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Version 8.0.1.229 (Released August 18th, 2012)
Improved
- Compatibility with:
- Avast
- XChat
- UltraMon
- ConstantGuard ID Vault
- Watchdog
- Synaptics PS2 keyboard drivers
- Multiple performance enhancements, including:
- Reduced CPU load with numerous instances of Chrome
- Reduced background CPU usage during scan
- Uninstall process and performance enhancement
- CPU usage when on the status screen
- Reduced overhead of background threads while idle
- Keyboard responsiveness with Identity Shield
- (Business edition only) Increased server process shutdown speed
- Significant threat detection and remediation enhancements, including:
- CLSID cleanup
- Kernel rootkit removal
- Heuristic blocking of files with appended data
- Context menu scans now support a significantly larger number of files
- Windows 8 kernel support
- Change journal support on 64-bit OS's
- Exception tracking logic
- Web Threat Shield blocking behavior
- Updating from a previous version
- Updated install and update process to prevent invalid paths
- Reliability of status screen updates
- New language support for:
- Traditional Chinese
- System Cleaner cleanup for Chrome
- Scheduling for System Cleaner
- System cleanup of Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 most recently used files list
- New threat detections:
- M0rpheus
- Zeus Trojan
- General malicious services
- Enhanced zero-day threat prevention and warnings
- Cleanup of .exe subkeys
- Additional logging of active processes
- Help and Support link in tray options
- Desktop shortcut after install
- (Business edition only) Logging when agent command scans are run
- Simultaneous initial scans
- Caps Lock unexpected behavior on secure sites
- Last scan display discrepancies
- Context menu scans failure
- Scheduled scan on boot up
- (Business edition only) Handling of Account Management Website activation
- Correct completion of active scans
- Duplicate uninstall links
- Identifying host file modifications
- Scanning of some corrupt files
- Duplicate prompts for untrusted program execution
- Premature scan completion
- Not scanning on battery power
Other changes
- Major UI enhancements
- Changed international product names to prevent language confusion
- Help question mark in upper-right corner of UI now opens support web page
- (Business edition only) User response option removed for firewall prompts in centrally managed environment
Enjoy the new build everyone!
TH