application was requesting the running protection password (when enabled), for some tasks started from the System repair or from the Run script section
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.7.0.0 (Feb 18, 2016)
- General debugging and enhancement.
- Added a new item to the Smart Uninstaller's context menu: Ignore whitelist once. This new button, only available when you're using the Smart uninstaller's white/black list feature, allows you to refresh the list while ignoring the whitelist (displaying all the items). This is useful if you to quickly uninstall one of the whitelisted programs or check if it is installed.
- Improved the hard drive information displayed in the desktop watermark and in the System info section.
- Improved the Configure Immunization feature by adding a check box allowing the user to be notified to re-enable the System Immunization or Execute prevent on the next reboot.
- Improved the VirusTotal list filtering: Files are only uploaded after processing all items. This way you don't need to wait for the uploads to complete before having all other VirusTotal results updated or filtered.
- Added suppor for Environment variables in the Desktop Watermark's PC identification personalized text. Also, the default text for this field is PC: %ComputerName%. | User: %UserName%
- When exporting the system information to an HTML file, UVK now also creates a INI file named SystemInfo.ini, in UVK's install folder. This file is intended to be parsed by repair trcking applications such as PCRT or CRS. We have chosen the INI file format for the effect, as it has parsing support in most programming languages.
- The Autorun manager, Service manager, Alternate streams manager ans Smart uninstaller lists now have auto-chckboxes to help in the selection.
- Updated 2Browse with its latest version 1.5, which includes many improvements and bug fixes, including the removal of annoying script error messages.
- Improved the VirusTotal analysis feature. We've worked directly with the VirusTotal team to provide faster retrieval of the VT reports, and also a better user experience, while reducing the VirusTotal bandwidth load. UVK no longer requests old reports to be rescanned, as it used to. Users can still manually rescan a file or URL directly from the Rescan file or Rescan URL link of the VirusTotal HTML reports generated by UVK.
- Added three more information fields to the System Info list: Windows activation state, User account control state and System restore state.
- The Smart uninstaller now remembers the last state of the Hide Microsoft signed files check box.
- Fixed reported bug: The application was not creating a Windows firewall exception for FTP at install time.
- Fixed reported bug: The HDD information displayed in the System info and the Desktop watermark was not accurate in some computers.
- Fixed reported bug: The Smart uninstaller was no longer showing up the Stop monitoring button while uninstalling programs.
- Removed some of the functionality of the Fix the Windows store and Metro apps on Windows 10. This is because the fix was causing some severe issues to the metro apps in Windows 10 when the OS has been upgraded to build 10586. Until we figure out why this is happening, the fix wil limited functionality on Windows 10.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.6.0.0 (Feb 18, 2016)
- General debugging and enhancement.
- All our executables are now signed using a certificate with a SHA-256 hash signature, as requested by the newest Microsoft code signing requirements.
- Added VirusTotal information directly to the lists, in the Process Manager, Memory Modules Manager, Autorun Manager, Service Manager and Smart Uninstaller sections. Also added the option to remove all items with clean VirusTotal results from the lists (not available for the process manager).
- Added a new maintenance action, in the System repair list: Clear the shell MuiCache. If the Shell's list of most recently used programs becomes too long, it may slow down the Windows file explorer. This new fix will clear that list for the current user.
- Added a new maintenance action, in the System repair list: Clear empty appdata sub directories. Some programs leave orphan empty appdata sub-directories behind, which can accumulate over time. This fix will remove those folders.
- Added a new post repair action, in the System repair list: Uninstall the application. This new option uninstalls UVK after running the selected fixes above, if any. You can combine any other fixes with this one, if you want to automatically uninstall UVK after running them.
- SysInternals sigcheck.exe is now shipped with the application, as requested in the forum. it can be found in the cleanup_tool sub directory of the UVK's install folder. However, I'm yet to decide whether I will keep including this file. It doesn't make much sense to ship files not used by the application itself.
- Added a new command to the Enable and run dropdown box of the IT/Geeks section: Sigcheck.exe /tv. This command uses sigcheck, from sysinternals to check for the existance of untrusted root certificates. If the tool finds any, you can take action to remove them. Fixed bug: UVKSetup was not installing when using the -Auto command line switch.
- Fixed bug: The application was crashing when using the Delete parent directory feature of the Process manager.
- The window is now resizeable in the Ultra Adware Killer section.
- Other improvements to Ultra Adware Killer.
- Updated the Third party scans.
- Added two more options to the Toggle enable/disable dropdown box of the IT/Geek tools and tweaks section:
- Fast Startup (Windows 8+): Enables or disables the Fast boot feature introduced in Windows 8.
- Windows Defender PUP detection: Enables or disables the Windows Defender PUP detection hidden feature.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.5.1.0 (Oct 17, 2015)
- General debugging and improvement.
- The log analyzer was completely rewritten in C++. Many new features were added, especially in the command insertion helper function. Improvements were also made to the Log analysis, VirusTotal reports and the Control Info Tool features.
- The improvements in the VirusTotal reporting features were also made to UVK itself.
- Added support for two new script commands: , and . These new commands allow to run the Reset Microsoft Edge, Fix corrupted user profiles, and Repair Windows using Dism.exe fixes, added to UVK in the last update, from a script.
- Added a new System repair item: Uninstall programs, and the associated script command: . This new feature allows to run a separate instance of the Smart Uninstaller in a specific part of the repair operation.
- Added a new System repair item: Send reports by Email or FTP, and the corresponding script command: . This new feature allows to send the reports to your email address or FTP server after the repair operation, or in a specific part of a UVK script.
- Fixed bug: UVK was unable to import the Create desktop shortcut to my home page upon uninstall feature from UVKSettings.ini.
- The Create desktop shortcut to my home page upon uninstall feature now creates a shortcut with a branded icon.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.4.1.0 (Sep 4, 2015)
- General debugging and improvement.
- New fix: Repair Windows using Dism.exe. This new fix, available only for Windows 8 and higher, and for registered users, uses the "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" command to restore the health of the current Windows installation. This fix can take long to complete, so please be patient.
- New fix: Fix corrupted user profiles. This fix will try to detect and repair corrupted user profiles, and fix system errors such as"The User Profile Service failed the logon" an "User profile cannot be loaded".
- New fix: Reset Microsoft Edge. This fix will reset Microsoft's new browser to its default settings, including home pages, search providers and preferences. You have better control of what to reset with Ultra Adware Killer
- New feature: When creating custom third party apps, the input fileds for the downloaded file and the first command have a drop-down arrow, which allows to choose between %ThirdParty% and %InstallSourceDir%.
- Improved the automation of the third party built-in scans and fixed bugs in the Super AntiSpyware and AdwCleaner automation.
- Fixed bug: The Smart Uninstaller was not able to uninstall some programs.
- Fixed bug: The and command were not logging the result of the operation.
- Fixed bug: On Windows 10, after deleting a scheduled task, it was still displayed in the list, even after refreshing.
- Fixed bug: The System Info HTML file created from the Reporting section was not loading the saved groups to export.
- Fixed bug: The Fix the Windows store and Metro apps fix was not working on Windows 10. The fix was also improved: now it re-installs all installed Winsows Store apps.
- Updated 2Browse with the latest version (1.4.2).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.4.0.0 (Aug 27, 2015)
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer to the latest version (4.0). New features in the new version include:
- A new scanned area: Autostart. The application now scans Autostart locations.
- A new scanned browser: MS Edge. The application now scans vulnerable areas of the new Windows 10 browser.
- Improvements in the Internet Explorer and Chrome scans.
- Other improvements and bug fixes.
- Integrated 2Browse with the application. The old Links button in the Welcome screen was replaced with a button that launches our new internet browser and file explorer.
- HTML reports and internet locations are now opened with 2Browse.
- Automatic detection of RogueKiller's configuration file (rk_config.ini) in the %InstallSourceDir% path. If the file is found, it is automatically copied to RogueKiller's path.
- General debugging and improvement.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.3.7.0 (Aug 6, 2015)
- Fixed an important bug in the Auto-Update feature
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.3.6.0 (Aug 4, 2015)
- General debugging and improvement.
- Improved compatibility with Windows 10.
- Fixed bug: The Softpedia download (in UVK scripts and System repair apps) was no longer working because of a change in the softpedia pages.
- Fixed bug: Ultra Adware Killer was not white listing some iems correctly.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version of the application (3.3).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.3.5.0 (Jul 20, 2015)
- General debugging and improvement. Fixed several reported bugs. A big Thank You to all the users who reported bugs..
- UVK now supports commands to open files, and even with extra command line parameters.
