Software Update: HitmanPro 3.6.0 build 137

SurfRight has released version 3.6 of HitmanPro. HitmanPro can remove viruses, spyware, Trojan horses, rootkits and other forms of malware. By smart scanning and using cloud computing, the software performs a complete scan in often no more than a few minutes. To remove infections, the program must be activated. A free key can be requested the first time, but a new key must be purchased after 30 days. Below you will find everything that has been changed and improved in this release.

New:

• Added Scanning for Malware Remnants.
  This new feature scans the File System and Registry for common malware related paths (files, folders, keys). The Remnant Scan combines a multi-threaded local scan with cloud-based confirmation. In 3.6.0 we are detecting only a few hundred remnants; more will be added to the cloud in the coming weeks. We are still fine tuning the tooling on the backend.
• Added new Scheduler to allow scanning Daily, At Startup, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun at specific times. The scheduler is a process called hmpsched.exe.
• Shell integration by using a Shell Extension which adds an icon to the context menu and also allows multiple selected files to be scanned.
• Added ‘Goto location’ to context menu to highlight the file in Windows Explorer.
• Added ‘Show information’ to context menu to expose more internal information to the end user. Tip: the information can be copy-pasted.
• Added third opinion scan using VirusTotal.
  To use this feature you enter your personal VirusTotal Public API Key on the Advanced tab under Settings.
• Added detection for files signed with weak Authenticode signatures (RSA 512-bit keys).
• Added chevrons to highlight items in the result list that are running [PID] or start by [Run], [Service] or [Driver].
• Added detection and repair for the HOSTS file that was altered by malware.
• Added /clean command line switch to automatically quarantine and remove malware.
• Added the option to disable the automatic upload of suspicious files to the Scan Cloud.

improved:

• Cloud Assisted Miniport Hook Bypass.
• Detection and removal of Sinowal, Mebroot rootkit.
• Removal of TDL4 (and variants) on systems where Boot Configuration Data (BCD) was persistently malformed by TDL4. Removing TDL4 from those systems could cause a non-bootable system (BSOD). HitmanPro now repairs BCD before removing TDL4 (or variants).
• NTFS Parser to work better with heavily fragmented files.
• Direct Disk Access now always scans using the lowest possible level.
• Firefox and Chrome cookie scan.

Changed:

• For regular users Early Warning Scoring (EWS) is no longer available from the Next button. Expert users can re-enable the EWS scan mode on the Advanced tab under Settings.

Info:

• 3.6.0 is currently only available in English.
• HitmanPro is now called HitmanPro. On Twitter use #HitmanPro

The following downloads are available:
HitmanPro 3.6.0 build 137 (32bit)
HitmanPro 3.6.0 build 137 (64bit)