Startup Sentinel - Fast & Secure Startup

[Kyle_Katarn]

Dear all,

After SUMo (Technibble thread) i'm coming with a new security-related software called Startup Sentinel (SuS)

Startup Sentinel (a.k.a. SuS) makes your PC startup faster and more secure by giving you full control on loaded software. Every single program added to your startup sequence is detected on the fly and can be approved, rejected or blacklisted (for further automatic rejection by SuS)

Screenshot :

Web page : http://kcsoftwares.com/?sus
Change Log / Bug report : http://kcsoftwares.com/bugs

This thread is to get your feedback and to provide support since this product is certainly very useful for your jobs !!

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

Startup Sentinel - 1.7 (Released 2016-09-01)
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http://www.kcsoftwares.com

- 0003736: [New Feature] Update detection (Kyle_Katarn) - resolved.
- 0003876: [Refactoring] Upgrade of internal JEDI Libraries JCL v2.7 -> v2.8 (6000) JVCL v3.49 -> v3.50 (2016-08-04) (Kyle_Katarn) - resolved.

 

[nlinecomputers]

502 Bad gateway error.

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

502 Bad gateway error.

Just seen this. My web hosting company is working on this problem right now. I'll keep you posted as soon as we're back !

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

Seems OK now. Do you confirm ?

 

[GTP]

From the website:
"Blacklist of malware or unwanted software"
Why would you blacklist malware? Wouldn't you just remove it?
This is just a flashier version of msconfig, yes?

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

From the website:
"Blacklist of malware or unwanted software"
Why would you blacklist malware? Wouldn't you just remove it?
This is just a flashier version of msconfig, yes?

Blacklists make SuS automatically remove malware again if they are later installed again (this is the main "plus" wrt to msconfig which would require additional and periodic manual check to do this)

 

[GTP]

Blacklists make SuS automatically remove malware

So, is SuS a malware scanner?

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

So, is SuS a malware scanner?

Not exactly, but once you've identified stuff you want to remove forever, it helps you to do so automatically.
On top of that, it also raises an automatic notification when a new program is added to your startup list.

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

From the website:
"Blacklist of malware or unwanted software"
Why would you blacklist malware? Wouldn't you just remove it?
This is just a flashier version of msconfig, yes?

Looks that way. I prefer Autoruns, much more detail.

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

Yes but AFAIK, Autoruns does none of these 2 operations.
Am i wrong ?

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

It will check with VirusTotal for malicious entries, but not blacklist or remove. But if I am running a tool like this, then I would be actually working on the machine so I wouldn't need those features.

 

[trevm999]

Yes but AFAIK, Autoruns does none of these 2 operations.
Am i wrong ?

I think the point is that as technicians, we would remove the infection so it does not keep creating a startup item. It seems like it would be more useful if there is a program that you have to use that is an annoying PoS and keeps recreating annoying startup items. But I've never come across a problem like that yet that wasn't at least PUP.

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

OK, i understand !

 

[GTP]

but once you've identified stuff you want to remove forever, it helps you to do so automatically.

How does it "remove automatically?" That would make blacklisting redundant, yes?

But I've never come across a problem like that yet that wasn't at least PUP.

But if malware was "autostarting" wouldn't it be more prudent to change settings in or change your Av scanner to something that worked to remove PUP's?
Programs like System Ninja and CCleaner can show all startup items, including hidden items.
Yes, these must be run manually but we still come back to your AV to handle removal in the first place.

I prefer Autoruns, much more detail.

Autoruns is much more comprehensive so would be my first choice.

 

[Markverhyden]

Blacklists make SuS automatically remove malware again if they are later installed again (this is the main "plus" wrt to msconfig which would require additional and periodic manual check to do this)

The reality of malware is that the file names are always different. So I don't see that as helping much.

 

[GTP]

Startup Sentinel (a.k.a. SuS) makes your PC startup faster

Just another "headache" to worry about when clients ask "what is this?"
And another program chewing resources at startup!

 

[nlinecomputers]

This seems more an end user product than a tech tool.

 

[trevm999]

But if malware was "autostarting" wouldn't it be more prudent to change settings in or change your Av scanner to something that worked to remove PUP's?

Yes, I was trying to come up with a theoretic reason to use it, but in reality anything it is used for should be dealt with by other means

This seems more an end user product than a tech tool.

To put a bandaid on the problem

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

This seems more an end user product than a tech tool.

You are maybe right !
Has any of you given it a try ?