Crystal Security - Discussion

[Amit]

Originally Posted by jmonge

+1

hey been to your website not one link to anydownloads keep being redirected to a free website advertisement.please fix this thank you

[Dermot7]

Originally Posted by general_zerohour

hey been to your website not one link to anydownloads keep being redirected to a free website advertisement.please fix this thank you

Just downloaded Kristal Security without a problem here.

Suggestion: Perhaps show supported OS, System requirements e.g. ?

[kardokristal]

Originally Posted by general_zerohour

hey been to your website not one link to anydownloads keep being redirected to a free website advertisement.please fix this thank you

Hi,

Thank you for the info.

This will be fixed!

Regards,
Kardo

[Dermot7]

What I've just seen is that sometimes when you click "Download Center" tab on home page, you get a 404error re-direct to web-hosting company...is that the same issue?

[kardokristal]

Originally Posted by Dermot7

What I've just seen is that sometimes when you click "Download Center" tab on home page, you get a 404error re-direct to web-hosting company...is that the same issue?

Hi,

Yes. The same issue and this will be fixed

Regards,
Kardo

[kardokristal]

Hi,

Kristal Security website internal links fixed now!

@general_zerohour, @Dermot7: Thanks.

Regards,
Kardo

[kardokristal]

Hi,

New Public BETA version of Kristal Advance Detector is now available.

Here is list of all KAD 0.0.0.5 Beta new features, fixes and improvement:

New:

* Added context menu to Enlarged Activity Monitor

# Right-click menu now accessible from Enlarged "Activity Monitor"

* Options to choose what file types to analyse

# Choose what file types KAD will scan

(*.exe, *.dll, *.sys, *.com, *.rar, *.zip, *.pdf)

* Added context menu to "Activity Monitor"

# Added to right-click menu: "Remove from Blacklist" and "Remove from Whitelist"

* Self-Protection to protect KAD important files

# This option protects KAD files and notify you when suspicious activity detected

* Analysis over secured connection (SSL)

# All files analysed on background over SSL connection. This will prevent
malware hijacking

* Windows 7 style Sys tray icon menu

# Sys tray icon menu is now 7 style

* Updated GUI

# All options/actions updated to newest style

* Perform Check for Updates via sys tray icon menu

# Now you can check for program updates quickly via sys
tray icon menu

* New Protection level: Custom

# You can now protect and monitor your custom director(ies)

Fixed:

* Analysis show safe while no connection available

# When no internet connection then KAD show on analysis report
file classification: "Unavailable"

* Popups about System Volume Information changes

# No more popups on System Volume Information on Windows XP

* Activity Monitor context menu

# Now accessible only with right click
# No tray menu show up on Activity Monitor

* Auto Startup 64-bit compatible

# Fixed 64-bit OS auto startup option

Improved:

* Auto startup option

# Enable/Disable changes depends on OS version (XP or Vista or 7)

Download link for Kristal Advance Detector 0.0.0.5 Beta:

Installer: -http://content.wuala.com/contents/kristalsecurity/Public/Kristal%20Advance%20Detector%202012/Kristal%20Advance%20Detector%20installer.exe?dl=1

Portable: -http://content.wuala.com/contents/kristalsecurity/Public/Kristal%20Advance%20Detector%202012/Kristal%20Advance%20Detector%20BETA.zip?dl=1

Any feedback always welcome

If there is any questions then just let me know via PM.
Please posts all bugs (with pictures if possible) to this
thread.

NOTE: After this BETA i am starting again Closed BETA for certain users.
If you like to test future Closed BETA of KAD then PM me.

Best regards,
Kardo Kristal

[kupo]

I'm getting a crash after installing this version. A dialog box appears saying to close the program.. The kadfiles that is usually created at C:\ in the older version is not appearing..

[kardokristal]

Hi,

@skudo12: Thank you for the report.

skudo12 and all other members who use Kristal Advance Detector [0.0.0.5 Beta].

There is bug what causes crash error when you start KAD.
Today i will release KAD Critical FIX update for this bug and then this
error should be fixed.

Temporary fix for this bug is next:

Make folder named: "kadfiles" on C:\
After that you have to make 9 files into created kadfiles folder:

# C:\kadfiles\ActivityMonitor.txt

# C:\kadfiles\ActivityMonitorEnlarged.txt

# C:\kadfiles\Blacklist.txt

# C:\kadfiles\Checklist.txt

# C:\kadfiles\CustomDirectories.txt

# C:\kadfiles\FilesToRemove.txt

# C:\kadfiles\Safe.txt

# C:\kadfiles\Unsafe.txt

# C:\kadfiles\Whitelist.txt

Regards,
Kardo

[kupo]

Now working properly, I like that the time it takes to detect new exe is fast!

[kardokristal]

Originally Posted by skudo12

Now working properly, I like that the time it takes to detect new exe is fast!

Hi,

Good to hear that and thanks for the comment

Question: You got it to work with temporary fix?

Regards,
Kardo

[kupo]

Yup, but I've encountered another crash, changing the files to monitor will make it crash, also settings to auto startup doesn't seem to work

[kardokristal]

Originally Posted by skudo12

Yup, but I've encountered another crash, changing the files to monitor will make it crash, also settings to auto startup doesn't seem to work

Hi,

You mean when you try to change "file types to analyse" unders settings...then crash appear?

