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Changes in RootRepeal 1.3.5

Version 1.3.5
  • Version 1.3.5 (link)
  • -Added: Bypassing of the latest TDSS variants. See note below for v.1.3.3.
  • -Added: RootRepeal now shows the version on the About page.
  • -Fixed: Some general bug fixes.
  • Version 1.3.4 (link)
  • -Fixed: Fixed multiple compatibility problems with Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2.
  • Version 1.3.3 (link)
  • -Added: Bypassing of the newer TDSS variants. Even if errors show on startup, RootRepeal should still run correctly.
  • -Improved: Initialization should now be compatible with all versions of Windows up to Windows Vista SP2, and more configurations.
  • -Improved: Reduced false positives in Stealth Code scan - check the options dialog for more detail.
  • -Fixed: Bug in unhooking DbgPrint callbacks on Windows
  • -Fixed: Initialization bug on Windows Vista SP2.
  • -Fixed: Internal speed improvements.
  • -Fixed: Signature verification should now work correctly.
  • Version 1.3.2 (link)
  • -Added: Kernel-mode callbacks viewer and deleter.
  • -Added: Shadow SSDT scan (with unhooking support).
  • -Improved: Many bug fixes in the NTFS filesystem parser.
  • -Improved: Startup - should be more compatible with additional configurations
  • -Improved: Resource handling.
  • -Improved: RootRepeal whitelists some files in the Stealth Objects scan, to reduce false positives. You can control this in the Options dialog.
  • -Fixed: Memory leak when verifying driver signatures.
  • -Fixed: Multiple bugs in startup and the drivers scan.
  • Version 1.3.0 (link)
  • -Added: Additional disk reading method. Please read the FAQ, above, for more details.
  • -Added: Experimental support for verifying the digital signatures of drivers in the drivers scan.
  • -Added: Advanced options for file removal. Please do NOT use these unless you know what they do!
  • -Added: Tool to wipe/copy/delete any file.
  • -Added: A tool to delete registry keys (and all subkeys/values) that have had the permissions or owner changed. Note: This will not delete rootkit-protected registry keys.
  • -Improved: Safe mode support. RootRepeal now fully supports Safe mode.
  • -Fixed: Major bugs in program initialization and files scan.
  • Version 1.2.3 (link)
  • -Added: Stealth Objects scan (scans for hidden handles, threads, modules, kernel code and IRP handlers)
  • -Added: Hidden Services scan.
  • -Added: RootRepeal can now fix MBR modifications caused by the Mebroot trojan.
  • -Improved: Initialization speed and compatibility.
  • -Improved: Files scan speed.
  • -Improved: Scan speed in the Drivers and Processes scan.
  • -Fixed: Display names in the SSDT scan.
  • -Fixed: Intermittant bug in the files scan.
  • -Fixed: Bugs in handling some FAT32 directories.
  • -Added crashdump reporting. If RootRepeal crashes, it will generate two files: a crash dump text file, and possibly a RootRepeal.dmp file. If you experience a crash, please send me those two files.
  • Version 1.1.2 (link)
  • -Improved: Initialization speed.
  • -Fixed: Bugs in handling certain types of directories on NTFS.
  • -Fixed: "Could not find kernel file on disk" bug on initialization.
  • -Fixed: Bugs in scanning for hidden ADSs on NTFS.
  • Version 1.1.1 (link)
  • -Fixed: Bug in the files scan that causes a crash.
  • Version 1.1.0 (link)
  • -Added: SSDT scan page.
  • -Improved: Process scanning on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista.
  • -Improved: Process scan internals on all versions of Windows.
  • -Improved: Speed of the files scan.
  • -Improved: Windows Vista SP0 and SP1 support.
  • -Fixed: Bugs in the process scan.
  • -Fixed: Various small bugs, user-interface bugs.
  • -Fixed: Bypassing certain types of malware.
  • -Fixed: Minor bug while using "Wipe File" on a directory.
  • Version 1.0.2 (link)
  • -Added: Showing whether a driver's file is hidden on-disk.
  • -Added: Saving settings to a file.
  • -Improved: "Report" tab - generating a condensed report.
  • -Fixed: Process scan on Windows 2003 Server SP1+
  • -Fixed: BSoD when starting files scan.
  • -Fixed: Crashes while scanning NTFS partitions.
  • -Fixed: Previously terminated processes showing as "hidden" in the processes scan.
  • -Fixed: Bypassing malware that attempts to prevent raw-disk scanning.
  • -Fixed: User-interface bugs.
  • Version 1.0.0 (link)
  • -Initial release.
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