- Improved the Smart Uninstaller's application folder detection.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version of the application.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.3.2.0 (Jul 2, 2015)
- Fixed bug: The application was ocasionally crashing when deleting files (important).
- Improved the file removal functions.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.3.1.0 (Jun 29, 2015)
- Fixed bug: The new Configure immunization after uninstall feature was not setting the permissions properly on Windows 8/8.1 (important).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.3.0.0 (Jun 29, 2015)
- General debugging and application improvement.
- Fixed bug: Auto-updates change the value of %InstallSourceDir%, if UVK was previously installed through UVKSetup.exe.
- Fixed bug: The Reset IE and Internet settings fix was not working properly if the System immunization was enabled.
- New feature: The System Booster now remembers the previous selection of the areas to be scanned.
- New feature: Post uninstall Immunization setup. When UVK is uninstalled, if System immunization or Execute prevent is ON, a desktop shortcut named named Configure immunization is created. Executing this program allows to enable/disable the System immunization or Execute prevent. The shortcut is only created if you do not choose to perform a clean uninstall, and System immunization or Execute prevent is on.
- New feature: On the branding version, UVK can be configured to create a desktop internet shortcut pointing to your website when UVK is uninstalled. This option can be enabled in the Options section by checking Create desktop shortcut to my home page upon uninstall. Once enabled, you can export this setting to %InstallSourceDir%\UVK SU whitelist.ini, so UVKPortable or UVKSetup will automatically load it.
- New Smart uninstaller feature: White/Black list. You can now whitelist ot blacklist any item in the uninstall list.
- Whitelisted items don't show up in the list. Blacklist items, if any, are automatically selected. You can quicly select all blacklisted items by pressing the Select blacklisted context menu button.
- The list can be easily managed by pressing the Whitelist & Blacklist manager context menu button. This will allow you to reset previously whitelisted /blackisted items, and also import/export the list from/to an external INI file.
- If you export the list to %InstallSourceDir%\UVK SU whitelist.ini, UVKPortable or UVKSetup will automatically load it.
- The lists are based on the uninstall entry's name and product publisher. Programs are whitelisted or blacklisted regardless of their version.
- New fix in the System repair section list: Reboot in safe mode and continue. This new fix allows you to reboot the computer in safe mode with networking and continue the repair operation in that mode, starting on the next selected fix/app.
- Added support for some more files that can be placed in the %InstallSourceDir% folder, and UVK would automatically load them by default. Those files must have the following names, in order for the UVK packages to automatically detect them. More info here.
- Added a text label in the welcome screen indicating whether the System immunization and Execute prevent are enabled.
- New fix: Reset WLAN profiles and settings. This fix will reset everything related to WIFI, including saved profiles and passwords. Use this fix only if you're having WIFI issues.
- New command for UVK scripts: . This new command performs the same actions as the Reset WLAN profiles and settings fix mentioned above.
- Updated the Log analyzer's Insert(2) menu with the new command.
- New supported command line switch: -Passive. This new switch can be used instead of -Auto, in the various UVK command line options. The difference between -Passive and -Auto is that the former shows progress info, while the latter doesn't show any user interface.
- New feature: UVK now remembers the System info groups selected to export to the HTML file. Like most UVK settings, this one can be saved to an ini file, in the Options section. This ini file, if placed in the same directory as a UVK package, will be automatically loaded, and the settings imported.
- New feature: You can now save the Ultra Adware Killer's whitelist in the same path as UVKPortable, and the white list will be automatically imported by the UVK package. Useful to quickly trasfer the same whitelist to all the computers you work on. The file name of the INI file to save next to UVKPortable must imperatively be UAK_White_list, or it will not be loaded.
- New feature: Desktop watermark. This new feature consists of a semi-transparent window displaying several information fields. This feature was requested in the forums.
- Great enhancement of the Ultra Adware Killer's browsers scan. UAK now lists Chrome and Firefox modified Home Pages, installed search providers and extensions. Because of this enhancement, the browser reset options are no longer checked by default, but you can still check the ones you wish to apply.
- New Ultra Adware Killer's feature: A local while list. You can now white list any items you want by right-clicking the desired item and selecting Whitelist this item. You can manage the local white list by pressing the Menu button, and selecting Whitelist manager. This option allows you to delete items from the white list, export and import the white list, so you can easily transfer it to another computer.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.2.11.0 RC2 (Jun 16, 2015)
- General internal debugging and improvement.
- The internet shortcut created by UVK on uninstall can now be configured. Both the name and target URL can be changed.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.2.10.0 RC1 (Jun 15, 2015)
- Fixed a few small bugs in the previous beta.
- New feature: On the branding version, UVK can be configured to create a desktop internet shortcut pointing to your website when UVK is uninstalled. This option can be enabled in the Options section by checking Create desktop shortcut to my home page upon uninstall. Once enabled, you can export this setting to %InstallSourceDir%\UVK SU whitelist.ini, so UVKPortable or UVKSetup will automatically load it.
- This is a realease candidate. No more features will be added in this release.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.2.9.0 Beta (Jun 15, 2015)
- Fixed a few small bugs in the previous beta.
- New Smart uninstaller feature: Blacklist items, if any, are automatically selected.
- New Smart uninstaller feature: Programs are whitelisted or blacklisted regardless of their version. This is done by stripping out the version string in the white/black list.
- Removed flicker when updating the Desktop watermark items.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.2.8.0 Beta (Jun 15, 2015)
- Fixed a few small bugs in the previous beta.
- New Smart uninstaller feature: White/Black list. You can now whitelist ot blacklist any item in the uninstall list.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.2.7.0 Beta (Jun 15, 2015)
- Fixed a few small bugs in the previous beta.
- New feature: When available, UVK now shows HDD S.M.A.R.T. failure prediction information and number of working hours in the System info section and in the new Desktop watermark.
- New fix in the System repair section list: Reboot in safe mode and continue. This new fix allows you to reboot the computer in safe mode with networking and continue the repair operation in that mode, starting on the next selected fix/app.
- Added support for some more files that can be placed in the %InstallSourceDir% folder, and UVK would automatically load them by default. Those files must have the folloing names, in order for the UVK packages to automatically detect them.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.2.6.0 Beta (Jun 15, 2015)
- General debugging and code improvement.
- Added a text label in the welcome screen indicating whether the System immunization and Execute prevent are enabled.
- New fix: Reset WLAN profiles and settings. This fix will reset everything related to WIFI, including saved profiles and passwords. Use this fix only if you're having WIFI issues.
- New command for UVK scripts: . This new command performs the same actions as the Reset WLAN profiles and settings fix mentioned above.
- Updated the Log analyzer's Insert(2) menu with the new command.
- New supported command line switch: -Passive. This new switch can be used instead of -Auto, in the various UVK command line options. The difference between -Passive and -Auto is that the former shows progress info, while the latter doesn't show any user interface.
- New feature: UVK now remembers the System info groups selected to export to the HTML file. Like most UVK settings, this one can be saved to an ini file, in the Options section. This ini file, if placed in the same directory as a UVK package, will be automatically loaded, and the settings imported.
- New feature: You can now save the Ultra Adware Killer's whitelist in the same path as UVKPortable, and the white list will be automatically imported by the UVK package. Useful to quickly trasfer the same whitelist to all the computers you work on. The file name of the INI file to save next to UVKPortable must imperatively be UAK_White_list, or it will not be loaded.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.2.5.0 Beta (Jun 15, 2015)
- General debugging and code improvement.
- New feature: Desktop watermark. This new feature consists of a semi-transparent window displaying several information fields. This feature was requested in the forums.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.2.4.0 Beta (May 26, 2015)
- General debugging and code improvement.
- Great enhancement of the Ultra Adware Killer's browsers scan. UAK now lists Chrome and Firefox modified Home Pages, installed search providers and extensions. Because of this enhancement, the browser reset options are no longer checked by default, but you can still check the ones you wish to apply.
- New Ultra Adware Killer's feature: A local while list. You can now white list any items you want by right-clicking the desired item and selecting Whitelist this item. You can manage the local white list by pressing the Menu button, and selecting Whitelist manager. This option allows you to delete items from the white list, export and import the white list, so you can easily transfer it to another computer.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.2.3.0 (Apr 28, 2015)
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.2.0.0 (Apr 25, 2015)
- General debugging and code improvement.
- New feature: The System Info section now allows to choose which groups to export to the html file, and also the name of the html file itself.
- New feature: You can now run several simultaneous instances of UVK.
- Improved the way UVK logs its actions to the log file. Logs are now formated by section, the information is written in a more comprehensive way, and only the relevant actions are logged.
- Removed Junkware removal tool from the third party apps list, in the System repair section, as per the author's request.
