• We fixed a bug and offered a bounty thanks to the report from security researcher Evan_xuan. We also fixed a second bug and paid a bounty thanks to a different report by "DR".
  

• Fixed a SpyShelter driver security issue due to a July 30th report from a team of security researchers to our bug bounty program.
  

• SpyShelter now has live hardware resource monitoring! Check your PCs CPU, Memory, Disk, GPU, and Process count in real-time!
  
• Go to the list of apps and choose the "Activity" option to sort by how much resources your processes are using.
  
• Is the list of apps moving too fast for you to click them? Press "Ctrl" on your keyboard to pause the list while killing/quarantining apps, or making new rules for apps.
  
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements due to user feedback.
  

• Added a quarantine button in the UI on the left of the app name to make it easier to quickly quarantine apps.
  
  
• Removed the registry protection module due to user feedback.
  
  
• Updated app insights with more recent data.
  
  
• Fixed a bug where cameras and mics would show they were in constant use, when they were not.
  
  
• Fixed a bug for SpyShelter Pro and Ultimate rebills that could cause the activation code to stop working.
  

• Fixed a bug that could cause SpyShelter to not work correctly for non-admin Windows accounts.
  
  
  
• Made a change so paid users won’t accidentally lose some event history in case of an accidental or unexpected deactivation to a free user.
  
  
  
• Improved support for Windows 11 Version 24H2.
  

• Go to SpyShelter's settings to choose how long you want to keep SpyShelter Events.
  
  
• SpyShelter now shows "First time seen" and "Hash changed" data in the app sidebar.
  
  
• Fixed a bug that caused auto-update to re-download the update on computer restart for some SpyShelter users.
  
  
• Added a new animation that appears on first launch. The first launch after this new version may have a short delay as your database is converted to a more efficient format.
  

• Minor UI fixes due to user feedback.
  

• SpyShelter now natively supports ARM devices!
  
  
• UI enhancements due to user feedback.
  
  
• Stability improvements due to user feedback and reports.
  

• SpyShelter now detects Mic and Webcam activity, then allows you to terminate that activity in real-time. You can also make rules for webcam/mic activity, and see that activity on SpyShelter’s Events, Activity Screen, and Rules Screen.
  
  
• We’ve redesigned SpyShelter’s Activity and Rules tab, where they are much easier to operate and understand. It’s now much easier to create and control custom SpyShelter security and application control rules.
  
  
• It’s now possible to see the country code of where an executable came from. For example any Microsoft executable will show “US” as the country. This will appear under any executable information when clicking its icon in SpyShelter.
  
  
• Tired of the same old executable sitting in your SpyShelter rules? Due to your feedback, older executables will now be automatically removed when SpyShelter detects those executables are no longer present on your PC.
  We’ve updated our driver to work in a more efficient and stable way.
  
  
• Fixed an issue with SpyShelter’s installation under a standard Windows user account.
  
  
• We’ve included more Microsoft processes that shouldn’t be terminated by SpyShelter, to avoid SpyShelter causing a system instability.
  
• and more!
  
  More info HERE

• SpyShelter 15 is now no longer in beta testing! Thank you for all your feedback via our helpdesk and forum so we could improve SpyShelter! Please keep providing feedback in our public forum so we can keep improving.
  
  
  
• SpyShelter now supports PUP protection. PUP means “Potentially Unwanted Programs” and was requested by many SpyShelter fans. To turn this on, go to the Protection tab “Threat Protection” area (click the right side arrow), or leave it turned off if PUPs aren’t an issue for you. SpyShelter will now stop unwanted programs before they can even launch. If SpyShelter catches a program you want to install, just unquarantine it to use it by going to the Rules tab.
  
  
  
• Now when threats or PUPs are quarantined, SpyShelter shows you an alert on the desktop, and an event. Previously you could only see this under SpyShelter’s Rules.
  
  
  
• Go to SpyShelter’s settings to only show red dots and red event alerts for threats only, or unsigned executables and threats only.
  
  
  
• SpyShelter has had many UI fixes and enhancements due to user reports and feedback.
  
  
  
• The SpyShelter software already doesn’t collect any identifiable information, but for those who want an extreme level of privacy, SpyShelter now has a built-in extreme privacy mode for all free or paid users. A SpyShelter fan requested this mode via a private message in our forum, so we built it for that person. To use this mode, install SpyShelter from the Windows Terminal with the command /privacy. Now SpyShelter Threat Detection, Insights, and any other features that may send data (that’s already non-identifiable as is) are disabled from SpyShelter’s installation. Therefore, now even non-identifiable data isn’t sent anywhere when using SpyShelter while in /privacy mode. Unfortunately this causes you to miss out on any threat detection or insights, to it’s not recommended for most people. However, this mode may be useful for some work environments or IT requirements. To leave this privacy mode you have to uninstall SpyShelter and reinstall it with the /clean command.
  
  
  
• SpyShelter yearly subscriptions are now live. Thanks for considering supporting our work on this project so we can keep building new features and improving SpyShelter! Unlike many subscription companies we make it easy to cancel your subscription. You can purchase, then immediately click “unsubscribe” in your email to cancel rebills if you prefer. We don’t make you have to contact us to cancel subscriptions.
  

Quote:Mike Tyson once said that “everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”. Unfortunately, while working on our plan to implement a modern version of keyboard encryption, we at SpyShelter got a big punch right in our collective mouths.

