Dr.Web CureIt! — history of development

The utility supports the following 34 languages: Russian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simpl.), Chinese (Trad.), Czech, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. ( more about CureIt! utility )

April 11, 2008

• Support of the Thai language is added

March 13, 2008

• Support of the Norwegian language is added

January 28, 2008

• Support of the Vietnamese language is added

November 6, 2007

• Support of the Chinese (Trad.) language is added

October 23, 2007

• Support of the Turkish language is added

September 21, 2007

• New version 4.44 of Dr.Web scanner included into Dr.Web CureIt!

September 10, 2007

• Support of the Slovenian language is added

August 7, 2007

• Support of the Chinese (Simpl.) and the Dutch languages is added

July 11, 2007

• Support of the Esperanto language is added

June 20, 2007

• Support of the Italian language is added

March 30, 2007

• Help system (in English and Russian) in chm format

February 5, 2007

• Copyright line works as the link to the CureIt! project history page.
• Support of the Finnish language is added.

October 23, 2006

• Support of the Korean language is added

October 18, 2006

• Support of the Persian language (Farsi) is added

• Check of date of the package build is implemented. If the build is more than 4 days old, a warning message is generated and fresh version is offered for download.
• Package build time is not Moscow, but Greenwich.

• Second window with Buy page and purchase discount for Dr.Web Anti-virus appears when the scanner terminates. If the scanner’s operation is dragged out, the window appears in one minute.
• Support of the Armenian language is added.

• Additionally, the utility can be operated by Tab (Shift-Tab) and Enter (Space) keys, if Windows Safe Mode does not support operation of a mouse with USB-interface, or if the mouse fails to operate at all.
• Support of the Ukrainian language is added.

• Support of the Arabic, the Belarusian, the Bulgarian, the Georgian and the Greek languages is added.

• Window interface with contextual prompts and links.
• The updated version of the utility can be received from servers of Doctor Web, Ltd. via the interface of the CureIt! which was already downloaded and saved.
• Option to select supported languages is provided in addition to automatic detection of the language in accordance with regional settings.

• Scanner log file, as well as not cured files placed, by default, to the quarantine directory are not deleted after the scanning, but are saved on the hard drive.
• Prompt message on location of the log file and the quarantine directory is displayed.
• In the scanner call command line one can specify object(s) for scanning and specify/change the operation modes.

• The utility is renamed to cureit.exe.

• Support of the Latvian language is added.

• Support of the Portuguese and the Slovakian languages is added.

• Support of the Estonian language is added.

• Support of additional bases for detection of malware programs is provided.

• Support of the Lithuanian language is added.

• Support of the Hungarian language is added.

• Support of the Spanish language is added.

• Support of the Czech language is added.

• The utility distribution is built several times a day (as hot add-ons to virus databases are released).

• The drweb-cureit.exe utility was born and published on the web-site.
• Interface languages: Russian, English, German, French, Polish.
• The language is selected automatically only - according to regional settings.
• Prompt message appears before the scanner is launched.

• The French language is added to the AutoRun menu.

• The following scanner languages are added: French and Polish (without option to select them in AutoRun menu).

• Second utility prototype is released - "Cure it!" button in AutoRun menu on a company CD.
• GUI scanner is used.
• Interface languages: Russian, English and German with automatic detection of regional settings and the option of manual selection.

• First utility prototype is released - cureit.bat command file and CureIt directory on a company CD.
• Command line scanner is used.
• Scanner language: Russian.
• Weekly release (as weekly add-ons to virus databases are released)