- In the previous versions of UVK, system restore point were only created if there was no restore point created in the last 24 hours. No UVK forces the creation of the restore point, regardless of the time the last one was created.
- The Ultra Adware killer engine and database was completely rewritten from scratch. The application now provides a more flexible interface, where it becomes much easier to choose the items to remove/fix, and the browser reset actions to take.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.1.1.0 (Mar 27, 2015)
- General debugging and code improvement.
- Updated the MBAM scan's automation. It was not working properly in the latest version of the tool.
- Updated the Ultra Adware Killer's database, and code. Now using version 1.6.
- Fixed: The MalwareBytes AntiMalware scan builtin app was no longer downloading because of some recent changes in an html page.
- Fixed: The Install/Update Java fix was no longer downloading because of some recent changes in an html page.
- Added a new fix to the System repair fixes/apps list: Set technician power settings. This new fix will optimize the current power scheme settings for the repair operation: Close lid does nothing, auto sleep is disabled, hard drives and displays are always on, dim display after 5 minutes. This fix is not available on Windows XP.
- Added a new fix to the System repair fixes/apps list: Reset power settings. This fix will apply the following settings for the current power scheme: Close lid action: Sleep. HDD power off and sleep timeout: 30 min. Dim display timeout: 5 min. Display power off: 20 min.
- UVKSetup.exe, UVKPortable.exe and UVKPortable.com were completely recoded from scratch, in C++. Previous versions were coded in AutoIt. The new packages install faster and are around 1 MB smaller than the previous ones.
- Updated the Reset IE and Internet settings fix to use the latest version of the search providers for IE.
- Added a new built in third party app to the System repair fixes/apps list: Ultra Adware Killer scan. This new app will launch Ultra Adware killer and automatically start a scan.
- Added a new fix to the System repair fixes/apps list: Reset CD burning queue. This new fix will reset the CD/DVD burning queue. Any files pending to be burned to CD or DVD will no longer be burned.
- New command for UVK scripts: . This new command starts an Ultra adware killer scan. The adware scan will be automatically started but the removal process is not automated.
- New command for UVK scripts: . This new command clears and resets the print spooler queue. Any files pending to be printed will no longer be printed.
- New command for UVK scripts: . This new command clears and resets the CD/DVD burning queue. Any files pending to be burned to CD or DVD will no longer be burned.
- Fixed reported bug: UVK was not running scripts in silent mode (using the -Auto switch).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.1.1.0 RC 2 (Mar 25, 2015)
- Fixed bug in the new C++ UVK packages: The license key file association was not being created properly.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.1.0.0 RC (Mar 25, 2015)
- Updated the MBAM scan's automation. It was not working properly for the latest version of the tool.
- Fixed some bugs and made some improvements in the UVK packages, now written in C++.
- Updated the Ultra Adware killer's database, and code. Now using version 1.6.
- Other bug fixes and improvements. This build is the first cadidate to the stable release.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.0.0.4 Beta (Mar 23, 2015)
- Fixed: The MalwareBytes AntiMalware scan builtin app was no longer downloading because of some recent changes in an html page.
- Fixed: The Install/Update Java fix was no longer downloading because of some recent changes in an html page.
- Added a new fix to the System repair fixes/apps list: Set technician power settings. This new fix will optimize the current power scheme settings for the repair operation: Close lid does nothing, auto sleep is disabled, hard drives and displays are always on, dim display after 5 minutes. This fix is not available on Windows XP.
- Added a new fix to the System repair fixes/apps list: Reset power settings. This fix will apply the following settings for the current power scheme: Close lid action: Sleep. HDD power off and sleep timeout: 30 min. Dim display timeout: 5 min. Display power off: 20 min.
- UVKSetup.exe, UVKPortable.exe and UVKPortable.com were completely recoded from scratch, in C++. Previous versions were coded in AutoIt. The new packages install faster and are around 1 MB smaller than the previous ones.
- Updated the Ultra Adware Killer database.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.0.0.3 Beta (Mar 12, 2015)
- Updated the Reset IE and Internet settings fix to use the latest version of the search providers for IE.
- Updated Ultra Adware Killer with the latest version of the tool (1.5).
- Added a new built in third party app to the System repair fixes/apps list: Ultra Adware Killer scan. This new app will launch Ultra Adware killer and automatically start a scan.
- Added a new fix to the System repair fixes/apps list: Reset CD burning queue. This new fix will reset the CD/DVD burning queue. Any files waiting to be burned to CD or DVD will no longer be burned.
- New command for UVK scripts: . This new command starts an Ultra adware killer scan. The adware scan will be automatically started but the removal process is not automated.
- New command for UVK scripts: . This new command clears and resets the print spooler queue. Any files pending to be printed will no longer be printed.
- New command for UVK scripts: . This new command clears and resets the CD/DVD burning queue. Any files pending to be burned to CD or DVD will no longer be burned.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.0.0.2 Beta (Mar 12, 2015)
- Fixed reported bug: UVK was not running scripts in silent mode (using the -Auto switch).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.0.0.1 (Mar 5, 2015)
- Fixed reported bug: The application was crashing with an AutoIt error when running the Reset and fix the Windows firewall fix, in the System repair section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 7.0.0.0 (Mar 4, 2015)
- General debugging and application improvement.
- New section: Quick User Manager. More info in the corresponding help page.
- New section: Ultra Adware Killer. More info in the corresponding help page.
- New Process manager feature: Delete parent directory. This new feature can be accessed in the process list's context menu, and it can be used to move the whole folder where the selected file resides to the recycle bin. To use with caution.
- New Smart uninstaller feature: Create uninstall entry. This new feature allows you to add custom uninstall entries to the uninstal list.
- New feature: UVK now collects the logs from the following third party applications: Malwarebytes Antimalware, Super AntiSpyware, RogueKiller, TDSSKiller, AdwCleaner and Junkware removal tool. After those applications are executed in the System repair section, the logs are copied to the C:\Program data\UVK\Third party logs folder. This folder is automatically added to the reports zip, in the Reporting section.
- New feature: Added support for sending the reports to your email address or FTP server from the command line.
- New System repair feature: You can now cancell all apps/fixes while they are running.
- New System repair feature: You can now update the apps/fixes selection while they are running. However, UVK will only take in account items updated below the fix/app it is currently processing.
- New Run scripts feature: You can now cancell running a UVK script anytime.
- New Log Analyzer feature: If you launch the Log analyzer by pressing the Create script button in the Run scripts section, when you press F5 or the Run script menu item, the log analyzer will send the script directly to UVK instead of launching a new UVK instance.
- New skin: Abstract. This new theme has a beautiful abstract background image.
- System booster's bug fixed: When scanning for invalid shortcuts, UVK was generating a Windows error saying There is no disc in the drive. This was only happening for shortcuts whose target files resided in a CD/DVD drive.
- Fixed reported bug. The smart uninstaller was not showing all uninstall entries on some computers.
- Updated the Install/Update Visual C++ runtime fix. Noe it also updates the VC++ 2013 runtime.
- Updated the Reporting feature to automatically add the Ultra adware Killer logs to the zip file.
- Improved the System repair section: The fixes/apps selection can be updated while the selected fixes are already running. However UVK will only take in account the selection changes made to the items below the one that is currently running.
- The Install/Update Flash fix now also updates the flash player for Chrome.
- Improved the Reset Chrome and Reset Chrome (All users) fixes.
- Improved the Reset Firefox and Reset Firefox (All users) fixes.
- Other improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.9.6.0 RC 1 (Mar 2, 2015)
- Included the Ultra adware killer database in the UVK packages. This increased the size of the UVK packages by over 400 KB, but it will allow to run the Ultra adware killer scan even if there is no internet connection available.
- New System repair fix: Reset print spooler data. This new fix clears and resets the print spooler queue.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.9.5.0 Beta (Feb 27, 2015)
- Fixed bug in previous beta: The application was crashing while performing the Ultra Adware killer scan.
- Added a new item to the Enable and run drop down box, in the IT/Geek tools and tweaks section: Certificate manager. This new feature allows you to quickly manage the installed certificates.
- Updated Ultra Adware killer with the version 1.3. This new version has performance improvements, and the lists now have a context menu with three items: Open item location, Check all and Check none. You can use these menu items to quickly set the check state of all the items in the current list, or jump to the selected item's location, also available by double-clicking the list's item.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.9.4.0 Beta (Feb 26, 2015)
- General debugging and improvement.
- New Process manager feature: Delete parent directory. This new feature can be accessed in the process list's context menu, and it can be used to move the whole folder where the selected file resides to the recycle bin. To use with caution.
