What is AppGuard

thanks for testing

 

I just installed AppGuard on my machine. Now i see the following .exe file listed in online armor's programs list. EgaUtil.exe. Is this part of AppGuard? I didn't notice it in my programs list before. I googled it, but was unable to find it.

 

Couldn't wait for the e-mail so I downloaded it.
Don't know if anyone else had this problem but the first time It started to install it shut down my computer and rebooted.
The 2nd try was successful and is now up and running.
Like the new additions.

Dan

 

i am going to install it as we speak

 

Ya, u need to restart ur computer then it will be up running.


Criss.

 

The first time, as soon as it tried to install, it shut down the computer.
It did not install.
The 2nd time it took and asked for the reboot.

 

it is running fine here

 

Running fine here too!!

jmonge, are you and criss brothers now?
Just wondering.
Same avatar and all.

 

haha maybe.

 

hey i didnt noticed that ,cool avatars

 

i have alitle concern now i am running appguard but i dont get to see what apps are protected ah also runing appguard along side prevx edge and zone alarm free firewallaparently it is working cause i tried to download a program and appguard block it but still i dont see any thing protected,only says status and empty box is this normal i didnt experience this with the previous edgeguard solo or previous appguard

 

In AppGuard version 1.1 you ought to see this in the GUI, three tabs, and three columns in the "Guarded Applications" tab.



If this is so, please do the following:
- Right-click AppGuard tray icon, select "Exit (GUI)"
- Either click on the AppGuard short-cut on the desktop or from the menu Start / Blue Ridge Networks / AppGuard

If doing this restores the "Guarded Applications" tab, then it would seem we did not fully eradicate a timing bug in the GUI application. Please confirm; I'll notify engineering.

BTW, the 3rd column in the "Guarded Applications" tab exists to suppress notifications from guarded applications that are chronic bed-wetters. These are applications that do something contrary to best practices prescribed by the operating system folk from Microsoft (e.g., write to files in the 'Program Files' directory). Setting this column to "No" for say Firefox means the AppGuard tray icon will not flash when it misbehaves. The application is still "guarded", and blocking actions are still captured in the Windows Event Log.

Cheers,

Eirik

PS Time to go downstairs and grind/brew some coffee.

 

I also experienced this in the previous version but the current version is running smooth now and having no problem.

And in the new version, i found out that if i don have FF installed, in the guarded applications tab FF will not be listed in there. Am i correct in seeing this??

 

Yes. To be honest, I'm a bit nervous about this approach. Sometimes one can be too minimalist in GUI ergonomics. Another approach considered would be an icon, altered text color of app name in 'guard list', shaded row in 'guard list'. Bear in mind, this would most often happen because an app in our 'default guard list' is not installed. Rarely does someone add an app to the 'guard list' that cannot be found later.

Feedback welcome! Something else?

Cheers,

Eirik

 

Hi Eirik,

Not a big deal but I noticed that this new version is using almost twice the memory over the previous one.

For the two exe.s it went from 11-12k to 22-23k.

Also in the guarded app list I just show 2 items now.
Internet Exployer and Windows Media Player.
Is that all there is supposed to be?
What about Outlook Express as as example?
Would that be ok to add?

Thanks for your help.
Dan

 

AppGuard will guard the following by default:

Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Windows Media Player

If it doesn't find one or more of the above, it will not display them in the 'guard list'.

We'll add Outlook Express to the default 'guard list' in the next release. Meanwhile, its pretty simple to do so yourself. Would you please right-click the AppGuard tray icon and check out the embedded Help Guide? I have an alterior motive for asking you to do this. If you get an idea about how to improve it, make it more clear/helpful, and you share it with me, then it becomes a better help guide.

As for the increased memory, that is due to the license enforcement functionality necessary to offer trial versions and offer enterprise licensing. It also increased the size of the hard drive footprint. Do people feel this is a problem?

BTW, my initial thought about the doubling of the memory was 'performance improvement', which is a typical trade-off one can make in software development (more memory can speed some things up). But, that's not the case because it was fine, great actually. I can barely see CPU usage with Task Manager.

Cheers,

Eirik

 

Since i cant use it on my current os im a bit in the blue about what appguard is but reading your last post Eirik it seems to be some kind of Defensewall with them default guarded app list. Maybe you should have a look at the default sandboxed apps by DW for ideas on closing the gap on possible attack vectors

 

I have nothing but the status tab showing. Uninstalled all other realtime security software. Tried a repair install first. A removal with Revo followed by registry cleaning by RegSeeker and then reinstall. Still only the status tab.

Edit: Old version installs just fine.

 

No problem with increased memory or the larger footprint on the hard drive.
I run distributed computing so I do check memory usage once in awhile.
Just a habit, I guess, that's how I noticed.
Performance wise, don't even know AppGuard is running.

Added Outlook Express before I sent the last thread.
Very easy to do the way it's set up.

Looked thru the help files and it is easy enough to understand.
I think it's well done myself.

 

Eirik,
You said in a previous post that the activation keys were to be sent to us within 24 hours. It would be nice to receive them.

Also, one of the more appealing aspects of EdgeGuard Solo and, to a lesser degree, AppGuard was its low memory usage.

Still running fine here.

Thanks for a great application.

Later....

 

Thanks for the keys, Eirik. .

 

Running smooth as silk for me..Thanks Eirik

 

Ok, i installed AppGuard, but now Prevx.exe went from using 30 megabits of memory to 130, and rising. I believe there's a issue of compatibility here. My pc is still running smooth, but Prevx.exe is still using more, and more memory.
Ok.. i uninstall AppGuard. Reboot seems to be frozen for 3 minutes until the desktop appears. Now i go to click on an app in the tool tray, and i get the blue screen of death. Now the computer is rebooting. Not sure what happened on the uninstall, but it was not good. Luckily i always make a backup of my drive before installing new software. Not saying anything bad about AppGuard, but prevx doesn't seem to like AppGuard or vise versus. I have Prevx 2.0, and Prevx Edge on my system. Who knows which was the conflict. I feel good with current blend of security, but i'm always interested in trying out new apps

 

same here and run xp2 prevx,zone alarm free firewall and appguard and i freeze up too like you

 

i did a litle test i uninstall appguard and instead install Edguard solo and it is smooth like a silk,no problem with prevx but it is appguard and prevx i guez