MCShield v3.x Release

MCShield is an Anti-Malware program designed to prevent infections transmitted via removable drives. Lighter, smarter and faster than ever!

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MCShield is free and always will be!

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Program Features Benefits of Using MCShield

Drive Detection

Reliable detection of new drives

MCShield's detection of newly connected drives enables early reaction on possible malware nested on the arriving removable drives.

Intelligent Scanning

Heuristics & signatures

Ultra fast scanning of root and certain special folders on the hard drives and adaptive scanning of removable drives to effectively tackle infections.

Dual Removal Mode

Automatic & Interactive modes

Advanced automatic removal mode for easy cleanup & remediation with optional Interactive mode for users who desire more control over the process.

More Features

Detection of newly connected drives and automatic scanning
Automatic removal mode which makes use of this software possible to everyone regardless of their operating system and malware related knowledge
Interactive mode for advanced users who desire more control over the scan process
Ultra fast scanning of root and certain special folders on the hard drives and adaptive scanning of removable drives
On demand drive scanning
Advanced general and infection specific heuristics
Automatic database and program updates

Completely negligible impact on system performance
Optimal functionality without any additional settings
Possibility to modify the programs behavior according to specific user's needs
Various color schemes for the user interface
Creation of backup copies of everything that program detects and deletes
Display of real-time global statistics and news
Localization (18 languages at the moment)

What do you get with MCShield?

What do you get when you combine unrivaled drive recognition stability and speed, state of the art heuristic engine, a lot of ideas, great user feedback and years of programming and testing?

MCShield is an antimalware program designed to prevent infections transmitted via removable drives. Lighter, smarter and faster than ever!

Changelogs

v 3.0.5.28: 12th April 2014.

- fixed an issue related to folder selection when adding files to the whitelist;
- improved handling stability for write protected drives;
- improved display of tray notifications on high DPI configurations;
- updated Brasilian Portuguese language.

v 3.0.4.27: 2nd February 2014.

- fixed an issue that caused the scanner to crash on certain locked files;
- updated Vietnamese language.

v3.0.3.26 v3 final: 25th January 2014.

- completely redesigned user interface with additional features;
- new tab in Control Center: "Status" used to
- - view & change main functions;
- - view system information & main settings;
- new tab in Control Center: "Logs" for easy logfile access and manipulation;
- new tab in Control Center: "MCS Cloud" providing stats and latest news;
- new option "Add Scan with MCShield to drives' menu" in Control Center > General:
- - possibility to start on demand scans via right click menu;
- new option "Visual style" in Control Center > General:
- - possibility to select one of four visual styles;
- new option "Don't scan autorun.inf" in Control Center > Scanner:
- - possibility to completely disable AntiAutorun (processing of autorun files);
- additional heuristics (AntiRep4) for another family of replicating worms (CryptoLocker and similar);
- additional heuristics (AntiScript) for all types of vbscript based worms:
- - on the fly decryption, code format & contents analysis;
- - support for extremely large malicious files;
- improved detection (FME) of worms mimicking legitimate files;
- improved detection (AntiRep3) of several replicating worms;
- added Simplified Chinese language (thanks to translator Anan);
- added Swedish language;
- updated all languages for v3 (except Brasilian Portuguese);
- fixed an issue that caused the MD5 not to be shown for suspicious files in interactive mode;
- improved program initialization time by removing obsolete on-start routines;
- digitally signed all executable components:
- - improving compatibility and ease of use alongside other security software;
- - giving users the possibility to verify the origin and authenticity of the software;
- various other improvements (code stability, graphics, program logic...).

v 2.8.3.24: 26th October 2013.

- fixed a false detection of a specific folder on flash drives used on Win8.1;
- several other code adjustments for better compatibility with Win8.1;
- added Vietnamese language (thanks to translator Võ Hồng Xuân);
- added Brazilian Portuguese language (thanks to translator Dankar).

v 2.7.4.23: 15th July 2013.

- improved heuristics for better recognition of legitimate files.

v 2.7.3.22: 8th July 2013.

- improved detection/remediation of all variants of Win32.Gamarue;
- added heuristics for another family of worms (Dunihi.A and similar);
- added Turkish language (thanks to translator Mahsum ŞEN);
- several changes in the log formatting and details.

v 2.6.3.21: 12th April 2013.

- updated all components to work with our new domain (www.mcshield.net);
- added detection for another variant of replicating worms;
- updated/improved detection/remediation of Win32.Gamarue;
- added Russian language (thanks to translator Covaliov Andrei Genadie).

v 2.5.4.20: 10th February 2013.

- fixed a bug related to autoupdate (if database notifications are off, the new setup would not be started after download).

v 2.5.3.19: 10th February 2013.