Can you please describe crash a little bit or take picture of it? Thanks.

Yes, auto startup will be fixed too.

EDIT: @skudo12: OK, just made test....changed "file types to analyse" under settings...applied and crash appeared.
Need to fix this bug too.

Regards,
Kardo

[kupo]

It seems that being fast at detecting have it's downside.. First when a file is downloaded, the moment it start, KAD detects it and starts the cloud lookup (the file is still incomplete meaning different hash). That means that KAD will give a safe rating.. However if you select an action when the downloading is not yet finished KAD will detect it once more after the download.. It will then give a proper rating to the file.
As for the settings crashing, it happened when I unchecked rar and zip files.. And when KAD restarts itself, it crashed..

[kardokristal]

Originally Posted by skudo12

It seems that being fast at detecting have it's downside.. First when a file is downloaded, the moment it start, KAD detects it and starts the cloud lookup (the file is still incomplete meaning different hash). That means that KAD will give a safe rating.. However if you select an action when the downloading is not yet finished KAD will detect it once more after the download.. It will then give a proper rating to the file.
As for the settings crashing, it happened when I unchecked rar and zip files.. And when KAD restarts itself, it crashed..

Hi,

Yes...it is some kind of bug, but it still show proper rating at the end of file download. But yeah, i´ll try to fix this little bug too (this will also reduce popups.).

Okay. I will try to figure out what causes settings crash.

Thank you for the report.

Regards,
Kardo

[kupo]

Can't reproduce the settings crash, working properly now.

[kardokristal]

Hi,

Technical update for Kristal Advance Detector 0.0.0.5 Beta is available.

In this update is fixed several important bugs:

* crash error on KAD start

# KAD will not create kadfiles folder with files to C:\ on start if
no kadfiles folder exist.

* KAD shortcut for Auto Startup

# KAD will show empty shortcut on KAD folder.

NB! Before you start to install Kristal Advance Detector Technical Update, please uninstall previous Kristal Advance Detector completely.
Please be sure that KAD folder from C:\ and from Program Files is removed.

NOTE: Also is some changes on portable version.
When portable download finished, then double-click on
download portable KAD file, follow instructions and choose the location where
KAD should install files. When finished, start Kristal Advance Detector.exe

Installer download link:

-http://content.wuala.com/contents/kristalsecurity/Public/Kristal%20Advance%20Detector%202012/Kristal%20Advance%20Detector%20installer.exe?dl=1

Portable download link:

-http://content.wuala.com/contents/kristalsecurity/Public/Kristal%20Advance%20Detector%202012/Kristal%20Advance%20Detector%20portable.exe?dl=1

Best regards,
Kardo Kristal

[kupo]

Hello, I'm getting an idle cpu usage of around 6 - 8% and a I/O Total Rate of 180kB/s.. Is it normal? Can it be considered as a performance hit?

[kardokristal]

Originally Posted by skudo12

Hello, I'm getting an idle cpu usage of around 6 - 8% and a I/O Total Rate of 180kB/s.. Is it normal? Can it be considered as a performance hit?

Hi,

I have the same cpu usage on Windows 7 32-bit.

I will try to improve performance of KAD as much as possible.

It should be still light on your system....at least RAM usage.
I know that RAM usage is not only indicator of application performance but it is important for many users.

At the moment i am focused on bugs and i will try to add some new features to future releases of KAD.

For next release i will try to develope following features: Stealth mode and intelligence analyser.

Regards,
Kardo

[Tarnak]

Hi kristalsecurity,

I just sent you an e-mail about the Technical Edition, in response to your PM a short time ago.

[kardokristal]

Originally Posted by Tarnak

Hi kristalsecurity,

I just sent you an e-mail about the Technical Edition, in response to your PM a short time ago.

Hi,

Thank you!

Got your e-mail and now review your attached files.

Also your previous e-mail was helpful and i got your previous e-mail successfully

Regards,
Kardo

[Tarnak]

No rush... I am logging out now, and will check back later.

[kardokristal]

@ Tarnak.

I finished your files review for now.

As i see, your error still appear on windows xp after boot/reboot.

I think that there is some conflict between KAD and your other security product(s). One way is that i will install Windows XP on virtual machine and start to test KAD with other security programs you are using.

Can you please send me these details via PM:

Windows XP (32 or 64 bit)

List of other security products you are using on your computer.

This information should help to figure out the problem.

Regards,
Kardo

[kardokristal]

Hi,

I´d like to tell that latest Kristal Advance Detector Beta is working on Windows 8 Consumer Preview (I Tested it on Windows 8 Consumer Preview - 32-Bit).

NOTE: To get it work for first time successfully, you need to download installer version...then right-click on installer file and choose "Extract Here" or "Extract files..." and choose folder where you´d like to extract KAD files.

When KAD files extracted then you have to double-click only first time on KADPrepare.exe. When this is done then KAD will start properly on Windows 8.

Here some pictures of KAD on Windows 8 CP:

1. http://i.imgur.com/zxghr.png

2. http://i.imgur.com/NJK5s.png

3. http://i.imgur.com/dzQir.png

Best regards,
Kardo Kristal