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Covert Pro 3.0.20 was available as a giveaway on March 25, 2016!
COVERT Pro - an innovative solution to ensure total privacy while working on computer. It protects against spyware and has instant messenger with encryption. When working in secure platform, all user’s actions in all applications (browsers, email clients, office software, messengers, etc.) are safely hidden. Capturing data from keyboard input and monitor screen is blocked. Using special features of COVERT Pro (Network monitor, Driver monitor, System processes, System services) allows you to detect and remove all hidden applications. The program also allows you to block the microphone.
To protect against spyware, COVERT Pro uses the masking method. It is the most reliable method against spyware — masking action of user. It means creation of secure platform, inside which user can run any applications, while remaining invisible to the spies.
Built-in secure messenger allows you to communicate confidentially:
This version of COVERT Pro has user interface in seven languages: English, German, Italian, Czech, Russian, Ukrainian and Polish.
COVERT Pro increase the security level of your PC and provides confidential work and correspondence. Compatible with antivirus.
Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8/ 10 (x32/x64) Minimum screen resolution: 800×600; Pentium processor or higher; 128 MB RAM; 90 MB of free disk space
16.2 MB
$42.00
COVERT Pro USB has the same functionality as the COVERT Pro, but installs on a drive and can protect user’s work on any Windows PC. You can connect this USB flash drive to unlimited number of PCs. COVERT Pro USB allows you to send and receive encrypted messages everywhere. After inserting this USB flash drive in any PC and choosing “secure messenger” feature, you will get all the messages that have been sent to you by other messenger’s users.
Registration:
1. Run the installer
2. Press Registration
3. You will see a registration key that is already entered in the registration field. Press Register.
A brief tutorial for the first run of the program (https://covert-pro.com/first-launch-of-covert-pro/):
1. Run the program file Protection.exe, located in the folder COVERT Pro AE
2. For hiding your actions from spyware and monitoring tools, log into secure platform. To do this, in the main window, click on the «Login to the secure platform» (button with COVERT logo).
3. Launch any program inside the secure platform you can in two ways:
a. Press the «Starting programs» button. In the opened Windows Explorer window locate the application and run it.
b. You can assign frequently used applications for quick launch buttons. To do this, click on the «Settings» or any numeric button in the upper left corner of the main interface. The settings window opens in which you need to specify program path under each button.
4. For strengthening your protection, you can use special monitors to search and remove sophisticated spyware: “Driver monitor”, “System processes” and “System services”. Their functions are described in the Help, which can be accessed by pressing the «F1» button.
5. To use the messenger with encryption, click on “Secure messenger”. How it works you can learn from HELP (log in to the secure platform and press F1)
In video tutorial you can see how to use spyware detection and how to begin to use the messenger with encryption: https://covert-pro.com/video/.
Examples of protection against spyware can be found on this page: https://covert-pro.com/examples-of-protection/
Some restrictions for special version:
1. Without technical support
2. Without the ability to upgrade
3. After changing the settings of the testing server Covert messenger will work through the user's server only. Please configure your server for messaging (Read the HELP. Section “My server”).
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SW Developers of Covert Pro:
I am a Senior Software Developer who is trained in SECURITY software development (specifically for Bank ATM devices, including Card Readers/Scanners, etc.), so I know what goes on in the development of this kind of software. Wanted to share my background so you know where I am coming from.
It is very dangerous NOT to inform the user when and if the software goes to an external IP address or ANY other connection outside the network domain. You should probably create either a pop-up box that WARNS the user of where it is going and why, OR a flat text box within the menu that informs them of this BEFORE they accept that action. ALWAYS GIVE THE USER A CHOICE. All the software (database design before I got into Banking) I have ever developed always INFORMED the user BEFORE it went elsewhere by GETTING THE USER'S PERMISSION. In the case of our ATMs, of course we had to work with the Banks and their ATM devices to let THEM know what we were doing, so the user of the ATM, the customer, does not need to be informed because we are programming under GOVERNMENT regulations and security protocols. But, of other software and its users, It is better to be transparent as some users do not understand what is going on and will immediately be suspicious, especially if they have a desktop IP address informer or top-notch AV/Firewall protocols in place, as I have that tells them you are now at another IP address or that your PC has connected somewhere externally. You need to keep them informed in whatever your software is doing or where it is connecting to.
I would love to try this software, but I have developed my own and therefore do not need it, but it is the start of a great beginning for you. I hope you consider ALL the possible black hat actions that can be taken against your software and prepare for those as you develop your software to be better than it is now. I am a White Hat hacker who actually goes to the Dark Net quite often to see what the Black hatters are up to, just so I can be informed and stay ahead of their evil. GOOD LUCK to your success!
