RegDefend Wishlist / New Features / Suggestions

Why are alerts windows modal? If you forgot to disable RD before the install of some trusted app, and it happens to play with zillions keys, you cannot disable RD because you're bombed with modal alerts...

-RE

 

The option to disable AD or RD should also be added to the alert options.

 

It would be nice to have the icon in taskbar to change colors, blink or do something when regdefend is disabled. Sometimes I disable RD when installing trusted applications and forget that it's diabled because the ghost is still looking at me.

 

Why no Trusted App option

Seems like a way to really simplify all the rules for various applications is to just add a "trusted applications" group that does not have it's registry access controlled.

For example, if I am running Spybot S&D for the first time, with no pre-existing rules to allow Spybot registry access, when I try to Immunize, I would get the first alert from Regdefend but instead of just Allow/Deny/Remember, there would also be an option to "Add to Trusted Applications". I would click that button and from that point forward Regdefend would no longer control registry access for Spybot S&D. It would still know if the file changed, and alert again then, but otherwise give Spybot free reign. It's a trusted application right? Then let it do it's thing. This would take care of Teatimer and SDHelper functionality as well - if I want to use them, no problem it's a trusted app so they just work.

Then instead of having umpteen different rules in the ruleset for all these different trusted apps, and having to add new rules whenever a new trusted application needs access, just let us put trusted applications in "Trusted Applications" and let them do what they need to do.

 

i think that if you need to close regdefend while it is popping up endless alerts you can just click "exit" from the RD icon in the systray..

i had to do that once, recently.. i was responsible for the problem.. i had regedit "disabled" in the app-rules, and so, when i clicked "always allow", the "alway allow" rule for "regedit" could not be created..

i think that it would be good to be able to disable "balloon-alerts" that popup when regkeys are blocked.. when i have create a rule to permanently block a regkey, i don't want to see a balloon-alert every time that it is blocked by RD..

 

Hello,

Alert Warning Notifications

Following on from a previous posting about my request in this forum I would like to ask if the Regdefend Alerts could be changed from the DEFAULT Friendly to Advanced. The user should have the option to choose in the settings GUI what alert they would prefer - this would be fairly easy to impliment. I for one would like to have Advanced Alert as default, giving me all options immediately available to deal with a specific alert. Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere on this thread, but could not see any mention of it.

Overall, there should be MORE options available to a user to customise GSS/AppDefend/RegDefend to suit themselves in the settings GUI, the current settings are very basic. Other than that GSS is an excellent security app.

Richie

 

Well this is a simple request.

Alwais allow an applucation to delete a registry key / value if that registry key does not exist.

Alwais allow to modify registry key if before is the same as after

There are a couple of application that try to remove themself from startup each time they start and i see creating a rule just for that is a waiste.

 

Regdefend tray icon defies tradition

Hello, Jason, Pilli, et al,


There is one thing that I like about Ghost Regdefend, and one thing I do not like about it. They are: Set it and forget it.

The problem is this. When I disable Regdefend it tends to stay disabled. Sometimes for days, possibly even weeks. You are probably thinking, it you don't want it disabled then go to the controls and restart it in the Normal mode. Well, I do...whenever it occurs to me to check it. Do you see where I am going with this? The tray icon does NOT indicate when regdefend is disabled.

BTW, Regdefend might do well to redefine the term "Exit" in the tray icon menu to "Quiet Mode", since I believe that is more descriptive of the function of "Exit" Oh, I know, you could say that you are exiting from the interactive mode, but I still think Quiet Mode is more understandible.

Back to my original point regarding the happy ghost, where one would expect to see a dead ghost tray icon. It would be all to easy for you to say, 'HandsOff is just stupid, he shouldn't be turning off regdefend in the first place.' Well, be that as it may, it would be hard to deny that a Regdefend user is needlessly put at risk when he does not realize that his super-primo defender is on vacation! Also, and maybe I am not doing something right, but it is my experience that after I disable regdefend, after eventually shutting down, and restarting Windows I see the same 'Happy Ghost' tray icon. While this is not inconsistent with what I said earlier it highlights the problem. It is very easy to go for long periods of time...days even...before discovering that Regdefend is not.

Other than that, it seems to be the best tool of its type that I have used. In the spirit of continuous improvement, I will strive to find faults in it, but it seems to do the job, what can I say? Nice program!


-HandsOff

 

Re: Regdefend tray icon defies tradition

Hiya HandOff this is a long wanted feature and about everyone know about it.
It will be implemented when Jason revise the GUI. Wich is suposed to be done after the backed is stable and running. If i have to make a guess Next beta will have the popup alerter as a driver and an optinal exe configuration tool. Wich basicly may means no more tray icon. times will tell.

 

Ah, so here is my post, my notification link did not work...

f3x, thanks for your response, and I'm glad that it is a priority. I'm curious about a pop-up alerter as a replacement for the status icon. If it worked perfectly it would still lack the ability to glance down at the tray icon and confirm the status of the program. When would the popup pop up? would it persistant continuing to pop up at every restart with no check to ignore this message? I would hope so.

But the obvious advantage would be freeing up tray space and system resources.

The obvious disadvantages is that the ghost icon is pretty cool. Also, you don't have a constant visual reminder. And maybe to pop up could go postal...But, anyway, I'm confident in the developers, so no worries here!


-HandsOff!

 

Hello,

GRAY AREAS ON GSS GUI SCREENS and GENERAL LOGGING IDEAS.

Another suggestion about the GUI. I use screen size 1600x1200 on my system. When GSS is set to full screen mode there is a massive glaring grey area at the bottom of the screen which is not used (see attachment). Its a waste of screen space that the user cannot adjust the GUI to fit the entire screen. On my system this occurs in the LOGS and REGDEFEND main interfaces when on full screen mode. Just think it would be handier if GSS viewed the interfaces fully for people who prefer larger monitor screen sizes.

EDIT: If this gray area was reduced to just a small section of the screen then a smaller area located here for LOGGING OPTIONS/SETTINGS might be useful. Options would include things like:

1) Disable/Enable logging
2) Delete Entire/AppDefend/RegDefend logs - I dont want to have to exit GSS to clear the logs everytime.
3) Changing log file size to user requirements etc

I think logging options in particular are sorely lacking in GSS as it logs ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING! Also if the NEWEST log entries could be showed at the top rather than at the bottom of the screen - I find this a little annoying that you have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the screen to view the most recent log entries - especially if you have a very big log file. If the Log and RegDefend main interfaces could remember their Column widths that would be useful - I like to expand and widen the columns to show all information going left to right... AppDefend seems to remember my column settings. When the program is exited they seem to go back to default widths.

Richie

 

Hi Rickster100,

This gray area was reserved for the futur *detailed* information about the log. As you can see this is now implemented in the alpha stage:

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=804017&postcount=24

 

Hi f3x,

Thanks for the info on this, thats a very useful addition to the overall product which I hope makes it to the final version.

Cheers

Richie

 

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Hi,

Often time i disable 'RegDefend' then forget to re-enable it. How about making the 'tray icon' somewhat different when enabled or disabled.

Thanks & Take Care
Rico