v2.6-beta2

Updates fyne.io framework and improves UI

Please use hardentools.exe for standard use cases.

Known Issues:

• Parts of text in UI is shown "fuzzy" (bug in current fyne.io UI framework)

v2.6-beta

Adds some LibreOffice hardenings (using Registry settings):

• set MacroSecurityLevel for LibreOffice to highest level
• Ctrl-Click to follow Hyperlinks
• Block Untrusted Referer Links
• Enforce Update Checks
• Disable Updates from Links (Calc)

Known Issues:

• Enforce Update Checks can't set the time interval (e.g. to one day, which would be better)
• Disable Updates from Links setting is also available (and implemented) for Writer, but does not work.
• Needs further testing
• Parts of text in UI is shown "fuzzy" (bug in current fyne.io UI framework)

Please use hardentools.exe for standard use cases.

v2.5

Change:

• New feature: Disable OneNote attachments
• Improvement for help dialog in main screen: List all possible harden features
• Update dependencies, incl. golang security fixes
• Fixes #120

Known Issues:

• Parts of text in UI is shown "fuzzy" (bug in current fyne.io UI framework)

Please download and use "hardentools.exe" for normal use cases.

Usability update with minor fixes/cleanups

Usability update with minor fixes/cleanups. No updates regarding hardening, no need to harden again.

Please download and use "hardentools.exe" for normal use cases.

Details:

• Add help buttons and help texts for every harden item (on main and expert screen). Recommendations by users for improving the help texts are very welcome!
• fix splash screen (randomly only showing empty window)
• fix info dialog blocking tool
• all windows are now centered on screen
• update libs except fyne.io
• some minor code cleanups

PUA fix + Edge Download PUA

Please download and use "hardentools.exe" for normal use cases.

Changes:

• Fixes a bug in the Microsoft Defender PUA Protection from v2.2
• add edge download blocker to PUA module
• use go 1.19 to compile

Release 2.2

Please download and use "hardentools.exe" for normal use cases.

Changes since 2.1:

• removed functionality in "restore" that deleted registry keys which have not been saved during harden. If you hardened your system with a (really) old version of hardentools, best first restore with an older version (<= 2.1) and then harden with this version again.
• Compiled with golang 1.18.3 to include all security fixes, even if hardentools seems not be affected (by e.g golang/go#52574)
• Activation of Microsoft Defender PUA Protection added (enabled by default)
• Improved CLI version
• UAC with password prompt now (see #46 )
• now makes sure that all other UAC registry settings are set correctly (which they are by default)

v2.2-beta3

Activation of Microsoft Defender PUA Protection added (enabled by default)

v2.2-beta2

Improved CLI version

v2.2-beta

Beta Release, please test and would be kind if you could provide us feedback.

Please download and use "hardentools.exe" for normal use cases.

Changes since 2.1:

• UAC with password prompt now (see #46 )
• now makes sure that all other UAC registry settings are set correctly (which they are by default)
• removed functionality in "restore" that deleted registry keys which have not been saved during harden. If you hardened your system with a (really) old version of hardentools, best first restore with an older version (<= 2.1) and then harden with this version again.

v2.1

Please download and use "hardentools.exe" for normal use cases.

No changes since 2.1-rc1.
Changes since 2.0:

• Update of UI Framework (fyne.io 2.0.1)
• Additional command line client (hardentools-cli) for special use cases
• prevent dynamic dll sideloading attacks for fyne.io dll loads
• Fix missing file extensions hardening for unprivileged users
• Now also hardens Acrobat Reader 2020 non-DC version