Warren Software's TerminatorX - Update History

Updated the 'Pornography' group to block bondage, block fetish and block BDSM related sites.

Changed the 'Casinos and Gambling' group for both TerminatorX and TXNoGam to more effectively block bingo sites and block scratch2cash.

Added the ability to block Ustream.tv in the 'Downloads' group.

**** Remember - you can also add new items to block whenever the need arises ****

(To download the new settings please see links opposite 'Recent changes' above)

Updated the 'Messengers' group to:

• block AreaMessenger
• block Communication Tube
• block IMhaha Messenger
• block MMClient
• block PortalMes.com
• block RadiusIM

Tweaked the proxy and anonymous surfing sites settings to stop the latest proxy engines.

More updates to the 'Social Networking' group. We have extended the standard selections to allow you to:

Updated TerminatorX and TXNOGam to handle IE8 (beta).

Updated the 'Social Networking' group to offer the choice to:

Updated the 'Casinos and Gambling' group for both TerminatorX and TXNoGam to trap Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish gambling websites.

Updated the AIM Express entry to block the web version of AIM Express (thanks goes to M. Pan for alerting us).

Very quiet during the Christmas and New Year periods - not much new reported. Any suggestions are welcome.

Updated the 'Social Networking' group to offer the choice to block Plurk.com.

Changed the 'Downloads' group to let you block Justin.tv and block LiveLeak.

Updated the the 'Casinos and Gambling' group for both TerminatorX and TXNoGam to allow them to block JenningsBet.

Added an entry in the 'Chat Applications' group to let you choose to block Vypress Chat .

Updated the 'Social Networking' group to offer the choice to:

Updated TerminatorX and TXNoGam to block TAB sport betting and to block Betfred.

Also changed TXNoGam to block scratch cards, block scratch and win, and block instant win sites.

Added the ability to Yahoo! Video and block TubeSucker in the 'Downloads' group

Added an entry Online Games section to let you choose to block World of Warcraft.

Updated the 'Social Networking' group to offer the choice to:

Updated TerminatorX and TXNoGam to allow access to the Open University site - some pages blocked by a 'false positive'.

Updated the entry for the Camfrog Chat application.

Updated the TerminatorX 'Music players' group to add the option to block FLV player .

Added the ability to block Orbit Downloader in the 'Downloads' group

Added an entry to the proxy and anonymous surfing sites group to block systran.co.uk which can be used as a 'cloaking' site.

Updated TerminatorX to block Chrome browser by Google from viewing banned web sites and proxy and anonymous surfing sites

Updated the TerminatorX 'Messengers' group to add the option to block Qnext. Also adjusted settings to allow use of the anti-spyware application Spybot Search and Destroy.

Changed TXNoGam to additionally block Ladbrokes, block Victor Chandler, popular gambling sites, and adjusted the settings block Bet365 to account for changes in the website.

Updated TXNoGam to permit Gamblers Anonymous and its subpages which were still blocked by one of it's settings.

Made TXNoGam to block Sky Vegas, a popular gambling site.

Added to the 'Social Networking' group to block MyLOL.net.

Changed the detection mechanism of TerminatorX to detect foreign language web sites more effectively.

Updated TXNoGam so that it avoids blocking the majority of self-help sites like Gamblers Anonymous and GamCare.

Included new settings in TXNoGam to block Iron Duke and block PKR gambling sites.

Also added a setting to block ijji - an online games web site.

Updated Block Bebo entry in the 'Social Networking' group to be more effective at catching alternative sites.

Included a new setting to block Twitter, again in the Social Networking section..

Also added the ability to block Loki Network Client to the proxy and anonymous surfing sites list and updated the general proxy sites setting to trap a new web proxy engine that has become available.

You now have to opportunity to block TubeSucker (the 'Downloads' group) which is used to download videos from YouTube.

Not much to report. Updated the 'Messengers' group to block Baidu Hi Messenger (popular in China) and made changes the QQ entry to block QQ messenger of China.

Updated the 'Messengers' group to:

• block aMSN
• block Easy Messenger
• block eMeSeNe Messenger
• block Meetro
• block PixaMSN
• block SIM-IM
• block Star Messenger

We have made a further change to the 'Miscellaneous section' to block Vista Personalization

We have added to the 'Social Networking' group to enable you to block Dada.

Updated the 'Downloads' group to give you the option to block Rhapsody - a free music download site.

We have made further changes to the 'Miscellaneous section' to block Vista standard games - the ones which come with Vista:

• block Chess Titans
• block Hearts (Vista version)
• block InkBall
• block Mahjong Titans
• block Purble Place
• Block Spider Solitaire (Vista version)

We have released TXNoGam - a cheaper, cut down version of TerminatorX which lets customers just block gambling sites and proxy sites.

It has a simplified installation so that customers with an online gambling addiction can block themselves from accessing casino/betting sites. Many of our existing customers were purchasing the Home version of TerminatorX to do just that.

The installation looks like:

and offers time delays between requesting the removal of TXNoGam and being allowed to complete the removal. These requests are handled automatically by our web site.

Please note that TXNoGam can not co-exist on the same computer as TerminatorX.

Only a few new items reported to us recently. However, we have added to the 'File Sharing' group to enable you to block The Pirate Bay downloading site. We have also added extra choices in the 'Downloads' group to allow you to:

• block BBC iplayer
• block Streaming media (most sources) - TV, Radio, Video, Movies

We have added some proxy and anonymous surfing sites settings to make the restrictions more watertight, and you are now able to choose to block Windows Live Translator, which can be used to bypass other detection systems by cloaking the content.

