Product Release History for Super Ad Blocker The following is the release history for Super Ad Blocker. The history and change log is updated each time a new release is posted for download and automatic update. To return to the download page click here.   Product Release History Release Date Version Product Changes and Enhancements       08/16/2007 4.6.1000 Product Enhancements Additional Windows Vista Support and enhanced support for IE7 in Vista Resolved rare issues with tabbed browsing in IE7 Resolved trusted domains issue when using tabbed browsing in IE7 SUPERAntiSpyware Personal Edition update Updated ad-blocking technology Spyware Blocking Definitions Updates - Definitions are typically updated on a daily basis. Ad-Blocking Rules Updates 06/05/2007 4.5.1004 Product Enhancements Improved Windows Vista Support and enhanced support for IE7 in Vista Resolved issue where right-click menu in IE7 would not show up when using foreign language versions of Windows SUPERAntiSpyware Personal Edition update - faster scanning, enhanced rootkit detection. Updated ad-blocking technology Spyware Blocking Definitions Updates - Definitions are typically updated on a daily basis. Ad-Blocking Rules Updates to block new types of banners, floating ads and more. 02/28/2007 4.4.1012 Product Enhancements Windows Vista Support for IE7 - resolved issue where certain pages would appear to be frozen/stalled SUPERAntiSpyware Personal Edition update - over 40% faster scanning, enhanced rootkit detection and more! Improved real-time scanning - uses much less CPU Improved startup scanning to block more threats before they have a chance to install and re-infect the system Enhanced ad blocking engine for new styles of Flash and DHTML (flying) ads Spyware Blocking Definitions Updates - Definitions are typically updated on a daily basis. Ad-Blocking Rules Updates to block new types of banners, floating ads and more. 01/26/2007 4.3.1004 Product Enhancements Windows Vista Support for IE7 Enhanced Blocking of Yahoo, AOL and MSN Instant Messenger Banners! Resolved issue with some files being locked after a scan with kernel direct scanning activated Improved compatibility with MSN Premium Enhanced ad blocking engine for new styles of Flash and DHTML (flying) ads Spyware Blocking Definitions Updates - Definitions are typically updated on a daily basis. Ad-Blocking Rules Updates to block new types of banners, floating ads and more. 11/13/2006 4.2.1012 Product Enhancements Blocking of Yahoo, AOL and MSN Instant Messenger Banners! New tab "Ad Management" added in Preferences to accomodate future enhancements. Enhanced Internet Explorer 7.x Compatibility - resolved issues when closing tabs and with trusting/allowing pages that were located in tabs Firefox 2.0 Support Added - complete compatiblity and functionality with Firefox 2.0 When trusting/allowing a site completely the page will not longer be processed at all by Super Ad Blocker. This resolves rare issues where certain types of custom sites would not work properly with Super Ad Blocker active. Real-Time Spyware Blocking option moved to the General and Startup tab by the "Scan for Spyware" button. Spyware Blocking Definitions Updates - Definitions are typically updated on a daily basis. Ad-Blocking Rules Updates to block new types of banners, floating ads and more. 08/22/2006 4.1.1004 Product Enhancements SUPERAntiSpyware Personal Edition update - enhanced detection and removal of zero-day threats. Resolved rare cleaning on browser close issue Updated Internet Explorer 7.x Compatibility Spyware Blocking Definitions Updates Ad-Blocking Rules Updates 07/14/2006 4.0.1024 Product Enhancements SUPERAntiSpyware Personal Edition update - faster scanning, powerful kernel level detection and removal of rootkit style infections. Internet Explorer 7.x Compatibility including full support of tabbed browsing Enhanced support for Firefox including improvements in ad-blocking and banner blocking Improved Windows Vista support Spyware Blocking Definitions Updates Ad-Blocking Rules Updates 02/02/2006 3.1.1008 Product Enhancements Improved Bandwidth Saving ad-blocking mode. Blocks ads, scripts, flash from ever loading. This mode allows blocking of all sponsored (Google, Yahoo, etc.) ads on all sites! Resolved rare issue with some pages not loading properly when using the Bandwidth Saving mode Ad-Blocking Rules Updates Spyware Blocking Rules Updates 01/26/2006 3.1.1000 Product Enhancements New Bandwidth Saving ad-blocking mode. Blocks ads, scripts, flash from ever loading. This mode allows blocking of all sponsored (Google, Yahoo, etc.) ads on all sites! Spyware scanning much faster. Try the Quick Scan first, and then use the Complete Scan every week or two. More efficient memory usage Faster loading times on Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP Blocks PalTalk ads. MSN, AOL and others coming soon! Free new product - BootSafe - is now available to make booting in safe mode a snap! Click here to get BootSafe now! Ever delete a file and wish you could bring it back? Now you can - try the SUPERFileRecover free trial! 