Batu69 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 CryptoPrevent Malware Prevention – A Brief History YES, this is the original CryptoLocker prevention tool you’ve read about, designed to prevent infection from the first “ransomware” threat which emerged in late 2013, encrypting valuable data on the infected PC and offering decryption in exchange for large payment. Within a few months of it’s release it created quite a buzz with features from Brian Krebs security blog (among many others) and by educators everywhere such as Kim Komando, Ken Dwight ‘The Virus Doctor’, the infamous Britec09 on Youtube, and ultimately reaching televised news such as CNBC and The Today Show! CryptoPrevent was originally developed as a small side project of Foolish IT LLC, a company recently formed by an experienced PC repair technician (specializing in virus and malware removal techniques) as an outlet for the development of tools designed to assist PC technicians on the job, such as our flagship d7 – PC Repair Technician’s Multi-Tool, as well as other now-deprecated tools such as the DataGrab backup tool featured on Lifehacker.com, and earlier malware removal tools such as the once popular KillZA (a fast and effective one-click removal and repair tool for ZeroAccess malware infections.) Suggestions for CryptoPrevent poured in from an already established customer base of experienced PC repair technicians across the globe (who were constantly combating these new emerging ransomware threats for their clients) as well as contributions from various professionals in the security industry taking notice of CryptoPrevent’s simplicity and effectiveness vs. traditional anti-virus/anti-malware, which weren’t producing any measure of protection from these new threats for well over a year after their emergence in the wild. It is no surprise that CryptoPrevent quickly became a very effective tool against a wide range of viruses and other malicious software, not just the original ransomware it was designed to prevent. Through continued development efforts to expand the software into something more than just a ‘security’ solution, as well as welcoming additional experience and talent to the CryptoPrevent research and development team, we are proud to have announced the release of CryptoPrevent v8.0 on November 1st, 2016! Article source New Features in v8 (Free and Premium Editions) New: Folder Watch – Monitors and protects common folders from items that match malware definitions. New: Submit Malicious Files – This will allow you to submit malicious files (which are not in our malware definitions) to review for inclusion in the default definitions. Improved: Program Filtering Protection – The original ‘BETA’ program filtering protections were very effective, but caused issues with running certain programs; now it offers vastly improved reliability as it is based on the new code platform of the coming 3rd generation ‘d7x’ PC technician utilities, it is thoroughly tested, and recommended for mass usage! Improved: SRP Protection – The original protection method since CryptoPrevent version 1 was automatically created “SRP” rules (aka “Software Restriction Policies” which are normally only available in “Professional” editions of the Windows operating system and only scriptable across Active Directory/domain environments.) CryptoPrevent v1 created 8 SRP rules for protection and v7.4.21 (the final v7) created just under 400 SRP rules, while version 8.0 currently creates just under 4000! That’s 10x as many as v7 and 500x as many as v1! New/Improved: Expanded Malware Definitions (Optional) – Expanded malware and ransomware detection definitions add cutting edge detection power to CryptoPrevent, and are updated at least weekly, although they may increase the risk of ‘false positive’ malware detections. (These are entirely optional; you may elect to keep the standard definition set with less risk of ‘false positive’ detections.) New Features in v8 (Premium Edition Only) New: HoneyPot Ransomware Protection – Very effective in preventing new and unknown ransomware from encrypting your files! When malicious activity is detected ALL non-essential programs are terminated, stopping malicious software dead in it’s tracks. Visit our Youtube playlist to see the HoneyPot Ransomeware Protections in action against several new ransomware threats! New: KillEmAll v5 Integrations – Based on the new code platform of the coming 3rd generation ‘d7x’ PC technician utilities, KillEmAll v5 allows for fast termination of non-essential programs including malware and ransomware, and is integrated into the new Tray Icon along with other useful features! New: Tray Icon Features and Notifications – Easily change/view CryptoPrevent settings or activate the KillEmAll v5 integration. Notifications are displayed when the original SRP, Program Filtering, Folder Watch, or HoneyPot protections have been triggered. New/Improved: Customization Abilities – Customize CryptoPrevent with powerful blacklisting/whitelisting support and in new ways including the new Folder Watch protections (which cannot be customized in the Free Edition.) Download CryptoPrevent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargate44 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Any Key or Crack for the Premium Edition??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobaltius Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Interesting software sounds like it would be a good addition or accompaniment to other antivirus/internet security suites as long as there are no conflicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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