FS Protection PC 17.7 releases
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Release 17.7 beta 1 (4.20.936):
New features:
- New settings dialog combines AV and common settings. You can open the settings dialog from all the same locations as before. You can always view settings without elevation but to change them you need to elevate. Help is missing for this release and will be added in the future releases.
- Logout added to main UI. This will log you out from your current account and expire the client. You need to login again to use it. This is intended for use cases where you want to switch to a different account. There are black triangles in the Logout dialogs which is known issue and will be fixed in the next release.
- Restart prompt now has dropdown to select when to remind again.
Fixed issues:
- LOC: localized "Privacy" word with small mistake ("About" window). (SAFE_BUG-02726, PBL-4998)
- Network installer didn't resume after sidegrade reboot (PBL-4959)
- Title is truncated in network installer (PBL-4913)
- SafeSearch not enabled when Parental Control enabled (PBL-4912)
- Family rules guide poor translations (PBL-4671)
- fsdiag does not collect the MSI log files properly (PBL-4660)
- Help: Differences between 'wording' (term) under Help and under User Interface on current day. (SAFE_BUG-02640, PBL-4417)
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Love the new Settings UI, but it's still all very 'white'. What are the chances of a dark theme?
@Simon we have discussed the dark theme internally, but it looks like it would be quite expensive and not that requested feature so far. So chances are very low.
Ville
(F-Secure R&D)
That's a shame, but thanks Ville.
Version 17.7 beta 1
Have installed this version and it appears to be working fine however it wont allow me to login etc. Despite me following the installation link/with one time password etc;my account states my license has expired.
FS Protection is registered in windows security center and everything else checks out fine. What do I do?
Smooth upgrade. But I really do not like (user is Administrator) clicking on the top button to enable editing of settings.
Can settings' UI be run as admin by default?
@williams001 did you follow the insructions at beta.f-secure.com when joining this program? Also, be aware that if you change your email address in beta.f-secure.com, the fs protection e-mail account will not change, it will be the one that you had when you joined the program. If you did follow the instructions, then there is a bug somewhere, please create a bug report in beta.f-secure.com
@Lord_Ami the settings opens this way so that any user can always see the settings, even if they do not have administrator permissions. Also for users with admin accounts, if you take security seriously, then admin account is separate from your main account and you have to enter credentials every time you elevate, which is quite annoying if you would like to just check settings. We are happy the way it works now and not planning to change it.
Ville
(F-Secure R&D)
One feature that can be added is that when usb is inserted, it will automatically detect whether it needs to be scanned. My English is not good, use google to translate...
F-Secure would detect and block any malicious activity from a USB stick if it should try to activate, therefore, in my opinion, it's not necessary to automatically scan every USB stick when inserted, as this would take some time for, say, a large capacity stick containing just photos .
Release 17.7 beta 2 (4.20.1236):
Fixed issues:
"Turn on Browsing protection" should not show when product expired (PBL-5073)
"Open app" should open "Not yet protected" message after Logout (PBL-5070)
Settings window does not open from the main UI (PBL-5059)
Installer: the "Help us improve..." string is wrapped in English on Win 7 (PBL-5050)
Incorrect button name in Ru localization on the Support tab (PBL-5048)
Installer: EULT and Handle data links are not clickable in En localization (PBL-5042)
Setting link is missing from main UI when non-admin and UAC disabled (PBL-5041)
Settings Window not responding when click the Show license key button (PBL-5038)
SAFE's banking protection not dropping the banner for a certain customers (PBL-5030)
Wrong default "skip" action for some malware (PBL-5028)
ODS hanged at 0% and dialog buttons "Stop" and "Cancel" did not respond. (PBL-5026)
Out of date registered to Windows AC and try to open the old update settings (PBL-5014)
The "Open Settings" link from the tray is not localized (PBL-5011)
Event History Table does not renew after pressing Show All (PBL-4996)
Clear All Events does not work after pressing Show All (PBL-4995)
Check for Updates does not work if the Settings window is already opened (PBL-4993)
[LOC] Missing description and button text in "Subscription info" setting (PBL-4970)
The "Antivirus" sign is not the same for different operators for the Croatian (PBL-4931)
Smooth upgrade as always.