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Software Babe,
Thank you for your suggestions and information.
We recommend for corporate users to configure their servers to exchange messages. Then there will not be any connections outside the network domain. Our messenger allows to do it very simple.
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CovertPro, What about non-corporate users? I think most of us here use these softwares for personal use. I was going to download this, as it does sound amazing but after Software Babe's post, I'll have to pass.
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jbdean,
Not-corporate users can also change the transit server. There are no restrictions in our program. But not-corporate users do not have strict security policies for using network domains.
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CovertPro,
Our company is grateful to all visitors for leaving comments and evaluation of our program.
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I installed the program successfully but I cannot find it on my computer. I am running windows 10 64 bit. I searched for the program but the only thing that shows up is the installer. How do I find the program so that I can register it?
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Sue,
Can't you find the program folder or the executable file? If you can't find just the app, then open the archive folder (Password 1111) Restore COVERT - Pro.zip and recover your lost file.
If was not created a folder with the program, so you have an antivirus that aborts the installation process. You need to open it and add the installer in the list of trusted applications.
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Downloaded and installed just fine. During installation, as always, I tried making it a portable Cameyo app. Both installations work well. Unlike others, I am just a moderately advanced home user and so my concern for "military grade" stealth is much less acute. I do like to know that I am taking steps to be as safe as possible from malware and loss of privacy/identity. Thus I feel it is really premature for us to declare this a "magic-bullet" right out of the box. Rather, I will continue to use Covert Pro over the coming weeks and see for myself its effectiveness over time.
But so far, it seems to be stable and quite unobtrusive which is a what we expect from good software. So a tentative thumbs up from me.
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I'm not sure I understand what this does. is it like a sandbox? it says it hides all my actions, and yet what I do from a program running under Covert, stays after I shut it down and check from outside Covert.
so how does it protect me from viruses from running anything?
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Am* R***,
It's not a sandbox.
You can create documents, write emails, open the browser and visit social networks inside secure platform - all the things you normally do at the computer. Spyware program can not intercept the information that you use inside the platform.
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I installed the program, but I cannot find it on my computer. When I search "covert" the installation program is the only thing that shows up. It is not in my start menu. I am running Windows 10, the version you get when you update to it. It is 64 bit. I tried this several times. How do I find the program to register it?
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Sue,
At the time of installation, the program shows the folder where it is installed. By default it is C:\Program Files\COVERT Pro AE
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Sue, Someone on a past giveaway had the same problem and was also on Win10. Sorry but I don't recall the offer or the exact solution but involved something needing to be turned "off," I believe in Win10. It was fairly recently so you might want to read posts from, say, the past 7-10 days of giveaways, maybe searching the page for Win10 or Win 10 or some variation of that. It was under the "GOTD comments" and not Facebook comments.
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I installed the program, registered, and it went fine on windows 8.1. However, I pushed "Login to the secure platform" THEN THE SCREEN TURNED BLUE & did NOT go through. Now I have uninstalled, restarted, and reinstalled. I even allowed it through my firewall of my anti virus AND the computer itself, but when I press for it to open, it (any part of the program's shell) no longer opens.. AT ALL. And I keep restarting the program and it no longer pops up. And yet it's still listed as an open process in the task manager but will not show for me.
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Could'vebeenbetter, Also when the screen turned blue and froze, I pushed "end task" in task manager and it showed the administrators background and toolbar and changed MINE to it. It went downhill from there.
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Cannot find an answer to the question that if this gets installed on a laptop will there be issues when roaming? IE: multiple outside servers at other locations.
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Mike OD,
If your laptop has Internet access, it does not matter where are the servers for messaging. Messenger has very small traffic.
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Does this GAOTD also cover the Covert Pro USB, the desktop version or both
Thanks
Jobar
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jobardu,
GAOTD covers Covert Pro only.
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Hi, Installed on Windows 10 no problem. Just wondering if the program will ever be for french.
Thank-you,
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plusplus,
We are planning to have French interface in this year.
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plusplus,
You can make yourself a French interface. In the program folder there is a language folder which contains the files with the languages to the program.
Copy the file with any language. Call it French. Open and replace all the words inside this file to the French. Choose this file In the language selection menu. The program menu will be in French.
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CovertPro, That's a smart tip. Thanks a lot, CovertPro. However, you can't expect these froggies to speak anything else than French. That's a well known fact :o)
Thanks for awesome freebie - indeed a generous offer, I look forward to try.
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I just debugged the main program with ASCII editor and found multiple references to external connections and a home base short cut for invisible background connection, therefore, uninstalled.
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greg,
At the time of launch messenger requests server's data - it must know where to go. Moreover, in our messenger you can change the server settings for the transit of messages. All messengers are connected to their servers.
