Changelog. Dr.Web products

Fixes and Improvements

New Features and Improvements

Implemented a check for the availability of a newer version of the installer for download when installing Dr.Web Server.

Added digital signatures to personal installation packages for Windows OS.

Added an option for restarting the station after installing Dr.Web Agent over the network.

Administrators can now set their own time zones.

Introduced a mode allowing to not display empty groups, groups with never-connected stations, and stations that have never connected to the Dr.Web Server in the anti-virus network tree.

Added support for syslog and CEF notifications.

Application access to cameras and microphones on workstations can now be managed via the Control Center.

The level of detail of the Dr.Web Proxy Server logs can now be changed from the Control Center.

Separated SpIDer Gate and SpIDer Mail settings.

Added the ability to edit the Favorites list.

An object or a process can now be selected as a criterion when creating a profile rule in Application Control events.

Application Control events can now be filtered by a given profile.

Important Changes

Preventive protection has been divided into three components: Behavior Analysis, Exploit Prevention, Ransomware Protection.

A password can now be set to protect Dr.Web Agent component settings via the Control Center.

Added an option to restore the integrity of Dr.Web Server from the current revision.

Added a feature to generate technical support reports on Dr.Web Agent components.

Added a feature to generate one-time unlock codes to the Anti-theft component for workstations running Android OS.

Changed restrictions on the availability of interface settings on tariffs for non-legal entities.

Resolved Issues

Optimized the speed of the Control Center interface performance.

End of Use and Support

Dr.Web AV-Desk version 10 cannot be upgraded to version 13.0.1.

Changes in the revision dd. 04/04/2022 (version 13.0 update):

New Features and Improvements

Updated OpenSSL library to version 1.1.1n.

Resolved Issues

Resolved an issue that caused Dr.Web Server cache files not to be deleted timely.

Changes in the revision dd. 01/26/2022 (version 13.0 update):

Resolved Issues

Resolved an issue that occurred during remote installation of Dr.Web Agent on a station via IP.

Resolved an issue that caused overwriting the settings of installed components when replacing the license key.

Resolved an issue that occurred when trying to assign a profile to groups containing more than one object.

Resolved an issue that occurred when trying to view the Office Control configuration on a station.

Resolved an issue that caused a reset of some settings when trying to configure personal settings of the Office Control on a station.

Resolved an issue related to saving changes in the Office Control configuration within the created policy.

Resolved an issue that occurred when trying to assign a profile to a group of Active Directory users.

Resolved an issue due to which not all subscriptions were included in the tariff reports.

Changes in the revision dd. 10/20/2021 (version 13.0 update):

Resolved Issues

Resolved an issue due to which group administrators were granted excessive access rights.

Resolved an issue causing a false notification about the Dr.Web Server configuration file having been changed.

Resolved an issue that caused Dr.Web Agents to update while the Dr.Web Server Update only bases setting was on.

Resolved issues preventing the database from updating.

Resolved issues that occurred in the Anti-virus Network section of the Control Center.

Changes in the revision dd. 07/09/2021 (version 13.0 update):

New Features and Improvements

You can now create a Virtual agent to protect virtual environments.

Now you can adjust the settings of automatic statistics cleanup for Dr.Web Agent for Windows and quarantined object deletion after a specified time period, using the corresponding options in Anti-virus Network → Dr.Web Agent → General in the Control Center. Adjusted settings can be applied on any station with Dr.Web Agent for Windows installed that supports this feature.

From the user group properties in the Control Center anti-virus network tree, you can now separately download a configuration file that includes Dr.Web Server connection parameters for any station in the group running macOS, Android, or Linux.

Important Changes

Group or personal installation packages of Dr.Web Agent for macOS available in the Dr.Web Server repository or generated from the Control Center now have the .run extension. The .cdr packages are no longer supported by Dr.Web Server. Once you update Dr.Web Server, make sure to update the Dr.Web for macOS product from Administration → General repository configuration in the Control Center.

Resolved Issues

Fixed an error that sometimes would not let an administrator change the password for accessing the Control Center.

Fixed an error that made it impossible to remove the associated Dr.Web Proxy Server from the station properties window in the Control Center.

Fixed errors related to the Dr.Web Server restart notification appearing after changes are made in Administration → Authentication in the Control Center.

Fixed errors that occurred when working in the Control Center from Internet Explorer 11.

Fixed errors that occurred in Administration → User hooks in the Control Center.

Fixed a number of errors that occurred when handling the license keys in the Control Center.

Fixed a number of errors that occurred in Anti-virus Network → Quarantine in the Control Center.

