FS Protection PC 18.2 releases

Ivan_Osipov
Ivan_Osipov Posts: 80 Former F-Secure Employee
edited October 2021 in Home Security Beta Programs

FS Protection PC 18.2 releases will be posted under this thread.

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  • Ville
    Ville Posts: 733 F-Secure Product Expert
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    SAFE 18.2 was released to production. Thank you all beta testers.

    Ville

    F-Secure R&D, Desktop products

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  • Ivan_Osipov
    Ivan_Osipov Posts: 80 Former F-Secure Employee
    edited October 2021

    Release 18.2 beta 1 (4.70.352):

    New features:

    • Tamper protection prevents user or external software from disabling SAFE processes, changing the installation folder content or editing relevant values in registry. It is turned off by default and can be enabled in Settings. Please note: help has not been updated yet.
    • People view can now be used to manage people and devices directly in the client user interface instead of logging into My FS Protection in a browser.

    Known issues:

    • Unable to release license from the product(AP-14972/PBL-8929). Fix will come a bit later to the backend side (no need to wait for the next Beta).

    Fixed issues:

    • Switch User button is clickable after releasing license (PBL-8859)
    • Hang when logging in through person view (PBL-8852)
    • After logging out and in, the subscription state changes to "expiring soon" if it is continuous (PBL-8848)


  • CyberDevil
    CyberDevil Posts: 8 Observer

    "Tamper protection ..." - I was really looking forward to this feature. Many thanks to the developers! I think the defense is even more secure now. :)

  • avijitsg
    avijitsg Posts: 3 Observer

    please send me the link of fs beta. Thanks

  • Ivan_Osipov
    Ivan_Osipov Posts: 80 Former F-Secure Employee

    Hi avijitsg,

    You can register here: https://beta.f-secure.com/welcome/

  • Release 18.2 beta 2 (4.70.475):

    New features:

    • Main UI have a new feature card added which is about ID Monitoring. When this feature card is selected, a monitoring page will be displayed where you can add email addresses to be monitored for potential data breaches. Please note: help is missing and will be added in future release. 

    Fixed issues:

    • People View feature card: Manage button opens external browser (PBL-8939)
    • Allowed and blocked websites lists are not shown (SAFE_BUG-03432/PBL-8932)
    • People view: UI-related issues (PBL-8950, PBL-8943, PBL-8944, PBL-8959, PBL-8958)
    • People view: Keyboard navigation broken (PBL-8942)
    • Cannot unlink device using aveui from webview2 on Windows (AP-14972/PBL-8929)
    • Parental control time spans do not follow regional time format (PBL-8764)


  • yeoldfart
    yeoldfart Posts: 571 Superuser

    self updated without my intervention, works perfectly fine on W11 x64, I tied all options: ok

  • avijitsg
    avijitsg Posts: 3 Observer

    I am unable to get beta fs protection0 key. please help me.

  • Urmas
    Urmas Posts: 68 F-Secure Employee

    Release 18.2 beta 3 (4.70.757):

    New features:

    • Tamper protection is enabled by default for users who have not enabled/disabled this setting themselves.

    Fixed issues:

    • Restart prompt not shown upon malfunction (PBL-9009)
    • Dark mode: person card border invisible & no hover effect (PBL-8940)
    • Not all browser shortcuts are disabled in Webview2 views (PBL-9039)
    • White screen is shown instead of People&Devices view/ID Monitoring after clicking Try again (PBL-9045)
    • Family rules: Remaining time is much larger than daily limit (PBL-9018)
    • Change user window: "service is not available" notification shown when problems with the internet connection (PBL-8809)
    • Missing dropdown shadow for a window when a harmful file is found (PBL-8039)
    • WebView2 updated, fixes SAFE_BUG-03367: Switch user profile window, login form: Privacy Policy opened in two windows (PBL-8752)


  • Release 18.2 beta 2 (4.70.475):

    New features:

    • Main UI have a new feature card added which is about ID Monitoring. When this feature card is selected, a monitoring page will be displayed where you can add email addresses to be monitored for potential data breaches. Please note: help is missing and will be added in future release. 

    Fixed issues:

    • People View feature card: Manage button opens external browser (PBL-8939)
    • Allowed and blocked websites lists are not shown (SAFE_BUG-03432/PBL-8932)
    • People view: UI-related issues (PBL-8950, PBL-8943, PBL-8944, PBL-8959, PBL-8958)
    • People view: Keyboard navigation broken (PBL-8942)
    • Cannot unlink device using aveui from webview2 on Windows (AP-14972/PBL-8929)
    • Parental control time spans do not follow regional time format (PBL-8764)


  • Release 18.2 beta 4 (4.70.859):

    Known issues:

    • People & Devices: notifications are not shown if webview2 was removed (PBL-9052)

    Fixed issues:

    • "No internet connection" title is shown at People & Devices view when did not logged in yet (PBL-9050)
    • Log out message has a blank value if non-admin user did not log into as a kid (PBL-8872)
    • webview2 views scroll issues (PBL-9007)
    • Main UI: Inconsistent use of period (".") on feature cards (PBL-8989)


  • Ivan_Osipov
    Ivan_Osipov Posts: 80 Former F-Secure Employee
    edited November 2021

    Release 18.2 beta 5 (4.70.1022):

    New features:

    • Banking protection turned off smart task (PBL-8474). In other words, main UI warns when you turn off the Banking protection feature. Please note: the Browsing & Banking view has not been updated yet. Also, localizations are not ready yet.