Of course, the program has external links - checking for new versions and the home page.
Рerhaps you have seen how through the network monitor third-party programs connect to the Internet and think that that were Covert Pro connections.
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CovertPro, thanks for the reply, my point is that if any developer of such software can communicate in the background without me knowing when and what info was exchanged, presents security risk in my book.
The concept is great, but not from security point of my view.
What happens if an external server is compromised?
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Greg,
Our program does not make any additional communication in the background. Only with the transit server.
The external server stores encrypted messages for a very short time. Immediately after the message is read by the recipient, it will be deleted from the server forever. To increase security, you can specify your own server for messages transit. And regularly change the settings for this server.
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TK,
How to change the server described in the Help (F1). Section "Secure messenger" and then "My server"
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Does the recipient of the secure messsge need Covert Pro on his computer?
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Tagfu222,
Of course the recipient should have COVERT Pro. This is two clients that communicate with each other.
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This is an interesting program in concept, my PC runs on Win 10 Pro 64 bit -- I have a few questions to which neither the link to the tutorial provided, nor the FAQ's on the developer's website gave any answers to :
1) Is this secure(masked) platform in the cloud, or on the local pc ? I.e. are any files uploaded to the cloud, for Covert Pro to function ?
2) I have, amongst others, the following startup programs already running, due to the Win 10 startup folder and / or programs' individual settings, once I would log onto the secure platform:
Astrill Industrial VPN
Zone Alarm Firewall
Eset NOD AntiVirus
WinPatrol Plus
b.Lux
etc
Would any of these stop running, especially the VPN, firewall and AV, once I log onto the secure platform ?
3) If so, does this mean I need to stop all programs already running, including in the background, at the time I log onto the secure platform, and then run these again ?
4) If yes, and I do that, will the firewall and AV continue to protect my system as usual, or will the countermeasures used by Covert Pro render it incapable of running at the same time ?
5) Lastly, what about the dozens of processes already running in the background, at the time I log onto the secure platform -- could some of them not be needed by the programs launched from within the secure platform, after log on ?
I hope you can provide some information on this, and if you do, I thank you for your patience, and for providing your product as a giveaway !
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Louis,
1) No. On the local pc. It is prohibited to access the Internet and to send anything.
2) All of these applications will run:
Astrill Industrial VPN
Zone Alarm Firewall
Eset NOD AntiVirus
WinPatrol Plus
Covert Pro complements anti-virus software, and does not replace them. We better protecting against spyware and we have the most secure instant messenger.
3) These applications can continue running in the background.
4) Yes, the firewall and AV will continue to protect your system as usual.
5) I'm not sure that I understand your question. With the function "System processes" you can control them and stop the ones that you do not need. It often happens that you stop the application but its processes remain in memory. And some applications always have running processe in the memory. For example iTune.
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Thank you very much for your detailed answer, appreciate it !
I will install it, one can't be too careful, especially not here inside the China Mainland, due to the incredible amount of rootkit type malware going around locally, which is a headache to get off a system, once in
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How about making this for Mac as well...
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my audio has gone to mute, anybody can advice how to bring it back
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jawahar,
It is possible that you have locked audio in the program. You can unlock it there or do it as usual in your operating system
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If you do not like the program, then you must use setup.exe to uninstall.
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gordie,
To uninstall the program run the installer and click Uninstall
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IrvS,
Uninstalling of the program does not depend on the location of the folder with the program.
To remove the program simply delete the folder.
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Can anyone find a review of the program, I can't.
Such a useful and powerful program, if it works, which is at version 3 you would expect to have been tested by someone interested in computer security.
Until I can find such a review I will hold off on installing it.
Probably most dangerous thing you can have a computer, is a false sense of security.
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Dear Salvia,
An earlier version of Covert Pro was featured on our website back in 2015. You can find some of the reviews here: https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/covert-pro-3-0-9/
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Always yours,
GOTD Team
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Salvia,
You can find review here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/COVERT-Pro.shtml#sgal_0
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CovertPro, NO Revues here just yours
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Daniel ,
No, This review was made by an employee of the website softpedia Marina Dan. We can't even edit information about our program - we have no access.
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CovertPro, I think he means user reviews.
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Installed onto Win 10 with no problems.
But can't find the Help file, and don't know how it works and how to use the program either.
I shall be thankful for any help.
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abc8808,
If you have win 10 then first enter the secure platform (with logo button), and then press F1 to get HELP
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abc8808,
You can open HELP via the context menu or menu of the program
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This looks similar to a function available on Comodo firewall, but with the inclusion of secure messaging.
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Automatically registered. User the key folder " Readame " ?
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