Ultra Virus Killer Change Log
This page lists the most important changes and new features in each UVK update since the version 7.9 until version 9.6.
UVK 9.6:
v9.6.7 Release date: November 17 2016
Bug fixing
release.
v9.6.6 Release date: November 09 2016
General
debugging and optimization (mostly bug fixing release).
v9.6.5.5 Release date: November 06 2016
General
debugging and optimization.
New
feature: The Registry Defragmentation feature now ofers the option
to also disable registry compression. This can highly improve system
performance and reduce boot and shutdown time. Our tests indicate a
great improvement after using this new feature.
New
feature: Added support to specify the Report ID when sending
reports to email address or FTP server through the command line. The
Report ID must be specified in a new switch with the following
format: /ID={ReportID}. Example:
UVK_en.exe /SendReports /ID=12345 /Passive
New
feature: You can now set up whether the Configure Immunization
shortcut is created in the Desktop folder or in the Start Menu, or
if it is not created at all. This new option can be found in the
Options section, General tab, and can be Cloud Synced or exported to
UVKSettings.ini.
New
feature: The Smart Uninstaller's white/black list manager now
automatically sorts items in alphabetical order.
Changed
behavior: UVK no longer asks for the running protection password
after an automatic update of the application, because it has already
been done.
Improved
the registry backup, restore and defragmentation features.
Fixed bug:
UVK was not being able to delete directories containing reparse
points.
v9.6.5.4 Release date: October 29 2016
General
debugging and optimization.
New
feature: The Smart Uninstaller's white/black list manager now has a
Toggle selected button that allows to move items directly
from the while list to the black list and vice versa.
v9.6.5.2 Release date: October 23 2016
General
debugging and optimization.
New
system repair fix: Unattended disk cleanup. This new fix will run
the Windows disk cleanup utility, scan the system drive and
automatically free disk space. No user interaction will be needed.
v9.6.5.0 Release date: October 18 2016
Bug fixing
release.
v9.6.3.0 Release date: October 15 2016
General
debugging and improvement.
Fixed bug:
The application was not behaving properly when uninstalling several
progarms at once, in the Smart uninstaller section.
Improved
the zipped report's file name in the Reporting section: The name now
contains less underscores, and the saved report ID (if any) is
appended in the end of the file.
v9.6.2.0 Release date: October 13 2016
General
debugging and improvement.
Fixed bug:
The application was crashing when switching to the System Info
section, in some computers.
Fixed other
reported bugs.
Added a
new fix to the System Repair list: Reset Firefox print settings.
Sometimes Firefox gets stuck with one print paper size, usually
after switching printers. This fix will reset Firefox's printer
settings, automatically fixing that issue and similar ones.
Note: Firefox's process will be killed prior to the reset operation.
New
feature: The Home section now shows process, memory and primary HDD
information in the title bar.
New
feature: Items that have a high number VirusTotal detections become
red, in the VirusTotal column.
v9.6.0.0 Release date: October 04 2016
The
application was completely rewritten in C++. The major differences
in this new rewrite are listed below.
All
lists now have a quick search feature, which allows to quickly find
an item in the respective list by entering a portion of the item's
text in the search input field. To quickly use this feature, use the
Ctrl+F key combination.
The
lists load much faster, and the following sections now have a
resizable window: System Immunization, System Repair and System
Info.
Added
options to immunize Chrome and Firefox in the System Immunization
section. Other improvements to this section.
Added a
"Quick load" feature to the system repair section. This feature
shows a drop-down list containing the UVKSR files already loaded and
those present in well known directoried such as %InstallSourceDir%,
and allows to instantly load one of the listed files, or unload the
current one.
Added a
new "Save hilighted App in..." context menu to the System Repair
list, which allows to export a custom third party app to another
UVKSR file, making it easy to transfer your favourite apps to all
your UVKSR files.
The
System Info section now also lists installed programs.
The
"Misc tools" and "IT/Geek tools" sections were merged into a new
one: Tools and tweaks. This new section not only has all the
features of the previous two sections, but it also has many
enhancements and new tweaks and tools. The only exception is the
previous "Profile backup" feature, which will be replaced in the
near future with a new section: Backup and recovery. The help page
of the new sections will be available soon.