Resolved an issue due to which group administrators were granted excessive access rights.

Resolved an issue that caused an error when a group administrator tried to view statistics in reports.

Optimized resource consumption when running SQL queries when creating the anti-virus network tree.

Improved handling of API operations with groups.

Optimized operating a large amount of groups and stations in the tree.

Other minor corrections.

New in Dr.Web AV-Desk 13.0

New Features and Improvements

New Components

Application Control is a new available component that allows you to adjust which applications to permit and which ones to prohibit from launching on protected workstations in the anti-virus network on which Dr.Web Agent for Windows is installed. The component can be configured on Dr.Web Server only.

Dr.Web Server

New products are now available in the repository: Dr.Web enterprise products and Dr.Web administrative utilities, containing installation packages of different products, components, and utilities, as well as Documentation, containing a full set of manuals describing the Dr.Web anti-virus network. Installation packages for Dr.Web enterprise products are available in the similarly named section of the Control Center (Administration → Enterprise products). A full list of packages becomes available after setting up the repository.

Dr.Web Agent for UNIX can now be installed remotely. The installation can be performed from the Administration → Network installation section of the Control Center or using a standalone utility.

New redesigned principle of network scanning and remote installation of the Agents (web browser extension is no longer used).

Web API that is used for interaction with Dr.Web Server has been updated to version 4.3.0. Administrator groups can now be created via Web API.

A new feature allowing administrators to receive notifications about any events from workstations connected to neighbor Dr.Web Servers.

Dr.Web Proxy Server can now update automatically if connected to Dr.Web Server.

The process of Dr.Web Server repository update from GUS has been remade. The process can now launch and provide information about progress and update status in real time.

The number of settings for remote management of workstations running UNIX-based OS has been extended. Settings from the unified configuration file of anti-virus components can now be adjusted remotely.

A new Server extension, Dr.Web SNMP agent, is now available. It is intended for exchanging information with network management systems via the SNMP protocol.

Default administrator (admin) password can now be specified in the configuration file with answers to install the Server on a UNIX-based OS.

Windows Server 2019 is now supported by both Dr.Web Server and Dr.Web Agent for Windows.

MySQL version 8 is now supported and can be used as an external database.

Administrator password is now encrypted with a cryptographic salt by default. You can view or change the randomly generated salt value in the Server configuration file.

Dr.Web Proxy Server

Dr.Web Proxy Server settings now allow throttling the rate of data transfer when exchanging it with Dr.Web Server and the Agents based on a specified schedule.

Dr.Web Security Control Center

The Reports section has been redesigned.

A number of new utilities are now available in the Administration → Utilities section:

• Dr.Web Agent for Windows remote installation utility and Dr.Web Agent for UNIX remote installation utility intended for remote installation of the Agent on workstations running the corresponding operating systems.
• Dr.Web for Windows removal utility, which is an emergency tool for removing incorrect/damaged installations of Dr.Web Agent for Windows software when the standard removal tools are unavailable or do not work. The utility is not designed to be used as the main Dr.Web software uninstallation tool.
• Dr.Web utility for collecting information on a system intended for generating a report about the state of the system and all installed software, including Dr.Web anti-virus solutions for protected stations and Dr.Web Server software. The report archive can be used for diagnostics by an anti-virus network administrator or submitted to the Doctor Web technical support service.

License agreement has been updated.

License usage report is now available in the Administration section of the Control Center control menu. This report contains information about all licenses used by the current Server and any neighbor Servers.

Detected hardware is now available in the Anti-virus Network section of the Control Center control menu. This new section contains details about the hardware detected on workstations. This data is collected after the corresponding setting is enabled in the configuration of both the Server and Agent.

A new log type with information about abnormally terminated connections of Dr.Web Server with clients has been added.

Anti-virus network groups are now able to automatically synchronize with Active Directory on UNIX-based OS. Active Directory connection settings have been added to make the corresponding task available in Dr.Web Server Scheduler.

A new feature to inform the administrator when any security threats from the list of known hashes of threats are detected. Information about such threats is displayed in the scanning statistics and corresponding administrator notifications. Also, a manual search through the list of known hashes is now available. Bulletins of known hashes of threats are stored as a new repository product and licensed separately.

Dr.Web Firewall parameters for workstations running Windows OS can now be configured in the Control Center.

The detailed repository configuration has been extended with the settings Prevent sending updates to neighbor Servers and Prevent receiving updates from neighbor Servers that allow to disable sending or receiving product updates via interserver connections.

Multiple improvements in the Parental Control component. The Parental Control settings can now be configured for specific user groups; new web filter categories were added; new flexible access right controls for third-party devices are now available.

