Returnil

RVS (3.1.7779) to RVS (3.1.8774)

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Messaging
• Export all messages to XML
• Do not show any message popup when configured
Usability
• Added German User manual
• Show tooltips on disabled controls explaining why a function is not available
• Provide a guideline for users when the product is uninstalled and System Safe is enabled
• Provide a guideline for users when the "Enable System Safe when I start Windows" option is enabled
• Added link to Returnil web site in Start Menu
System Safe
• Fixed inability to enable System Safe when compressed disk is used
Security
• Fixed service crashes when files cannot be added to quarantine
Stability
• Improved installer with better detection of corrupted installations, especially when the product has been removed manually or using third-party uninstaller tools. Note: If a broken installation is detected during upgrade, then the product is uninstalled, and user is suggested to restart computer. After the restart the installation process shall be repeated
• Fixed service crashes with local database corruption. Added automatic detection of database corruptions with automated configuration recovery
• Fixed slowdowns of registration and remote control operations
• Fixed system crash due to incompatibility with Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows XP
• Fixed rare cases when the product cannot be (un)installed due to service initialization failures
• Fixed a number of rare system crashes reported by customers, and related to Virtual System, Virtual Disk and File Manager
• Fixed system crash when a file is pasted in a remote console opened via Remote Desktop Protocol
• Fixed CPU spikes and service crashes during network communication activity
• Fixed system crash when some parts of the product have been removed manually before running the uninstaller
• Fixed installation failure when some required windows standard directories do not exist
• Fixed service crash when quick scan is started
• Fixed Microsoft WERs: 1684205045, 1689308985, 1691514278, 1689169950, 170088703, 1700887031
Remote Control
• Notify user when remote command has been received but ignored by the product, specifying the reason
• Fixed remote control operations that do not work well in some product states

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RVS (3.1.7704) to RVS (3.1.7779)

Licensing
• Support for Home Classic Edition (No AV - Virtualizatoin only option)
Usability
• No splash screen when system started
Stability
• Fixed downloading of AV updates during upgrade from previous versions

RVS (3.0.6778) to RVS (3.1.7704)

Security
• Full System Scan feature (only available in paid versions)
• Enhanced data collection reports
• Enhanced cleanup of failed installation during next installation
Usability
• New GUI language: Portuguese
• Installer uses English language by default if the language of user's PC is not supported
• Updated Help Manual
• When web sites are opened from GUI, allow use GUI language on the sites
• When a file is moved to quarantine, mark the corresponding security message as processed
Stability
• Fixed "Unknown ()" virus detection
• Fixed Microsoft WERs: 770604423, 787724936, 804837134, 1503708804, 1512934878, 1513411900, 1526442385, 1531360683, 1553873390, 1554949418, 1557035281, 1575793065
• Changed the way of configuration discovery under virtual machines. New installations will require entering a license again as well as setting other program options
• Optimize memory/CPU usage, which is especially noticeable for commodity PCs
• Fixed installation/uninstallation issues reported by users (the case of upgrade from 3.0, the case of old and slow PCs)

RVS (3.0.6517) to RVS (3.0.6778)

Usability
• Added Japanese help manual

RVS (3.0.6372) to RVS (3.0.6517)

AV Definitions
• Include latest definitions file in installer, to ensure that computer is protected right after installation, and speedup the initial scanning
• Fixed downloading when proxy server is configured with authentication
Virtual System
• Fixed corruption of System Restore points when System Safe is enabled. Third-party backup software will work now properly when System Safe is disabled.
• Fixed lost of GUI configuration when user folders reside on non-system disk
• Warn users before enabling System Safe if there is insufficient free disk space
Licensing
• Simplified registration process right after product installation
• When GUI is password-protected, verify password before new license is requested, to avoid unconfirmed product edition changes
• Enhanced GUI to simplify password recovery and license recovery (for the editions that support these features)
Usability
• Allow user to see the password reset immediately when it is available
• Display progress bar when Virtual Disk is mounted/unmounted
Stability - user's feedback via Microsoft portals
• Fixed service crashes when new updates are downloaded incorrectly due to internet connectivity problems
• Fixed GUI crashes on logoff when some GUI screens are opened

RVS (3.0.6299) to RVS (3.0.6372)

Usability
• Ask for GUI password during registration if GUI locked
Security
• License recovery link
• GUI password recovery link
• Showing registration window before Quick Scan
• Other GUI enhancements

RVS (3.0.6228) to RVS (3.0.6299)