Added to the 'Social Networking' group to enable you to:

• block FreeCycle
• block Capazoo
• block Habbo

Updated the 'Downloads' group to allow you to block Crackle video sharing - a bit like Google video.

Made changes to the 'Miscellaneous section' to account for Vista differences in Task Manager, MSconfig, the DOS prompt, and the Date/Time changing dialog. Thanks to Richard Andrews in the UK for suggesting the changes.

Added the ability to block the 'Display Properties' settings and the ability to block DOSBox games compatibility utility.

Updated the 'Social Networking' group to enable you to:

• block PerfSpot
• block Realbuzz
• block Webjam

Updated the 'Downloads' group to allow you to block Metacafe downloader.

Updated the 'Messengers' group, to block 'imo.im' web messenger

Updated the 'Chat Applications' group to allow you to block Google Mail (Gmail) Chat

Updated the Setup program to help Vista installation with elevated privileges.

Updated the 'Social Networking' group to provide the option to block Stickam.

Suggested by Nate of Cedar Rapids, Indianna.

Added some applications to the 'File sharing' section. TerminatorX now has additonal standard tickbox selections to:

• block Addax
• block Arachnid
• block CitrixWire
• block DexterWire
• block LemonWire
• block MP3 Torpedo
• block StarMule

Updated the Exceptions group to allow consistent access to Microsoft Outlook thereby stopping 'false positives'.

Thanks go to Paul of Surrey, England for alerting us to the Outlook anomaly with rich text messages.

Updated the Miscellaneous group to block Yahoo! Widgets.

Added social networking and photo sharing websites to the 'Social Networks' group:

Updated the 'Messengers' group, to block MySpaceIM messenger

Added social networking and social networking agregator websites to the 'Social Networks' group:

Updated the 'Messengers' group, providing extra options to

• block Goowy web messenger
• block IMUnitive web messenger
• block Instan-t Express
• block KoolIM web messenger
• block Mabber web messenger
• block MessengerFX
• block Snimmer web messenger

Made changes to the executable files to further extend the reach of the 'Proxy and Anonymous surfing' section.

Updated the 'Chat Applications' group to provide the option to block Camfrog Video Chat

Removed the item to block BrowseAtWork was removed as this was blocked automatically by other items.

Updated the 'File Sharing' group to provide the option to block Tribler

Also added an 'Exception' choice to 'whitelist' all Microsoft Office applications.

Minor bug (infrequent error 6) fixed in the local setup installation program.

Updated the 'Social Networking' group to provide the option to block more social networking sites:

• added choice to block Fotolog
• added choice to block Platial
• added choice to block Skyrock and Skyblog
• added choice to block StudiVZ

Minor bug fixed in the main program.

Updated the 'Casinos and Gambling' group to block more online gambling sites. There is now:

• extra functionality in the 'General gamblingsSites' and 'General betting sites' entries
• a new 'General racing sites' entry to block horse racing and block greyhound racing
• a new 'Craps' entry
• additions to the 'Lottery sites' entry
• a new 'Roulette' entry
• a new 'Slots' entry
  

Minor bug fixed in the local setup installation program.

Created a new 'Social Networks' group. Added some extra social networking web sites.

In addition to blocking MySpace, Facebook, Orkut and Bebo, TerminatorX now has additonal standard tickbox selections to:

Added some applications to the 'File sharing' section. TerminatorX now has additonal standard tickbox selections to:

- Thanks to Rex Baker and Mark Johnson both of USA for suggesting KCeasy.

Changed some proxy and anonymous surfing sites settings and changed functionality of the TerminatorX main program to significantly reduce the risk of 'false positives'.

Added 'QQ Messenger' to the Messengers section. QQ Messenger is very popular in East Asia and is the most used messenger in China.

- Our thanks to Edmond of Hong Kong for suggesting blocking QQ Messenger.

Changed the Games 'Freecell' entry to correctly detect the game.

Updated the Sonique music player entry to avoid false detection of the names Monique and Domique.

- Our thanks to Stephane of Canada for suggesting the changes.

Added 'Proxtacy' to the Proxy/Anonymous surfing group.

Updated the AIM Express setting in the Messesngers group.

Added further detection to the 'Additional Proxy engines' item in the Proxy/Anonymous surfing group.

Changed the local installation program to only allow users with 'Administrator' rights to install TerminatorX locally on XP computers.

Added 'Pidgin Messenger' to the Messengers section.

Added an Exception for BBC Bitesize and a separate Exception for the whole of the BBC web site.

Changed the 'Check for updates' so that it now updates the TerminatorX Data Generator (or Setup) complete program rather than just downloading the latest 'ticklist'.

• New category added to cope with expanded detection. Settings now contain:
  • General proxy sites
  • General anonymous surfing
  • General Tunneling sites
  • Additional Proxy engines
  • Browzar - anonymous browsing
  • Google Translator (cloaking)
  • Hideipaddress
  • Hopster (proxy)
  • HTTPort (proxy)
  • IPbounce
  • Idzap.com
  • Lqlq,
  • Slyuser
  • Surfscreened
  • Torify
  • Torpark
• New proxy settings also effectively stop searching for proxy sites.