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Soterios Documentation

Welcome to the Soterios wiki.

Soterios is an open-source, local-first desktop security and maintenance platform designed to help users scan, audit, monitor, and maintain their systems while keeping privacy as a priority.

Unlike many security utilities, Soterios is built around a simple principle:

Your system information stays on your machine.

Soterios does not include telemetry or analytics. External connections only happen when you use features that require online services.


Overview

Soterios provides a unified dashboard for security checks, malware scanning, system inspection, and maintenance tools.

Main Features

🛡️ Security Dashboard

View your overall system security status including:

  • Security health score
  • Active warnings
  • Scan status
  • Quarantine statistics
  • Real-time protection status

🔍 Malware Scanning

Powered by ClamAV, Soterios supports:

  • Quick scans
  • Full system scans
  • Custom folder scans
  • Scan progress tracking
  • Scan cancellation
  • Threat quarantine
  • Scan reports

📊 System Auditing

Review important security settings:

  • Windows Defender status
  • User Account Control (UAC)
  • Windows Update status
  • BitLocker status
  • Secure Boot status
  • PowerShell security policies

⚙️ System Tools

Soterios includes maintenance and inspection tools:

  • Temporary file cleanup
  • Disk usage reports
  • Large file finder
  • Startup item inspection
  • Browser cache reports
  • Windows services reports
  • Network reports

🔌 Process & Network Monitoring

Inspect what's running on your system:

  • Process risk ranking
  • CPU and memory usage
  • Active network connections
  • Network interface activity

🔐 Password Security

Tools for improving password safety:

  • Secure password generator
  • Password strength checking
  • Known breach checks
  • Privacy-preserving password lookup

Password breach checks use k-anonymity methods so your full password is never sent.


Privacy

Soterios is designed with a local-first approach.

Data Collection

Soterios does not collect:

  • Usage analytics
  • Telemetry
  • Personal system information
  • Scan history uploads

Security analysis happens locally on your device.

External Services

Some features require optional external requests:

Feature Service
Malware definitions ClamAV updates
Password breach checks Have I Been Pwned
Email breach checks XposedOrNot

These requests only happen when you use the related features.


Getting Started

Installation

Download the latest release from GitHub:

  • Windows → .exe installer

First Launch

After installing:

  1. Open Soterios
  2. Review the Dashboard
  3. Run an initial scan
  4. Review any security recommendations
  5. Explore available tools

Documentation

More wiki pages:


Contributing

Soterios is open-source and welcomes contributions.

You can help by:

  • Reporting bugs
  • Suggesting features
  • Improving documentation
  • Submitting code changes
  • Reviewing security improvements

See the contribution guidelines in the repository for more information.


About Soterios

Soterios is built to provide a simple, transparent way for users to understand and maintain their systems without sacrificing privacy.

Thank you for supporting the project.

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