Compatibility
• Fixed compatibility issue with Microsoft Security Essentials
Security
• Fixed wrong detection of "potentially unwanted applications" in default mode. Now they are recognized in advanced heuristics mode only
Stability
• Fixed instabilities related to overloaded or broken internet channel (antivirus definitions not updating, failure to register, excessive CPU usage)
• Fixed system slowdowns, especially when other security solution has installed
• Fixed service hangs when user changes system settings in Control Panel
• Fixed GUI crash when a window is resized
• Fixed rare crash on Windows 7 during system start
• Fixed entering proxy configuration in GUI

RVS RC1 (3.0.6059) to RVS (3.0.6228)

Usability
• Updated help manual
Stability
• Fixed displaying of a security message when it includes a filename with special characters
• Fixed GUI hang when files are restored from quarantine in the case of insufficient disk space
• Fixed GUI hang at startup on slow machines
• Fixed GUI File Manager to access files and folders protected by File Protection
• Fixed remote configuration update when the same parameter is changed several times quickly
• Fixed uninstaller that has not deleted an application file in some cases after full product removal

RVS RC0 (3.0.6059) to RC01 (3.0.6180)

Virtual System
• Fixed issue with blocking defragmenters when System Safe is disabled
Security
• Fixed service crash when quarantine files have manually corrupted
Usability
• Fixed help shortcut
• Updated help manual

RVS Beta 9a (3.0.5913) to RC0 (3.0.6059)

Stability
• Corrected Quick Scan on 64-bit Windows
• Fixed GUI crash during mount of Virtual Disk when there are no free drive letters
• Fixed service/GUI crash on exit
Usability
• Updated help manual
• Localization: added Spanish
Licensing
• Support for multiple editions in GUI

RVS Beta 8 (3.0.5636) to Beta 9a (3.0.5913)

Virtual System
• Perform wiping of disk cache at startup, not shutdown.
  This makes the product compatible with McAfee Total Protection
Security
• New version of antivirus engine
• New data collection algorithms that do not load CPU/HDD anymore
• Properly configure heuristic modes in A/V scanner
• Allow moving files from network shares to quarantine
• Trust programs from real disk only" fixed for Windows 7 64-bit
Self-protection:
• 127.0.0.1 signature update vulnerability eliminated
Quick Scan
• Full support for 64-bit Windows
• Recognition of filenames with incorrect characters
Virtual Disk
• No more failures on frequent disk mount/unmount
Usability
• Report progress during quick scan analysis phase
• Show when the quick scan has been performed last time
• Added new languages: Czech, Finnish and Dutch. Updated localizations for other language
Mainenance
• Default language can be specified before installation, to avoid displaying the language selector
  (example of fully unattended install: RVS_SETUP_xxx.EXE //LANG=eng /I $$ /passive)
Stability
• Fixed hangs at shutdown on Vista
• Eliminated reported GUI freezes on Vista
• Fixed GUI crashes in File/Registry Browser (reported by end users via Windows Quality Portal)

RVS Beta 7a (3.0.5118) to Beta 8 (3.0.5636)

Quarantine
• Move malware to Quarantine (See Preferences/Antivirus/Quarantine for the main view: View, Restore, Delete, Undo quarantine items, See action "Move to Quarantine" in message list for reported malware, See action "Move to Quarantine" in message popup)
• Move malware identified during Quick Scan to the quarantine
Data Collection
• Approve/disapprove items for upload (See Preferences/Antivirus/Upload Queue for the main view)
Licensing
• Corrected displaying of licensing details
Virtualization Registry Browser
• Ability to view/compare/update registry on real and virtual systems (See Tools/File Manager/Access Registry)
Quick Scan
• Properly handle files located on network shares
• Log files processed during the Quick Scan
Usability
• GUI: Updated logo, backgrounds, changed links to buttons, increased space for localized string
• Increased splash screen display during application start
• Localization: Added Italian, Polish, Russian, Korean to GUI
Security
• 64-bit Windows fixes for real-time a/v, a/v exclusions, file protection, trust programs from real disk only
Updates
• Enhanced handling of unsuccessful a/v database updates
Messaging
• Corrected rare crashes during displaying of messages
Installer
• Corrected administrative installation with supplying custom parameters (RVSPARAM)
Stability
• Numerous fixes to stability issues detected in GUI, service, and drivers
Detection of unknown malware
• Enhanced report generation by inclusion DLL signatures
• Improved memory utilization during suspicious behavior collection
• Improve drivers quality for Vista/2008/W7

