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- Thread starter vtqhtr413
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- Mar 29, 2018
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Please report this issue to VoodooShield. If he doesn't know about it he can't investigate it. It's very simple to do.
I hear sporadic reports of this type and when asked, people say they haven't reported the issue. I don't get it.
- Mar 29, 2018
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In case you haven't seen it, VoodooShield got a very good review here: https://avlab.pl/best-recommended-specialized-antivirus-suites-avlab
- Mar 29, 2018
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Here's 5.0 from Dan for all of your Voodoo pleasure!
"Hey everyone, sorry I have been away, things have been crazy.
Here is the latest version of VS. It should be ready for public release, but if you guys find anything we need to change or fix, please let me know!
www.voodooshield.com/Download/InstallVoodooShield500.exe
SHA256: a9e27a98ab5787b5fa8fa2044d063312846b0cd02ef361ed61c71a4715d64c40
Thank you guys, talk to you soon!"
"Hey everyone, sorry I have been away, things have been crazy.
Here is the latest version of VS. It should be ready for public release, but if you guys find anything we need to change or fix, please let me know!
www.voodooshield.com/Download/InstallVoodooShield500.exe
SHA256: a9e27a98ab5787b5fa8fa2044d063312846b0cd02ef361ed61c71a4715d64c40
Thank you guys, talk to you soon!"
- Jul 3, 2015
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Yesterday I tried version 499beta2, and it seemed that some of my applications were launching with a significant delay. Anyone else have this issue?
I didn't test it for very long, but it also seemed to forget my manual whitelist rules.
- Mar 29, 2018
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Nope. Everything's snappy over here. Why not get 5.0 and take it for a test drive? Maybe clean install or take an advanced snapshot?
- Jul 3, 2015
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I got 5.0 and took an advanced snapshot. Default recommended settings. Everything is very snappy this time. It's like night and day. I suspect that my custom settings messed things up. For instance, I have my Downloads folder on my data partition (so I don't lose my downloaded files every time I restore a system image), so I had enabled Voodooshield Custom Folders and messed around in there. Maybe that was the problem? I also had enabled "Use individual settings for each user."
- Mar 29, 2018
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Glad it worked out for you. I'll be interested in hearing your feedback on this version once you've run it for a while.
BTW: I guess Dan wasn't ready to implement a new GUI design he expected to ship with 5.0. No big deal for me anyway.
BTW: I guess Dan wasn't ready to implement a new GUI design he expected to ship with 5.0. No big deal for me anyway.
i have 5.0 running in win10 LTSC 2019 with Webroot Secure Anywhere Antivirus and HitmanPro.Alert.
Snappy response, smooth sailing like silk. Thanks for the info.
Snappy response, smooth sailing like silk. Thanks for the info.
- Apr 16, 2017
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Glad it worked out for you. I'll be interested in hearing your feedback on this version once you've run it for a while.
BTW: I guess Dan wasn't ready to implement a new GUI design he expected to ship with 5.0. No big deal for me anyway.
using 5.00 when I do a VS right click file scan the VS window that pops up is bigger, but looks like same design +/- ...
- Aug 4, 2016
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I installed 5 over the top as we say but I noticed a large increase in C:\ size, so I uninstalled VS fully & did a clean install & all is well, clean installs are usually the best way anyway - Not sure what happened there though, no sys restore running or similar? I do get a little concerned about fresh installs lest the licencing system gets upset but all OK, great program!
For you licencing question just login on the voodooshield website and you can manage your license there with a few clicks. Realy easy
- Aug 4, 2016
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Thanks for that, weirdly as it's a sort things out day I renewed my sub as it expired in a few days to VS & now have a new shiny name/password, though I've paid in the past my last one was a Giveaway, which was actually fully honored throughout the time-frame, hence my reluctance to fresh install, but thanks for that info, helpful!For you licencing question just login on the voodooshield website and you can manage your license there with a few clicks. Realy easy
- Apr 24, 2016
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From the VoodooShield support forum at Calendar of Updates:
- Mar 29, 2018
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Here's a post from Dan a couple of days ago @ CO. It may be helpful to anyone new to, or unfamiliar with, VoodooShield:
Quote from: Shmu26 on May 24, 2019, 09:46:42 am
"Hey, a new thread! Sure, when VS toggles to OFF, it automatically builds the tiny, customized whitelist for the user. VS also toggles to OFF after 10 minutes of user inactivity. If you were to reset your whitelist and put VS in Smart Mode, you would probably be surprised how many items are automatically added to the whitelist that would normally be blocked by traditional application whitelisting. After a few days it probably does not make that big of a difference, especially if you are like 95%+ users who hardly ever install new software.