10/26/2005 3.0.1018 Product Enhancements Quick Scan now is faster than ever! Typical scans are between 3-5 mins!. Try the Quick Scan first, and then use the Complete Scan every week or two. Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta Support. Super Ad Blocker fully supports IE 7's tabbed browsing! Windows Longhorn/Vista Support! As of the current beta release of Longhorn/Vista Super Ad Blocker works flawlessly FIREFOX Support 1.5 Beta - Pop-Up Blocking, Flash Blocking, Banner Blocking and Fly-In Ad-Blocking! (Windows 2000/XP Only) Option to scan only known file types to speed up scanning of large disks. Improved Real-Time spyware/adware protection blocks thousands of new items before they can install or load Thousands of new rules and database updates to block more ads, banners and spyware Super Ad Blocker Forums now open! Click here to visit our forums now. Super Ad Blocker Blogs now available! Click here to visit our blogs now. Keep an eye out for some exciting updates and blogs articles regarding the state of security, spyware and more! 10/06/2005 3.0.1006 Product Enhancements Welcome to Super Ad Blocker 3.0! FIREFOX Support - Pop-Up Blocking, Flash Blocking, Banner Blocking and Fly-In Ad-Blocking! (Windows 2000/XP Only) You may now bypass the browser closing dialog when Super Ad Blocker starts by holding down the ALT key when the warning screen appears and clicking the Cancel button Resolved issue with Screen Readers - the update will properly update now Improved Real-Time spyware/adware protection blocks thousands of new items before they can install or load WinLogon ActiveScanner does not remove Notify only (warning) spyware/adware applications such as HotBar, WeatherBug, etc. Thousands of new rules and database updates to block more ads, banners and spyware 09/22/2005 2.0.5006 Product Enhancements SuperAntiSpyware now can remove the impossible to stop SurfSideKick that regenerates itself on reboot WinLogon processing that scans as your computer boots to remove items before they can launch and hook into your system Real-Time spyware/adware protection blocks thousands of new items before they can install or load Enhanced auto-updater Improved pop-up blocked and update notification windows Rules and database update to block more ads, banners and spyware 09/01/2005 2.0.2400 Product Enhancements SuperAntiSpyware now detects and removes all LOP.COM processes GUARANTEED Improved spyware/adware detection Rules and database update to block more ads, banners and spyware 08/24/2005 2.0.1400 Product Enhancements SuperAntiSpyware is now 3 times faster than before Minimize button added to the SuperAntiSpyware screen so you can hide the window while scanning Major rules and database update to block more ads, banners and spyware 07/26/2005 2.0.1130 Product Enhancements Resolves issues with scanning removable drives and shortcuts to non-existent files that would cause Windows to prompt during the scan. Update to the SuperAntiSpyware spyware scanner update to more robustly handle LSP's and other WinLogon spyware variants Major rules and database update to block more ads, banners and spyware 06/02/2005 2.0.1094 Product Enhancements Resolves issues with Windows XP XP2 ad-blocker interfering with some sites such as Pogo.com, USPS.com, and others. Update to the SuperAntiSpyware spyware scanner to additional harmful software and Lop.com random named processes Resolved obscure shutdown issues on Windows 98/ME 04/18/2005 2.0.1066 Product Enhancements Enhanced ad-blocking to block newer style pop-ups and other pop-ups that were not being blocked on occasion Update to the SuperAntiSpyware spyware scanner to detect and remove more harmful and difficult to detect/remove software Added option in General Preferences to enable/disable hotkeys to resolve conflicts with other applications that may use the same keys 04/06/2005 2.0.1052 Product Enhancements Update to the SuperAntiSpyware spyware scanner Improved Spyware/Adware detection of items executed with RUNDLL32 Additional rules to reduce false positive detections 03/28/2005 2.0.1048 Product Enhancements Updated SuperAntiSpyware to detect and remove more harmful software! Improved scheduled scanning - will not create empty quarantines if no items were selected Enhanced rules to reduce false positive detections 03/24/2005 2.0.1046 Product Enhancements Now includes SuperAntiSpyware which will allow you to Scan and Remove thousands of harmful software applications! Improved ad-blocking detects new sponsored search ads and banners! 