New Antiexecutable: NoVirusThanks EXE Radar Pro

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by sg09, Jun 3, 2011.

  1. EASTER

    EASTER Registered Member

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    Check That.

    Playing with the Portable Version of that. Yeah, it might just suit better then what's been. Thanks for the tip and URL share.
     
  2. paulescobar

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    Andreas! I paid for Exe Radar some years back, and still use it to this day on unsupported Windows 10!
    There have been some hiccups, but we found workarounds thanks to the ingenuity of this community & thread.
    We have been like the Cubans who keep vintage cars running lol!

    Now you have returned like some demi-God with the best news possible. I am so happy you did not lose faith in your beautiful program. We never did!
     
  3. NSG001

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    Now you see him! Now you don't!
    Look forward to this journey continuing :doubt:
     
  4. paulderdash

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    At the risk of being annoying, @Lockdown, or anyone, please can you post the settings required to avoid rebuilding the vulnerable process list with new Win 10 versions that change the file hashes?
    I know I am not the only one that has encountered this issue.
    See this post: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/appguard-4-x-32-64-bit.355206/page-272#post-2653941

    Edit: I am trying again. IIRC: 'Allow Microsoft Windows system protected proesses' unchecked, 'Do not allow signed processes' (or 'Do not check if a process is signed') checked.
    @mood In your opinion, would this work? Not sure we haven't had a discussion around this before ...
     
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  5. shmu26

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    I think the final consensus of this discussion was that if you uncheck all the trust settings, you will get a prompt when one of those vulnerable processes updates -- but it won't be exactly the prompt you were expecting. Instead of the vulnerable processes prompt, you will see a prompt for a changed file.
     
  6. Rasheed187

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    I hope NVT can post some screenshots of the new GUI.
     
  7. EASTER

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    Likewise, plus let's pull for this release to become really soon as opposed to much of a lull so we don't have to read all the "so when is it"? headlines. LoL
     
  8. Peter2150

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    Geesh. Give the guy a break. Not like ERP isn't working
     
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    @paulderdash
    Sadly a "File has changed"-prompt is not implemented for Vulnerable Processes.

    To see a "File has changed"-prompt for "c:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"
    * There must be an already whitelisted file with the "same path" in the whitelist
    * Further requirement: the checkums must differ
    = If both applies, the user will see a "File has changed"-prompt, else the "Unknown Application"-prompt is displayed on the screen.
    (ERP compares the path and checksum of the executable which is about to be executed with an (if available) already whitelisted file)
    Important: to be able to display a "File has changed"-prompt ERP must consider the path in addition.

    Execution of: "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe - Hash: ABC"
    Whitelist: "D:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe - Hash: XYZ"
    = "Unknown Application"-prompt

    Execution of: "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe - Hash: ABC"
    Whitelist: "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe - Hash: XYZ"
    = "File has changed"-prompt

    And to see the prompt for file-changes in the "Windows"- and "Program Files"-folder:
    * untick "Allow all software from Program Files folder"
    * untick "Allow Microsoft Windows system protected processes"
    * do not select one of the last two options at: "Settings - Signed Processes"

    Edit
    : to get fewer prompts, Files in the folders C:\Windows\ and C:\Program Files + C:\Program Files (x86) need to be whitelisted first (preferrable on a virus-free system, we don't want to whitelist malware :eek:)

    The way "Vulnerable Processes" works at the moment, and to see a "Vulnerable Application detected"-prompt for each execution of a specific file, new Hashes of updated files must be added to the "Vulnerable Processes"-list.
    * "cmd.exe" has been added to the whitelist
    * after it has been added to Vulnerable Processes:
    = "Vulnerable Application detected"-prompt for each execution of "cmd.exe" (except for whitelisted command-lines) (and only as long as the hash stays the same)

    But soon things will change, a vulnerable process can be specified by process. No matter what the hash is, the user will get an alert:
     
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  10. bellgamin

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    What he said!
     
  11. paulderdash

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    Thanks @mood for taking the time to explain.
    I do recall Andreas posting the change in the new version, so looking forward to that.
    I did try unticking those trust settings, but got so many prompts I quickly reverted :)
     
  12. shmu26

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    on a totally clean system, you can add the entire Windows folder, and also the programs folders, to whitelisted processes (include the subfolders when you do it), that cuts down a lot of prompts.
     
  13. paulderdash

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    Thanks. Makes sense.
     
  14. shmu26

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    if you do that kind of bulk whitelisting, you should get the "changed" prompt for updated vulnerable processes, instead of the "new process" prompt.

    I actually tried this plan out last night, but I ran into problems. Certain processes wouldn't load, and also did not produce prompts or log entries. When I exited ERP, those processes started popping up.

    Not sure, but I think it is because I was in a standard user account. I have noticed before that if I try to totally max out ERP protection while in a standard user account, I get glitches.
     
  15. shmu26

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    yes, it was the standard user account to blame.
    I switched it to admin, turned off trust settings in ERP, whitelisted my folders, trained ERP quickly, and then switched it back to standard user account. And all's well.
     
  16. Defenestration

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    @novirusthanks The current beta version of NVT has a bug whic causes all custom rules to be lost when a hard/unexpected shutdown of the computer happens (eg. power loss).

    Also, hoping for some of my previous GUI suggestions to make it into the new version.
     
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    It also happens under other circumstances too. Most annoying one for me is when I exit from shadow mode (Shadow Defender) by restarting or cold boot.
     
  18. bjm_

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    have you tried Exit > NoVirusThanks, before Exit > ShadowMode.
    FWIW ~ I'll Exit NVT ERP, before Enter & Exit ShadowMode. YMMV
     
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  19. :D wondering what will happen also
     
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  20. shmu26

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    actually, I am not so happy with ERP at no-trust settings when run in a standard user account. I hope the SUA bug will be fixed.

    I also hope that new version will be "smart" enough to identify similar command line strings, so they don't have to be edited with wildcards.
     
  21. bellgamin

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    I'm sure that you already know this, but for anyone who DOESN'T know: You can readily back-up NVT's entire rule-set by using File > Export/Import on NVT's GUI. I export to a flash drive, so a hard drive problem (including a full-on metal failure) doesn't cause lost files.

    Of course, the bug SHOULD be fixed but -- beta means beta.
     
  22. Defenestration

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    Thanks for the tip bellgamin. I've already been using the export/import feature, but it's an annoyance when it happens.
     
  23. novirusthanks

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    @Defenestration

    Yes we are aware of that issue, the new version will save rules in a better way so that kind of issue should not happen.

    @Rasheed187

    Not yet ready for a screenshot, but should have one asap.

    @shmu26

    Not that easy, but we can think about something.
     
  24. Lockdown

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    @novirusthanks

    I think you mentioned it, but these guys need hashless rules for Vulnerable Processes

    Microsoft is giving everybody a boomerang with their constant updates of interpreters and such on W10

    So for those that haven't been able to figure it out, they are having to re-craft their Vulnerable Process lists after the file hashes have changed

    They want a "File has changed..." alert when any process on the Vulnerable Process list is modified
     
  25. novirusthanks

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    @Lockdown

    Yes, the new rules allows to check file path, hash, parent, signer, etc

    A possible solution to avoid using hashes may be a rule like this:

    proc.Name = "cmd.exe" AND proc.signer = "Microsoft Corporation"

    We may also provide an alert dialog if a vulnerable process changes.
     
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