Trojan Remover

What's new in this version:

Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2983
- Help Update 10.3.3
- New: added information on new alert screens


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2981
- Updater 2.0.1.1151
- FIX: The option to relaunch the Main Program after an update was mistakenly removed, this has been put back in place


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2980
- BootExecute checks modified to handle Unicode entries
- Main Program no longer requires Administrator rights when run by a non-Admin User - this ensures that settings, exclusions etc. are correctly set at a per-user level.
- If an invalid Username/Key combination was entered when registering or renewing, an "Unknown Error" message would be displayed. This was a mistake, the correct specific reasons for failure are now shown again.
- Updater now uses https connections when available
- All Update Servers added back into the XP version so it no longer only uses just the one server


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2979
- New: added heuristic detection for malware loaded by Scheduled Tasks
- Mod: FastScan settings for standard User accounts now inherit settings configured when the main Trojan Remover program is run. A future update should allow standard User accounts to configure their own scan settings.


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2977
- fix: removed false detection on new Firefox Scheduled Updates Task


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2976
- Main Program 6.9.5.2976, Updater 2.0.0.1147
- New: added routines to handle Windows 10 Exploit Mitigation and Controlled Folder Access settings


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2975
- New: added new heuristic tests for specific malware registry entries
- Update: Helpfile updated
- Update: Uninstaller updated


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2974
- New: the main program Help | About Trojan Remover | Version Info screen now shows whether any program component updates are available
- Fix: removed intermittent false positive rootkitted file alert on an Open Hardware Monitor driver
- Fix: under certain circumstances the Trojan Remover logfile was not being correctly written after a scan had been completed
- Fix: if malware entries were identified in the HOSTS file Trojan Remover would fail to repair the file due to changes made in an earlier build. This has now been fixed


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2973
- New: Updated Windows 10 version checks


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2972
- New: Updated Windows 10 version checks for May 2020 Update

- Fix: an error in build 2971 meant that "Prompt for Action" when scanning folders was not showing the alert form so the User could not determine the action to take


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2971
New:
- Scan progress is now shown visually in the taskbar icon
- visual scan progress now shown when using the drive/folder scan

Fix:
- stopped the drive/folder scan from creating and then deleting numerous temporary shortcut files whilst extracting file icons for the folder display


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2970
Fix:
- upated the fix to exclusion routines
- the buttons on certain dialogs would not work if running on XP, following the update to 6.9.5.2969


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2969
Fix:
- corrected errors raised when trying to exclude files from scanning, if no previous exclusions existed
- SAFE MODE default registry key restoral was not working correctly

New:
- improved detection for Powershell file-less exploits


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2967
- Main Program 6.9.5.2967, FastScan 6.9.5.1365, Updater 1.1.40
- New: added alerting for Proxy Server if intercepting internet traffic on the local Loopback port (127.0.0.1). A Proxy Server active on any other port will not be alerted on, but details of the proxy will be added to the logfile
- New: added Component Version information to the About Trojan Remover screen


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2966
- New: added Utility to remove an Internet Proxy Server if one is established


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2965
- Main Program 6.9.5.2965, FastScan 6.9.5.1364, Updater 1.4.5.1136
- Fix: a Windows Update on Aug 13 2019 meant Trojan Remover was not correctly verifying certain Windows dlls resulting in a false positive alert
- Fix: Build 1135 of the Updater was inadvertently writing to a debug logfile as well as the normal logfile


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2963
- Main Program 6.9.5.2963. Improved scan and repair of HOSTS files
- Fixed a registration key issue where the FastScan was not being re-registered when a renewal key was entered
- Updater 1.4.5.1134. Added better handling of update file extraction when Windows Defender is scanning the files after they are downloaded


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2962
- New: Main Program 6.9.5.2962, FastScan 6.9.5.1362, Updater 1.4.5.1132
- New: Updater (when run manually) now only requests Administrator privileges if absolutely needed, most operations should not need to make such a request
- New: TRElevationHelper component, used by the Updater if Administrator privileges are needed
- New: 64bit Shell Extension to provide the Windows Explorer context menu entry
- Mod: updated heuristic scans
- Mod: added new icon for Windows Explorer context menu entry
- Fix: Windows 10 version 1803 Pro and above incorrectly logged as Enterprise


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2961
- Change log not available for this version


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2960
- New: added options for the Logon and Daily FastScans to Run Silent, i.e invisible, but if an alert or dialog needs to be shown then the FastScan will automatically become visible. Running Silent becomes the default for new installations
- Update: changes to the licence key entry screen to provide better indication of possible typing errors when entering the key
- Fix: when running silent the Updater would detect minor program component updates were available but would not install them automatically, nor show itself to allow a manual update to be completed


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2959
- Fix: Scheduled Tasks running signed Microsoft programs were not being correctly scanned for ancillary malware possibilities.


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2958
- Main Program updated to 6.9.5.2958, FastScan to 6.9.5.1358
- New: added scanning routine to check for browsers launched via Scheduled Tasks to open either malicious, or adware-dependent, web pages
- Fix: the update to version 6.9.5.2957 broke updates on Windows Vista due to the way that system checks digital signatures. This update resolves the issue, but users on Windows Vista will need to download and install a new copy of the program from the Downloads page (no need to uninstall the current version first)


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2957
- Main Program updated to 6.9.5.2957, FastScan to 6.9.5.1357
- New: added detection for malware launched via Command Processor AutoRun entries
- New: added scanning of programs launched via the Program Compatibility Assistant


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2956
- Main Program updated to 6.9.5.2956, FastScan to 6.9.5.1356
- New: added detection for malware using Explorer.exe to automatically launch web pages
- Fix: if a Scheduled Task was detected loading malware, the Scheduled Task was not being correctly deleted (although the loading malware would still have been disabled correctly)
- Helpfile updates


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2955
- Main Program updated to 6.9.5.2955, FastScan to 6.9.5.1355
- New: added scanning for rogue Firefox browser extensions
- New: added routine to check for Python scripts loaded at boot-time
- New: added settings to create and modify daily updates scheduling


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2954
- Main Program updated to 6.9.5.2954, FastScan to 6.9.5.1354
- New: added scanning of applications loaded as services using proxy service loaders
- New: added routine to schedule daily FastScans, to complement the FastScan that runs when the system starts, or a new user logs on
- Mod: re-categorised the Settings menu (previously the "Options" menu) to make sub-groups for Scan, FastScan and Update settings


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2953
- Main Program updated to 6.9.5.2953, FastScan to 6.9.5.1353
- Improved scanning of Scheduled Tasks launched from Task sub-folders
- Improved parsing of Script commands
- Bug fix: attempting to exclude a registry entry from future scanning would fail if an exclusions file did not already exist


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2952
- The installer now downloads the databases separately to ensure the latest are always installed (an offline installler is provided for use on systems not connected to the Internet)
- Bug fix: a conflict with Nortons Internet Security has been identifed and resolved
- Bug fix: a heuristic scan module was raising a false alert when run on an XP system, if the scan was "Run As" a different user to the logged on user


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2950
- Added detection and fixing of hijacked browser and program shortcuts in order to deal with redirects created by the likes of launchpage.org, amisites.com, and others
- Modified file exclusion routines so they are only applied to the local machine, not to any roaming profile


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2949
- Main Program updated to 6.9.5.2949, FastScan to 6.9.5.1350
- Added new heuristics to detect file-less malware spawned using Powershell


Trojan Remover 6.9.5 Build 2948
- Main Program updated to 6.9.5.2948, FastScan to 6.9.5.1349, Updater to 1.4.1.1118
- Improved scan speed times
- Minor fixes