ThreatFire 3.0.13.11 released

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  1. tsilo

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    Maybe they fixed last issu with boot up ?
     
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  2. Matern

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    Re: ThreatFire 3.0.13.11 relased

    I'm waiting with the update till I get "green Light" here from other users.
     
  3. solcroft

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    Re: ThreatFire 3.0.13.11 relased

    Working perfectly so far. Protection level 4 provides greatly increased defense against downloaders; I'm still trying to figure out why isn't it the recommended level.
     
  4. HAN

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    Re: ThreatFire 3.0.13.11 relased

    My guess is that it may be based on knowledge level. Many users need good protection but not too many questions.

    FWIW, 3.0.13.11 is on my PC and it is running fine. No freeze-ups or anything. (I have rebooted several times to test it. :) )
     
  5. solcroft

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    Re: ThreatFire 3.0.13.11 relased

    That's the thing; there haven't been any FPs on my test machine yet on level 4.

    My poking around continues...
     
  6. Firebytes

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    Attempting to download this new version of Threatfire (directly from threatfire site) triggers an alert from Avast that the file contains a trojan. I am sure this is a false alarm but wondered if anyone else is having their AV alert on it as well?
     
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    Someone else had this happen with Avast. NOD32 Version 3 is ok with it...
     
  8. Firebytes

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    Thanks Han, I was "sure" it was a false positive. SAS and AVGAS both showed it to be clean. It has been submitted to AVAST so hopefully they will get the FP sorted out.
     
  9. Matern

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    I have 2 FP's with the new Version setting Protection Level on Step 4.
    The first is this Programm :http://www.pbus-167.com/
    Threatfire give me a blank Banner before it loads at each new Boot.
    The second:http://bfilter.sourceforge.net/
    Thraetfire tell me that my proxy is calling out in an unexepted manner.
    Going now back to Step 3.
     
  10. yankinNcrankin

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    I got the slider all the way up to 5 running nicely along side with Comodo pro Defense+. When I get prompt on legitimate programs all I need do is this and problem solved.
     

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    After rebooting with Protection Level on Step 3 the FP's are gone. I think Threatfire has on Step 4 a little Problem with temp.xxx drivers and processes from third Party Software with is not listed as trusted System Process or on a white List.
    The bigger Problem is that Threatfire give me a "blank"
    banner and can't show the name of the process or driver, so you can't make a custom Rule for this. The "blank" banner was not listed in the Threat Control, too.
    A little buggy, but it works :)
     
  12. Matern

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    @ #10

    i have try it, it dosen't work, because Threatfire dosen't find the name of the thing and so can't remember the setting.
     
  13. yankinNcrankin

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    Try the highest setting 5 it might work.
     

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  14. Firebytes

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    AVAST signatures have updated and the new version of Threatfire is no longer being flagged as having a trojan.
     
  15. Matern

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    @ yankin

    Thank you for testing Notebook Hardware Control.
    I go to Step 5 and tomorrow after boot I will let you know how it works.
    But I'm not Fan of to much Popups.
     
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    Too bad that they did not include an option to simply DENY rather than Quarantine or Allow only.
     
  17. solcroft

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    IMO the option to deny an action is useful only with advanced rules. When it comes to the default settings, the flagged process is either real malware, or an FP, and in these situations the Allow and Quarantine options are enough.
     
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    Quarantine is bad in case of false positive as in my personal experience an executable, once quaratines, sometimes can,t be restored fully via TF and needs a repair/ reinstall. This is very important issue.
     
  19. solcroft

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    Just out of curiosity, what are these programs?
     
  20. Matern

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    After I go to Protection Level Step 5 I have no blank Popup from Notebook Hardware Control any more.
    The Point is why I have no Popup at the higher Level and a blank Popup at the lower Level?
    I think in this Version of Threatfire they have not configured the Step's internal Rules out to the last point, maybe here's a little work in the future.
     
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    Not too many.

    I don,t remember exactly but it was few months back ehrn while testing I think I executed some malware via UltraExplorer and TF quaratined UltraExplorer via pop up alert( I opted for Quaratine by mistake). Restoration of UE was unsuccessful andd i had to reinstall it. Not sure that I can reproduce it or not.

    Since that day I am suggesting this feature to them.
     
  22. solcroft

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    The problem with such a scenario is that using a Deny option (if there was one) instead of Quarantine will stop that one particular action that finally pushed ThreatFire over the edge and caused it to pop an alert, but will not clean up any file/registry traces the malware has created. This is obviously both undesirable and a security risk. That was what used to be Cyberhawk's fatal flaw; unless you paid for the Pro version, these malware traces remain on your computer.

    Personally, I think improving ThreatFire's ability to recognize benign parent processes is a better solution that implementing a Deny option, but that's just me.
     
  23. yankinNcrankin

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    If you allowed NHC.EXE earlier you may need to delete rule in Threat Control under the Allowed tab and look for entries associated with this program. Then try retesting at level 5 you should get prompts. I think I asked wrong ?(s)
    Did you get any prompts at all at level 5?
     
  24. Vikorr

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    Does threatfire still have a problem with DeepFreeze? (it did when it was cyberhawk, but I haven't tried it since)
     
  25. Matern

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    @ yankin

    No, I dosen't get any prompts at level 5 with NHC.
    I have cleaned up my Thread Control before I'm going to the higher level and restart.
    It's a little bit curios that behavior between level 4 and 5 with NHC.

    But from other apps and outgoing traffic I have some alerts.
     
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