The
"Options" section also had many enhancements and new available
options, so you can setup the application to behave exactly the way
you want.
The
portable packages no longer create a start menu folder.
The
application's file layout was changed, and now it always installs
both 32 and 64-bit files. If you run the 32-bit main executable
(UVK_en.exe) in a 64-bit environment, it will automatically run the
64-bit executable instead (UVK_en64.exe). This allowed us to also
provide the application as a simple ZIP archive, where you can put
your license, and favourite scripts and other files, making it ideal
for remote use.
New
behavior: When %InstallSourceDir% is not defined (for instance, when
you use the ZIP version for the first time in a PC), it will default
to the "Third party" folder, inside the application's folder itself.
So, if you want to put default black lists and scripts in your
custom zip, just place them in the "Third party" folder, inside the
ZIP file.
UVK 8.0:
v8.0.8.0 Release date: September 28 2016
This is
probably the last update of the AutoIt UVK version. Time to take a
look at the new
C++ UVK, faster and more powerful.
Fixed a few
minor bugs.
Added
support for non standard FTP ports, in the Reporting section.
Those can be specified in the Server name field, by appending
a colon followed by the port number. i.e. example.com:2121 or
124.10.20.30:2121
v8.0.7.0 Release date: August 28 2016
Bug fixing
release.
v8.0.6.0 Release date: August 17 2016
Bug fixing
release.
v8.0.5.0 Release date: August 11 2016
Fixed
several minor bugs.
New
feature: The Smart Uninstaller now automatically closes any browser
processes launched by the uninstaller processes.
New
feature: Enabling/disabling the User Account Control no longer needs
to reboot in order for changes to apply.
Changed
behavior: The EULA is not displayed if a valid license is found,
either a branding or common license. Previously, the EULA was only
skipped for branding licenses.
Improved
the Cloud Sync user interface, which now uses a more logical and
secure approach.
v8.0.3.0 Release date: July 22 2016
Fixed
reported bug: The application was crashing when running the Run MS
Install/Uninstall troubleshooter fix.
Other minor
bug fixes.
New
feature: The Reporting section now ensures that SystemInfo.ini has
been created and added to the zip.
v8.0.2.0 Release date: July 17 2016
Added a
Help button to the Cloud Sync dialog box, which takes you
directly to the online help page.
Fixed a few
reported bugs.
v8.0.1.0 Release date: July 12 2016
Introducing a new feature: Cloud Sync. This new feature, only
available to registered users, allows you to sync application
settings, scripts and whitelists from/to the cloud. It is especially
useful for remote access. Click
here to go to the corresponding help page.
Updated
Ultra Adware Killer to its latest version (4.3), which includes the
new features and fixes below.
New Ultra
Adware Killer feature: DNS hijack detection. Detected DNS
hijackers are displayed in the Autostart tab, more exactly in
a new group called DNS hijackers. Note: The group is not
displayed if no hijacks are found.
New Ultra
Adware Killer feature: Reset Edge's DOM Storage.
New Ultra
Adware Killer feature: Reset IE's DOM Storage.
Fixed Ultra
Adware Killer bug: Open registry location and
Open file location was not working in the Firefox
list.
Fixed reported bug: The System Info
section was not
displaying the serial number properly in some computers.
Added a
checkbox in the Reporting section: Delete
files after sending. This new option allows you to
automatically delete the local report files after successfully
sending them to your email address or FTP server. This option is
exportable to UVKSettings.ini.
Changed
behavior: The Send reports by Email or FTP System repair fix is only
executed after the whole repair operation completes. This way, it no
longer sends an incomplete professional HTML report.
New
feature: The Delete All Browsers Cookies function
also cleans up Internet Explorer's Dom storage.
New
feature: The Clear Internet explorer's history function also cleans the
Internet Explorer's Recovery pages.
Changed
behavior: When UVK SU whitelist.ini is present in
%InstallSourceDir%, it is directly used by the Smart Uninstaller,
automatically updating the white/black list file on the fly.
Changed
behavior: When UAK_White_list.ini is present in
%InstallSourceDir%, it is directly used by the Ultra Adware Killer
section, automatically updating the whitelist file on the
fly.