- New Smart uninstaller feature: Create uninstall entry. This new feature allows you to add custom uninstall entries to the uninstal list.
- System booster's bug fixed: When scanning for invalid shortcuts, UVK was generating a Windows error saying There is no disc in the drive. This was only happening for shortcuts whose target files resided in a CD/DVD drive.
- New Log Analyzer feature: If you launch the Log analyzer by pressing the Create script button in the Run scripts section, when you press F5 or the Run script menu item, the log analyzer will send the script directly to UVK instead of launching a new UVK instance.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.9.3.0 Beta (Feb 23, 2015)
- General debugging and improvement.
- New feature: UVK now collects the logs from the following third party applications: Malwarebytes Antimalware, Super AntiSpyware, RogueKiller, TDSSKiller, AdwCleaner and Junkware removal tool. After those applications are executed in the System repair section, the logs are copied to the C:\Program data\UVK\Third party logs folder. This folder is automatically added to the reports zip, in the Reporting section.
- New feature: Added support for sending the reports to your email address or FTP server from the command line.
- Updated Ultra Adware killer with the latest version of the application: 1.2.0.0. This new version scans more registry locations and has security improvements.
- Updated the Install/Update Visual C++ runtime fix. Noe it also updates the VC++ 2013 runtime.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.9.2.0 Beta (Feb 17, 2015)
- General debugging and improvement.
- Updated the Reporting feature to automatically add the Ultra adware Killer logs to the zip file.
- Fixed bug in the new Ultra Adware killer section: The application stopped responding with high processor usage when trying to resize the lists columns. This was only happening after a scan.
- Fixed bug in the new Ultra Adware killer section: The application crashed when clicking the Welcome screen link while a scan was running.
- Improved the System repair section: The fixes/apps selection can be updated while the selected fixes are already running. However UVK will only take in account the selection changes made to the items below the one that is currently running.
- The Install/Update Flash fix now also updates the flash player for Chrome.
- Other improvements.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.9.1.0 Beta (Feb 16, 2015)
- General debugging and improvement.
- Proudly released the new so long waited Ultra Adware killer section. You can find more info in the corresponding help page.
- Improved the Reset Chrome and Reset Chrome (All users) fixes.
- Improved the Reset Firefox and Reset Firefox (All users) fixes.
- Fixed reported bug. The smart uninstaller was not showing all uninstall entries on some computers.
- New feature: You can now cancell all apps/fixes while they are running (System repair section).
- New feature: You can now cancell running a UVK script anytime (Run scripts section).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.9.0.0 Beta (Jan 14, 2015)
- General debugging and improvement.
- New section: Quick user manager. More info in the corresponding help page. There is also another new section currently in development: Ultra adware killer, which will be available soon for testing.
- New skin: Abstract. This new theme has a beautiful abstarct background image.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.5.0 (Dec 4, 2014)
- General debugging and application improvement.
- File hash calculation is now skipped for files greater than 64 MB, which is the max file size for Virustotal uploads. This will improve performance when creating the UVK log, and also prevent the application from blocking while calculating the hash of a big file.
- Improved the VirusTotal report feature.
- Fixed a few memory leaks in the string parsing functions exported by UVK.dll.
- Improved the string parsing functions exported by UVK.dll. For instance, parsing a large HOSTS file, in the Autorun manager section should now be much faster.
- Updated the Install windows fixit center fix, in the System repair section. Now it uses the new MS Fixit portable, which contains 28 troubleshooters. The tool is installed in the Third party folder and the setup process is fully automated.
- Improved the download related functions. Updating the third party applications is now faster and more reliable.
- Fixed: The Smart uninstaller was not showing all uninstall entries in some computers.
- Debugged and improved the "Continue system repair on reboot" feature. This feature is still under testing, but so far it seems to be working fine. Any feedback is appreciated.
- New feature: After cleaning the temp folders, UVK tells how much free HDD space has been gained.
- Updated the System health indicator, in the System errors scan. Since the System booster now finds errors in more locations, the health levels were also increased to the double of the previous ones.
- The System booster scan now also searches for invalid references to Windows help files. Additionally, the Invalid file extensions scan is more accurate.
- Updated the RogueKiller scan third party app. Now it uses the 64 or 32 bits version according to the actual OS archtecture. Thanks Charger440!
- Added a new field to the Professional report settings dialog box (System repair): Report ID. You can set this field with some information that will help you identify the report later. This feature was requested in the forum.
- Added %ProgramData%\Adobe to the Execute prevent unrestricted paths, if Common application data is checked.
- UVK now saves the Professional report's Client name for the next times you use the System repair section. Hopefully this will save you some time when the client name is different from the logged on user name.
- Both client name and Report ID are saved in the registry until you perform a UVK's clean uninstall.
- New feature: Professional reports also survive reboot. When UVK continues a system repair operation after a reboot it will remember the professional report used before reboot, and continue writing to it.
- New feature: When UVKPortable is launched by dragging a UVKSR file over UVKPortable.exe, UVK will always load that UVKSR file when you go to the System repair section, until you either unload the file or unset Auto load the last UVKSR file, in the Options section.
- Updated the download urls for the new RogueKiller scan third party app.
- The System booster also scans for errors in the Windows installer database.
- Changed the behaviour of the List menu button, in the System repair section. Now the menu is displayed right above the button, and clicking the List menu button toggles the menu's visible state. More adequate for touch screens.
- New fix: Install/Update Shockwave player. This new fix will install or update the Adobe shockwave player. The process is totally automated, even if "Use unattended mode" is unchecked.
- New custom command: . This new command runs the Install/Update Shockwave player fix above from a UVK script.
- Updated the Log analyzer to support the new command above.
- Fixed: Cancelling the download of a third party app was not cancelling the app itself. This bug was reported in the forum.
- Improved the Smart uninstaller's forced uninstall feature. Now it removes all Windows installer information of the selected programs, where applicable.
- New fix: Run MS Install/Uninstall troubleshooter. This new fix downloads and runs the Microsoft troubleshooter for program install/uninstall issues.
- New fix: Cleanup MSI orphan files. When installing/uninstalling programs results in errors, orphan files are left over in the Windows installer folder, which may, over time, use a large ammount of HDD space. This fix will safely remove those orphan files.
- New fix: Run full disk cleanup. This new fix will run the Windows disk cleanup utility and scan the system drive. On Windows vista and higher, Windows update and Service pack files will be automatically scanned.
- Added three new custom commands: , and , to support running the new fixes above from a UVK script.
- Updated the Log analyzer to support the three new commands above.
- New built in third party app: RogueKiller scan. UVK will download RogueKiller if it's not already up to date, and run the tool.
- New built in third party app: Junkware removal tool. UVK will download JRT if it's not already up to date, and automatically start a scan.
- Added two new custom commands: , , to support running the new apps above from a UVK script.
- Updated the Log analyzer to support the two new commands above.
- The Smart uninstaller now scans more registry locations, including Firewall rules and Windows installer folders.
- The registry backup/restore feature also saves/restores the System user registry hive (HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.4.7 RC (Nov 25, 2014)
- General debugging and improvement. This is mostly a bug fixing release.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.4.6 RC (Nov 25, 2014)
- Improved the download related functions. Updating the third party applications is now faster and more reliable.
- Fixed: The Smart uninstaller was not showing all uninstall entries in some computers.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.4.5 RC (Nov 19, 2014)
- Debugged and improved the "Continue system repair on reboot" feature. This feature is still under testing, but so far it seems to be working fine. Any feedback is appreciated.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.4.4 RC (Nov 18, 2014)
- New feature: After cleaning the temp folders, UVK tells how much free HDD space has been gained.
- Updated the System health indicator, in the System errors scan. Since the System booster now finds errors in more locations, the health levels were also increased to the double of the previous ones.
- The System booster scan now also searches for invalid references to Windows help files. Additionally, the Invalid file extensions scan is more accurate.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.4.3 Beta (Nov 16, 2014)
- Updated the RogueKiller scan third party app. Now it uses the 64 or 32 bits version according to the actual OS archtecture.
- Added a new field to the Professional report settings dialog box (System repair): Report ID. You can set this field with some information that will help you identify the report later. This feature was requested in the forum.
- Added %ProgramData%\Adobe to the Execute prevent unrestricted paths, if Common application data is checked.
- UVK now saves the Professional report's Client name for the next times you use the System repair section. Hopefully this will save you some time when the client name is different from the logged on user name.
- Both client name and Report ID are saved in the registry until you perform a UVK's clean uninstall.
- New feature: Professional reports also survive reboot. When UVK continues a system repair operation after a reboot it will remember the professional report used before reboot, and continue writing to it.
