Hello im old tester spyshelter, nice meet new peoples which gonna work on this product…
I was a bit worried bc nothing happen whole 2 years… but im glad you finally release at last beta version.
My Question its possible add option to make horizontal view instead of vertical with rules settings.
Well… older style interface was for me more friendly with more details and mange with them. i used it for at last 14 years as old is this software 
Thanks for your feedback with adding an additional horizontal view for SpyShelter rules, I will share it with our team.
Meanwhile, the rules look kind of weird because some of our features aren’t done yet like detecting webcam/mics, and some other things that are coming… it just looks too sparse and some icons are missing. So, please keep in mind we are working to improve the current “rules” view.
Well good advice its making customizable layout like in software Net Limiter
When you can move window and pin it to any place combine few tabs and split windows on another tabs with horizon and vertical windows gather.
You can also unlock resize right panel (rules/ app detail) because some peoples might make it bigger
Here is preview how i make few custom looks for my own preference.
Horizon vs Vertical
or yet total different more complex 2 horizon + 1 vertical which give you best as possible view data whole all app information as you need or wanted to be.
https://imgur.com/a/DusTTV1Honestly i used many softwares and Net Limiter did best layout custome setting so far as i could only imagine.
You can make something like that and will be OP
I suggest install net limiter to test it for understand it.
Thanks for taking the time to post this. I will share the link with our team.
@ Quassar
I agree with you 100%. I continue to appreciate the management consoles still available in Windows versus the Settings UI.
But the majority of current tech users have grown up on the vertical display with the advent of “phones” in 2007-2008. Evidence the overwhelming precedent of news videos where 30% of the action is centered with the rest being sky and ground or wall and floor. One day we may be forced into 9:16 monitors and TVs.
As well, the first critique by mainstream online reviewers of UIs like Net Limiter is that it fails to be “modern.” Not to mention, modern users would pass out seeing all that data in one place.
Developers have to go with the flow.
No, they don’t have to go with the flow, they have to look at what users prefer. A fully resizable GUI like the old SpyShelter 12 version is a must. I believe AppControl offers such a GUI.
I see you liked my post, so will SS 15 get the maximize window button in the upcoming release, I mean similar to AppControl? 
I will ask our team. We have limited resources right now for SpyShelter.
To clarify, this is about adding a maximize button, is it really that hard to change this? I mean the GUI stays the same, no? And what do you mean with limited resources, so you’re not planning to develop SpyShelter any further? 
Currently we are unsure about the future of SpyShelter because it was originally an antikeylogger, and we tried to continue to work on it but struggled due to limitations with Windows. You and I have discussed this extensively but I am posting this as a benefit for others to read too.
I did recently read that Microsoft is planning to make improvements to Windows soon and they plan to “rebuild trust” https://windowsreport.com/microsoft-builds-dedicated-team-to-overhaul-windows-11-quality/. Maybe this means developers can have more reliable access to what we need to make reliable anti-keyloggers and other types of security tools.
At this time if we plan to offer a paid version of AppControl in the future (it’s currently free) we’d make the SpyShelter activation codes cross-compatible where you can use them on SpyShelter, or AppControl with no additional fee.
Hello Carl,
as currently I’m using AppControl do you mean that it will stop being free or there will be 2 versions, one free and one based on subscription with more features ?
Speaking of Windows I just found this yesterday’s article Microsoft is blocking legacy Windows drivers - Techzine Global
We don’t plan to remove any features from AppControl. There will be AppControl Free as it is now, then maybe a paid version with more features. But as of now, we are not sure either way. We are just evaluating what Microsoft is doing and evaluating feedback of SpyShelter and AppControl.
Thank you for the clarification.
If I read that article, it seems to be more about improving Windows performance.
Have you guys looked into the new User Mode API, that will allow security tools to work without kernel driver? Perhaps you guys can contact Microsoft, to ask for more information?
In the second article you can read more background information about the difference between kernel and usermode, normally speaking security tools should offer better protection with a kernel driver.
Wow, that sounds amazing if it’s true! I hope Microsoft does that for the sake of all Windows users!
It has both advantages and drawbacks. As mentioned before, with a kernel driver you should be able to offer more advanced protection.
BTW, I have edited the post, because the link from the Petri.com website was down. Perhaps you can contact Microsoft to also get access to the preview. I think it might end up in Windows 12, so you guys can perhaps redevelop SpyShelter 15 in the future, to work driverless. 
And here is some more info from Sophos, they basically give Microsoft a bit of advice, of what security tools should be able to monitor, when running in usermode (driverless).
Well, I think one major thing we’d have to consider is what percentage of Windows users can use the driverless version. We’d probably need to detect what OS version, then the proper software version would be installed. I doubt we’d work on it until at least 10% of the Windows user base could use the software. But yes, it’s still exciting even though it’s probably a ways off?