NoVirusThanks OSArmor: An Additional Layer of Defense

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by novirusthanks, Dec 17, 2017.

  1. novirusthanks

    novirusthanks Developer

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    We've released OSArmor v1.6:
    https://www.osarmor.com/

    This is the changelog:

    If you find issues or FPs please let me know.

    * You may need to add Novirusthanks Company S.R.L. in the list of Trusted Vendors before updating.
    * You can install over-the-top of a previous version (reboot is not needed).
    * If you have auto-update option enabled you should get the update automatically.

    Here you can find a new short video:

    Testing OSArmor with "Hidusi" CVE-2021-40444
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Zu_f9E_D0

    Just testing OSA with the CVE-2021-40444 "in-the-wild" sample that was hosted in the "hidusi" malicious website.

    @Rasheed187

    We already added the option "Block any process executed from web browsers", you can find it in Configurator -> Protections -> Lockdown & Experimental section.

    @Buddel @pb1 @Krusty

    SysHardener works fine even if not updated from 2018, however it needs some new tweaks such as disabling of Preview pane, more "Block outbound connections for process ...", option to unassign .xml files, and a few others. It may also require to simplificate the UI. With Windows 11 registry tweaks locations have not changed (its base is Windows 10), so all should work same as Windows 10. Instead, we may add some new tweaks for Windows 11 OS probably, but not yet checked.

    About when it'll be updated, let me not say a date or time interval for now. I wanted to update it a few months ago but then we got busy with APIVoid and OSArmor (they take precedence since they are commercial). We still have some updates/news to share, wanted to do that a few months ago, but couldn't. I can say that if we don't have too many slowdowns/sudden, soon we'll announce some nice things.

    @paulderdash

    I think that can be done, we'll discuss about it soon.
     
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  2. plat

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    SmartScreen has an issue w/release 1.6.0.
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  3. pb1

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    Sounds advanced, still free? Syshardener i mean.
     
  4. Krusty

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    Interesting that scanning for 'Trusted Vendors' produced two new 'Signers'. This is after scanning with the preview days ago and adding one new Signer.
     
  5. novirusthanks

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    @Krusty

    Yes, GlobalSign has updated our code sign company name to Novirusthanks Company S.R.L. in the SHA1 cert, so it needs to be added to Trusted Vendors.

    @plat1098

    Thanks for reporting it, I submitted the 3 files (OSA Personal/Business/Enterprise) as safe via the Edge option.

    I guess once the files will get some downloads, the warning message should disappear.

    This could have been fixed at begin by using only the SHA256 EV code sign, but still wanted to support old OSs with also SHA1 code sign.

    We may fully drop SHA1 code sign in the next year.

    @pb1

    I guess yes.
     
  6. n13

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    If I may, I'd really like to ask a question :)

    So I'm interested in purchasing OSarmor, but I need to know if it will work fine with my current set up. Which currently is:

    Firefox
    ublock origin
    Sandboxie
    Malwarebytes (premium)
    Keyscrambler


    Thank you! :)
     
  7. Buddel

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    OSArmor should work fine for you, @n13. I cannot see any problems here.
     
  8. Antarctica

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    updated to v1.6 on two computers without any problems, thanks!:)
     
  9. wat0114

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    I'm finding OSA combined with WD using Andy Ful's H_C are a match made in heaven :) And yes, no problems yet with v1.6.
     
  10. pb1

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    I guess ;), so it will be paid. Oh well, nice as long as it lasted.
     
  11. Buddel

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    Automatic update to v1.6.0 hasn't kicked in yet.
     
  12. Krusty

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    I agree. Very nice combo.
     
  13. Rasheed187

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    Thanks, but you are misunderstanding. I want to block both legitimate and malicious apps from running the browser as a child process. So it's the other way around. Certain malware may open the browser in the background in order to make stealth outbound connections. And what about my idea to monitor and block processes that are created in suspended mode? This is from the article from my last post:

     
  14. Buddel

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    Am I the only user who doesn't get v1.6.0 automatically or is this automatic update feature broken? It doesn't seem to work here.
     
  15. Antarctica

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    mmmh! strange, it work for me Wednesday on two computers.
     
  16. Buddel

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    Thanks, @Antarctica. So I will have to install v1.6.0 manually.:(
    BTW, the OSA update feature always worked for me with previous versions. Version 1.5.9 seems to be the first version that refuses to update to the latest version here. Strange.
     
  17. Dragon1952

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    After waiting 2 days for V1.6 i manually downloaded it.
     
  18. sevenstar

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    I have to update 1.5.9 to 1.6.0 manually as well. :sick:
     
  19. Buddel

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    Thanks, guys. So I'm apparently not the only OSA user who doesn't get v1.6.0 automatically. Something must be wrong this update feature. Let's hope it will soon be fixed.
     
  20. Roberteyewhy

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    Same here!
     
  21. Influenza

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    Idem here :(
    How can I manually update ?
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  22. Buddel

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    Go to https://www.osarmor.com/download/ and install v1.6.0 over v1.5.9. That's what I did a couple of days ago.
     
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  24. novirusthanks

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    Since GlobalSign has changed our company name in the code sign cert, there is this issue with auto-update from v1.5.9 to v1.6. We're going to get this solved with GlobalSign, should take some days. Once done, we'll will release v1.6.1 that will re-allow auto-update from v1.5.9. Sorry guys, the issue doesn't depend on us, anyway should be fixed within days. A quick workaround is as done by @Buddel, download OSA v1.6 from its official website and install over-the-top of v1.5.9.
     
  25. itman

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    What I have observed on my Win 10 21H1 build is OSA is partially performing the 1.6.0 update but not installing it. I found the download in my User\Temp directory. After verifying the download was legit, I just ran that download to install ver. 1.6.0.
     
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