- New feature: When UVKPortable is launched by dragging a UVKSR file over UVKPortable.exe, UVK will always load that UVKSR file when you go to the System repair section, until you either unload the file or unset Auto load the last UVKSR file, in the Options section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.4.2 Beta (Nov 16, 2014)
- Updated the download urls for the new RogueKiller scan third party app.
- The System booster also scans for errors in the Windows installer database.
- Changed the behaviour of the List menu button, in the System repair section. Now the menu is displayed right above the button, and clicking the List menu button toggles the menu's visible state. More adequate for touch screens.
- New fix: Install/Update Shockwave player. This new fix will install or update the Adobe shockwave player. The process is totally automated, even if "Use unattended mode" is unchecked.
- New custom command: . This new command runs the Install/Update Shockwave player fix above from a UVK script.
- Updated the Log analyzer to support the new command above.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.4.1 Beta (Nov 16, 2014)
- Fixed: Cancelling the download of a third party app was not cancelling the app itself. This bug was reported in the forum.
- Improved the Smart uninstaller's forced uninstall feature. Now it removes all Windows installer information of the selected programs, where applicable.
- New fix: Run MS Install/Uninstall troubleshooter. This new fix downloads and runs the Microsoft troubleshooter for program install/uninstall issues.
- New fix: Cleanup MSI orphan files. When installing/uninstalling programs results in errors, orphan files are left over in the Windows installer folder, which may, over time, use a large ammount of HDD space. This fix will safely remove those orphan files.
- New fix: Run full disk cleanup. This new fix will run the Windows disk cleanup utility and scan the system drive. On Windows vista and higher, Windows update and Service pack files will be automatically scanned.
- Added three new custom commands: , and , to support running the new fixes above from a UVK script.
- Updated the Log analyzer to support the three new commands above.
- New built in third party app: RogueKiller scan. UVK will download RogueKiller if it's not already up to date, and run the tool.
- New built in third party app: Junkware removal tool. UVK will download JRT if it's not already up to date, and automatically start a scan.
- Added two new custom commands: , , to support running the new apps above from a UVK script.
- Updated the Log analyzer to support the two new commands above.
- The Smart uninstaller now scans more registry locations, including Firewall rules and Windows installer folders.
- The registry backup/restore feature also saves/restores the System user registry hive (HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.4.0 (Nov 5, 2014)
- General debugging and application improvement.
- The system booster now scans for invalid paths in more registry keys.
- Fixed: Some registry backups were no longer being listed after performing a registry restore.
- Added some more paths to the Execute prevent exclusions, to allow java updates. Users still need to press Save & apply to apply the new paths.
- The Fix install problems fix now also grants access to the Windows installer registry database.
- Fixed: The registry seeker was not displaying values with names shorter than 2 characters.
- The Registry seeker now stops the scan if more than 10000 items are found.
- Fixed variable leaked in one of the UVK.dll functions.
- Fixed several typos in the application's text.
- Improved compatibility with all windows themes, including high contrast.
- Added PC owner and organization info to the System info list. This info can be edited by pressing the new Edit owner info button.
- The Smart uninstaller now automatically sets the install date of the installed programs that don't set it themselves.
- The System booster now also searches for empty registry keys in several locations, and invalid firewall rules.
- The Execute prevent feature now allows you to list the affected files, and add paths to the exclusions list, directly from the affected files list (requested feature).
- Browsing the registry for a key no longer uses the registry editor. Instead it uses a dedicated window containing a tree of the registry. This feature is used by the Misc tools and Registry seeker sections.
- The Check all menu button, in the System repair list's context menu was renamed Check all recomended. Now clicking this button checks only the items we think they should be executed more often. Obviously you can check other items as you wish.
- Added a new fix to the the System repair list: Clear the shell cache. The Windows shell saves folder view, position and size in a registry database. This fix will clear that database, which improves the response of the shell, but it will forget any previously saved folder view, position and size.
- Added a new custom command to run the fix above from a UVK script: . Also updated the Log analyzer's Insert (3) menu with a button that insersts that command.
- Changed the Reset registry and file permissions fix. Now it will also fix the access control entries if they have been corrupted by other programs.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.1.2 (Nov 5, 2014)
- Fixed: The System info section was not exporting all the fields to the html file.
- Fixed: Immunizing the Main IE entries was not working correctly if there was no IE start page defined for a user.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.1.1 (Oct 13, 2014)
- Fixed some bugs that could that could make the application crash in some situations, while performing the scans, or populating the lists.
- Fixed: The Execute prevent feature was preventing skype update/install, if Common Application data was checked. Users need to apply the Execute prevent settings again for changes to take effect.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.1.0 (Oct 6, 2014)
- Fixed: The Softpedia downloads, as in the Third party apps and the command were no longer working due to changes in the Softpedia website.
- Fixed reported bug. The process monitoring feature was not working properly in some computers.
- Fixed: UVK was crashing after scanning for shortcuts, in some computers. This could happen in any of the sections that scan shortcuts (System booster, Smart uninstaller, Autorun manager, and Scan and create log). This bug was reported several times but we were not able to reproduce it until now. Anyway, many thanks to the several users who reported this issue.
- Fixed: The Auto-update feature was not updating the UVKPortable.exe package.
- Fixed some bugs in the Smart uninstaller.
- Other bug fixes.
- Improved the process killing functions. They are now faster and more effective.
- Improved the graphical interface and added a new skin with a wooden background.
- Improved the file downloading feature.
- Improved compatibility with high DPI settings.
- The groups in the Autorun manager list are now collapsible.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.8.0.0 (Sep 27, 2014)
- General debugging.
- Reduced application size and improved responsiveness.
- Improved the path parsing functions.
- Improved the child processes monitoring, for the Smart uninstaller and the System repair's third party apps.
- The System repair's custom third party apps now support redirects through meta refresh html tags.
- Added two context menu items in the System repair's Fixes/apps list: Check all in this group, and Uncheck all in this group. This allows to quickly check/uncheck all items in the same group as the hilighted item.
- Improved the physical memory info retrieval, in the System info section.
- Fixed: UVK was not enumerating the user profiles correctly in some computers.
- Fixed: UVK was not immunizing the Hosts file if Driver files was not selected. Reported bug.
- Fixed: UVK was not clearing the "Checked" flag of custom third party apps when saving to the same UVKSR file.
- Fixed some bugs that could make the application crash in some computers.
- Fixed: UVK was not continuing the System repair operation after reboot, if there was no items checked in the Third party builtin apps or the Custom third party apps groups.
- Fixed other bugs in the System repair section.
- New feature: Execute Prevent. This new feature allows you to prevent running files in the paths you define. Useful to prevent malware that runs in the Application data, Fonts, Program data and recycle bin folders from running. Lots of viruses use these paths, such as Crypto locker and most adware applications.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.7.0.5 Beta (Sep 23, 2014)
- Fixed: The new Execute prevent feaure was not properly excluding the temporary folders on Windows xp.
- Added the option to exclude the Documents folder to the new Execute prevent feature.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.7.0.4 Beta (Sep 23, 2014)
- Fixed some bugs in the new Execute prevent feature.
- Fixed some bugs in the path parsing functions.
- Fixed some bugs in the System repair section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.7.0.3 Beta (Sep 23, 2014)
- Improved the physical memory info retrieval, in the System info section.
- Fixed: UVK was not immunizing the Hosts file if Driver files was not selected. Reported bug.
- Fixed other bugs in the System repair section.
- New feature: Execute Prevent:
- This new feature allows you to prevent running files in the paths you define. Useful to prevent malware that runs in the Application data, Fonts, Program data and recycle bin folders from running. Lots of viruses use these paths, such as Crypto locker and most adware applications.
- Execute prevent uses a very small number of registry policies to acomplish the task. For instance, to prevent execution in all paths mentioned above, for all users, Execute prevent only creates 12 policy keys, including the ones for the exclusions, which are automatically added.
- Presets available for immunizing the Application data folders, or the whole user profile, optionally for all users, and also optionally the Fonts, Program data and recycle bin folders. Friendly interface for adding custom disallowed and excluded paths.
- This feature can be found in the System immunization section. Just press the Execute Prevent button, and you'll easily catch it. Applied changes take effect immediately.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.7.0.2 Beta (Sep 23, 2014)
- Fixed: UVK was not clearing the "Checked" flag of custom third party apps when saving to the same UVKSR file.
- Fixed other bugs in the System repair section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.7.0.1 Beta (Sep 23, 2014)
- Reduced application size and improved responsiveness.
- Improved the path parsing functions.
- Improved the child processes monitoring, for the Smart uninstaller and the System repair's third party apps.