Message templates are now available in the Administration section of the Control Center control menu. This new section lets you create and save templates of messages to send to anti-virus network workstations. When necessary, the same section can be used to send a message to the workstations.

Several new log types are now available in the Administration → Logs segment of the control menu:

• Real-time log records any events and changes in the Server operation as they happen.
• Message log saves all the messages the administrator sends to protected workstations.
• Log of abnormally terminated connections contains information about any cases of disconnection between the Server and the clients: workstations, neighbor Servers, and Proxy Servers.

A new feature to specify the number and percentage of CPU cores to be used when scanning workstations running Windows OS.

The list of parameters of administrator user hooks has been extended.

A new option in the Update restrictions section that allows to disable the downgrade of the Agents when downloading revisions from the Server is now available.

In the Control Center, the list of supported settings for Dr.Web ICAPD and SpIDer Gate for workstations running UNIX OS has been extended.

A new feature allowing to remotely start and stop protection components for workstations running UNIX-based OS.

New options were added to the Dr.Web Server and Web Server configuration that allow to preliminarily create and configure Lua virtual machines for working with a corresponding component.

A new option in the Dr.Web Server configuration that allows to automatically create missing workstation accounts when installing the Agents using a group installation package.

New settings for grouping Dr.Web Server notifications for Preventive protection, Application Control, epidemics, and abnormally terminated connections with clients.

The INI configuration file for protection components for workstations running UNIX-based OS can now be exported and imported.

The XML file containing workstation group membership rules can now be exported and imported.

In the anti-virus network tree, workstations can now be searched by MAC address.

A new setting is now available in the Dr.Web Agent for Windows configuration that allows to transmit information about geographical location of workstations to the Server.

Dr.Web Agent for UNIX settings now include an option allowing to collect information about hardware and software installed on a workstation.

A new setting is now available in the Dr.Web Agent for Windows configuration that allows screen readers to be used in the Agent interface on protected workstations.

You can now set automatic restart parameters for a workstation after remote uninstallation of Dr.Web Agent for Windows using the Control Center.

You can now create a group installation package for Dr.Web Agent for Android in the Control Center.

Lost administrator password can now be recovered from the Control Center.

The anti-virus network tree has been completely remade. The new tree is able to display even more objects, at no cost in sorting speed or ease of navigation.

A new section of the server statistics with the Web Server access parameters is now available.

A new type of statistics on events detected on workstations by the Preventive protection component is now available.

A new type of statistics on disk space on protected workstations, including information about present logical drives and free space, is now available. The statistics are collected once the corresponding setting is enabled in the Server configuration.

A new type of statistics on devices blocked by protection components on anti-virus network workstations is now available.

The Modules statistics section now includes information about workstations running a UNIX-based OS.

In the repository settings, the update folder path on GUS servers (aka Base URI) has been changed to /update.

In the settings of the SpIDer Guard for workstations component, the following threats are now set to be reported by default when detected: Jokes, Riskware, and Hacktools.

The Help section now allows to open the Administrator manual directly or proceed to the Support section where you can find links to support resources and documentation in HTML and PDF. The PDF documentation becomes available after setting up the repository.

The Cloud Checker component for workstations running Android OS has been renamed to URL filter, and now it includes a new category allowing to block access to cryptocurrency mining pools.

The SpIDer Gate web filter categories have been extended with Anonymizers, Online games, Cryptocurrency mining pools, and Jobs.

A new approach to using policies when configuring workstations. The changes have affected the rules of creating policy versions and assigning licenses to policies and policy groups via the License Manager.

In the Administration → Backups section, you can now see not only backups from the var/backups directory, but all the backups created in Dr.Web Server Task Scheduler.

Dr.Web Agent

Dr.Web Agent software for Android OS can now update automatically when connected to the Server and notified of a new version available.

A new Agent extension for file data transfer from the Agent to the Server via the SFTP protocol is now available.

Dr.Web Agent for Windows is now capable of throttling the rate of data transfer with the Server.

The graphical interface of Dr.Web Agent has been completely redesigned.

Resolved Issues

Fixed an error due to which in some cases Dr.Web Server was unable to be properly configured for operation through a proxy server (the Administration → Dr.Web Server configuration → Network → Proxy section of the Control Center).

Fixed an error that caused a Dr.Web Server crash when set up with the PostgreSQL external database and receiving data in an invalid encoding from protected workstations.

Fixed an error in archive creation when exporting the repository using the Dr.Web Repository Loader utility.

Fixed a filtering error when displaying objects in the Quarantine section of the Control Center.

