February 27, 2020

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web has updated the amsi-client module (12.5.2.202002120), SpIDer Agent for Windows (12.0.10.02050), Dr.Web Control Service (12.5.4.02030), Dr.Web Updater (12.0.18.12230), Dr.Web Scanner SE (12.0.8.01281), Dr.Web Scanning Engine (12.5.2.202001210), the Dr.Web Anti-rootkit API (12.5.7.202002202) component, the Dr.Web SysInfo component (12.5.1.202002170), and Lua-script for win-space-setup, win-setup, win-srv-setup (12.5.4.12230) in the following products: Dr.Web Security Space 12.0, Dr.Web Anti-virus 12.0, and Dr.Web Anti-virus 12.0 for Windows Servers. Furthermore, Dr.Web Security Space 12.0 and Dr.Web Anti-virus 12.0 have also had the Dr.Web Net filtering Service (12.5.3.01290) updated. The update introduces a new Parental Control feature, resolves known issues, and delivers minor upgrades.

Changes made to amsi-client:

• Issues involving the option to scan Windows Script Host and PowerShell scripts have been fixed.

Changes made to Dr.Web SpIDer Agent for Windows:

• Minor UI display issues have been resolved. UI elements now display properly on high-resolution screens.

Changes made to the Dr.Web Net filtering Service:

• The new site category Jobs is now available in the Parental Control settings;
• The update also addresses a defect causing HTTPS connections to be blocked if the WPAD protocol was being used to access websites via a proxy server.

Changes made to the Dr.Web Control Service:

• Schedule updating routines have been optimised.

Changes made to Dr.Web Updater:

• An issue involving updating mirrors in shared network folders has been resolved.

Changes made to Dr.Web Scanner SE:

• An issue preventing network drive letters from being displayed properly in the custom scan browse dialogue under Windows XP has been eliminated;
• Minor UI display issues have been resolved. UI elements now display properly on high-resolution screens.

Changes made to Dr.Web Anti-rootkit API:

• Enhanced threat detection and neutralisation routines;
• Problems involving scan exceptions in shared network directories have been addressed.

The documentation has also been updated.

The update will be performed automatically; however, a system reboot will be required.