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UPDATES - August 25, 2016

Aug 25, 2016 5:40PM PDT
AdwCleaner v6.010 released

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[UPD] - Generic detections fixed and improved
[UPD] - Services cleaning
[UPD] - Various GUI improvements (including resizing)
[UPD] - Trotux detection
[UPD] - Improve scheduled tasks detection & deletion
[UPD] - Logfiles layout
[UPD] - Database 2016-08-24.2

[BUG] - Fix DLL patching detection & restoration

https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/#changelog

Download:
https://toolslib.net/downloads/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ (alternative)

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Belarc Advisor Security Definitions
Aug 25, 2016 5:42PM PDT
Belarc Advisor Security Definitions Version 2016.8.24.1

Current versions of the Belarc Advisor automatically check for, fetch, and install Belarc Advisor Security Definition updates at each use.

The currently released Belarc Advisor Security Definition updates include all Microsoft security bulletins through August 9, 2016. This update ensures that the System Security Status panel in the computer profile report reflects the true number of missing Microsoft Security Updates.

http://www.belarc.com/advisor_update.html

Download:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
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Adblock Plus 1.12.2 for Chrome, Opera and Safari
Aug 25, 2016 6:01PM PDT
Adblock Plus 1.12.2 for Chrome, Opera and Safari released · 2016-08-23

→ This is a minor release, focused on stability and preventing circumvention.

Changes
• Prevent websites from abusing WebSockets to serve adverts (issue 1727).

Chrome/Opera-only changes
• Improved Element Hiding protections against circumvention (issue 4191, 429Cool.
• Fixed a bug that caused content in anonymous frames to be blocked even when the parent frame was whitelisted (issue 4150).
• Worked around an issue with MutationObservers which caused older versions of Chrome and Opera to hang for some websites (issue 4101).
• Added more versions of our icons that look sharper with the new Material Design (issue 421Cool.
• Removed an outdated workaround that caused some whitelisted elements to be hidden in anonymous frames (issue 4210).

Safari-only changes
• Fixed a bug that caused the options page to be sometimes opened multiple times when the experimental Content Blocking feature was enabled (issue 4199).
• Improved the conversion from Adblock Plus filters to Content Blocking rules for the experimental Content Blocking feature, making sure to block/whitelist all subdomains for filters starting with (issue 4326).
• Fixed a typo that broke key-based whitelisting (issue 4300).

https://adblockplus.org/releases/adblock-plus-1122-for-chrome-opera-and-safari-released