Windows Client 1.1.0.0 – Improved DiskIO, Memory Reporting and Bug Fixes

Features

• DiskIO – Checks for disk I/O errors in Windows Event logs, alerts are sent if more than one error is found in any given hour.
• MemoryCheck – Checks if system has swap files enabled. (Can be enabled/disabled and managed through Control Panel)
  • If disabled, will exit with an informational warning when RAM usage passes a threshold.
  • If enabled, will exit with an informational warning when commit memory usage passes a threshold.
• BitDefender – Added bitdefender plugin. Checks for days since last run, update, the current status of AV, AM and Firewall, and reports summary information about last scan.
• Windows Update plugin alerts can now be selected based on update types (Critical, Minor, Drivers).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue that could cause Control Panel to not open correctly.
• Fixed issues with AVG and Avast not showing the correct status of Firewall/Anti-malware services.
• Fixed issue with attempting to alert on an AVG version we currently do not support.
• The Control Panel panel icon will be displayed in the highest resolution available.
• Fixed an issue where antivirus plugins would not report found threats if no other issue existed.
• Added extra null checking in WindowsBackup plugin.
• Windows Backup Update and Restore reporting prevents notices when backup is no longer configured.
• Reduced WMI warnings related to network login profiles.
• Fixed issue where summary report of Antivirus that would cause the last antivirus item found to dictate whether an alert is thrown or not (now all contribute as expected).
• Added error checking for Bomgar that prevents failures to read registry key data.
• Fixed issue that would cause duplicates to be reported in OneDrive plugin.
• Fixed issue with drive being shown as missing despite not being monitored.
• Fixed issue where VMs would continue to report changes in RAM.
• Fix how we check for firewall and antivirus/antimalware statuses in Symantec to be more inclusive (prevent certain enabled settings from showing as disabled).
• Fixed issue that would cause update check in Control Panel to not update or open.
• Fixed legacy installers to show more complete information in “add/remove programs” window.
• Fixed issue where Windows Update plugin would parse set default “0” as a usable date.
• Fixed issue with the Webroot plugin trying to read non-existent registry keys.
• Fixed issue with Kaspersky status reporting.

Changes

• Removed checking for QualityCompat key in Windows Update plugin as it is no longer required by Microsoft®.
• Reworked how we report on max threshold for volumes. Now user is able to individually select the threshold for different drives.
• Removed the option to disable SSL when reporting.
• Fixed formatting for volume plugin summaries.
• Closing the Monitoring Client (during shutdown/uninstall) is more responsive.
• SMART plugin no longer runs by default on VMs. (This can be managed via our Control Panel).
• Added setting for ignoring AUC for Windows Updates. (This can be enabled from the Control Panel).
• Removed reporting excessive information about disabled users in User plugin.
• Blacklisted more MAC addresses which would not function as a unique identifier.
• Updated output for systems running Windows 7 BackUp and Restore vs Windows 10 backup.
• Changed how SID is gathered.
• Added RPC server being unavailable from becoming a traceback (caught by generic error handler now).
• Backblaze will now only send an alert that it has been uninstalled once rather than each run.
• Removed local indicator in volumes and root capacity plugins (\\.\).
• Changed link for troubleshooting WMI to point to MSDN.
• Many minor changes to plugin reports metadata and summary formatting.
• Limit the maximum number of Veeam reports that can be reported on at once to 5.