Changed
behavior: When UVK SR settings.uvksr is present in
%InstallSourceDir%, it is directly used by the System Repair,
section, allowing to automatically update the default UVKSR file on
the fly.
Changed
behavior: Preferences, in the Options section are
updated on the fly, when ticking the checkboxes. The Save
button was no longer needed, and was replaced with the new Cloud
sync option above.
UVK 7.9:
v7.9.4.0 Release date: June 27 2016
Fixed wrong
behaviour after clicking the Stop monitoring
button, when running third party apps, in the System repair
section.
Updated
behaviour when running third party apps, in the System
repair section: If a third party app reboots the computer,
logs from that app are collected after reboot.
Updated
behavior: UVK no longer asks for password when continuing repair
operations, even if the running protection password is enabled
(System repair).
Added a
new item to the Smart uninstaller's right-click
menu: Report as unwanted program. This new option
allows you to help us improve the Ultra Adware Killer's dataset by
reporting malicious and unwanted programs that are currently not
being detected by UAK.
Added a
new Maintenance action to the System repair list:
Clear Quick Access and Jump Lists. This new fix
removes all items in the Quick access, and
Jump lists, on the Start menu and taskbar.
Added a
new Pre-repair action to the System repair
list: Disable the User Account Control. This new
option allows you to disable the UAC during the repair operation.
The UAC can be automatically re-enabled unce the repair operation os
complete with the new Enable the User Account Control
post-repair option.
Added a
new Pre-repair action to the System repair
list: Enable the legacy (F8) boot menu. This new
option allows you to enable the old boot menu, activated by pressing
F8. Obviously this fix only works on Windows 8 or higher.
Added a
new fix to the System repair and optimization group
of the System repair list: Start menu
troubleshooter. This fix downloads the same named
troubleshooter from Microsoft.com and executes it, troubleshooting
problems related to the Start Menu and Cortana.
Added a
new fix to the System repair and optimization group
of the System repair list: Windows store
apps troubleshooter. This fix downloads the same named
troubleshooter from Microsoft.com and executes it, troubleshooting
problems related to the modern apps and the Windows store.
Added a
new fix to the System repair and optimization group
of the System repair list: Windows update
troubleshooter. This fix downloads the same named troubleshooter
from Microsoft.com and executes it, troubleshooting problems related
to Windows Update.
Added a
new Post repair action to the System repair
list: Restore the previous UAC state. This new
option will restores the User Account Control (UAC) state it had
before the current repair operation, is case you used the new Disable the User Account Control
fix.
Added a
new Post repair action to the System repair
list: Restore the standard boot menu. This new
option will restore the standard boot menu in Windows 8, 8.1 and 10,
eventually removing the old F8 boot menu, if it was previously
enabled.
Added a
new Post repair action to the System repair
list: Enable the User Account Control. This new
option will restore the User Account Control (UAC) enabled state.
Imporoved and debugged the Log analyzer.
Other
minor bug fixes and improvements.
v7.9.1.0 Release date: June 10 2016
Fixed bug:
The Restore normal boot System repair fix, when checked, was
disabling some previous selected fixes.
Improved
the List affected files feature of the Execute prevent section.
Replaced the confirmation dialog boxes with a text label and a
checkbox in the status area.
Other bug
fixes and improvements.
v7.9.0.0 Release date: June 07 2016
Fixed bug:
The System immunization feature was triggering Windows 10 to reset
the default apps.
Fixed
bug: UVK was not uploading files to VirusTotal in some cases, even
if that option was enabled.
Fixed bug:
UVK was not exporting / importing the custom third party directory
from UVKSettings.ini.
Fixed
other minor bugs.
Added a
new item to the System repair list: Prevent resetting default apps.
Because Windows 10 keeps periodically resetting the file
association, this new tool will fix that issue by preventing some
built-in apps such as Microsoft Edge or Photos to be set as the
default apps.
Bundled the
Prevent resetting default apps feature mentioned
above to the Configure Immunization app that's left
beyond uninstall. This way users can also setup the blocked built-in
apps after uninstalling the product.
