OFFICIAL RELEASE - Prevx 3.0.5.104 with SafeOnline

Prevx caches some files and does have some offline detection currently, however, it is primarily cloud based. We are working on offline caching for v4, although the focus is still very much on the cloud (we will primarily be adding functionality to heuristically block new threats if offline rather than try and download the entire multi-terabyte Prevx database )

 

on my 120k DL on my DSL wont be to bad for a terabyte haha

but sure that would be great. when will version 4 be out for beta ?

 

I was happy to win a licence here...Wonder before installing if the new version works with its safeonline together with sanboxie or not ?

 

When I tried it with sandboxie in Firefox safeonline didn't show up at all, but without sandboxie it showed up just fine. I'm using the free version of prevx also, but i'm not sure if that would make a difference since it still has safeonline.

 

We are not yet compatible with Sandboxie, although we are working with their developers to make it compatible

 

We are still some months away from a public beta because of the massive amount of improved functionality we're working on, but we will most definitely keep the forum members here updated as soon as we get closer

 

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I remember reading that the SafeOnline tab does not appear in Opera 10.51 on x64, but I don't remember if there might be a fix for that in the near future. If this has already been addressed then just post a link. And thanks for the Facebook SafeOnline offer!

 

No it's still not supported on x64 only IE8 & Firefox! See first post of this thread!

TH

 

Anyone notice anything unusual about this Prevx 3.0.5.104 screenshot?

 

OK I'll play
What happened to SO

 

Good eye. Thanks for playing.
I learned from Joe that I could use a SafeOnline "no install" parameter to fully not install SafeOnline. Since I run GeSWall and SafeOnline wasn't functioning too well, I went for the "no install" route. I have also been looking for what was causing BSODs and I think I found that... and it wasn't Prevx, by the way.

 

For users who don't want to install SafeOnline (so far we've only told Page about this function ) you can run the installer with the parameter:

Prevxcsifree.exe /prop SECUREB=N

which will prevent SafeOnline from installing

 

Curious of what you believe was causing BSOD's for you.

 

I should wait to see what the vendor has to say.

 

Page you can tell us kind folks!

TH

 

The blue screens and failure of Prevx to load properly, and all the other assorted little issues I was experiencing have cleared up, all due to two changes...

One change is I stopped running MBAM real-time.

I have been focusing on the Event Viewer (error 2019) that I was getting (like 10 in a row, 12 minutes apart) prior to the crashes: "The server was unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool because the pool was empty".

From what I can determine, that error indicates that it is "most likely a memory leak in a driver or kernel component". Not being well-versed in debugging tools for Windows, I at least saw that I needed a memory pool monitor (poolmon.exe) and probably pooltag.txt or strings.exe to identify the component or driver, and then I would have to solicit the help of the vendor to fix the leak, if I identified it. All of that sounds pretty cool, but still over my head, or at least not what I want to spend my time on learning.

So I did what many of us do when we are faced with crash problems... I removed a possible likely candidate, Malwarebytes AntiMalware. That alone cleared up the Prevx issues. Plus I am able to run the latest version, 3.0.5.106 without conflict. All sluggishness and start up weirdness is gone. No more error messages.

Second change is a new CMOS battery. I finally got an error code (000000f4) that pointed me in a good direction. There were enough little indicators for me to understand that I should replace the battery, and no crashes or error messages for 3 days since installing a new one.

So I think I had two separate issues, one software and one hardware, and I'm happy to say that Prevx is doing fine right now on BOTH of my computers.

 

Good to here that you have things sorted! But do you still have MBAM on your system? As I do but only for On-Demand only! I use NOD32 and Prevx only as reatime scanners without issues so I feel no need to add MBAM realtime at all! In that case there was conflict with to many scanners running on your end! I'm really glad you got it fixed!

Cheers,

TH

EDIT: Sorry I run WinPatrol Plus in realtime also!

 

Hi TH
Yes, I still have MBAM for on-demand scans. And I agree with you... in fact I noted in another post earlier today that, for me, it's been a case of too many real-time cooks spoiling the security stew. That's my fault, not MBAM's. I also had WinPatrol Plus going, and even though it didn't appear to be causing any trouble, I decided I wanted one less security program starting up, so I removed that from real-time too.

I still think that MBAM and avast! have problems together, and that may have been creating an environment in which Prevx was encountering problems. All I know is, it was like I was trying to put a round peg in a square hole by running the MBAM real-time protection module... it just wasn't happening for me on one of my computers.

 

You are more than safe with the apps that you use in your siggy line!

Cheers Buddy,

TH

 

Hey TH
Where to you keep your Self Protection setting... on default Maximum?
Default used to be Medium, as I recall, but was changed after v3.0.1.65.
I run mine on Maximum.

 

Yes default Maximum is now since 3.0.1.65 and I keep it there!

On 1 of my VM's I let a Fake AV install and it shut down NOD32 an older version not 4.2 and it could not shut down Prevx even at the time I had it disabled then I kept getting all these pop-ups then I enabled Prevx and it went like the Spanish bull run and deleted most of the active processes and did a full scan to get the rest and all was clean after reboot so I did this on my older machine with NOD32,SAS,MBAM running realtime and the fake AV closed down all those and only Prevx Icon was in the tray and disable also so I turn Prevx loose and it cleaned all the files did a reboot and all of the apps came back so the Fake AV could not shut down Prevx in those 2 events! Loved there Self Protection ever since!

TH

 

Was awarded a license for MBAM just recently in the Wilders drawing. MBAM locks my machine EVERY time and will not complete a full cycle boot. If I don't run it real time, but only on demand, all is right. Not gonna give up Prevx for any other program.

 

I'm going to run MBAM in realtime for a test to see if it gives me any trouble?

TH

 

Any results?

 

Not so far even after a couple of reboots! Maybe Comodo Firewall is the culprit as I use Look'n'Stop?

@Page42: Maybe ZoneAlarm Firewall?

TH