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The new very much improved RegDefend 2.0 has been released:

Changes since RegDefend v1.300

• Redesigned the GUI, RegDefend now falls under the "Ghost Security Suite" product range
  -Easier to use due to unneeded complexity being removed
  -New custom flat look, which is maintained throughout interface
  -Designed for multiple security components (RegDefend being one)
  -Now includes an integrated updater
  -Color/Theme changes take place dynamically, no restart needed
  -New "Emerald Green" color theme added
  -Various statistics added
  
• New RegDefend Alert/Log window
  -Removed "current live log" setting and simply integrated it into a date based filtering system
  -Viewing old logs is now as simple as choosing the date you want to investigate
  -Logging now incorporates a "smart disk usage system" , which means log sizes are now at least 1/50th the size as previous versions over the same period of time
  -Reduced information in the listview to reduce clutter
  -Now show full alert information when an item is clicked upon
• Updated RegDefend alert/ask user window
  -Now show commandline of application
  -Can now KILL the process or the thread performing the registry operation. Should work regardless of any process protection you have, so be careful
  -Now show recommendations on what to do for each registry alert, along with other information
  -Improved layout and design to aid reading
• New Registry rules editor
  -Totally redesigned the interface, allowing easier creation/modification of rules
  -Application only rules added, allowing people to define rulesets for untrusted/unknown programs. For example you can block a program which is run in a certain location (temporary files, internet cache, etc) from accessing the registry.
  -Application rules can be filtered using both the command line (useful for svchost.exe/rundll32.exe) and with wildcards
  -Application rules can now use special strings to select the Windows directory, program files directory, internet cache, etc
  -Collapsed all of the .ghst files into a simple rdconfig.bin
  -Group ordering added
  -Rule ordering added
  -Rules editor is no longer the main part of the progam, which hides unneeded complexity from users who use the supplied rules
  -Now allow modification of every string the user can enter into the editor
  -Adding multiple rules into the editor is now easier
  -Added importing of RegDefend v1.3/v2.0 rules into the editor
  -Added exporting of RegDefend v2.0 rules
  -Improved wildcard handling, no longer have to manually set whether you used wildcards or not
  -Groups and rules can now have descriptions attached to them, to allow people who have no idea about registry locations to hopefully understand them better
  -Added the ability to move rules between groups through a right click menu
• New Ghost Security Suite driver
  -Incorporated RegDefend into a unified driver system
  -Added command line caching
  -Implemented Short File Name to Long File Name resolution
  -Implemented new rule reading system fixing a few issues whilst being faster
  -Added optimizations to rule list searching, can be up to 200% faster now than previous version
  -Added lots of speedups, with improved design and caches

More Info & Download: RegDefend 2.0