Hi Paul, Until a much more knowledgeable member replies may I point you to their FAQ? https://0patch.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/200441471
Thanks Krusty. I am just wondering if they get it wrong, one is up the creek without a paddle so to speak, other than images of course ...
Well, you can very easily disable any of their patches without the need to restart your machine, so I'd suggest the risk is pretty small you would have problems, but ... I'm not a super guru.
Internet Explorer 11 zero-day vulnerability gets unofficial micropatch https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...day-vulnerability-gets-unofficial-micropatch/
0patch has my interest, how many of the patches are paid customers only? The faq seems to indicate, free customers get all non customised patches for non EOL products.
I'm a bit late as I haven't been using 0Patch lately but I see there is a new version available. "Today we released a new version of 0patch Agent that fixes some issues reported by users or detected internally by our team. We always recommend keeping 0patch Agent updated to the latest version, as we only support the last couple of versions; not updating for a long time could lead to new patches no longer being downloaded and agent not being able to sync to the server properly. Enterprise users can update their agents centrally via 0patch Central; if their policies mandate automatic updating for individual groups, agents in such groups will get updated automatically. Non-enterprise users will have to update 0patch Agents manually by logging in to computers with 0patch Agent and pressing "GET LATEST VERSION" in 0patch Console. We're still offering a free upgrade to Enterprise so any PRO user can request Enterprise features by contacting support@0patch.com. The latest 0patch Agent is always downloadable from https://dist.0patch.com/download/latestagent." https://blog.0patch.com/
I finally bit the bullet and subscribed to 0Patch. With Win10 going EOL soon and no interest in upgrading to Win11 (Machine isn't compatible anyway), I figured I don't have much to lose. I guess time will tell if it was worth it, or not.
0patch explained its an injection of code. so you need no signing. anyhow malware may be able to stop the agent and thus micropatching -> insecure system. btw post-eos patches are not free https://0patch.com/pricing.html
Great answer. Thanks! True, but 0Patch is patching itself too. Nothing is bullet prove these days anyway. Correct. I've been using the free version off and on for years now, but finally decided to subscribe. A decision made easier now that I only have one Windows machine. It isn't exactly cheap.
With Microsoft finally implementing hot-patching in Windows 11 (for enterprise at least), unfortunatelly I don't see bright financial future for this product. That is true if you execute malware with administrator privileges and high integrity level. If you use standard user account and/or I.e. Sandboxie then risk is mitigated. Also 0patch is rather niche and probably no popular malware bothers to have functionality to disable it in the first place.
It is not just for W10 EOL. I have 0patch Pro on Win11. They have new patches quicker and they can work better than waiting for the MS patches that might not ever show up.
Something I've noticed is that when I open the GUI it takes nearly 30 seconds before it loads properly. Until then I only get a spinning circle with the mouse-over. I don't recall seeing that while using it free.
I re-downloaded the latest installer and installed that. It seems to open quicker now, but there is still some delay.
