ThreatLocker Windows Agent Version 8.0 Release Notes

Released to Open Beta on 5/18/2023

Released to Portal.ThreatLocker.com on 6/16/2023

Bugs and Fixes

Resolved an issue with Tamper Protection not disabling when an Override would be applied
Resolved several issues with the tray, including crashing and missing attachments
Resolved an issue with devices being blocked due to language settings
Resolved an issue with corrupt pk.dat files
Resolved several issues with Network Control, including authorization host timeouts, objects not applying to IPv6, and issues with keywords
Resolved an issue where Tamper Protection would set prior to a successful checkin
Resolved an issue with the ThreatLocker service not honoring DNS changes
Resolved an issue in 7.10 where Created by Custom rules would not apply
Resolved an issue where the Run Now button would not close when running a .dll file
Resolved an issue where users got a BSOD from a single IP address
Resolved an issue where Bypass I/O was not supported by the ThreatLocker Driver. This will now work for new installs of 8.0 but not updates to 8.0
Resolved an issue where corrupted tags.json would not recover
Resolved an issue where Administrators would not get correctly redirected to their approvals after logging into the portal
Resolved an issue where system32 paths would be stopped when killing all running processes
Resolved an issue where VirtualBox virtual machines would get stuck on service restarts
Resolved an issue where deployment could have caused duplicate machines
Resolved an issue when a workstation freshly boots up and wants to authenticate but the server does not know this workstation yet
Resolved an issue where storage approvals would not generate a popup after an approval had been actioned

New Features

Improvments

Improvements to security by only allowing one instance of ThreatLocker service to run at a time
When the user is System, files run by powershell.exe or rundll32.exe to not be processed as executing
Improved how deny actions are recorded