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[danb]

Thanks for the link, Dan.
I am taking it for a whirl right now, free version at default recommended settings (Smart mode) and I am very happy with what I see.

Very cool, thank you!

 

[danb]

Hey guys,

Here is the latest. Baldrick found a bug in the Custom Folders feature that created a lot of unnecessary blocks, but that is fixed now. There are also a few more refinements to the Rules and other features. I think we are getting close, thank you guys!

VS 6.36
https://voodooshield.com/Download/InstallVoodooShield636.exe
SHA-256: 44fdf0b2eb0c18e5ee9c57e08638cc9aee84e2f9bac8ea36617b046412ed71ec

 

[danb]

Hey guys,

I believe the new code base version of VS is ready for public release. Please let me know if you find anything, thank you guys!

VS 6.40

https://voodooshield.com/Download/InstallVoodooShield640.exe

SHA-256: 3b61fb67b5b95bdf613dcacad338c71f524d6cada305fc1c8bc3ef9393c90d0f

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Received by mail this morning:

Hey guys,

Here is the latest version that has a few small bug fixes. Also, DataDefender is almost ready, and it is turning out pretty cool.

VS 6.41

https://voodooshield.com/Download/InstallVoodooShield641.exe

SHA-256: 25f174f50607afe5c696912bd0e2b45c6dfa6388cfbef02beaec9dfc41f35eeb

Thank you,

Dan

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Got mail from @danb this morning.
New version 6.45 with new features, changes and language support

Hey guys,

Here is the latest. There are quite a few new features and changes, including language support for…

bg-Bulgarian

zh-Chinese

cs-Czech

da-Danish

nl-Dutch

en-English

et-Estonian

fi-Finnish

fr-French

de-German

el-Greek

hu-Hungarian

it-Italian

ja-Japanese

lv-Latvian

lt-Lithuanian

pl-Polish

pt-Portuguese

pt-BR-Portuguese (Brazilian)

ro-Romanian

ru-Russian

sk-Slovak

sl-Slovenian

es-Spanish

sv-Swedish

VS 6.45

https://voodooshield.com/Download/InstallVoodooShield645.exe

SHA-256: 86b8e9c45cbd706dd08fb2f7cd2228dea6dafc165ec80589b1732ba17741d516

There will be little bugs we will have to work out over the next couple of weeks, but they should many be cosmetic. The new Dark Mode feature will need to be refined as well. So far I have not updated the Settings window to use Dark Mode, but we may not want to… please let me know what you think we should do. We might even have a completely new design for the Settings window.

We have a new digital signature, so you might receive a Smart Screen warning, but this will work itself out quickly.

Have great weekend, thank you guys!

 

[show-Zi]

Japanese is now supported! Thank you @danb !

I've been using my own interpretation of the English text and it's a huge help!

 

[Stopspying]

If you go to VoodooShield™ - The User-Friendly Toggling Computer Lock.

the website states that it is offering ver 6.40, clicking on it offers a download named 'InstallVoodooShield.exe', the properties detail tab of that file shows this to be 6.40 (no surprise). So if you're keen to get ver 6.45 of VS use the link above in the post by Gandalf_The_Grey

 

[Back3]

Trying version 6.45 with F-Secure Safe. So far so good. I received a smart screen warning during installation...

 

[Stopspying]

Trying version 6.45 with F-Secure Safe. So far so good. I received a smart screen warning during installation...

I'm also using the two of those together without any issues yet. Off topic slightly - I'm not that impressed with the new SAFE GUI and SAFE seems slower since the update earlier today. VS on the other hand seems very responsive.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

What is everybody's opinion on the translations?
Really excited that it is translated in many languages
And a good excuse to run VoodooShield again

I'm currently trying to help refining the Dutch translation.
It is okay and definitely usable, but there are some errors.

 

[Back3]

I use the French translation of VoodoosShield. When I did a right click on the icon, a part of the menu was in English and a part was in French. When I used the menu, it became in French after a while. In the menu, when I click on the help file to check how to use VS, the windows that appear are truncated and I cannot see the whole text.