- The System repair's custom third party apps now support redirects through meta refresh html tags.
- Added two context menu items in the System repair's Fixes/apps list: Check all in this group, and Uncheck all in this group. This allows to quickly check/uncheck all items in the same group as the hilighted item.
- Fixed some bugs that could make the application crash in some computers.
- Fixed: UVK was not continuing the System repair operation after reboot, if there was no items checked in the Third party builtin apps or the Custom third party apps groups.
- Fixed: UVK was not enumerating the user profiles correctly in some computers.
- Other bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.7.0.0 (Sep 8, 2014)
- Contains all the fixes from the previous Beta versions
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.6.2.6 Beta (Sep 5, 2014)
- Improved the child processes monitoring functions, used by the Smart uninstaller, and the System repair section, when running custom third party apps.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.6.2.5 Beta (Sep 5, 2014)
- New feature: UVK can be configured to automatically load the last System repair settings file, if any, when moving to the System repair section. This option can be enabled in the Options section, and can be exported to an ini file, and automatically loaded by the UVK packages.
- New feature: A system repair settings file can now be unloaded without leaving the System repair section. This can be done by clicking Unload settings, in the Fixes/apps list's menu.
- Added two new fixes: Un-immunize all areas and Restore previous immunization. These can be very useful to quickly un-immunize any immunized areas before performing repair operations, which the UVK immunization can prevent from succeeding. Restore previous immunization immunizes all the previously immunized areas, for all users, as it is set before Un-immunize all areas is executed.
- Improved the Install/Update flash fix.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.6.2.4 Beta (Sep 5, 2014)
- Fixed some bugs in the new System repair features.
- Fixed some bugs in the new , , , , and custom commands.
- Fixed: UVK was not continuing the system repair operation after reboot for non admin users.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.6.2.3 Beta (Sep 5, 2014)
- Great enhancement of the System repair section and the custom third party apps. See below.
- Added a new group to the Fixes/apps list: Top app and fixes. You can add the fixes and apps you wish to this group, and move them up and down. This allows you to set up the order in which the fixes/apps are executed. The items in this group are executed in first place, and can be exported to/imported from System repair settings files.
- Custom third party apps have new features, fully compatible with existing uvksr files:
- If the downloaded file is a zip file, extract it to a same named folder: If this option is checked, and the app downloads a zip file, UVK will automatically unzip it to a folder with the same name as the zip file (without the .zip extension). Useful to download and execute programs that are downloaded as zip files, such as Autoruns, from SysInternals.
- Download only if the files in the commands 2, 3 and 4 don't exist: If this option is checked, UVK will only download the app if the files corresponding to the commands 2, 3 and 4 do not already exist. Useful if you want to skip the download if a program is already installed.
- Run only if the files in the commands 2, 3 and 4 don't exist: If this option is checked, UVK will only run the first command if the files corresponding to the commands 2, 3 and 4 do not already exist. Useful if you want to skip the installation of a program if it is already installed.
- Wait for all child processes to close before moving to the next command: If this option is checked, UVK will monitor not only the command's process, but also any processes started by the command itself. By default, UVK only waits for the command's process to end before moving to the next command. This feature applies to all four commands. Use it if your app is ending prematurely because the main process ends before the job is completely done.
- Added more items to the list's context menu: Move up, Move down, Add to top apps and fixes, Remove from top apps and fixes, Edit hilighted app, Delete hilighted app and Save settings as...
- Custom third party apps can be moved up and down direclty from the UVK's main window's interface, by clicking the Move up and Move down menu items, or pressing Ctrl+U or Ctrl+D, respectively. This can also be done for the Top apps and fixes items.
- Third party apps are now edited in the same inerface as they are created, and the third party app's name can be edited to (feature requested).
- The Edit third party apps button was repalced with the List menu button, which displays the list's context menu. Useful for touch screen pc's or if the mouse is not working, or no mouse.
- The Export settings button was renamed Save settings. The behavior of this button was slightly changed: If a uvksr file is already loaded, the settings will be automatically saved to the loaded file. If you wish to save to a different file, use the Save settings as... context menu item.
- Added support for 6 more custom commands in UVK scripts: , , , , and . Each of these commands execute the corresponding built in third party app just like in the System repair section. To perform a Super AntiSpyware scan, specify 1 after the keyword. i.e. 1. To make AswMBR automatically download and use the latest Avast! virus definitions, specify 1 after the keyword. i.e. 1. Feature requested in the forum.
- Added bult in support to unzip files through UVK scripts by using a new custom command: . Enter the keyword, and then specify the file(s) to unzip in the lines below, using the following format: Zip file path | Folder to unzip to.
- The Kill processes using filters dialog box is now automatically closed after killing the processes.
- New System info features: Now UVK tries to get computer, bios, motherboard and memory info directly from the SMBIOS tables before trying with the WMI. This should give more reliable information. Now UVK also displays information about empty memory slots. This can be useful to determine the best way to increase the physical memory of a pc.
- Some bug fixes in the graphical interface.when using custom DPI settings.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.6.2.2 Beta (Sep 5, 2014)
- Fixed: The smart uninstaller ocasionally crashed before or after uninstalling the selected programs. Bug reported in the forum.
- New feature: Users can cancel the execution of third party apps while they are running. Even though this will not terminate the current process of the running app, no further processes will be started.
- New feature: The Install/Update Flash fix also repairs the Flash player activeX for IE 11 or higher if it is not working.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.6.2.1 Beta (Sep 5, 2014)
- General improvement of the application's responsiveness.
- Fixed reported bug: When resuming a System repair operation after reboot, UVK selected all the third party apps that had been saved with the "Checked by default" flag, regardless of whether they were selected at execution time or not.
- Made some improvements to the System immunization feature.
- The menu items, in the context menu of all the lists/trees are now disabled if they do not perform a valid action, depending on the current list/tree selection.
- Other bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.6.2.0 (Aug 11, 2014)
- The UVK setup installer only displays the license agreement dialog box once.
- Fixed some bugs in the adwCleaner scan, in the System repair section.
- Updated the Command line info, in the Options section to include the new command line above.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.6.1.2 Beta (Aug 7, 2014)
- General debugging.
- Updated the Super AntiSpyware automation for the new SAS version 6.
- Added optical drive info to the System info section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.6.1.1 Beta (Aug 7, 2014)
- General debugging.
- New feature: The Kill all processes fix can be configured to ignore the process names you define. The custom ignore list can be configured by clicking Kill all processes, in the Process manager, or by running the Kill all non system processes fix without checking Use unattended mode. Once the list is set up, the listed processes will be ignored (not killed) even if Use unattended mode is checked.
- New System repair feature: If UVK is closed by one of the third party apps (i.e adwCleaner) or the pc is rebooted before all the selected fixes/apps are executed, the repair operation will be resumed the next time the same user logs on (usually after reboot).
- New command line switch available -
- uvk_en.exe -ImportSr "uvksrfile" -Auto
- As you may have guessed, this switch loads a uvksr file, and optionally runs it silently. "uvksrfile" specifies the full path of the uvksr file, -Auto is optional and sets the silent mode. Example -
- uvk_en.exe -ImportSr "�sktop%\SR settings.uvksr" -Auto
- New feature: If UVK has actions scheduled to be executed on reboot, it will advice the user not to uninstall the application before rebooting at least once.
- All the features above were requested in the UVK forums. Many thanks to Bill and Jim for requesting the features.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.6.1.0 (Jul 21, 2014)
- General debugging. This is mostly a bug fixing release. The most important bugs fixed are listed below.
- Fixed bug: The Go to error location context menu item, in the System booster list was not working properly for Invalid shortcuts and Junk files.
- Removed flicker in some of the lists.
- Updated the System immunization's recommended areas to be only the ones that don't prevent Windows updates from installing.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.6.0.0 (Jul 17, 2014)
- General debugging.
- Added a Use links in the html file checkbox in the System info section. This allows you to set up whether the the html file should contain google search links. These links help you to quckly google some important items in the log.
- Some improvements in the graphical interface.
- New section: Registry seeker. This new feature allows to search the registry for several text strings at once. Several options are supoorted, such as wild cards, whole string only and case sentitive. The scan can be performed in the whole registry, or in a specifik key. All subkeys are scanned. Several search strings can be entered, one per line. The matches for each string are displayed in a different group.You will be able to delete, get info, edit, etc, the matched entries found.
- Great enhancement of the Reporting feature. The controls are now displayed in the main UVK window, with a much cleaner interface. The zip file containing the reports is created much faster and many bugs were fixed.
- Fixed: The System immunization was preventing some windows updates from installing, if some of the areas were immunized. You will need to un-immunize all areas and immunize again for the changes to take effect.
