NoVirusThanks OSArmor: An Additional Layer of Defense

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  1. novirusthanks

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    @plat1098

    That is a FP, will be fixed in next version.

    The block rule is located in "Lockdown & Experimental" at the end of the list:

    osa-rule.png

    @wat0114

    Awesome! Thanks for purchasing =)

    @Roberteyewhy

    Yes we added that feature, see image below:

    osa2.png
     
  2. itman

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    I have created an Excel spreadsheet showing what OSA protections are enabled for each profile. Obviously, "1" means enabled and "0" means disabled. Source data comes from the OSA profile .ini files.

    Spreadsheet can be downloaded here: http://www.filedropper.com/osaprofiles .
     
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  3. wat0114

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    Thanks itman.

    Did you come up with these profiles or are they included somewhere in the program? I ask because I don't see them.
     
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    They are located in this directory; C:\Program Files\NoVirusThanks\OSArmorDevSvc\Profiles
     
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    Thanks, this is appreciated. It can help with the decision-making process on what to enable/keep disabled. I did have to install a free app from the MS Store to view the Excel file (XLS Opener--it does have some ads but nothing extraordinary). But it's nice, I'll take a closer review before deleting the Store app. :)

    I figured that AdGuard thing was a false-positive and whitelisted it as such. The point was more the "block" that was triggered by it. If anyone has a "phantom" block where a rule is cited but that rule doesn't appear enabled in the Configurator, well, I hear ya. Maybe it was a dirty install- I did install this over the top.
     
  6. Buddel

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    Thanks, @itman. I have added another column to this spreadsheet to compare my settings with the predefined OSA profiles. My own settings roughly correspond to the predefinded "Extreme" profile (with some exceptions plus additional block rules and some exclusions).
     
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    Okay I missed that, thanks again! I've been exporting my profiles to a different directory.
     
  8. Tarnak

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    I updated to v1.5.3 two or three days ago. Then I got the following rule, yesterday, so I hope it is OK. Don't understand what it denotes. ...I am running Windows Pro version: 1909 (OS Build 18363.1256), which I had updated to, shortly after getting that update for OSArmor.

    Date/Time: 17/01/2021 4:26:14 PM
    Process: [46296]C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    Process MD5 Hash: F68AF942FD7CCC0E7BAB1A2335D2AD26
    Parent: [8688]C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Rule: BlockLOLBinsAndOtherSophisticatedAttacks
    Rule Name: Block LOLBins and other sophisticated attacks
    Command Line: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe" -localserver 22d8c27b-47a1-48d1-ad08-7da7abd79617
    Signer: <NULL>
    Parent Signer: Microsoft Windows
    User/Domain: Owner/DESKTOP-XXXXXXX
    System File: True
    Parent System File: True
    Integrity Level: Medium
    Parent Integrity Level: Medium
     
  9. wat0114

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    it looks to be fine:

    https://superuser.com/questions/1175267/what-is-this-rundll32-instance-running

    Rundll32.exe can be utilized as a LOLBin by malware to execute malicious scripts and such, but in this case it's doing something legitimate. You will probably get occasional alerts about harmless actions that you will need to add to the Exclusions list, but of course you need to be careful you don't allow something malicious.
     
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    @Tarnak

    you're welcome. It turns out I already had an exclusion for that same action when I replied yesterday, which I had completely forgotten about :confused:
     
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    Sorry, never noticed that option. Convenient inclusion.

    Thanks,
    Robert
     
  13. novirusthanks

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    Just a quick update, released OSArmor v1.5.4.0:
    https://www.osarmor.com/download/

    [18-Jan-2020] v1.5.4.0

    + Added new internal rules to block suspicious behaviors
    + Fixed all reported false positives
    + Minor improvements

    Blocks, for example, finger.exe (a new LOLBin), and much more.

    @Tarnak

    That is a FP, it is fixed now.

    @itman

    Thanks for the spreadsheet!
     
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    OK, I removed 1.5.3 first this time before installing 1.5.4 but did keep settings and logs. Only thing so far: I did have to redo my WAV in the OSA folder as the default was re-instated. :)
     
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    mind if i ask what your custom wav is? :ninja:
     
  18. itman

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    It did it again! OSA not running. This time ver. 1.5.3 not running upon resume from Win 10 sleep mode.

    Also as before, I could not enable protection via OSA and had to manual start its service via Win 10 Services option.

    -EDIT- Also as before auto updating was enabled. About 5 mins. after resume from standby and manual starting OSA service, I did receive the ver. 1.5.4 update.

    This issue again makes me believe it has something to do with OSA auto updating. Does it check for an update immediate after user logon?
     
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  19. Krusty

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    @novirusthanks ,

    It looks like you have fixed the previously mentioned PrivaZer bug. :thumb:

    Thank you!
     
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    Hi itman,

    this same thing happened to me twice yesterday. The first time I believe because the firewall, WFC, had no Allow rule for it yet, so maybe the update check being blocked crashed it (disappeared from taskbar).

    The second time, I was using ConfigureDefender, and when I went to refresh to update the new settings, OSA disappeared from the taskbar.

    Adding exclusions for ConfigureDefender didn't seem to help, so I had to temporarily disable OSA, then refresh ConfigureDefender.

    Edit

    Just noticed after posting this that it disappeared again from taskbar :( No rhyme or reason this time. Had to re-start the service.

    Edit 2

    now just updated to v1.5.4 and will see what happens.
     
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  23. itman

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    I also just noticed this event log entry that actually occurred prior to when my PC came out of sleep mode today. Possibly occurred upon entry into sleep mode:

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  24. Azure Phoenix

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    Did you checked the logs to see what rule in ConfigureDefender could have block OSA?
     
  25. wat0114

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    Yes, nothing showing in the logs.
     
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