Appguard's News Thread (2017)

[aragornnnn]

When did you purchase your license?! v4 licenses doesn't work with v5 although there was a bug were v4 license can be used to v5.

In May this year :S

 

[Duotone]

In May this year :S

Strange... PM support for your problem or ask @Lockdown for some assistance.

 

[509322]

Oh, did not know there was 3 activation's. Thanks for letting me know.

If you consume all your activations, they are not gone forever. You send a re-activate license request to AppGuard@blueridge.com.

Officially, an AppGuard license is sold to be used on only 1 PC.

 

[509322]

Do i need to upgrade my license somehow? because it keeps saying its for a "different product"? oO

Please post a screenshot of whatever it is that you are seeing.

 

[509322]

In May this year :S

Then that license is for AppGuard Personal 5.2.9.1 or AppGuard Business 5.2.9.1 - whichever one you purchased.

You cannot use the 4.4.6.1 installer to activate a 5.2.9.1 license. The 5.2.9.1 installer must be used to activate a 5.2.9.1 license.

 

[kjdemuth]

I have an old version 4 license. Is it possible to activate it for ver 5?

 

[Trooper]

I have an old version 4 license. Is it possible to activate it for ver 5?

I don't believe so.

 

[509322]

I have an old version 4 license. Is it possible to activate it for ver 5?

Version 4 license will not activate version 5. A version 4 license cannot upgrade to version 5; a version 5 license must be purchased.

At the moment there is virtually no difference between version 4 and 5.

 

[bunchuu]

I see most of voters choose "no, but interested" (Me too). I hope @Lockdown will give giveaway soon

 

[kjdemuth]

Version 4 license will not activate version 5. A version 4 license cannot upgrade to version 5; a version 5 license must be purchased.

At the moment there is virtually no difference between version 4 and 5.

Oh ok cool. Thanks.

 

[Trooper]

Not sure if these are "ok" or not, or if it is the proper place. But having Appguard with a default install and in Locked Down mode, I have a series of these going on.

08/01/17 22:29:25 Prevented <Google Chrome> from writing to <\registry\machine\software\wow6432node\google\update\clientstatemedium\{8a69d345-d564-463c-aff1-a69d9e530f96}\lastwasdefault>.

Ok? Chrome is already updated so not sure if it is just the Google Scheduled tasks trying to phone home in the background etc.

Thanks.

 

[Deleted member 178]

if it is just the Google Scheduled tasks trying to phone home in the background etc.
Thanks.

i believe it is , i disabled them manually.

 

[Trooper]

i believe it is , i disabled them manually.

Disabled them. Rebooted, still showing up. If it is a non issue then I will just ignore it in the app.

Question: So when I need to install software, I know have to go into I guess Allow Installs or Off correct? Is this the case for installing Windows Updates as well?

 

[509322]

Not sure if these are "ok" or not, or if it is the proper place. But having Appguard with a default install and in Locked Down mode, I have a series of these going on.

08/01/17 22:29:25 Prevented <Google Chrome> from writing to <\registry\machine\software\wow6432node\google\update\clientstatemedium\{8a69d345-d564-463c-aff1-a69d9e530f96}\lastwasdefault>.

Ok? Chrome is already updated so not sure if it is just the Google Scheduled tasks trying to phone home in the background etc.

Thanks.

That is just a harmless block of Chrome writing to a registry key. Disregard it. Disregard everything in the Activity Report unless there is something obviously broken. 99.999 % of the block events in the Activity Report causes no breakage. It is pretty obvious when there is breakage.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Question:
1- So when I need to install software, I know have to go into I guess Allow Installs or Off correct?
2- Is this the case for installing Windows Updates as well?

1- Yes
2- Set it on Protected Mode (personally i set AG on install too to avoid potential issues).

 

[509322]

Disabled them. Rebooted, still showing up. If it is a non issue then I will just ignore it in the app.

Question: So when I need to install software, I know have to go into I guess Allow Installs or Off correct? Is this the case for installing Windows Updates as well?

You don't have to do anything for Windows Updates. If you use manually downloaded and installed KBs from Microsoft's KB Windows Update portal via the browser, they should install in Protected mode, but are not going to install in Locked Down mode.

If you want to install something, then yes, you have to lower protection to either Allow Installs or OFF. In Allow Installs, powershell is not going to be permitted to do some things, so if the installer uses powershell, you see blocks of powershell in the Activity Report, then lower protection to OFF when using that installer. Few installers use powershell. The only ones I know of at the moment is the Office365 and DropBox installer. Something blocked is not a permanent breakage. Your Activity Report is not going to be completely empty for trusted programs; in fact it will be full of block events for trusted programs. All those block events are not important unless something is obviously broken.

 

[Trooper]

That is just a harmless block of Chrome writing to a registry key. Disregard it. Disregard everything in the Activity Report unless there is something obviously broken. 99.999 % of the block events in the Activity Report causes no breakage. It is pretty obvious when there is breakage.

Thank you sir appreciate your help.

 

[Trooper]

You don't have to do anything for Windows Updates.

If you want to install something, then yes, you have to lower protection to either Allow Installs or OFF. In Allow Installs, powershell is not going to be permitted to do some things, so if the installer uses powershell, you see blocks of powershell in the Activity Report, then lower protection to OFF when using that installer. Few installers use powershell. The only ones I know of at the moment is the Office365 and DropBox installer. Something blocked is not a permanent breakage. Your Activity Report is not going to be completely empty for trusted programs; in fact it will be full of block events for trusted programs. All those block events are not important unless something is obviously broken.

Ok good to know. I only ask because I saw MS released updates today for MS Office 2016 and a Cumulative update for Windows 10. During that process I set AG to Off. Good to know about powershell as well. Want to dig into this program as much as I can.

Oh forgot to ask. I use EIS. Assume nothing special has to be done for that? As in to allow updates to install in the background?

Thanks again for your assistance. Much appreciated.

 

[509322]

Thank you sir appreciate your help.

The single biggest mistake that a lot of people do is paying way too much attention to the Activity Report when they first start using AppGuard.

It should not be the new user's objective to configure AppGuard such that there will be 0 block events for trusted programs in Activity Report. It doesn't work that way. Block events for known safe programs will always be present in the Activity Report.

 

[509322]

Ok good to know. I only ask because I saw MS released updates today for MS Office 2016 and a Cumulative update for Windows 10. During that process I set AG to Off. Good to know about powershell as well. Want to dig into this program as much as I can.

Oh forgot to ask. I use EIS. Assume nothing special has to be done for that? As in to allow updates to install in the background?

Thanks again for your assistance. Much appreciated.

You don't have to do anything for Office 2016, Windows or EIS.

Office and Windows use digitally signed installers from Microsoft. Microsoft is a trusted publisher - so if the digital certificates check as valid and the entire installation run sequence is digitally signed, AppGuard is not going to block anything. EIS is installed to System Space and does not launch anything from User Space - so AppGuard isn't going to block anything.