02/17/2005 1.0.1682 Product Enhancements Improved Spyware/Adware detection system to detect more applications Added a ShellExecuteHook to detect spyware/adware applications as they are launching Improved ad-blocking detection of new ad types Enhanced spyware/adware blocking - now detects over 1200 spyware/adware components 02/03/2005 1.0.1670 Product Enhancements FREE Service - Find out What's Running on YOUR Computer. Provided by our FileResearchCenter.com site! Reduced the load time so there is no more delay on initial program startup Added menu option to report a pop-up that was not blocked. Our development team analyzes these reports to create new ad blocking rules which are automatically downloaded by Super Ad Blocker More robust live-update functionality. Updates must be done as an Administrator user. Improved ad-blocking detection of new ad types Enhanced spyware/adware blocking - now detects over 850 spyware/adware components 01/07/2005 1.0.1654 Product Enhancements Improved ad-blocking detection of new ad types Enhanced Home Page Hi-Jacker protection MSN 9.x/Hotmail issue resolved Enhanced spyware/adware blocking - now detects over 550 spyware/adware components Improved rules and spyware definition updating 12/13/2004 1.0.1634 Product Enhancements Home Page Hi-Jacker protection - detect and protect changes to your browser home page Quick link to contact customer service added to Help tab and right-click menu Enhanced spyware/adware blocking - now detects over 350 spyware/adware components Resolved rare issue with Java applets and clicking links contained within Java applets Enhanced compatibility with Windows XPSP2 ad-blocker Improved ad-reporting - now reports unknown processes and potential spyware so we can analyze it and block Fixed additional issue when clicking web links Outlook e-mail and new window would be improperly blocked. Enhanced keyboard support for selecting links 11/12/2004 1.0.1610 Product Enhancements Enhanced spyware/adware blocking - now detects over 300 spyware/adware components Added hotkeys Ctrl+Alt+Home to bring up main application and Ctrl+Alt+Insert to allow ads from the current page. Fixed issue when clicking web links Outlook e-mail and new window would be improperly blocked. Turning off the splash screen now also turns off the "Starting Services" screen 11/01/2004 1.0.1590 Product Enhancements Enhanced spyware/adware blocking - now detects over 100 new applications and variants Speed improvments in terminating spyware/adware applications Optimized CPU usage on spyware/adware scanning (uses less processor power) Resolves additional issues with MSN and Goolge toolbars where they take over the context menu Enhancements to the Super Ad Blocker Toolbar 10/20/2004 1.0.1562 Product Enhancements Enhanced spyware/adware blocking - added a system service for NT/2000/XP users that will now block hard to stop spyware/adware Ad-Blocking enhancements (more robust against spyware applications) Fixed rare issue with Google Toolbar that could cause crash when exiting browser Foreign language fixes for text input on web pages Updated in-program help 10/14/2004 1.0.1548 Product Enhancements Enhanced spyware/adware blocking Ad-Blocking enhancements (more robust against spyware applications) Improved Windows XP display Automatic update verification Tell a Friend selective e-mailing Ability to transfer registration/activation license to a new computer Updated in-program help 09/23/2004 1.0.1522 Product Enhancements Faster surfing and ad-blocking/banner processing Blocking of Sponsored/Search Engine Ads Detailed log/history of blocked ads and spyware applications Block/Allow any image - user selectable Full keyboard support and detection of screen readers Updated in-program help Click here to view detailed information 08/24/2004 1.0.1436 Product Enhancements Faster surfing and ad-blocking/banner processing Better handling of web-dialogs Enhanced Tell A Friend functionality 08/16/2004 1.0.1422 Product Enhancements Addresses Windows ME stability issue Additional compatibility with other ad-blocking products that may not interact well with Super Ad Blocker 08/13/2004 1.0.1420 Product Enhancements Improved allow list functionality Additional XP SP2 compatibility 08/12/2004 1.0.1416 Product Enhancements Faster surfing! Banner and Ad-Blocking now take much less time which results in faster surfing with full ad-blocking active! Blocks home page change dialogs that try to change your home page. Handles new style pop-ups as featured in www.kephyr.com pop-up test. Improved AOL / MSN ad-blocking Improved Auto Update Technology 08/09/2004 1.0.1390 Product Enhancements Enhanced AOL / MSN ad-blocking Prevented possible crash conflict with mis-behaved browser extensions 08/05/2004 1.0.1378 Product Enhancements Full integrated support for AOL and MSN Improved spyware/adware detection 07/28/2004 1.0.1342 Product Enhancements Improved spyware/adware blocking of applications Improved blocking of pop-ups served by spyware/adware applications 07/01/2004 1.0.1318 Product Enhancements Blocking of spyware/adware applications including EZula, Cydoor, and over 50 other spyware/adware applications Online display of block spyware/adware - click here to view the full list Faster and more accurate blocking of floating ads and slide-in Rich Media ads 05/26/2004 1.0.1216 Initial Product Release Welcome to Super Ad Blocker - the first ad-blocker to block all new forms of advertising!