VoodooShield/Cyberlock

Hi DAniel

I don't doubt that b ut correct me if I am wrong but when one initiates an upgrade of VS whilst it is running then the installer prmpts the user as to whether they want the installer to close down the running instance before the upgrade is applied.

I upgraded my 32but system and that is what happened...no need for me to close down a running instance of VS...the installer caught it and did the necessary...installation proceeded smoothly over the top.

But this did noot happen on my 64bit system...I had to close the running version of VS manually to get it to install witout the error message I reported.

So, a mystery...no biggie but if Dan is interested I can supply additional details.

Regards, Baldrick

 

Put VS in Disable/Install mode, installed new version over top, no problems.

 

Sorry guys, hehehe, I forgot to mention that since this is not an upgrade, please exit out of VS before installing 3.59b.

And I forgot to put the "b" in the version... sorry about that .

 

I knew you always had to exit VS to update. https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/voodooshield.313706/page-677#post-2686173

3.59b is working very well as always!

 

Ummm. Well, there's good news... Clean install, no significant problems seen (only the little hiccup I mailed you about Dan), and yes it is a true multi-user app.

And there 's bad news... Per-user settings are not yet They really are needed.

FWIW, I was looking through the Basic Settings, and a couple of items caught my eye:
Activate VoodooShield when USB drive is inserted in Smart and Always ON mode
USB drive should always activate VS. USB is a drive-by attack.

Automatically allow specific critical Windows processes
Given WannaCry?

 

Is there a way to move notification popups showing in lower right of screen? It would sure be nice to have them in upper right. Too many other popups are interfering with my view in lower right

 

hey guys been away from trying out new security software for a while now. decided to give voodooshield a try. whats a good combo with voodooshield or can it be ran alone?

 

You could use it alone I assume, but it's recommended to use with a AV! For free, Avast is a solid choice. Also u could combine it with HitmanPro Alert for example, but it's a paid option.

 

For those that have VoodooShield with AppGuard, what mode do you use?

For now I' using AUTOPILOT mode.

 

me too autopilot most of the the time.

 

Thanks

 

I am running v359 and recently noticed that the VoodooShield service was still running after exiting VoodooShield. I have seen that with other apps, but the thing that caught my attention this time was that the VoodooShield service remained very active. I observed it with Windows task manager for a while as I was doing other things, and I would occasionally see VoodooShield service jump up to the top of the CPU usage column.

So my question is, what is the service actively doing, when the app is supposedly shut down?

 

That is a very good question for i have observe that also +1

 

Normal since Dan added the VS service. If you ever need to delete the contents of C:\ProgramData\VoodooShield you will need to shut down both processes so nothing new to me anyways.

 

For now they are stuck at the bottom right... it would be possible (and not that difficult) to move them to the top right (or wherever), but they question is, is it worth creating another option? We can think about it... thank you!

 

Hmmmm, I wonder what could be causing that. The VoodooShieldService basically just performs the tasks that require admin privileges... like getting the path of the file (for the snapshot), taking the snapshot, making registry changes (for the old startup entry), etc. The new VoodooShield service now has a timer that checks to see if the VS GUI is running, and if it is not, it starts it. So basically, if this was not an issue in 3.59, but it is an issue in 3.59b, then the timer is probably the issue... but if they both have this issue, then it definitely is not the timer. Please let me know if 3.59 did this as well... it is still available on our website for download. If we can quickly determine that it is not the timer, then maybe I can add some logging to the service to find out what this is happening. The service really does not do that much at all... so I would not have to add too much logging. Thank you!

 

VoodooShield 3.59 & 3.59b does it.

 

Ok, cool, thank you for letting me know. I can build a special version of VS where all of the events in the service have a log entry to tell us what it is doing. BTW, is it only in Windows Task Manager, or do you see the same thing in KillSwitch?

 

Windows Task Manager is all I use,never cross my mind to check with others Champ.

 

With this beta I'm back to having the VS gadget starting under the Task Bar at times on my low spec machine.

 

Bearing in mind my last post, about sticking to essentials , but remembering one of my earlier thought-points:

OTOH, when you're in some other universe working on a problem, that dinky little alert tied to the SysTray icon is not always easy to concentrate on. Is there any way it can be put in center-screen over the current window? That will help us return to Earth and change channel. #14119

But do remember to bring it to forground, please? I'll make so bold as to say that very few people would object to a default center-screen alert, given the consequences of misunderstanding it or not giving it proper attention.

 

@VoodooShield
Could you add an option to purge the whitelists?

 

Is this what your looking for?

 

I don't want to delete the entire whitelist I want to delete the entries that doesn't exist.

 

OK..thanks Dan. I really do think this would be helpful and also what gorblimey wrote concerning foreground would be awesome.