- Added a new environment variable: %InstallSourceDir%. This new variable can be used when creating third party apps or UVK scripts, to specify the path where UVK was installed from. This can be useful, for instance if you launch UVKPortable from a USB stick, and you want to create third party apps that run other tools in the USB stick. Feature requested in the forum.
- New feature: The Autorun manager also displays and allows to change the Internet explorer search page.
- New feature: The Autorun manager also shows AppInit_DLLS.
- Improved the System info section. Now it displays lots of new info, such as the security software and Windows updates installed, and creates a more comprehensive html log. Feature requested in the forum.
- Fixed: The Softpedia downloads from UVK scripts and third party apps were no longer working because of a change in the Softpedia's website.
- New feature: The Smart uninstaller also removes the Windows installer information for the selected programs, in Force uninstall mode.
- Improved the Fix and enable Windows update fix.
- Added a new info section to the new System info features: Automatic updates settings.
- The Jump to registry key feature now also selects the requested value, if any.
- Updated the avast! aswMBR automation for the latest version of the program, which supports automation.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.5.7.0 Beta (Jul 16, 2014)
- Fixed more bugs in the new Registry seeker section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.5.6.0 Beta (Jul 16, 2014)
- Fixed a few bugs in the new Registry seeker section.
- The Jump to registry key feature now also selects the requested value, if any.
- Fixed bug: The Fix local group access and some of the options in the Enable/Disable drop box, in the IT/Geek tools section were not working in the previous beta.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.5.4.0 Beta (Jul 16, 2014)
- More debugging.
- Fixing reported bug: The "Jump to registry key" feature was not working if UVK was running under a limited user account. Thanks Bill!
- Added a Use links in the html file checkbox in the System info section. This allows you to set up whether the the html file should contain google search links. These links help you to quickly google some important items in the log.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.5.3.0 Beta (Jul 16, 2014)
- More debugging.
- Some improvements in the graphical interface.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.5.2.0 Beta (Jul 16, 2014)
- General debugging.
- New section: Registry seeker. This new feature allows to search the registry for several text strings at once. Several options are supoorted, such as wild cards, whole string only and case sentitive. The scan can be performed in the whole registry, or in a specifik key. All subkeys are scanned. Several search strings can be entered, one per line. The matches for each string are displayed in a different group.You will be able to delete, get info, edit, etc, the matched entries found.
- Added more information lines to the new System info section, requested in the forum.
- Great enhancement of the Reporting feature. The controls are now displayed in the main UVK window, with a much cleaner interface. The zip file containing the reports is created much faster and many bugs were fixed.
- Fixed: The System immunization was preventing some windows updates from installing, if some of the areas were immunized. You will need to un-immunize all areas and immunize again for the changes to take effect.
- Other improvements and bug fixes.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.5.1.4 Beta (Jul 4, 2014)
- Added a new environment variable: %InstallSourceDir%. This new variable can be used when creating third party apps or UVK scripts, to specify the path where UVK was installed from. This can be useful, for instance if you launch UVKPortable from a USB stick, and you want to create third party apps that run other tools in the USB stick. Feature requested in the forum.
- New feature: The Autorun manager also displays and allows to change the Internet explorer search page.
- Improved the System info section. Now it displays lots of new info, such as the security software and Windows updates installed, and creates a more comprehensive html log. Feature requested in the forum.
- Fixed: The Softpedia downloads from UVK scripts and third party apps were no longer working because of a change in the Softpedia's website.
- New feature: The Smart uninstaller also removes the Windows installer information for the selected programs, in Force uninstall mode.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.5.1.3 Beta (Jun 23, 2014)
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.5.0.0 (Jun 12, 2014)
- General debugging and optimization.
- New feature: Reporting. This new feature allows licensed users to send the application reports either to their email address, FTP server, or both. Check out the tooltips when hovering the controls for tips on how to use this feature or visit its online help page.
- When launched from the portable packages, UVK will not display the uninstall prompt if there are any actions scheduled to be executed on reboot.
- When uninstalling UVK, it will automatically detect if there are any actions scheduled to be executed on reboot, and, if so, notify you.
- New feature: Now UVK completely impersonates the currently logged on user, even if it is a standard (restricted) user, while keeping all the administrator privileges.
- New feature: The Smart uninstaller shows uninstall entries for all users.
- Added a new column to the Smart uninstaller's programs list: Install date. This allows you to quickly sort the programs by installation date, when in report view.
- New feature: The System info section also shows the default Windows product key.
- New feature: UVK scripts can have AutoIt or VBScript code embedded. Just enter the or keyword, and the corresponding script code in the lines below
- Updated the Log analyzer to insert the new and keywords.
- Added support for two more environment variables, available in any UVK features: %UVKExe% - The full path of the UVK's executable / %PublicDesktop% - The path of the public desktop folder (usually C:\Users\Public\Desktop).
- The Smart uninstaller's remnants scan is now deeper, and it scans all users.
- New fix: Fix the Windows store and Metro apps. This fix re-registers the Windows store and repairs the Metro apps. It is only for Windows 8 or higher. This fix may solve other issues not related to the Windows store itself, such Windows updates or Metro apps not working.
- New custom command: . This new custom command runs the Fix the Windows store and Metro apps fix above from a UVK script.
- Updated the Log analyzer's insert menu with the custom command above.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.4.3.0 Beta (May 30, 2014)
- Modified some of the settings in the Reporting section: Email and FTP settings can only be saved using the Save settings button. The Send reports button no longer saves the settings before sending the reports. This gives you more control on whether to save your FTP password or not.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.4.0.0 (May 22, 2014)
- Updated the TDSSKiller scan automation, in the System repair section.
- Updated the aswMBR scan automation, in the System repair section.
- Improved the Reset user default settings fix. Now it doesn't change the Windows appearance anymore.
- RebootExec.exe was completely rewritten ic C++. This reduced the overal size of the application.
- The main application and the Log Analyzer were compiled using the latest AutoIt version.
- Added a new fix to the fixes/apps list, in the System repair section: Cleanup the registry. This fix cleans up the registry the same way the System booster does. All areas are scanned, except the Junk files and the System restore points. Invalid items found are automatically removed.
- Added a new fix to the fixes/apps list, in the System repair section: Cleanup junk files. This fix cleans up the junk files the same way the System booster does. Junk files found are automatically removed. The file extension pattern currently selected in the System booster is used to filter the junk files. To use a different pattern, users need to set it in the System booster section.
- Added two commands to support running the fixes above from a UVK script: and . The same rules above apply when running these commands.
- Updated the Log analyzer's insert menu with the two commands above.
- Added a new feature to the System booster: Auto schedule. This new feature allows to program the system booster to be executed at a specific schedule. You can choose to scan only invalid registry entries and shortcuts, only junk files, or both. You can also configure the date and time to start the schedule, and the days interval. Additionally, you can choose to execute the scheduled cleanup silently, or display the usual application interface.
- Enhanced the Smart uninstaller. It is now able to detect the program's install folder even if it is not provided in the registry.
- Improved the path parsing feature.
- The command can set the IE's default page either to Google or Yahoo.
- To set to Google use | Start page | Google
- To set to Yahoo use | Start page | Yahoo
- Fixed a few GUI related bugs in the system repair section.
- Enhanced the application's GUI, especially the way progress and message dialogs are displayed and interact with each other.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.3.1.2 Beta (May 5, 2014)
- Updated the MBAM scan automation, in the System repair section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.3.1.1 Beta (Apr 29, 2014)
- General debugging.
- Improved the ability to create special third party apps, in the System repair section, and fixed a few related bugs.
- Enhanced the System immunization feature. Now, immunizing the Main IE entries and the IE toolbars and search areas will prevent changing the Internet Explorer home pages and search providers either through registry access permissions, or the group policies, or both (where applicable). This should keep adware away from Internet explorer.
- The Autorun manager also shows Internet explorer's search providers. This allows you to quickly remove any unwanted search providers. When deleting the default search provider, you will be given the option to to set one of the remaining ones as the default.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.3.1.0 (Apr 18, 2014)
- General debugging.
- Removed the Reset security with secedit fix. This fix was causing some severe issues on Windows versions prior to Windows 7.
- Improved the Reset registry and file permissions fix. Users should use this fix instead of the Reset security with secedit fix, which has been removed.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.3.0.0 (Apr 17, 2014)
- General debugging.
- Added a new feature to the Process manager: Window catcher.
- This new feature helps you to identify a window's process. Just click the Window catcher to pick it up, and drag it to the desired window. The corresponding process will be automatically selected in the list. Additionally, the selected window will be framed with a red line, and information about the process path and ID will be displayed in a semi-transparent banner over the window's title.