The whole goal of VS is to reduce the frequency of unwanted and unnecessary user prompts as much as possible, and to automatically build the tiny, customized whitelist for the end user, and to keep the whitelist as small as possible.
Besides toggling, the other option would be to scan and whitelist the entire hard drive after initially installing VS. This is okay, but obviously a whitelist that only contains 200-500 items is probably going to be more secure than a whitelist that contains tens of thousands of items.
But most importantly, the toggling provides VS the ability to create the most secure and robust lock possible, without significantly increasing the frequency of unnecessary user prompts. This is what I refer to as dynamic security postures, and it is the toggling that provides dynamic security postures.
For example... take your favorite traditional or next-gen security software. How cool would it be if the baseline protection was in place full time, then when the user is engaging in risky activities (browsing the web, checking email, etc.), your favorite security software dynamically switches to a heightened security posture? Security products have come a very long way the last few years, and there are some amazing products on the market, but it is extremely difficult for them to detect all malware AND have zero false positives if they only offer one static security posture full time.
Changing security postures on the fly is really what VS is all about."
Quote from: Shmu26 on May 24, 2019, 09:46:42 am
"Hey, a new thread! Sure, when VS toggles to OFF, it automatically builds the tiny, customized whitelist for the user. VS also toggles to OFF after 10 minutes of user inactivity. If you were to reset your whitelist and put VS in Smart Mode, you would probably be surprised how many items are automatically added to the whitelist that would normally be blocked by traditional application whitelisting. After a few days it probably does not make that big of a difference, especially if you are like 95%+ users who hardly ever install new software.
The whole goal of VS is to reduce the frequency of unwanted and unnecessary user prompts as much as possible, and to automatically build the tiny, customized whitelist for the end user, and to keep the whitelist as small as possible.
Besides toggling, the other option would be to scan and whitelist the entire hard drive after initially installing VS. This is okay, but obviously a whitelist that only contains 200-500 items is probably going to be more secure than a whitelist that contains tens of thousands of items.
But most importantly, the toggling provides VS the ability to create the most secure and robust lock possible, without significantly increasing the frequency of unnecessary user prompts. This is what I refer to as dynamic security postures, and it is the toggling that provides dynamic security postures.
For example... take your favorite traditional or next-gen security software. How cool would it be if the baseline protection was in place full time, then when the user is engaging in risky activities (browsing the web, checking email, etc.), your favorite security software dynamically switches to a heightened security posture? Security products have come a very long way the last few years, and there are some amazing products on the market, but it is extremely difficult for them to detect all malware AND have zero false positives if they only offer one static security posture full time.
Changing security postures on the fly is really what VS is all about."
- Mar 29, 2018
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Based on the above: I've just reset my whitelist and am taking Smart Mode for a spin to see how it performs, since I've hardly ever used it.
- Jul 3, 2015
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Don't forget to let your buddies know if you see any practical difference. I'm not betting on it.
Even though I like VoodooShield is consistent in causing issues with Windows 10 Upgrades, I let people running Kaspersky alone instead (as it never caused issues with any Upgrades).
I agree, shouldn't be much of a difference in terms of usability. But a smaller Whitelist can be safer like he said.Don't forget to let your buddies know if you see any practical difference. I'm not betting on it.
- Jul 3, 2015
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A couple years ago KIS had a known bug that it prevented automatic Windows updates on certain systems (it happened to me). It took them months to fix the bug. The actual updates worked okay, but Windows did not know that an update was available.
