PrivWindoze Changelog
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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