HitmanPro.ALERT Support and Discussion Thread

Didn't mention SBoxie as it's mentioned in the Event Viewer log #4516
Event happened every time today opening IE11 sandbox'd. One after another...several times in close order. I had not previously open IE11 sandbox'd for some time as my preferred browser is Firefox.

 

64bit as mentioned here #4516 with the contents of the Event Viewer Log
Sent U PM. Thanks for your interest.

 

As I see it anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-spyware products are essentially a big joke and an excellent commercial affair. I recall a study relating that 80% of IT professionals had no confidence in this approach. Of course for a newcomer to the Internet it's better than nothing but at the end it proves to have a malicious effect on the excess of confidence it can provide to many users.

I've been on the Web since year 2000, December 2000 I remember. I've tried perhaps not them all but many active, pro-active and you name it anti this and anti that... not to mention defense applications which themselves proved to be, worse than unreliable : vulnerable.

Then it was said, forget the signatures and focus on the behavior of enemies. That doesn't stop the anti-malware business based on sigs from flourishing... don't follow my advice if you don't know what you're doing : I wish not to call upon irresponsibility.

No anti-whatever here, at least not in the sense of dedicated install & forget. A consistent HOST file together with PeerBlock, SpywareBlaster for the cookies and for IE ActiveX protection : that's for system-wide.

For the default browser, which happens to be Firefox, an approach based on the idea that if you avoid the wrong places you're more likely to avoid their insanities : uBlock add-on for the filters and for the external calls, Self-Destructing Cookies add-on for cookie tracking, that's the main frame. Never 50 opened tabs (imagine the cross-siting on a plain browser!), never-ever other opened tabs when I'm on a HTTPS site with confidential data in the process... I've running so for fifteen years (say ten without the anti-stuff testing era...) and not one problem.

Then I heard about cryptoware... and really got frightened. I found hopefully at that time HitmanPro.Alert 2.6.5.77, and that was my main reason for adopting its new approach.
Now we have HitmanPro.Alert 3 and it true defense further elaborated, following the never ending elaboration of malware, fixing itself on the trickiest slots of malware functions. And that is good, and that together with above mentioned hits IMO the equilibrium between not enough and too much. HitmanPro.Alert moreover, in this scheme, is able to focus on its mission without having to lose its time with compatibility issues with other defense applications running in its way. I'm aware of the fact Hitmanpro, basic (Kickstart) or .Alert do not explicitly or implicitly consider themselves as a replacement for traditional anti-malware. They don't, but I do, together with what I've mentioned above.

But for anyone starting on the Web : forget what I've wrote.

 

I'm curious about the encryption that shows up as an light orange-tinted stripe in the lower right corner of my screen as I type something onto any website. How does it get transmitted correctly from my keyboard to the website?

Many of the sites I type into (banking, etc.) already have their own encryption process (HTTPS). Does HMP.A's encryption take place on top of that?

Thanks!

 

I'f been on the web since 1998, but what does it mean? Nothing!

The today question is, how to protect the average Joe from malware, spyware and adware?

What is your suggestion?

My own setup is just for testing purpose, because I use brain 1.0

What else do You recommend?

 

It's simple keystroke encryption...aka scrambling. The alpha numeric asci code is scrambled / altered so keyloggers cannot cipher key hits off your machine. Data sent to websites appears as normal to the website. Data transmitted over HTTPS is still via HTTPS for the site.

 

Brain 1.0 is essential if we keep it updated : excess confidence is as dangerous when driven by the ego as it is driven by HisBrain (whatever version)!

I agree that protecting the average Joe (let's understand by 'average' average knowledge, only) is the first duty. But that doesn't mean that Joe, once on his own, technically educated so to say, may not be informed of post-education attributes, of which emancipation.

I haven't put down all little extras (small but efficient) which participate to a better surfing (Top Secret!). But whatever the defense weapons they'll be less efficient without Brain (Supervisor) 1.0 : I entirely agree. But at the beginning of one's Web Odyssey Brain is only at the alpha stage, needs life, experience.

So : yes for classical defense as an equipment for Brain .1 alpha, then with Brain 1.0 think of emancipation (read, discover, try, forget the masses, make your own life), share (as we do here) your opinions, stay humble, never act as a top-shot, and take precautions as I have when delivering non orthodox practices.

 

I must agree, cause my english is not sufficient, to understand exactly.

But what should I install on my customers computers, to keep them save?

 

Follow business, that is conciliate their happiness and your wallet.

 

Asking and discussing what is going well together with HMP.Alert is very well on topic,
cause most complaints about HMPA.A not working as expected, is caused by improper combination of security solutions. period

 

Hi erikloman

Further to my post #4467, I am now running build 167 (Windows 8.1 64 bit machine). However I still have to change chrome.exe to 'Allow' from 'Protect' in WSA under Identities/Application Protection for Chrome to load normally i.e. not freeze / hang when loading.
Strangely I only see my portable Chrome listed there now, not installed Chrome, and neither am I able to add the installed app. But 'allowing' the portable Chrome enables normal load of both! I am just concerned changing the app from 'Protected' to 'Allowed' in WSA exposes me. There does seem to be some interaction with between HMPA and WSA there. (If I uninstall HMPA, Chrome loads normally). Not sure if you can replicate this.
I also forgot to mention in my last post that I am also running Spywareblaster, WinPatrol and WinPrivacy. As well as HMP, MBAE Free, MBAM Premium, CryptoPrevent, Voodoo Shield. I like to run a 'layered' approach' but concede there may be too much going on here!

 

Oops; same here (latest stable version).

Should I try to reproduce my Office/IE crashes without Sandboxie? (I probably will, out of curiosity)

 

If I only disable Loadlib, I still get the alert on both Microsoft Update and Microsoft Update Catalog.

 

Ok. Thanks for checking it out.

 

Build 167: memory usage 83 mb (W7 64 bits). Normal?

 

40 minutes later: 90 mb.

 

Now 100 mb (using System Explorer 6.4.0).

 

I also use System Explorer 6.4.0. I'm seeing two instances of HMPAlert*32.exe; one is using 16k and the other 6k.

 

It keeps increasing. 112 mb...

 

Two processes: 112 mb and the other 1 mb.

 

Have you tried rebooting and does the same thing happen?

 

When running without HitmanPro.Alert on my machines, and then try to start an Office 2013 64-bit application in Sandboxie 4.16, it fails! Tested this on Windows 8.1 x64 and Windows 7 x64. Same error:



This has nothing to do with HMPA. Are you able to run Office 2013 64-bit in Sandboxie 4.16 without HMPA on the machine?

 

After a restart 16 mb and the other 10 mb. Tomorrow I will check if it happens again.