Hi guys, we have released WiseVector StopX V2.6 Beta, the changelog is here:
1. Upgraded the AI engine to improve detection rate and reduce false positives. Users can adjust the protection level according to their needs. It should be noted that the protection level only affects static scanning and basic real-time monitoring, and does not affect behavior analysis and memory protection.
2. Added the instruction tracer module.This technique makes identifying the original source of the malicious behavior in applications. It can effectively detect hidden threats such as DLL Side-Loading, thread hijacking and so on. At the same time, it can also detect stealth attacks in post-injection phase.
3. Improved the detection of Info stealer malware. Info stealer malware is designed to harvest a variety of data (Browser Passwords, Cookies, FTP credentials, etc.,) on the computers. They usually minimize their behavior to decrease the chance of detection by AV. Most of them hide their presence on the system by using advanced malware stealth techniques such as injection, hollowing, etc.,
Based on their characteristics, we have added multiple models to memory protection and behavioral analysis to detect them.
4. Improved the memory protection. Besides the Info stealer detection module we mentioned above. We also added multiple RAT detection modules, which can detect RAT uses DLL hijacking to evade the behavior monitoring (Gh0st, Parallax, etc.,). At the same time, the conflicts between memory protection with other security software is resolved. and also reduces the CPU consumption.
5. Ransomware detection improved, we added several ransomware detection models which can terminate the behavior of ransomware at an earlier stage.
6. Privacy protection got improved which can protect users from webcam and microphone spying.
7. Improved MBR and partition table protection.
8. Fixed an issue that may cause BSOD under certain conditions.
9. The user can set whether to turn on a specific component of the basic real-time monitoring.
10. We optimized code to reduce CPU consumption and disk I/O. 2.6 is even lighter than the previous versions.
11. Other bug fixes.
You can download 2.6 from here:
https://www.wisevector.com/WiseVector_StopX_V26.exe
Any bugs/requests please let us know.