- Once the corresponding process is selected, you can use the other Process manager features to kill the process, delete its executable file, get the VirusTotal report, etc.
- This feature was created mainly to easily identify and delete rogue malware, but it can also be useful for other tasks that need window - process mapping, such as identifying other malware processes through their windows.
- Enhanced the System booster. Now the scan also includes Invalid autorun entries (including scheduled tasks), and Invalid services. The icons in the system errors list are now more atractive.
- Enhanced the Log analyzer's Control info tool.
- New feature: Dropping a UVK script or a System repair settings (.uvksr) file over UVKPortable.exe or UVKPortable.com will make UVK load the corresponding script automatically. This allows to easily launch UVK portable and load the script simultaneously.
- New feature: If UVK is launched from UVKPortable.exe or UVKPortable.com, the auto-update feature will also update the portable package it's been launched from.
- Added a Check All/None check box to the Restore previously deleted autorun entries tab, of the Create/restore autorun entry feature in the Autorun manager section. This allows to easily select all the backups, in case you have many.
- Enhanced the Smart uninstaller remnants scan. Now the scan also includes Invalid autorun entries (including scheduled tasks). Additionally, each uninstalled entry in the list now has the same icon as the program being uninstalled.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.2.0.0 (Apr 17, 2014)
- General internal debugging.
- Fixed bug: The Reset Firefox fix was deleting the builtin Firefox search engines.
- Fixed bug: The UVKSetup.com installer was not requiring administrator rights.
- The Fix Windows sidebar fix now also repairs the wheather and currency gadgets. Microsoft has recently released a security update which disables these gadgets making them display "Can not connect to service". Now the UVK fix will repair them.
- Added new fix: Clear Error report folders. With time, Windows can accumulate thousands of useless error reports. This fix will remove them all, to recover HDD space.
- Added an new custom command: , to run the fix above from a UVK script.
- Fixed bug: The AdwCleaner scan builtin app was only being monitored until the scan ends.
- Updated the MalwareBytes AntiMalware scan builtin app, in the system repair section to the latest MBAM version. We would really appreciate some feedback on this update. MBAM has changed a lot of things and this feature may need more work. Thanks in advance.
- Improved the file downloading feature.
- Updated the MalwareBytes AntiMalware scan and the AdwCleaner scan builtin apps, to download from a second source if the first download fails.
- Custom third party apps, in the System repair section and the command may now use a new website to download files from: Softpedia. You can use this new feature just like you use the Majorgeeks one, by specifying Softpedia as the link text, and the main software page at Softpedia.com as the download url.
- Other bug fixes
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.1.0.3 Beta (Mar 25, 2014)
- Added new fix: Clear Error report folders. With time, Windows can accumulate thousands of useless error reports. This fix will remove them all, to recover HDD space
- Added an new custom command: , to run the fix above from a UVK script
- Fixed bug: The AdwCleaner scan builtin app was only being monitored until the scan ends
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 6.1.0.2 Beta (Mar 22, 2014)
- The Fix Windows sidebar fix also repairs the wheather and currency gadgets. Microsoft has recently released a security update which disables these gadgets making them display "Can not connect to service". Now the UVK fix will repair them.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 5.9.3.0 Beta (Jan 27, 2014)
- Enhanced the Service manager. The Service properties dialog box now allows to stop, start and set the start type of the selected service. Other improvements and bug fixes in this section.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 5.9.2.0 Beta (Jan 27, 2014)
- Enhanced the graphical interface, which includes:
- Two new skins, Cool waves and Water splash, with cool background pictures and transparent areas.
- New icons and a new logo.
- Faster drawing flicker free section switching.
- The same enhancements were made to the UVK setup's graphical interface.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 5.9.1.3 Beta (Jan 11, 2014)
- The most important changes in this version are:
- General internal debugging and improvement.
- Improved the Windows product key retrieval, in the System info section (wasn't working properly for Windows 8's product key).
- Autorun entries and services are now backed up before removal, allowing to restore them later.
- To restore a deleted autorun entry, press Create / restore, in the Autorun manager section, and select the Restore previously deleted autorun entries tab.
- To restore a deleted service, press Stop all / Restore, in the Service manager section, and select the Restore previously deleted services tab.
- Restored services are immediately available and can be started from the Service manager.
- The uninstall process will now ask if you want to delete the backups created by the application.
- Improved the registry backup/restore feature. Now users can create as many registry backups as they wish. The Registry restore feature now displays all existing registry backups in a list, allowing to restore the selected one, and delete one or several registry backups.
- Added 2 new fixes, in the System repair section: Reset Chrome and Reset Chrome for all users. These new fiixes will reset Google Chrome's preferences and extensions for the current user, or all users respectively.
- Added a new custom command which allows to apply the fixes above from a UVK script: . Specifying -AllUsers as a parameter ( -AllUsers) will apply the fix all users. Otherwise it will be applied for the current user only.
- Added 2 new fixes, in the System repair section: Reset Firefox and Reset Firefox for all users. These new fiixes will reset Mozilla Firefox's preferences and extensions for the current user, or all users respectively.
- Added a new custom command which allows to apply the fixes above from a UVK script: . Specifying -AllUsers as a parameter ( -AllUsers) will apply the fix all users. Otherwise it will be applied for the current user only.
- Added a new fix, in the System repair section: Fix browser shortcuts. Some adware programs modify the browsers' desktop and start menu shortcuts, making them open specific pages when launched from those shortcuts. This fix will repair the IE, Chrome, Firefox and Opera shortcuts for all users.
- Added a new custom command which allows to apply the fix above from a UVK script: .
- Added a new custom command: . This command allows to apply the Fix Apps not responding too soon fix from a UVK script.
- Modified the behaviour of the Help buttons for the branding version. Now those buttons will link to the url defined when the branding license key is purchased istead of our help pages (requested).
- Now the branding license also brands the UVK scripts and UVKSR files' icons with a thumbnail of the branding logo (requested).
- Enhanced the Smart uninstaller: The forced uninstall feature now does not run the program's uninstaller. This option is now recommended to uninstall malware or adware. The uninstall remnants scan was also improved, performing a deeper scan. These two features combined together can effectively uninstall most of the applications without running their own uninstallers. the uninstall process monitoring can now be stopped.
- Enhanced the System booster. The invalid shortcuts scan is now performed for all users. The scans for other areas are deeper.
- Improved the Reset registry and file permissions fix.
- Improved the System repair section: Now the fixes/apps are automatically unchecked after being executed (requested).
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 5.9.0.1 Beta (Dec 3, 2013)
- General internal debugging and improvement. Also fixed a few reported bugs.
- Added the option to jump to the same process from the Process manager to the Memory modules manager and vice versa.
- Added the option to jump from a running service, in the Service manager, to the corresponding process in the Process manager. This will allow the user to quickly get info about the memory and CPU usage for the selected service, among other information.
- Added the option to jump from a service process, in the Process manager, to the corresponding list of services, in the Service manager. In this case, the service manager will create a special list,containing only the services running in the specified process. This will be very useful to see which services each svchost.exe process is actually running.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 5.8.1.0 (Oct 22, 2013)
- General internal debugging and improvement.
- Enhanced the System repair and the System booster sections.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 5.8.0.0 (Oct 7, 2013)
- General internal debugging and improvement.
- Added a new feature: Window automation through UVK scripts.
- Added four fixes:
- Reset NumLock ON at logon,
- Fix Internet Explorer 10 history,
- Install Desktop gadgets on Win 8
- Clear Internet Explorer's history.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 5.7.1.0 (Aug 11, 2013)
- General internal debugging and improvement
- Enhanced the System repair section with man new features
- Created a new section: IT/Geek tools
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 5.6.1.0 (Jul 15, 2013)
- General internal debugging and improvement.
- Improved the System repair section.
- Added new fixes and custom commands.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 5.5.5.0 (Jul 2, 2013)
- General internal debugging and improvement.
- Added new fixes and custom commands.
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 5.0.0.0 (Mar 13, 2013)
- New color skin and graphical interface with tile styled buttons
- Added double buffering feature to remove any flicker
- The lists are now visible while resizing the window
- The lists can now be sorted in details view by clicking the column header buttons Completed the Smart uninstaller section
New in Portable UVK (Ultra Virus Killer) 4.5.0.0 (Nov 19, 2012)
- Added compatibility with Windows 8.
- Improved the scans speed.
- Improved the Immunization feature.
- Improved the Reset group policies feature.
- Updated and improved the Log analyzer.
- Improved the Register system DLLs feature.
- General internal debugging and improvement.