We’re embarrassed to say that we showed “Coming Soon” for our Keyboard Encryption feature, under the Protection tab in our brand new SpyShelter version 15 and told SpyShelter fans that we plan to launch this feature after leaving beta.

Unfortunately, after researching carefully we have made the difficult decision to permanently remove keyboard encryption from SpyShelter 15.

Why won’t keyboard encryption be in SpyShelter 15?

While attempting to create a modern version of keyboard encryption that would continue to function on Windows 10, 11, and any future Windows versions, we found that it’s unlikely that this technology could continue to work with future Windows updates.

Perhaps we could have rigged something together temporarily, but we can see the direction Microsoft is heading with their OS, and we’d be charging SpyShelter users money for a feature that could be discontinued by Microsoft at any time.

On top of this, the technique that needs to be used to effectively encrypt the keyboard also looks like malware to Windows Security, and other antivirus software, so our app would most likely be blocked by Microsoft and others. From an ethical point of view, charging SpyShelter fans money for something that Microsoft, or other security apps can block any time didn’t feel right to us, so we made the difficult decision to terminate keyboard encryption inside SpyShelter 15.

So now SpyShelter has no antikeylogger capabilities?

One thing that made this decision easier for us is that we feel confident our new SpyShelter 15 security features should give you adequate protection from keyloggers, and other spyware. For example, in SpyShelter 15 go to the “Protection” tab, and you’ll see our threat protection should detect and automatically quarantine keyloggers that try to start. Then on top of this our Application Controls should prevent keyloggers from starting in the first place.

Our anti-screenshot technology still exists in SpyShelter also under our “Protection” tab.

Are you putting anything in the place of keyboard encryption?

After our beta release came out, many SpyShelter fans requested webcam/mic detection, and we’re working on adding a modern version of that technology that will work well on Windows 10/11, and going forward. We plan to release that in place of keyboard encryption.

• Extra Protection, Not an Antivirus
  SpyShelter technology doesn't conflict with Windows Defender or other antiviruses. SpyShelter sits on top of your antivirus, adding extra visibility about your system, and giving you full application control. With SpyShelter, you can decide what your apps are allowed to do.
  
  
  
• Stop Threats from Starting
  SpyShelter's anti-spyware technology closely watches every time an executable tries to start on your machine, then instantly smacks down threats before they can even start.
  Get full control over what applications you allow to start with SpyShelter’s powerful application control technology.
  
  
  
• Built-in Intrusion Countermeasures
  Already got spyware? SpyShelter has built-in countermeasures to help protect you. Turn on our anti-keylogger, or disable all screenshots with our Screenshot Protection. The spyware will only collect worthless black screenshots, and random characters, instead of your passwords and data. Yes, we're really that paranoid!
  
  
  
• Find and Terminate Resource Hogs
  Did you know the Windows Task Manager doesn’t show executables that start/stop within milliseconds? We were shocked to learn this also, but SpyShelter catches these hidden resource hogs, spyware, or threats, and reveals them to you.
  
  Not only is SpyShelter light on resources, we help your PC avoid slowdowns by revealing resource hogs that are crashing your PC, or making it slow to a crawl. See when apps are starting/stopping in milliseconds, on purpose, to hide from the Task Manager.
  
  
  
• Expose Hidden Threats & Badly Behaving Apps
  Nothing gets past SpyShelter's monitoring. See what executables are running, and learn exactly what they are doing.
  
  Are they injecting other apps? SpyShelter shows you. Is an app changing your important registry keys? SpyShelter sees everything, and gives you full application control to stop unexpected behavior from Windows processes.
  
  Don't you deserve to know what apps are doing to your PC? We think your privacy and security matters, and that's why we created SpyShelter.
  

• The SpyShelter Graph and Terminal keep tabs on when your processes are stopping and starting.
  
  
• The Activity tab shows all your active processes and allows you to search them, and sort them different ways. Click an app icon to see details about it, and terminate it, or make new rules.
  
  
• The Rules tab makes it easy to set up POWERFUL Application Control rules for your Windows apps, or publishers.
  
  
• The Protection tab shows off SpyShelter’s other new major features, like built-in Threat Detection (with auto-quarantine), our new protection modes, like Paranoid, Suspicious, or Easy.
  
  
• Now SpyShelter gives you useful Insights about what different executables do on your PC. Click an icon of an app to see!
  
  
• Screenshot Protection is easily accessible from the Protection tab, or by right clicking our Windows tray icon. Turn it on when banking or dealing with sensitive work data.
  
  
• SpyShelter’s powerful Events, keep track of any executable-related changes on your PC.
  
  
• Go to SpyShelter’s settings to run our app completely from the Windows Terminal!
  
  
• Prefer a dark mode? Go to our settings and switch on our “Cyberpunk Dark” skin.
  
  
• Yes, we know Keyboard Encryption isn’t back yet… but we’re working hard to bring it back as soon as we can. Thanks for your patience!
  
  
• We apologize for the lack of localization (different languages) as we work to bring it back.
  

Quote:Please give us feedback on this major new Beta release, and let us know how we can improve by replying to this thread.
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In true “hacker” style, we don’t even have sales set up yet, so we’ve given the new SpyShelter Beta App a 30 day FREE trial for everyone. If you are considering supporting our work on this project in the future, please sign up on our order page 11 by clicking an order button. We’ll email out a coupon to everyone who signs up there when sales are ready.

Are you a SpyShelter Classic User?
Our Classic apps are still 100% available in our SpyShelter help page 16, and they are still 100% functional as always. If you run into any issues with our original apps please email us so we can help you.