December 13, 2018

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web has updated SpIDer Agent for Windows (12.0.2.11161), Dr.Web Control Service (12.0.2.11210), the Dr.Web Updater module (12.0.4.11220), Dr.Web Scanner SE (12.0.2.11131), the Dr.Web Anti-rootkit API module (12.0.3.201811300), the Dr.Web Scanning Engine service (12.0.1.201811280), Dr.Web Firewall for Windows driver (12.00.02.11290), the Dr.Web Protection for Windows self-protection module (12.00.02.11300), the Dr.Web Thunderstorm Cloud Client SDK module (12.0.1.11122), the email-templates component (12.0.0.11201), and the language packs for Dr.Web Security Space 12.0, Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows 12.0, and Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows Servers 12.0. The following installation modules have also been updated: Dr.Web Security Space, Anti-virus for Windows setup (12.0.4.12110) in Dr.Web Security Space 12.0 and Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows 12.0. This update is caused by adding new features, fixing detected errors, and implementing internal changes.

Changes made to SpIDer Agent for Windows:

• The possibility to select any file when specifying exclusions of Data Loss Prevention has been added.
• Steps for generating a report for technical support are now displayed.
• The issue of displaying the application name for SYSTEM in the Dr.Web Firewall interactive mode when creating a rule has been fixed.
• The issue of checking digital signatures of Windows Store applications has been fixed.
• The problem caused the More button to be unavailable if the quarantine contains only backup copies has been fixed.
• The displaying of the multimedia device classes to be blocked has been supported.
• The addition of a notification informing the user for whom the Parental Control is configured has administrative rights has been added; This is a notification for the user privileges.
• An error that caused the overlapping of pop-up notifications has been fixed.
• An incorrect text message has been fixed. This incorrect message appeared when a user specified an unregistered key as the previous license at the renewal.
• An issue that caused an emergency shutdown has been fixed.
• In statistics, saving records on blocking access to an object protected by Data Loss Prevention has been implemented.
• In the BadUSB keyboard window, the possibility to copy a device ID line has been added.

Changes made to Dr.Web Control Service:

• The issue that caused the service hang-up has been fixed. This hang-up occurred on an automatic attempt to set system time in Windows 10 if changing it was restricted in settings.
• The issue of anti-virus settings export has been fixed.
• A restriction triggering appeared regarding the duration of continuous work at the computer if Parental Control is disabled or not installed has been fixed.
• The error that caused notifications regarding camera blocking to appear when a camera itself was disabled has been fixed.
• In the statistics events about outdated databases, an error of displaying the latest update time has been fixed.

Changes made to Dr.Web Scanner SE:

• The issue of displaying the incorrect number of scanned objects has been fixed.
• A warning window appears when clicking the Stop button during the scanning process has been added.
• The issue that prevented objects from being scanned has been fixed.
• Minor changes have been introduced in the Scanner interface. These changes are aimed to improve localization and displaying of the window elements.

Changes made to Dr.Web Anti-rootkit API:

• Data Loss Prevention false positive has been fixed. It occurred on disk defragmentation.
• Work with the Dr.Web Cloud service has been improved.
• File protection from encryption has been improved.
• Heuristic analysis algorithms have been improved.

Changes made to Dr.Web Scanning Engine:

• Scanning and threat neutralizing methods have been improved.

Changes to Dr.Web Firewall for Windows driver (only for Dr.Web home products):

• The error that caused BSOD emergence has been fixed. The BSOD occurred when Family Safety (the module implemented in Windows 8 and 8.1) was launched.

Changes to Dr.Web Protection for Windows:

• The error that caused BSOD emergence has been fixed. The BSOD occurred on system scan using the Vba32 anti-virus software.

Changes to the email-templates components:

• A new notification about blocking access to a directory protected by Data Loss Prevention has been added.
• The incorrect text in the notification about a locked device has been fixed.
• Now, numerous Parental Control notifications about blocking access to protected objects can be grouped.
• In a Preventive Protection notification, the Object field is added.

Changes to Dr.Web Security Space, Anti-virus for Windows setup:

• The option to select Polish language during the installation process is added.

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