    Known issues:

    • Hang taking product into use when machine has old WebView2 (PBL-9093)

    Fixed issues:

    • People & Devices: notifications are not shown if webview2 was removed (PBL-9052)
    • "You haven't been online yet" text is cut in some localizations (PBL-9071)


  • Release 18.2 beta 6 (4.70.1176):

    New features:

    • Help for ID monitoring view (PBL-8873)
    • Help for people view (PBL-8866)


  • Ivan_Osipov
    Ivan_Osipov Posts: 80 Former F-Secure Employee

    Release 18.2 beta 7 (4.70.1301):

    New features:

    • Removed security cloud privacy policy link (PBL-9094)
    • Show WebView2 KB article link in network installer(PBL-9188)

    Fixed issues:

    • Light mode: Subscription view title is hard to read (PBL-9199)
    • Notification about the device name is shown when you logout and log into as a non-admin user (PBL-9190)


  • Release 18.2 beta 8 (4.70.1302):

    Fixed issues:

    • There are string changes to Identity and ID monitoring feature cards.


  • Ukko
    Ukko Posts: 3,724 Superuser

    Hello,

    Sorry for this comment.

    I am not sure if there is any connection with fs protection. But just as a thought and ask about the experience of other users.

    My laptop with Windows 10 system has no huge changes. However, there are some. For example, some Windows own updates, some drivers updates, a try to use Microsoft Windows Game Mode and nothing more out of the common state. Also, there was F-Secure Ultralight Core (64-bit) update. Partially, the most 'recent' to date after which something triggered BSODs.

    So, the trouble is: from 20.11.2021 to 25.11.2021 - I experienced three BSODs. All of them were after system launch and some minutes of use it like browsing (but only today I saw the BSOD, and not the already rebooted system) with no much strange activities. Basically, two (?) opened browsers and trying to use them (switch tabs) or "background" loading for the first two occurrences.

    CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED (0x000000ef (0xffffc28e1d3950c0....), there are dumps - but I did not manage to check anything with them.

    Has anyone seen anything like that recently? I just did not remember any of such BSOD before with that system.

  • Ville
    Ville Posts: 733 F-Secure Product Expert

    @Ukko Windows bluescreen with CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED happens because some critical user-mode process died. I believe session manager and service manager are these kind of processes. I hit this problem often around 2007 when developing DeepGuard user-mode hooking and if there was a bug, it took down one of these processes, resulting in bluescreen.

    So, it could be a bug in DeepGuard or it could be a bug in Windows itself. We need a bit more data to investigate.

    Ville

    Ville

    F-Secure R&D, Desktop products

  • Ivan_Osipov
    Ivan_Osipov Posts: 80 Former F-Secure Employee

    Hi Ukko,

    Thanks for the detailed explanation, could you please create a bug ticket with fsdiag? Please change the log level to debug beforehand.

    Best Wishes, Ivan.

  • Cale
    Cale Posts: 294 F-Secure Product Manager

    Hey,

    SAFE PC 18.2 went from beta to production on Tuesday. Thanks again to everyone for the good feedback and bug reports - those are very helpful and valuable for us!

    ...but the wheel keeps turning and our work continues with 18.3. See you there.

    -Cale

  • Ukko
    Ukko Posts: 3,724 Superuser
    edited December 2021

    Hello,

    Sorry for the reply. A bit of addition to the "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED" discussion.

    Today is the fourth time. Before the blue screen (minutes) - I noticed that Windows Security informs about trouble with security solution (snoozed?) And notification mark on logo. Then, while trying to use some websites - Microsoft Edge crashed. Then, I feel some laggy around. And then after re-try to use (and actually use a bit) Microsoft Edge - blue screen happened.

    Perhaps, with the previous three times - Windows Security Center also was with related toast / logo as something wrong with installed AV.

    /// two additional points about other things:

    Just tried to clean install fs protection. After (before clean installing) one of recent OneClient updates that was after beta 8 and shortly after announce of 18.2 was released to production. When I tried to check updates. The first attempt is fine. If to try once more (briefly) - greyed out button as a result.

    However, after and with clean installation. I do not able to repeat this behavior. Is it supposed to be so? Or why it was so before clean installation?

    Another point: sounds as My FS Protection portal is a bit overloaded. At least, too visible delays with logging / log out, thinking and so. Is it possible to check? Or such delays are about my own network connectivity? Originally, I felt it with Android clients. Today with Web-version and then with Windows-client functionality about "People and so".

    Thanks!

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