What's new in Spybot Anti-Beacon 4.1.0.0
Feb 29, 2024
- Introducing Spybot Anti-Beacon 4.1 – your ultimate shield against online tracking! Experience the power of our latest update featuring the revolutionary "Live Monitor." Now, you can effortlessly visualize and halt intrusive telemetry connections in real-time, empowering you to regain control over your digital privacy. Plus, enjoy the added bonus of tracking your environmental impact with our Carbon savings estimation feature. But that's not all! We've expanded our roster of blocked telemetry services to include:
- Opera SiteCheck
- Game Analytics
- Pushwoosh
- Microsoft Edge Follow Creators
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 3.9.0.0 (Feb 19, 2023)
- Windows Telemetry
- Razer Game Scanner
- Microsoft Visual Studio Feedback
- Microsoft Visual Studio Telemetry
- Microsoft Visual Studio Experience Improvement Program
- Microsoft Media Player Online Data Collection
- Microsoft Media Player Statistics
- NVidia Telemetry Registry
- Microsoft Windows Tips
- Microsoft Windows License Telemetry
- Microsoft Windows Feeds Diagnostics
- Microsoft Windows Live Tile Data Collection
- Microsoft Visual Studio Feedback
- Windows Error Reporting
- Piriform CCleaner Telemetry
- Mozilla Firefox WebGL (minimize)
- Mozilla Firefox WebGL (disable)
- Mozilla Firefox Speculative Loading
- Mozilla Firefox AddOn Telemetry
- Mozilla Firefox Update Tracking
- Mozilla Firefox Contextual Feature Recommender
- Mozilla Firefox Microsoft Family Safety
- Mozilla Firefox Connectivity Service
- Mozilla Firefox Kill Switch
- Mozilla Firefox Safe Browsing
- Mozilla Firefox Location Tracking
- Mozilla Firefox Thumbnails
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 3.8.0.0 (Dec 23, 2021)
- Mozilla Firefox Sponsored Sites
- Microsoft Active Protection Service (previously SpyNet)
- Dell SmartByte Telemetry
- COMODO Internet Security Telemetry
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 3.7.0.0 (May 4, 2021)
- New Protection:
- Apple Telemetry
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Microsoft Windows Hard Disk Health Telemetry
- VMWare Customer Experience Program
- Wacom Experience Program
- Paddle Revenue Delivery Platform Analytics
- LogMeIn Telemetry
- CloudBees RollOut Telemetry
- Online-Metrix
- Hotjar.com Behavior Analytics
- Twilio Segment Customer Data Platform
- Adobe Marketo
- Fiksu
- Blizzard Battle.Net Telemetry
- Epic Games Telemetry
- GOG (Good Old Games) Telemetry
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 3.5.0.0 (Feb 5, 2020)
- New Protection:
- Added Avast Telemetry.
- Added AVG Telemetry.
- Added Lavasoft Flow Telemetry.
- Added Malwarebytes Telemetry.
- Added McAfee Telemetry.
- Added Trend Micro Telemetry.
- Software Changes:
- Fixed Scheduled Task issues.
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 3.4.8.0 (Aug 30, 2019)
- New Protection:
- Added Android App Telemetry domains
- Software Changes:
- Added the option to use a system proxy
- Improved visuals for customization screen
- Minor fixes for dark mode
- Improved German translation
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 3.1.6.0 (Oct 25, 2018)
- New protection:
- New Windows 10 October 2018 update (1809) protection, including cloud clipboard sync.
- Added Mozilla Telemetry via Mozilla Configuration.
- Added LibreOffice Telemetry entry.
- Added preliminary Office 2019 Telemetry entries.
- Added generic Office Telemetry entries.
- Improved detection:
- Improved Microsoft Edge support (eBook telemetry, Microsoft 365 Analytics).
- Massively improved Office 2016 Telemetry entries.
- Software changes:
- Fixed silent mode.
- New Details view for descriptions without opening a browser (also brings back exact entry details for those users technically inclined).
- New Settings screen for settings previously available only as part of the installer.
- Improved sorting and categorization of customization screen.
- Support for new Windows 10 dark mode.
- Updated OpenSSL libraries (1.0.2p).
- Updated SQLite3 library (3.25.2).
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 1.6.0.42 (Dec 5, 2016)
- Updates:
- Additional Telemetry Immunization Categories
- Additional Blocked Hosts
- Fixes:
- Immunization of Office 13/16 Telemetry Scheduled Tasks and Options is possible even if Microsoft Office is not installed (previously they appeared to immunize correctly, but the immunization could not be undone in Anti-Beacon)
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 1.5.0.35 (Oct 27, 2015)
- Implemented /silent
- Added Office 15 (2013) Telemetry immunization (Group Policies & Scheduled Tasks)
- Added Office 16 (2016) Telemetry immunization (Group Policies & Scheduled Tasks)
- Hosts file block IP default changed from 127.0.0.1 to 0.0.0.0
- Added own group policy for hosts file read only flag
- Added own group policy for hosts file block IP
- Added own group policies for hiding each immunizer
- Added OpenSSL libraries to installer
- Added OpenSSL credits to About dialog
- Added own scheduled task
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 1.4.0.26 (Sep 16, 2015)
- Service names are now read from the registry to be in local language
- About dialog now has an update checker
- Added details option to Optional immunizers
- Added FAQ tab
- Change log moved to About dialog to avoid too many main tabs and standardize SNL app changelogs
- Added license to About dialog
- Height auto-adjusted to screens work area now
- Base immunization type for adding IPs to firewall
- Added license to installer
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 1.3.0.21 (Sep 9, 2015)
- Moved option to show/hide checkboxes to global button
- Added details for most entries
- Added task bar color progress
- Added task bar tasks
- Fixed hosts file locked issue
- Improved log output
- added command line parameters
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 1.2.0.19 (Sep 5, 2015)
- Added Cortana group policy
- Added OneDrive service & goup policy
- Added CEIP scheduled task
- Added Remote Registry service (choose based on need)
- Fixed total status
- Added support for scheduled tasks
- Added fallback method to disable system services
- Added German localization
New in Spybot Anti-Beacon 1.1 (Sep 5, 2015)
- Fixed hosts total count
- Added Optional tab, new search settings
- Added more hosts
- Fixed typos