PrivWindoze Changelog
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v5.8.2 (11.08.2025)
- Database update - MSI bloat
- Bug fix which resulted in an inaccurate report on Windows 10 systems. The report mentioned certain files were deleted, but they weren't. Reworked to match that of how DoesNotBelong handles that specific directory.
v5.8.0 (10.17.2025)
- AV detection updated + Sophos Enterprise
- Database update - Lenovo Ready For Assistant
v5.7.9 (10.13.2025)
- Database update - Intel Telemetry
v5.7.8 (10.07.2025)
- Major bug fix: The tool was closing at stage 1. This should now be fixed. Tested on Win10 x64
- Database updated - Samsung bloatware, Office 16 AI
v5.7.7 (10.05.2025)
- Improved Stage 1 - Process killing. Any console errors should now be gone. Tested on Windows 10 and 11 x64
- On newer systems without WMIC.exe, powershell.exe is now able to terminate suspicious processes impersonating legitimate files, even if they include encoded UTF8 - UTF16 filepaths. This should alleviate all previous 'binary file matches' found in logs
- Fixed a error where scanning for the user's antivirus was done twice (https://github.com/furtivex/PrivWindoze-Issues/issues/1). This now only occurs once
v5.7.6 (10.04.2025)
- Added Donation Link line to footer of log. Donating helps me stay enthusiastic and motivated to continue finding improvements to the program
v5.7.5 (10.04.2025)
- Improved Stage 1 - Process killing
- Removed detections that would show up in nearly every log due to being protected by the OS. e.g. DiagTrack folder
- Reworded English console output to be more concise and clean. Other languages to follow suit soon
- Removed detection of Tobii Eye Tracking software
- Added a link for reporting bugs via Github to the log header
- Reworked the way AppxPackages are scanned, to match that of DoesNotBelong utility
- Updated database
- The tool now also turns off all forms of sleep and hibernation. This is denoted within the miscellaneous section of the log file
v5.7.2 (10.03.2025)
- Disable Widgets on Taskbar
- Task whitelist updated: .NET Framework Arm64
- Updated resource icon
v5.7.1 (09.20.2025)
- Task whitelist updated. Primarily focused on Microsoft Intune
- Microsoft Office Telemetry component added for detection: msoia.exe