WiseVector Stop-X

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  1. Bob D

    Bob D Registered Member

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    Updated v2.67 to v2.72.
    Notice after startup marked increase in CPU, I/O reads, writes?
     

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  2. WiseVector

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    Hi,
    This will happen when V2.72 starts up at the first time, but not all the time.:)
     
  3. Sir Percy

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    @WiseVector

    My version displays 2.73, isn't 2.72 the latest or am i running a beta version just not mentioned here yet? :)
     
  4. porkpiehat

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    updated this morning to 2.73.. :thumb:
     
  5. roger_m

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    v2.73 was just released.
    https://www.wisevector.com/en/en-history/
     
  6. Tarnak

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    Earlier this evening I had to do a hard restart, and then noticed that WiseVector had not loaded.

    I tried to start WV Stop X from the Windows start menu, but it wouldn't load. I had two WiseVector exe's on my desktop, one for version 2.67 and the more recent 2.73 version. However, when I tried to run the old one initially, it was blocked by Emsisoft behaviour blocker, and then when I tried the more recent version it too was blocked.

    Eventually both exe's were quarantined by Emsisoft. I had to overide this action by Emisoft, and reran the exe to install WiseVector, which required a reboot to finish the install. After the reboot WiseVector is now running as per usual.

    Very odd that this happened, since I don't understand why Emsisoft determined WiseVector as suspicious.

    Emsisoft_Wrongly quarantines WiseVector exe_02.JPG
     
  7. roger_m

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    You probably need to whitelist the WiseVector exe files in Emsisoft.
     
  8. Tarnak

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    Perhaps, but I don't like to whitelist unnecessarily.

    Looking back through the Emisoft logs, it blocked WiseVector initially at 12:26:13 PM. Probably, blocked the update to WiseVector v2.73. Nearly 9 hours, earlier.

    Emsisoft_Wrongly quarantines WiseVector exe_03.JPG
     
  9. Nightwalker

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    If you dont like to whitelist you should report to Emsisoft so they can do it internally, it is a problem on their end, not on WiseVector.
     
  10. paulderdash

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    I prefer to cross-whitelist my security softs, to preclude this kind of problem
     
  11. stapp

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    Updated to 2.73 manually using the 'check for updates' in user interface.
    Worked perfectly.
     
  12. paulderdash

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    I have it on one of my Windows instances (not much else) - updated without issue on boot.
    (I saw afterwards I had 'Automatically download and install program updates' enabled by default in settings ... normally I prefer updating manually).
     
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  13. WiseVector

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    It was a FP, but Emisoft doesn't detect WVSX ( the V2.73 installer) as suspicious on the VT. We will contact Emisoft to resolve this. Thanks for your feedback.
    Can you please tell me what's the version of WVSX on your screenshot?
     
    Last edited: Jan 30, 2021
  14. Sir Percy

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  15. Floyd 57

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    Anyone happens to have done tests of this program against other avs such as kaspersky? NOT AV LABS
     
  16. porkpiehat

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    you're welcome..
     
  17. EASTER

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    Updated to 2.73 directly. Smooth as silk. No issue.

    Windows 8.1
     
  18. Tarnak

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    @WiseVector

    As I stated in my initial post above, I had two install exe's for WVSX on my desktop [and still have]. The latter one listed as WiseVector_StopX (1).exe, and here are the details:

    Emsisoft_Wrongly quarantines WiseVector exe_04.JPG

    Hope that helps. :)
     
  19. EASTER

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    PE Studio scan on V2.73- Of Note Emsisoft shows CLEAN as of today's date.

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  20. Krusty

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    HitmanPro.Alert blocked the update here again.
    Code:
    Mitigation   MalwareBlocked
    Timestamp    2021-01-30T21:10:25
    
    Platform     10.0.19042/x64 v889 06_5e
    PID          1736
    Application  C:\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVectorUpdater.exe
    Created      2021-01-30T21:10:14
    Description  Generic ML PUA
    
    
    Process Trace
    1  C:\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736] 2021-01-30T21:09:52
    2  C:\Windows\explorer.exe [7844] 2021-01-30T19:45:57
    3  C:\Windows\System32\userinit.exe [7708] 2021-01-30T19:45:57 23.6s
    4  C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe [908] 2021-01-30T19:45:21
       winlogon.exe
    5  C:\Windows\System32\smss.exe [824] 2021-01-30T19:45:21 164ms
       \SystemRoot\System32\smss.exe 000000dc 00000084
    6  C:\Windows\System32\smss.exe [536] 2021-01-30T19:45:17
       \SystemRoot\System32\smss.exe
    
    Dropped Files
    1  C:\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\dat\local.de-journal
         Dropped by \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736]
    2  C:\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\NewUpdate.ini
         Dropped by \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736]
            Read by \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736]
    3  C:\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\tmp\dat-lh.de.rar
         Dropped by \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736]
            Read by \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736]
    4  C:\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\tmp\WiseVectorUpdater.exe.rar
         Dropped by \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736]
            Read by \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736]
    5  C:\Users\David\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\5080DC7A65DB6A5960ECD874088F3328_79CFD3DF2894C4BFDA2ADFD6675FA18B
         Dropped by \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736]
    6  C:\Users\David\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\5080DC7A65DB6A5960ECD874088F3328_79CFD3DF2894C4BFDA2ADFD6675FA18B
         Dropped by \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736]
    7  C:\Users\David\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\7D11549FC90445E1CE90F96A21958A17_DCF3C7EBF16F9D8A2007E30BE1AB524D
         Dropped by \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736]
    8  C:\Users\David\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\7D11549FC90445E1CE90F96A21958A17_DCF3C7EBF16F9D8A2007E30BE1AB524D
         Dropped by \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\WiseVector\WiseVector.exe [1736]
    
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    After suppressing the alert WVSX updated without problem.
     
  21. Nightwalker

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    It is a detection from Emsisoft Behavior Blocker, it wont be detected on VT or via Scan module.

    Emsisoft needs to internally whitelist it or the user can do it, this isnt something caused by WiseVector.
     
  22. itman

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    Both WD and Sophos are detecting the updater at VT.
     
  23. Hiltihome

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    At the time of my reply, only Sophos and VBA32 flagged the updater.
    The installer is not flagged by any.
     
  24. Hiltihome

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    For this reason I uninstalled HMP.A, while testing WVSX.
    Another reason is, that there is no switch, to temporary disable HMP.A,
    which is annoying, when I run own scripts, to update my tools.
     
  25. Krusty

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    Actually in this case you can temporarily or permanently disable Anti-Malware. That is what I did on my other machine and the update worked without issue.
     
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