VoodooShield/Cyberlock

Dan,

I'm sure you don't want to hear this, but VS (3.14) froze on me again.

 

In 'Scan & Allow' what happens if an analysed file is unknown to the 57 engine blacklist scan? The user guide recommends that the file not be allowed, so is it automatically blocked in 'Scan & Allow'?

 

Scan & Allow:
If the file has 0 detections = Automatically allowed
If the file has 1 or more detections = Prompt
If the file is unknown = VS should display a prompt.
Yes, basically the file is blocked if it's unknown

 

VoodooShield,

I always test VS with same programs on same OS.

In Scan & Allow/Auto Mode...with Stable 2 or any Beta 3 VS I never got alerts for cmd, etc... With last 1-2 Beta 3 I get cmd, etc... alerts.
So I am not clear if in Auto Mode cmd, etc... alerts should be there or a bug or by design now?

I thought Auto Mode is blacklist scan + VoodooAi only i.e either programs are allowed found clean by scans or prompts for detection by scans & so no cmd, etc... alerts.

 

Sorry about that! Thank you for letting me know! I really, really, really think 3.15 will fix the issue for good... I will be releasing it soon. If not, one way or another I will figure it out very soon.

 

VS 3.15 Beta or the final you have mentioned in one of your previous posts in 1-2 days?

I think 1 more quick beta with fixes before final would be good, what you say?

 

Pretty much what mood said (thank you mood)... but also keep in mind that if a file has a high VoodooAi rating, it will be blocked as well. There are tons of other different scenarios as well... for example, if the file is spawned by a web app, that makes a difference... or if the file is in app data or program data, that makes a difference, there are tons of these. But all of this only applies to the newly renamed AutoPilot mode... the old Scan & Allow mode did not take all of this into consideration.

 

A lot has chanced with AutoPilot mode (I listed a few changes in my last post). But yeah, that is by design. VS 3.15 is not quite ready... I am trying to completely finalize everything so we do not have a new version everyday . But yeah, we are getting very, very close!

 

I'm loving the new version, but I find that with the program on Autopilot + Training Mode I'm getting a regular pop-up telling me that VoodooShield isn't on, and thus I'm not protected. This pop-up has booted me back to the desktop and out of a game a couple of times now. Is there any way to have it on Training Mode and not get any kind of pop-up? The whole reason I put it in that mode is so that I can have a lot of what's on the PC whitelisted for a week before I pop it into Smart mode. I'm using the Free edition. Thanks for your help!

 

Thank you, I appreciate that! Ooops... I know what you are talking about, I will fix that right now. If you need a Pro license, just email me at support@voodooshield.com.

 

Oh thank you so much! Awesome support. Really liking where you're going with this program, it's becoming more and more powerful AND user-friendly. A hard combination to master. I'll e-mail through for that license, and thank you kindly for that.

 

Salutations/Greetings!

Feedback on latest version of VS.

Internet Connection is lost when PC goes into Sleep mode. After hitting esc key for about a minute and half. Sometime, I have to re-connection the Internet connection.
Browser Mozilla Firefox,Internet Connection is lost, after being for a while. Breaking the connection and
restarting the PC. Fixes the problem!

Kind regards,

 

No issues experienced here. Have cleared the Command Lines to start from afresh and everything seems to be working as it should in that area. No freezes noticed...yet!

Noticed a couple of issues with AI rating a signed app as suspicious..reported as False Positive.

Awaiting the arrival of v3.15...

Baldrick

 

Just wondering why there are no tests of VS? VS seems to have a greater following than WAR on WS but, unlike WS, there don't seem to be any user tests demonstrating its effectiveness.

 

Here is 3.15... almost finished . I still have to fix the Windows 10 Cuckoo Sandbox, and figure out what to do about making the vulnerable processes user adjustable, and activate the realtime VoodooAi scan, but other than that, we are good to go!

http://www.voodooshield.com/artwork/InstallVoodooShield315.exe

Krusty, please check the msfeedssync... I had to make some changes that might affect this, but it should work great! Also, the freezing should be completely fixed now... if not, I will focus solely on that until it is fixed, especially since most of the other stuff is finished. BTW, on the freeze issue... it turns out, if VS blocks something when it is "frozen", it fixes itself, blocks the file, and starts working correctly again . But now it should be completely fixed, but if not, please let me know!

Sorry I have not been able to keep up with the posts, but I will catch up asap! Thank you!

 

@VoodooShield - Can you please tell me what Autopilot Mode does exactly?

 

I have a couple of theories . It might be because VS has been in heavy development / beta for a while and a lot of people who do the testing do not like to (understandably) test beta products. I think mainly because if the test fails, then the developer can always say "well, what do you expect, it is in beta ." Or something like that... and it probably is not worth the headache to test beta products.

The other theory is this... I have seen several comments like "Testing anti-executable products is not really fair... sure, they will block everything, but they are too difficult for a lot of people to use, so really it is not fair". (Something like that). Well, hopefully with VoodooAi / AutoPilot / User Recommendations, they will kindly reconsider .

It actually works out better for VS to not have too much exposure, until the software is just right... that way there is not a bad first impression. Now that the software is just right (or close), I think it is time that we start letting people know about VS .

Just imagine if in the last 4+ years... if all of the computers that were infected during this time, if they would have been locked when they were running a risky web app, how many would have been infected? .

Thank you guys (and Vlad) for all of your help!!! I will catch up asap!

 

Sure, AutoPilot is an enhanced version of the old Scan & Allow mode. Essentially, it uses the blacklist scan, false positive detection, and most importantly VoodooAi, along with some other factors, to see if VS / VoodooAi can make a clear and correct determination on whether to automatically allow a blocked item or not. If it is quite sure that it can make the correct determination, it will auto allow (or bock) the item without having to prompt the user. However, if it is questionable whether the correct determination is made, then VS will prompt the user.

There are A LOT of factors that go into it... it is quite complex, and hopefully I did everything right . I double triple quadruple checked everything, so it should be good to go, but if it allows something that you guys would expect for it to block, please let me know .

To put it simply, AutoPilot is basically using Ai to think for the user and automatically make the correct decision for them, without having to prompt unless it is necessary to do so.

 

Dan, no problem with msfeedssync.

 

Hehehe, I always figured that some of the tests where paid / sponsored. I find it ironic that, for example, VS received a 3 start review, and the only negative thing (from what I remember) is that the user cannot manually edit the whitelist in the free version (which since has changed anyway). But yet, if you have a free product that literally has all of the protections disabled in the free version, well, then you are golden . It would not bother me so bad (and honestly, I would not even say anything about this), except for the fact that this is ABSOLUTELY not made clear (in most cases) to the end user, who believes they are protected, when they are actually not. And btw, I am not picking on any product specifically... I am just saying that scaring and misleading the user, when it comes to computer security, is not cool. Especially the borderline PUPs.

 

Very cool, thank you for letting me know! Hopefully in 2-3 days you will say the same thing about the freezing issue .

 

Now that will be very cool!

 

Thank you for explaining that, I appreciate it.

Great job, Dan, keep it up!

 

Oh, I just realised... No pop-up from Smart Screen this time.

 

So 3.15 is a Beta or Stable?