RVS Beta 6a (3.0.4769) to Beta 7a (3.0.5118)

Operating System:
• Windows 7 support
• Windows 64-bit support. A single installer for 32-bit and 64-bit installations has been created
Security:
• Preferences/Virus Guard: Separate settings for A/V engine. Allow heuristic mode and data collection policy configuration
• Quick Scan: Properly handle file names located on network shares
• Exclusion List: Fixed a bug to allow files/folders to be excluded from A/V monitoring
• Real-time Scan: Show malware type and virus ID when a malware is detected
• File Protection: Fixed several cases when file protection has worked improperly
• Updates: Properly handle processing of A/V updates when no internet connection is available. Eliminate 100% CPU load during updates
Usability:
• Messaging pane: Enhance colors for messages and links
• Messaging popup: Eliminate displaying of empty popups. Redesign GUI for the popup
• GUI desktop toolbar: Updated design. Do not minimize when GUI is minimized
Detection of unknown malware:
• Setup data collection in Quick Scan and Preferences/Virus Guard
• Detect and collect information for recognition of unknown/new malware
Virtual Disk:
• Allow opening an existing file as a virtual disk
• Allow removal of a virtual disk file
• Fixed a number of issues when virtual disk is not created under Vista/2008
Localization:
• Use installer language as default GUI language
• Added Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional languages
Installer:
• Added shortcuts for help and uninstall
• Eliminate cases when no progress messages are shown
Maintenance and support:
• Enhanced compatibility with other products that have file system, registry, and process moniting drivers

RVS Beta 6 (3.0.4613) to Beta 6a (3.0.4769)

Usability:
• Added GUI translations for German, Japanese

RVS Beta 5 (3.0.4361) to Beta 6 (3.0.4613)

Usability:
• Added help manual, with ability to open it from GUI
• Added German, Japanese, and Polish to product installer
• Allow on-the-fly reloading of translations in GUI
Stability:
• Fixed a number of crashes and inconsistencies in GUI and services that may occur during broken internet connection, service shutdown, extended logging, displaying of messages, registration of new license
Virtual System:
• Extended error handling if virtual system cannot be activated
File Protection:
• Fixed inability to protect files on non-system drives, fixed exclusion lists for protection

RVS Beta 4 (3.0.4103) to Beta 5 (3.0.4361)

Security:
• Allow Quick Scan to be opened from main GUI application
• Slightly speed up downloading of a/v updates when the Quick Scan wizard is shown for first time
Usability:
• Visualize the progress of uploading A/V updates
• Support for 120dpi screen resolutions
• Messaging in GUI: Open browser when links are clicked in messages. Avoid displaying an empty new message popup
• Fixed a number of minor issues with GUI application, including reported by beta testers and reported internally
Infrastructure:
• Switch to new (more secure) communication layer using native Windows libraries
Stability:
• Fixed a number crashes that occur in different situations. Reduce CPU utilization during Quick Scan
Virtual Disk:
• Hide real disk when users have enabled virtual system since reboot. Fix crash during start when there are network disks
• Fixed disk mounting for Fast User Switch. Add better detection of conditions when the virtual disk cannot be created/mounted
Virtual System:
• Fixed a number of issues that have prevented users to save files

RVS Beta 3a (3.0.4010) to Beta 4 (3.0.4103)

Stability:
• Fixed error during installation due to wrong installation order of components
Security:
• Fixed removal of files during postponed Quick Scan under Windows Vista/2008 when UAC is enabled
• Fixed compatibility issue with Kaspersky Antivirus 2009
Usability:
• Preferences/System Safe: Added more information about slider
• Main window: Better reaction on tray icon mouse clicks, better reaction when main window is activated by mouse
Virtual Disk:
• Better processing for errors that may happen during creation of a virtual partition
File Manager:
• When files are saved to real partition: Better processing for errors due to insufficient permissions under Windows Vista/2008

RVS Beta 3 (3.0.3976) to Beta 3a (3.0.4010)

Security:
• Added an ability to postpone Quick Scan wizard (either manually by user or automatically by installer if the system needs to be rebooted before the wizard can start)
• Fixed cleanup of malware from system accounts on Vista when UAC is enabled
• Fixed error during upgrade from older Beta builds
• Fixed error during copying of a file from network share
Virtual Disk:
• Fixed formatting of virtual partition on Vista/2008