 

[show-Zi]

There was no problem with the Japanese translation because there was no unnatural use of words.
In addition to the text, I think that the relationship between the window and the number of characters can be a rather troublesome problem. I think that multilingualization of software is not a simple translation, but a task of understanding the content and replacing it with another short word. In that respect as well, I felt that the Japanese translation of vs was well organized.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

I use the French translation of VoodoosShield. When I did a right click on the icon, a part of the menu was in English and a part was in French. When I used the menu, it became in French after a while. In the menu, when I click on the help file to check how to use VS, the windows that appear are truncated and I cannot see the whole text.

I hope @danb will read posts like this one.
Maybe attach a screenshot so that he can see the problem?
In the email he mentioned there could be some cosmetic bugs.

 

[Back3]

I hope @danb will read posts like this one.
Maybe attach a screenshot so that he can see the problem?
In the email he mentioned there could be some cosmetic bugs.

I cannot enlarge the window....

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

I cannot enlarge the window....

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Thanks, I emailed Dan asking him to have a look at this thread.

 

[Stopspying]

When the free version of VS 6.45 creates a prompt drawing my attention to the need to allow/block/sandbox a new action by an app/software the prompt now has a black background, formerly it has always been black text on a white background on all of the devices I've ever used VS on. I set my browsers to be in dark mode and I have a series of black and white photos that are my desktop background - the icons stand out well against this type of background. Windows Colours setting is 'Dark'. I kept missing the initial prompt by VS notifying me that action was required. I had not been paying much attention to the desktop shield previously, the prompt was enough to gain my attention, now the shield flashes and I notice that before the prompt with a dark background.

I cannot see any way of changing the background colour for that prompt. I'm guessing that VS now follows my settings for Windows - dark theme but it is now too well camouflaged for my tired eyes to notice. Is there any way to change the setting in VS that has escaped my attention? I've changed my desktop theme and background photos so that I see it for now, but I'd rather not have to keep those changes permanent. "Yes, I am currently working on language localizations and a new gui, and it will include a light / dark mode. It might be a couple of months though ;(." was mentioned in the thread at

DataDefender

Thank you CS, I appreciate you taking the time to test DD! Your results make perfect sense and help tremendously! The cloud backup feature in DD is not ready yet, and I was putting it off for now because I was wanting to see what suggestions people had for cloud storage, because we either need...

malwaretips.com

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

When the free version of VS 6.45 creates a prompt drawing my attention to the need to allow/block/sandbox a new action by an app/software the prompt now has a black background, formerly it has always been black text on a white background on all of the devices I've ever used VS on. I set my browsers to be in dark mode and I have a series of black and white photos that are my desktop background - the icons stand out well against this type of background. Windows Colours setting is 'Dark'. I kept missing the initial prompt by VS notifying me that action was required. I had not been paying much attention to the desktop shield previously, the prompt was enough to gain my attention, now the shield flashes and I notice that before the prompt with a dark background.

I cannot see any way of changing the background colour for that prompt. I'm guessing that VS now follows my settings for Windows - dark theme but it is now too well camouflaged for my tired eyes to notice. Is there any way to change the setting in VS that has escaped my attention? I've changed my desktop theme and background photos so that I see it for now, but I'd rather not have to keep those changes permanent. "Yes, I am currently working on language localizations and a new gui, and it will include a light / dark mode. It might be a couple of months though ;(." was mentioned in the thread at

DataDefender

Thank you CS, I appreciate you taking the time to test DD! Your results make perfect sense and help tremendously! The cloud backup feature in DD is not ready yet, and I was putting it off for now because I was wanting to see what suggestions people had for cloud storage, because we either need...

malwaretips.com

I have turned off dark mode in UI Tweaks.
Don't know if you have that option in the free version?

 

[show-Zi]

It's grayed out in the free version, and seems to be dark mode locked.

 

[Stopspying]

I have turned off dark mode in UI Tweaks.
Don't know if you have that option in the free version?

Thanks for the suggestion but as @show-Zi says the option is grey out in the free VS version.

 

[danb]

Japanese is now supported! Thank you @danb !

I've been using my own interpretation of the English text and it's a huge help!

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Very cool, I am happy you like it!!!