The user is only notified when windows gives the message turn av on.
Otherwise do not see anything.
same here
Here too. The beta overall has been really stable and has caused no issues for me.
I'd call it RC if it was up to me
Release 17.7 beta 3 (4.20.1675):
Fixed issues:
Gosh, I don't think I've experienced any of those bugs!
Release 17.7 beta 4 (4.20.1985):
Fixed issues:
Smooth upgrade. As always
Yes, only the emails from this thread indicate that there was an update.
Before beta3(?) - I experienced a lot of "freezes / stucks" (crashes) with Internet Explorer 11.
Just because there was some else changes (or certain circumstance) - I did not connect situations with fs protection. Then, I found that extension / addon with implemented fix for some uncommon trouble. Thus, I understood (and found) that BP extension is updated for Internet Explorer 11 to some of 2.2* builds (this one that was reverted back previously).
Soon after (and, probably, for beta3) BP extension is switched back to 2.197 build. So, noted "freezes / stucks" (crashes) are gone.
But today, with beta4, I found that something wrong with Internet Explorer 11 and Browsing Protection extension. HTTPS support is incomplete. Blockpages (?! all or some) for HTTPS are not visible. Search ratings are not there. Although, maybe I hit certain state. But all was OK before and I do not remeber such hits...
Extension / addon is enabled. Features are "ON". But sounds as "HTTPS support" are not there.
I do able to suspect that situation is appeared only after upgrade to beta4 (or even next system launch).
// later added: The Reason is enabled EPM option.
With disabled EPM (mode) - BP functionality for HTTPS support with OK state.
I did not create report via beta-portal since of this (although, today I do able, at least, to get login page under safe instance; but Support ticket with unclear response yet).
Thanks!
I run IE beta Version 76.0.176.1 (Official build) dev (64-bit) and do not encounter such problems, it is just a statement I make since IE has a Chromium kernel.
Hello,
Sounds that it is Microsoft Edge. At least, if Internet Explorer is not completely rebranded (declined) to fresh Microsoft Edge (Chromium-oriented) with upcoming builds.
My current Windows 10 (1903) still with two different browsers: Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge (44*?).
In fact, with both browsers - F-Secure BP HTTPS support is not available on current time. With Microsoft Edge by default, with Internet Explorer by enabled EPM option.
I did not try "fresh" Microsoft Edge (beta) yet. Maybe, there are improvements - but I still think that for HTTPS Support need to install F-Secure BP extension (otherwise - noted functionality is not available). Perhaps, beta Microsoft Edge with support for Google Chrome extensions by default (and as a result - proper state for HTTPS Support functionality of F-Secure BP).
Thanks!
for your further info I simply got it from there https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/browsing-protection and it works like a charm.
Sounds that URL is redacted (as a result "Page not found"). But, yes, it is known place for "Google Chrome" addon (fs protection Settings tab "Browsing Protection" with this information).
I, usually, used it for browsers like Opera.
Release 17.7 beta 5 (4.20.2816):
Known issues:
Fixed issues:
Release 17.7 beta 6 (4.20.3102):
Fixed issues:
Release 17.7 beta 7 (4.20.3453):
Fixed issues:
Release 17.7 beta 8 (4.20.3560):
Fixed issues:
.NET missing dialog text is truncated (PBL-5333)
Ransomware protection doesn't work (PBL-5426)
Please, educate me: How can a basic user tell if Ransomware pårotection is working or is not working?
Hi @martink
It's not easy to test if it's working or not, since the algorithm that triggers it is quite complicated, so I can't give you any good advice on that. We accidentally broke it in beta 7 and didn't notice it immediately, but our automated tests flagged it.
Ville
(F-Secure R&D)
Thanks, I guess you would need a special sandboxed environment and a piece of ransomware which the basic user would not have.