Fixed a Dr.Web Server update error that occurred on FreeBSD/i386 when trying to update via GUS.

Fixed an error that prevented Dr.Web Agent from being installed using an installation package on devices with CPUs with no SSE2 instruction set support.

Fixed a number of errors in the administrator notifications.

Resolved an issue due to which the Dr.Web Server service could not start on some versions of Windows OS after restarting the computer.

Resolved an issue that made Dr.Web Server inoperable on operating systems with an invalid name of the system locale.

Other numerous corrections.

End of Use and Support

Operating systems earlier than Windows 7 for х32 and Windows Server 2008R2 for х64 are no longer compatible with Dr.Web Server.

The Dr.Web Server extra distribution kit is no longer provided. All the components coming with it before are now available in the new Enterprise products section.

Dr.Web Server can no longer be installed on logical drives with file systems that do not support symbolic links, in particular, the FAT family.

The list of installed components of Dr.Web Server can no longer be changed via the installer.

Connection to external databases that are not supported by Dr.Web Server is no longer possible.

Propagation of a blocked license key to anti-virus network objects from the License Manager is no longer possible.

The Receive SMS commands without a password option was removed from the configuration settings of workstations running Android OS.

The Enable hardware virtualization option was removed from the configuration settings of workstations running Windows OS.

Known Issues

Upgrading the Server on a UNIX-based OS from version 10.1 to 13 via the Control Center is impossible when the owner of the /opt/drwcs folder is specified as root and not drwcs. In this case, before initiating the upgrade, make sure to manually change the /opt/drwcs folder's owner to the drwcs user and the drwcs group. See example of the required command in the notes of the Upgrading Dr.Web Server for UNIX System-Based OS section of the Installation Manual.

The drwrawsocket file that is required for the Network Scanner will be missing after upgrading the Server on a UNIX-based OS from version 10.1 to 13 via the Control Center. For a solution, see the notes in the Upgrading Dr.Web Server for UNIX System-Based OS section of the Installation Manual.

Some unsupported repository products can be transferred through interserver connection between the Servers of version 10 and 13 during the upgrade; specifically, old products that are no longer included in the new Server repository, or any new products that are not included in the old Server repository. As a result, you can get an update error due to an unknown product present in the repository. In the Repository content section, such products have their location directory stated as their name instead of normal product name.

After setting up the repository and downloading the PDF documentation from the GUS servers, the documentation will be displayed in the Help → Support section of the Control Center only once the Server is restarted.

Manually created user hooks will not be saved as a result of the Server upgrade.

Fixes and Improvements

New Features and Improvements

Implemented a check for the availability of a newer version of the installer for download when installing Dr.Web Server.

Added digital signatures to personal installation packages for Windows OS.

Added an option for restarting the station after installing Dr.Web Agent over the network.

Administrators can now set their own time zones.

Introduced a mode allowing to not display empty groups, groups with never-connected stations, and stations that have never connected to the Dr.Web Server in the anti-virus network tree.

Added support for syslog and CEF notifications.

Application access to cameras and microphones on workstations can now be managed via the Control Center.

The level of detail of the Dr.Web Proxy Server logs can now be changed from the Control Center.

Separated SpIDer Gate and SpIDer Mail settings.

Added the ability to edit the Favorites list.

An object or a process can now be selected as a criterion when creating a profile rule in Application Control events.

Application Control events can now be filtered by a given profile.

Important Changes

Preventive protection has been divided into three components: Behavior Analysis, Exploit Prevention, Ransomware Protection.

A password can now be set to protect Dr.Web Agent component settings via the Control Center.

Added an option to restore the integrity of Dr.Web Server from the current revision.

Added a feature to generate technical support reports on Dr.Web Agent components.

Added a feature to generate one-time unlock codes to the Anti-theft component for workstations running Android OS.

Resolved Issues

Optimized the speed of the Control Center interface performance.

End of Use and Support

Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite version 10 cannot be upgraded to version 13.0.1.

Changes in the revision dd. 04/04/2022 (version 13.0 update):

New Features and Improvements

Updated OpenSSL library to version 1.1.1n.

** Resolved Issues**

Resolved an issue that caused Dr.Web Server cache files not to be deleted timely.

Changes in the revision dd. 01/26/2022 (version 13.0 update):

Resolved Issues

Resolved an issue that occurred during remote installation of Dr.Web Agent on a station via IP.

Resolved an issue that caused overwriting the settings of installed components when replacing the license key.

Resolved an issue that occurred when trying to assign a profile to groups containing more than one object.

Resolved an issue that occurred when trying to view the Office Control configuration on a station.