- added new option in Control Center (on Scanner tab: Interactive mode);
- implemented interactive removal mode (for most actions: the user is asked about actions being taken);
- implemented verification of digital signatures (and whitelisting via list of trusted publishers);
- changed automatic program update (beginning from the next update, the program will download and run the installation);
- initial "no updates available" notification can now be disabled via "Don't show initial notifications" option;
- improved self-integrity checks (if program components are missing/damaged, a repair installation will be run);
- added a new program component (MCDialogs.dll; used by the scanner in the interactive mode);
- added French language (thanks to translator Christian LEFEVRE);
- added German language (thanks to translator Jig Saw, Trojaner-Board.de);
- added Dutch language (thanks to translator Piet Bruinsma)
- updated all translations to support localization of the new features;
- tweaked several detection routines;
- added Windows version to the header of the log files;
- fixed a scanner crash in case of damaged/missing database;
- fixed a number of stability related bugs (rare crashes due to interference by some antiviruses);
- many additional code improvements...

v 2.4.3.18: 16th December 2012.

- implemented a new generic detection routine (for more precise detection/remediation of Trojan:VBS/Autorun.B (MS));
- added Persian language (thanks to translator Seyed Ehsan Hadi).

v 2.3.3.17: 29th November 2012.

- fixed an issue that caused some quarantined items not to be shown on the Quarantine tab inside the Control Center;
- added Hungarian language (thanks to translator lostprophet).

v 2.2.4.16: 25th October 2012.

- fixed an issue regarding encryption of certain quarantined files;
- fixed an issue that caused longer scan and wrong tray notification when the program was fixing a false positive.

v 2.2.3.15: 13th October 2012.

- fixed a scanner issue that could cause long scan times in case of very large exe files;
- fixed an installer issue that caused the autoupdate interval to be set to 2 even if program was previously installed;
- implemented quarantine encryption;
- implemented direct autorun.inf whitelisting (previously: only indirect whitelisting was possible);
- implemented a new generic detection routine (to better cover the "blended behaviour" worm that's currently in the wild); 
- added Slovenian language (thanks to translator Darth.Mikey);
- added Norwegian language (thanks to translator Pondus);
- added Spanish language (thanks to translator iroc9555);
- added Spanish help file (available on the website, translated by iroc9555);
- improved autoupdate (previously: checked new program version only after RTM starts; now: checks every time RTM does an update);
- modified (additional fine tuning) detection routines for malware related folders (those that use same names as legit folders).

v 2.1.4.13: 1th July 2012.

- fixed an issue that caused a scanner crash when an orphan autorun file gets detected.

v 2.1.3.12: 23rd June 2012.

- fixed an issue regarding the deletion of all quarantined items;
- fixed an issue causing the items in the users white list to be ignored from whitelisting;
- fixed several installation issues (deletion of old Run items etc.);
- fixed an issued that caused the autoupdate routine to update only the database (now: autoupdate shall update the both the DB and the program every time RTM is started);
- removed multilanguage support from the installer (setup is now in english only to ease the localisation process);
- removed MCUpdater.dll from the installation (it's functionality has been implemented in RTM and CC);
- added support for proxy servers;
- added "Game Mode" (which prevents all notifications from appearing);
- added new option in Control Center ("Don't prompt to show logs" which controls the prompt that appears after malware removal);
- added new tray notifications that appear after the scan and give basic information about actions that have been preformed;
- added database version to the scan logs;
- added scanning of previously renamed (suspicious) files for legitimacy and their restoration in case they are determined to be legitimate;
- added polish language (thanks to translator: marsellus);
- changed a large amount of program code to gain more stability and error control;
- several other code tweaks.

v 2.0.3.11 v2 final: 17th March 2012.

- fixed an issue with loading of default settings when program runs for the first time on accounts that where not used for installation;
- improved autorun blocking (added an early, third level blocking);
- added Credits button on About tab in Control Center;
- added help files (available online);
- various other code improvements in several components;
- updated language files.
	
v 2.0.1.10 public beta 2: 25th February 2012.

- fixed an issue that resulted in failed whitelisting of certain files; 
- fixed an issue regarding improper processing of unicode autorun files; 
- fixed an issue related to update procedures which caused the updater to fail to report a new program version (because of this bug, beta1 (2.0.1.9) will not report the availability of beta2); 
- tray notifications have been set "on top" so they don't get covered by other windows; 
- tray notifications duration is now 3, 4 or 5 seconds (more text / higher importance = longer duration); 
- prepared all components for a (soon to come) change in database format - new database is not compatible with beta1 (beta1 users are advised to update to beta2 as soon as possible); 
- added croatian language - thanks to the translator dobrota; 
- updated all language files; 
-fixed an issue that prevented the program from running on 64bit Windows XP; 
- multiple other code tweaks and improvements in all components. 
	
v 2.0.1.9; v2 public beta 1: 12th February, 2012.

