Hopefully, the lack of any intruder warning is an (implied) indication that my browser and these sites were all safe. Didn't notice anything in my limited testing. I accessed several important financial/confidential sites, including credit cards, brokerage & mutual funds, and medical related. Currently no intruders detected." And that was the extent of what I saw.
Upon opening my browsers (IE & FF), I temporarily get the green (=safe) message in the upper-right corner that "Hitman Pro is watching your browser. because the HMPAlert program apparently remained running in the Task Manager. I'm not sure if it's only an "update attempt" that was blocked. The first conflict - MalwareBytes AntiEXPLOIT was not happy: hmpalert_update.exe has been blocked. HitmanPro.Alert Service: HITMANPRO.ALE (Automatic startup) - "Web browser intrusion detection, real-time and forensics-based, watching for banking trojans and Man-in-the-Browser attacks".Īnd the Program file: HMPAlert.exe (x86) (which runs as a system-invoked task in the background)Ģ DLL files: HMPAlert.dll (one under System32, another under SysWOW64)ġ SYS file: HMPAlert.sys (under System32\drivers) Since I'm probably using a few different security tools from Joe (I suspect KeySrambler, EMET, and/or MBAE), I decided to test out HitmanPro.Alert as well, on Win7圆4 Pro SP1:
However, I see no reason so far not to install it. As always, I cannot vouch for its efficacy at detecting compromised "secure" websites. This appears to be a small and simple trouble-free "Fire and forget" tool that does not slow down my system or browsers, or conflict with my existing security. It is listed in my Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs, whence it presumably can be uninstalled. I was able to perform transactions with no problems. When I logged onto my banking site, it confirmed it as "safe". It does not conflict with (nor is it flagged by) any of my on-demand scanners. It installs no startup menu or desktop icons, and no browser toolbars, extensions or add-ons. It does not insert anything into your system startup. It opened silently when I opened any browser (IE 8, Opera 15, Firefox 22) and flashed a brief alert in the upper right-hand corner as to whether the website is secure or not. You can open the program here, if you want to change the few default settings (I did not). Installed into C:\Program Files\HitmanPro.Alert folder.
A windows service is installed (hitmanpro.alert) and runs silently as a background process in Task Manager. It is a small 1.67 MB download, with no unwanted bundled software. More info, screenshots, and download here:
It is supported by Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and 8 (32 and 64 bit).
HitmanPro.Alert is a free tool that checks the browser integrity and alerts users when secure online banking and shopping is no longer guaranteed.