Software Update: HitmanPro.Alert 3.0.45 build 193

An update for version 3 of HitmanPro.Alert has been released. More and more often we see messages about security on the internet and its failure. Hackers try to get behind financial data with malware in order to loot accounts. An antivirus program and firewall are often not enough to stop an attack. HitmanPro.Alert can check the integrity of the web browser. It is not a browser plug-in, but runs as a system service and notifies you from the top right corner through a so-called Flyout window whether the browser’s integrity has been compromised by malware or not. Support is available for Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera and their derived web browsers.

Version 3 is no longer completely free. Browser security is still free, but protection against CryptoLocker ransomware, which encrypts all files on the computer, requires payment. With a single license of SurfRight, both HitmanPro.Alert and HitmanPro can be used, Prices start at twenty euros. More information about this is on this page to find. The changelog for the last few versions can be found below.

Build 193

• Improved upgrade experience from HitmanPro.Alert version 2 to version 3.
• Improved Keystroke Encryption in combination with browser add-ons running as separate process.
• Improved Keystroke Encryption which sometimes dropped out due to race condition triggered by 3rd party security products performing arbitrary thread injection.

Build 190

• Improved Stack Pivot exploit mitigation (kudos to Niels Warnars for reporting).
• Improved Application Lockdown exploit mitigation (kudos to Niels Warnars for reporting).
• Improved VBScript God Mode exploit mitigation now honors security zone settings.
• Improved rendering of icons of protected applications on computers with Display on Larger DPI setting.
• Fixed memory leak in HitmanPro.Alert service.
• Added Turkish language (thanks to Bekir Ucarci).

Build 187

• Added application exclusion to Exploit mitigations. Scroll to the far right on the ‘Your applications’ panel to access this new feature, which should only be used for rare occasions when an application is incompatible with Alert’s library.
• Improved CryptoGuard mitigation.
• Improved BadUSB compatibility with OEM keyboards.
• Improved BadUSB compatibility with the Surface Home Button on Microsoft Surface Pro tablets.
• Improved BadUSB compatibility with keyboards with macro functionality.
• Improved Keystroke Encryption which sometimes dropped out after using Windows-key.
• Improved compatibility with Microsoft Office add-ins based on .NET, eg gSyncit.
• Improved Network Lockdown compatibility with the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Web Access Control driver on Windows 8.
• Improved Software Radar to detect web browsers that do not immediately register themselves as browser upon installation, eg Cyberfox.
• Improved Dynamic Heap Spray mitigation.
• Improved compatibility with Trusteer Report.
• Improved VBScript God Mode mitigation (part of Application Lockdown).
• Fixed Application Lockdown false positive on SharePoint based websites.
• Fixed rare BSOD in HitmanPro.Alert driver.
• Updated language string.