RegRun - where are Dmitry & Chris?

Hi Peekaboo,
it scans for information but at a very basic level...

.. I meant RegRun doesn't have a signature filescanner Ewido or TDS-3 has. but indeed it scans for specific info...
If you have nod32, the Antivirus Coordinator will autodetect nod32. from there you can scan suspicious files/entries with your Antivirus Coordinator...in fact it is nod32 scanning it.

 

for example, it has a custom taskmanager, windows cleaner (limited), it has some kind of heuristic for wormlike behaviour/scripts (runguard, something like Wormguard)

it offers a lot...

 

edit: never mind Infinity answered the question very well indeed.

 

RegRun has a scanner called Watchdog. You can set Watchdog to run or not run. If you set Watchdog to run, you can further set it to: (a) run a scan every 1 minute (fastest speed) or less frequently, if desired, & (b) to display its icon in the system tray, or to NOT display its icon.

I do not have Watchdog display its icon. It uses 1% system resources on Win9X (as read at Win+Pause/Break>System Properties>Performance Tab). Uses 1% cpu on each scan. Scan is done near-instantaneous, so cumulative cpu usage is well below 1%. Watchdog uses 6MB memory.

Watchdog watches all startup locations. It also watches any other registry items that you set-up under RegRun's Registry Tracer. Registry Tracer has an excellent default list of *sensitive* registry items. You can readily modify that default list. You can also add registry items of your own choosing, if you wish to do so. Ergo, Watchdog can (if you wish) protect a LOT more stuff than just startup items.

You can also have RegRun perform one-time scans at Shutdown, &/or at Startup. These one-time scans can be done (a) in addition to running Watchdog, OR (b) instead of running Watchdog.

RegRun does its startup scan in Windows mode BEFORE Windows shell starts. You can also designate files to be protected by RegRun. If you do so, RegRun keeps back-up copies of protected files, plus checksums, & checks those files at each startup. Here again RegRun provides an excellent default list of what should be protected, plus you can readily modify it.

There are MANY other options as to how you set RegRun -- depending upon the extent of your paranoia. I myself am ULTRA paranoid.

To configure RegRun, you use the RegRun Control Center. This has a heavy GUI, but only needs to be used once in a blue moon. It should not be run except when you wish to reconfigure. Once RegRun is configured, even if you run Watchdog at its 1-minute scan frequency, you won't even notice it's there.

RegRun is a great program even for novices (like me). In the hands of advanced users, RegRun can be jaw-dropping awesome in its scope & power.

 

Hey bellgamin,

I know that you have both RegRun and WinPatrol.....so how are these two apps different and similar to one another? Also, do you run them both together, or never run them together? You know that I have WinPatrol already, and am looking at possibly adding RegRun....but would having them both be overkill?

 

Infinity & bellgamin,

Thanks for the info.

Sounds like Regrun is a good tool to use to prevent your system from becoming infected if you have a clean system, but is not a substitute for Antivirus or Antispyware like SS&D, Spysweeper or Spyware Doctor.

Does the program protect itself from being killed?

Also how much hard disc space is the gold taking up after install.

 

nope it has not selfprotection capacities. hence it's not in kernel mode or it doesn't use any hooks to protection itself.
I believe it's better this way imho, so everybody can use the program...we got other tools for that like regdefend. If you use processguard then the monitoring part cannot be killed either...that's the use of pg ... so all the rest can play nice

I believe it's 10mb or something, I didn't checked and it's nothing... take three mp3 songs and you got the weight of the program

 

Re: RegRun - Dmitry & Chris - keep up the great work

I agree it is refreshing to see software developers like Dmitry reach back to help the masses who refuse to give up a perfectly good working OS till that consumer makes the decision to upgrade...

Also if you look at the specs for RegRun I wonder if it may be possible to let the program protect itself by adding the Regrun .exe and relevant component files to the "System Files Protection" feature or maybe the "Trojan Analyser"
would be capable of stopping most attacks.

It might be an interesting test to see if RegRun can stand up to the DiamondCS APT tester http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=apt

even if it does not pass, the list of benefits of this program is amazing

what is also amazing is the lack of buzz about this obviously highly regarded program

thanks, I have less than a gig left on an old pc which I will keep till I am ready to upgrade

 

i bought RegRun Gold Suite last year but I'm not completly satisfied, even if I consider it a good program and I use it from time to time.
I think it's an old-fashioned program overtaken by the new programs as Prevx.
It's protection is not very powerful and files, registry, are underprotected.
Anti Replacement, File Protection, Trojans Check and others are nice tools but the monitoring is incomplete.