Resolved an issue that caused a reset of some settings when trying to configure personal settings of the Office Control on a station.

Resolved an issue related to saving changes in the Office Control configuration within the created policy.

Resolved an issue that occurred when trying to assign a profile to a group of Active Directory users.

Changes in the revision dd. 10/20/2021 (version 13.0 update):

Resolved Issues

Resolved an issue due to which group administrators were granted excessive access rights.

Resolved an issue causing a false notification about the Dr.Web Server configuration file having been changed.

Resolved an issue that caused Dr.Web Agents to update while the Dr.Web Server Update only bases setting was on.

Resolved issues preventing the database from updating.

Resolved issues that occurred in the Anti-virus Network section of the Control Center.

New in Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite 13.0

New Features and Improvements

Dr.Web Server

The repository now has a new Documentation product available. It contains a full set of manuals describing the Dr.Web anti-virus network.

Web API that is used for interaction with Dr.Web Server has been updated to version 4.3.0. Administrator groups can now be created via Web API.

Dr.Web Agent

Dr.Web Agent for UNIX can now be installed remotely. The installation can be performed from the Administration → Network installation section of the Control Center or using a standalone utility.

Dr.Web Agent software for Android OS can now update automatically when connected to Dr.Web Server and notified of a new version available.

A new setting is now available in the Dr.Web Agent for Windows component configuration that allows screen readers to be used in the Agent interface on protected workstations.

The Dr.Web Agent for UNIX component settings now include an option allowing to collect information about hardware and software installed on a workstation.

Dr.Web Proxy Server

Dr.Web Proxy Server settings now allow throttling the rate of data transfer when exchanging it with Dr.Web Server and the Agents based on a specified schedule.

Dr.Web Security Control Center

You can now create a Virtual agent to protect virtual environments.

Installation packages for Dr.Web enterprise products are now available not only on the installation page, but also in the new Administration → Enterprise products section of the Control Center. A full list of packages becomes available after setting up the repository.

New utilities are now available in Administration → Utilities in the Control Center: Dr.Web Agent for Windows remote installation utility and Dr.Web Agent for UNIX remote installation utility.

Now you can adjust the settings of automatic statistics cleanup for Dr.Web Agent for Windows and quarantined object deletion after a specified time period, using the corresponding options in Anti-virus Network → Dr.Web Agent → General in the Control Center. Adjusted settings can be applied on any station with Dr.Web Agent for Windows installed that supports this feature.

Multiple improvements in the Office Control component. Office Control settings can now be configured for specific user groups; new flexible access right controls for third-party devices are now available.

The Help → Support section of the Control Center was redesigned. Besides the structural changes, the new page now has documentation available in both HTML and PDF formats. The PDF manuals become available after setting up the repository.

The anti-virus network tree of the Control Center has been completely remade. The new tree is able to display even more objects, at no cost to sorting speed or ease of navigation.

The trusted application creation settings in the Control Center now include a new option that lets you set a low priority for the information collection process in order to reduce the system load on an involved station.

A new type of statistics on disk space on protected workstations, including information about present logical drives and free space, is now available in the Control Center. The statistics are collected once the corresponding setting is enabled in the Dr.Web Server configuration.

You can now set automatic restart parameters for a workstation after remote uninstallation of Dr.Web Agent for Windows using the Control Center.

A new feature in the Control Center lets you specify the number and percentage of CPU cores to be used when scanning workstations running Windows OS.

The XML file containing workstation group membership rules can now be exported and imported.

You can now create a group installation package for Dr.Web Agent for Android in the Control Center.

Lost administrator password can now be recovered from the Control Center.

In the Administration → Web Server configuration section of the Control Center, you can now add custom HTTP headers.

In the Administration → Repository content section of the Control Center, you can now export and save to archive any configuration files of the Dr.Web Server repository products.

Important Changes

When upgrading Dr.Web Server to version 13, the following Control Center settings (and their respective configuration files), which used to reset to default values in the previous versions, are now saved normally: Dr.Web Server configuration → Network → Download (download.conf), Dr.Web Server remote access (frontdoor.conf), and Web Server configuration (webmin.conf).

In the settings of the SpIDer Guard for workstations component, the following threats are now set to be reported by default when detected: Jokes, Riskware, and Hacktools.

Administrator password is now encrypted with a cryptographic salt by default. You can view or change the randomly generated salt value in the Dr.Web Server configuration file.

Resolved Issues

Numerous corrections that improve stability and performance.

Known Issues

After setting up the repository and downloading the PDF documentation from the GUS servers, the documentation will be displayed in the Help → Support section of the Control Center only once Dr.Web Server is restarted.