Secblitz 1.0.0

Added

• A short welcome on first start explains what Secblitz does and asks before it checks your PC.
• A new Help tab in Settings answers common questions.
• You can save a support file to attach to a problem report; it never includes your files, your user name or the websites you visit.
• When Web protection blocks a dangerous or scam site, a warning appears over your browser so you can go back or open the site just once.
• An accessibility statement explains what already works with the keyboard and what does not yet.
• Each release now comes with a list of the code it is built from.
• The README now lists which versions of Windows are supported and which have been tested.

Changed

• Secblitz no longer checks your PC by itself the first time it opens.
• Details and dialogs now show one short line per point, and you can open a point to read more.
• Every switch, tab and menu works with the keyboard, and Tab stays inside an open dialog.
• Background checks chosen during installation now start right away instead of after a restart.
• Blocking dangerous sites now also covers sites that spread harmful downloads or apps that secretly spy on people.
• The roadmap is now a short, plain list of what is planned.

Removed

• The Tools page no longer offers app updates; Windows updates and repair are still there.

Fixed

• If you remove Secblitz and keep your PC as it is, Secblitz now warns you when a removed app could not be brought back.
• Removing Secblitz while a check is running now waits for the check, so nothing is left out of what it puts back.
• On a small screen with larger text, the Secblitz window no longer opens partly behind the taskbar.
• Typing in the Protection search box no longer stops after the first letter.
• On Windows Home, the drive encryption steps no longer point you to BitLocker, which Home does not have.
• Removing Secblitz from Windows Settings no longer claims that every removed app can come back from the Microsoft Store.
• An app removed the day before now shows as removed "yesterday", not "today".

Secblitz 0.11.1

Changed

• Each setting has one info button that opens a small window explaining it, instead of text that opens under the row.
• The Details button is gone, and the window never repeats a setting's status or the line on its row.
• "More details" on results and errors opens in the same small window.
• Each setting on the Protection page shows at most one tag, and its sections run in one order: needs you, your choices, good to know, already protected.
• Home, Web protection, Clean up apps, Settings, History and Tools use shorter lines and say each thing once.
• Check names and explanations describe each Windows setting and what it protects, in plain words.
• The tray alert for a drop in protection is shorter.
• The installer says that web protection, if you turn it on later, downloads block lists and passes website lookups on.

Fixed

• The History page no longer shows the same "nothing to undo" line twice.

Secblitz 0.11.0

Using Secblitz 0.9.2 or older with Web protection on? It can't update itself to a newer version. Download and run the installer once; your settings, history and undo stay.

Added

• Secblitz runs on PCs with an ARM processor, with its own installer.
• PCs with an ARM processor running the regular version are told when a version made for them is available.
• Web protection can block scam sites, fake shops and pop-up spam, off until you turn them on.
• Blocked scam, dangerous and pop-up sites show on the Web page, where you can let one through for 10 minutes.
• The tray tells you which scam or dangerous site was blocked.
• The Web page says when a browser, a VPN or another setting can get around Web protection, including Brave.
• Pick which Chrome and Edge add-ons to turn off, with an exact undo.
• Folder protection stops untrusted apps from changing your personal folders, after first watching which apps need them.
• See when your files were last backed up with File History, OneDrive or Windows Backup.
• A short list of what's new shows once after Secblitz is updated or reinstalled.
• Renew your PC's startup security certificates before the old ones expire, with a clear warning that it can't be undone.
• An optional fix that turns off the Run box, which fake "I'm not a robot" pages use to install password stealers.
• A check that warns when something typed into the Run box looks like a fake check page trick.
• The AI features topic shows when the Copilot app is installed, with a way to remove it.
• A way to start fresh when Secblitz's undo history is damaged, keeping a copy of the damaged files.
• Restore all brings back every removed app in one go.

Changed

• The app uses the Lexend font, which is easier to read.
• Web protection also turns off Brave's own private lookups.
• Before you agree, every fix says if it can't be undone, needs a restart, or makes your browser say "Managed by your organization".
• Older version downloads are no longer offered on the website.
• Secblitz is now tested on Windows 10 (version 22H2).
• The window's title bar blends into the app, without the icon and name.
• The Home summary is shorter: what Secblitz can fix for you, and when it last checked.

Fixed

• Setup no longer stops with "could not finish setting up" on some new PCs, including ARM laptops.
• Camera, microphone and location lists show the usual names of the apps that come with Windows 10.
• A start-up program or browser add-on found after a fix is no longer shown as switched back.
• Camera, microphone and location show as off when they are switched off for everyone on the PC.
• Files left over from an update are removed once the update is confirmed.
• Removing apps that came with Windows 10 now works.
• White app icons on Windows 10 show on a colored tile instead of disappearing, including Maps and People.
• An app you chose to remove is closed first if it is open, so its copy is complete.
• Bringing back an app works when Windows already has a newer version of a part it needs.
• An app is no longer reported as already back when Windows only left a folder behind, which removed its saved copy.
• Bringing back apps no longer fails after other apps have been brought back.
• The Copilot key note only shows on Windows 11, where those keyboards exist.
• The link to turn on private lookups now goes straight to its switch.
• Background checks work on Windows 10, where they could not read any settings.
• You are told when Windows switches back a virus protection setting Secblitz fixed.
• Turning the system tray icon on or off takes effect right away instead of at the next sign-in.
• A virus scan now shows that it is scanning while it runs and says when it has finished.
• Background checks start again on their own if they stop unexpectedly.
• Installing a new version or removing Secblitz while it is open now closes it first, so nothing is left behind.
• Fixes, undo and updates are no longer held back while Windows Defender or Windows Update works in the background.
• Settings no longer says automatic updates aren't set up before their first hourly check.
• Long lines in the fix result no longer run into the scroll bar.

Secblitz 0.9.3

Fixed

• Updates install on their own while Web protection is on.

Secblitz 0.9.2

Changed

• The portable version is on GitHub, linked from the download page.

Secblitz 0.9.1

Added

• Protection groups its settings into topic tiles that show what each topic needs.
• A notice when Windows switches back a setting Secblitz fixed, with a way to put it back.
• See which apps used your camera, microphone and location, and switch them off.
• Optional browser settings for Edge, Chrome and Firefox: fewer shopping and AI panels, less usage data, stronger protection and lookups through Web protection.
• Optional privacy switches for online speech, typing data, lock screen messages, the email on the sign-in screen and a random Wi-Fi address.
• Web protection can block adult and gambling sites and turn on safe search.
• Private lookups through Secblitz send website lookups encrypted to Quad9.
• Allow a blocked site in one click from the list of recent blocks.
• A 30-day chart of what Web protection blocked and the companies it blocked most.
• A notice when a dangerous website is blocked.
• Pause Web protection for 15 minutes, 1 hour or until restart.
• Choose which notices Secblitz shows, in Settings.

Changed

• Tools is split into tabs.
• Web protection is split into Overview, What to block and Sites.
• The History chart shows one point per day, and your starting point until there are two days.
• Secblitz opens in the middle of the screen.
• Links to the source code and to report a problem use the new GitHub address.

Fixed

• The notification area status stays up to date while background monitoring is on.
• Opening Secblitz while it is already open no longer asks for permission again.