- entire program rewritten from scratch;
- additional heuristics for improved detection;
- v2 uses only one resident application (previously: two; which means that it uses even less system resources than it used to);
- redesigned user interface;
- progress bar replaced with tray icon animation;
- window notifications replaced with tray notifications;
- CPanel, QManager and White list tool replaced with Control Center;
- improved update routines;
- improved installation routines;
- new features and improvements of the old ones;
- improved support for multiuser environments;
- all known v1.x issues have been fixed.

v 1.4.3: 27th March, 2011.

- fix: auto-update settings not properly applied;
- fix: the scanner freezes in rare occasions;
- fix: CPanel, QManager and WLT not properly resized after update to IE9.

v 1.4.2: 28th December, 2010.

- new: CPanel window layout gets adjusted to the screen resolution for ease of use on low resolution screens;
- change: setup routine tweaked for increased stability;
- fix: first scanner run on certain user accounts gives an error (fixed).

v 1.4.1: 5th November, 2010.

- fix: the About window not showing program version properly (fixed);
- fix: new drives not scanned on certain user accounts (fixed);
- fix: occasional "No disk in drive..." messages when ejecting drives (fixed).

v 1.4: 26th October, 2010.

- new: drive (dis)connection, scan summary and installation log file (MCShield\Logs\Summary);
- new: drive monitoring routines rewritten from the scratch (to regain desired speed and improve stability);
- new: additional detection routines for improved cleanup of new variants of Win32.Rimecud and similarly behaving malware;
- change: multiple code tweaks;
- change: improved setup routines;
- change: start menu items moved to all users start menu;
- fix: QManager not showing quarantined files properly;
- fix: occasional erraneous positioning of CPanel/QManager/White List Tool window.

v 1.3.2 : 18th September, 2010.

- new: the About window shows additional version and database information;
- fix: MultiTool run time errors (now: fixed, should be fully stable).

v 1.3.1 : 12th September, 2010.

- change: small modifications of several components.

v 1.3 : 11th September, 2010.

- new: added additional file types for scanning;
- new: additional extended heuristics routines;
- new: heuristics based detection of malware using "LNK exploit";
- new: update routines transferred to new tool - MCShieldUPD;
- change: optimized scanning of drives that have large number of files in root folder;
- change: log file format slightly changed;
- change: handling of autorun.inf that points to malware (now: gets deleted);
- change: extended heuristics are now more aggressive;
- change: multiple GUI tweaks;
- change: optimized MultiTool component;
- change: changed/optimized database format, loading and handling.

v 1.2.2 : 10th August, 2010.

- new: added additional file types for scanning;
- change: "Drive X: seems clean" notification set to stay on top of other Windows;
- fix: scan doesn't continue after elevation (now: fixed).

v 1.2.1 : 4th August, 2010.

- fix: automatic update issues (now: fully functional; Tray Controller takes care of auto. updates).

v 1.2 : 6th July, 2010.

- new: possibility to abort the currently running scan;
- new: automatic update routines (new option in CPanel);
- new: possibility to turn off notifications about starting / stopping the scanner (new option in CPanel);
- new: added additional file types for scanning;
- change: CPanel now requires elevation where applicable (due to new routines);
- change: multiple code optimizations (stability and speed);
- change: new appearance of GUI components;
- fix: Cpanel's links always opening in IE (now: in the default browser).

v 1.1 : 16th May, 2010.

- new: implemented adaptive depth signature scanning (new option in CPanel);
- new: possibility to skip initial scan (new option in CPanel);
- new: implemented possibility to add files to programs whitelist (new app. White list tool);
- new: additional whitelisting layer for improved safety (using both internal and user's white list);
- change: redistributed internal functions (replaced MCShieldPB and the Updater with MCShieldMT);
- change: high compatibility mode set as default (removed related option from CPanel);
- change: drastically improved scan speed of large non infected drives (improved autorun.inf handling routines and implemented adaptive depth scanning);
- change: multiple code optimizations (stability and speed);
- change: new database format (program now includes external malware and legitimate file signatures);
- change: improved update routines;
- change: new appearance of program notifications.

v 1.0.3 : 21th April, 2010.

- change: formatting of window titles to show the program version;
- fix: CPanel showing run items as checked when they aren't.

v 1.0.2 : 20th April, 2010.

- change: added ability to minimize the scan indicator;

v 1.0.1 : 15th April, 2010.

- fix: tray menu items not working if Tray Controller started with Windows;
- change: new scan indicator.

v 1.0 - first public release; 10th April, 2010.

Screenshots Main control module

Here you can see the status of various settings and control main program functions. .

You can change language and visual style, configure notifications, etc.

Scanner options. Here you can fine-tune the drive scanner to suit your needs.

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