What's New

• Introduction of Security Presets: Experience three refined security configurations: Basic, Recommended, and Complete. Unsure of which category or sub-category suits your needs? Utilize these presets to implement the most optimal settings for your specific use case. By default, the Recommended preset is applied, with the flexibility to modify it via the dropdown menu on the protection page.

• Unified Logging: A new tab has been incorporated, Logs, into the Harden Windows Security app. This feature consolidates all application logs—generated from various commands and code (PowerShell, C#, etc.)—including errors, verbose messages, informational notes, and more, all in a singular, accessible location.

• New Microsoft Defender setting: ECS Configurations have been introduced within Microsoft Defender. These configurations bolster product health and security by automatically addressing and rectifying potential issues or bugs in a timely manner.

• Elevated Background Quality: The overall quality of background elements has been refined for a more polished visual experience.

• Consistent Sidebar Icons: The sidebar tab icons have been updated to align with the Windows 11 aesthetic, ensuring a uniform and modern appearance.

• A new Unprotect tab has been added to the Harden Windows Security application. This allows for the reversal of previously applied protections without exiting the GUI. Note that the capability to undo protections has been available via CLI for quite a long time.

• Refined Verification Process: In the Confirm & Verify tab, a new dropdown menu enables the selection of specific categories for verification, allowing for targeted compliance checks rather than reviewing all categories.

• Enhanced Attack Surface Reduction Management: A new tab has been added to the Harden Windows Security application, offering individual management of each Attack Surface Reduction rule. The best part about this feature is that it uses Group Policies to apply such detailed Atack Surface Reduction configurations, seamlessly merging with the rest of the policies.

• Improved Scrolling Experience: The scrolling functionality for categories and subcategories in the protection tab has been enhanced, now scrolling by pixels for smoother navigation.

• Added more log messages throughout the code for better verbosity and visibility.

• In response to feedback, the tooltips for categories and sub-categories within the Protection tab now appear with a brief delay, rather than instantaneously upon hovering.

• The Protection tab now features enhanced logic, allowing more GUI elements to remain active during ongoing operations.

PR: #333