As of September 13, 2021, product release history, user guides, and lifecycle information have been moved to the Blueshift Support site. Please go to https://support.blueshiftcyber.com/ and choose from the Consumer & Individual or Business Solutions for more information.

In order to make sure that users have the best threat protection possible and to focus our development efforts on continuing to protect users from new threats, Blueshift has published a lifecycle policy effective October 20, 2019. The purpose of this policy is to establish clear guidance on the expected lifetime of our software and technologies. This usually occurs whenever we release a new version of existing software, when we have brand-new software/a major evolution of existing software, or when we choose not to release any more versions of a product for business or technology reasons.

The Blueshift Lifecycle Policy applies to major, minor, and patch/service versions of our software. Aversion marks an update to our software and/or technologies. Version numbers are generally (but not consistently) differentiated with the nomenclature “X.YY.Z”. Typically, a change in “X” indicates a major version update, which represents a large number of new features, bug fixes, and/or major software architectural or technological changes in the release. A change in “YY” indicates a minor version update, usually with a smaller number of new features and bug fixes. A change in (or addition of) “Z” represents a smaller planned patch or service release. The Blueshift Lifecycle Policy excludes beta releases. The lifecycle for beta releases may vary depending on the objectives of the release and is subject to change without notice at the sole discretion of Blueshift.

Blueshift products may include one or more separate software applications, each on their own lifecycle timeline. Furthermore, we may offer the same application in multiple products on separate lifecycle timelines. Please see our Product Lifecycle Matrix for more information on the lifecycles of specific Blueshift applications and versions.

When an individual software application is updated, it will be included in the latest version of the product .zip package. To access the update, simply re-download the .zip package from your original purchase document. If you don’t have access to your original purchase document, contact support at corporate-support@blueshiftcyber.com.

Blueshift protection products include several prevention features that make up a layered defense strategy, protecting against daily threats. Each layer is designed to disrupt the attack chain at a different stage. While all Blueshift products are highly effective in dealing with attacks, our protection capabilities are most effective when you install all product components and take advantage of the full product suite, allowing each prevention layer to do the job for which it is best suited. While we understand that some customers use individual Blueshift standalone clients for remediation or to enhance an existing third-party endpoint security solution, relying only on one or two Blueshift standalone components (Anti-Malware, Anti-Exploit, or Anti-Ransomware) is not representative of the true protection capabilities of Blueshift when the full protection stack is deployed.

As technology continues to evolve, we need to ensure that we focus our efforts on supporting the operating systems and conditions that our users are most frequently using. This helps us improve user experience by making our products widely accessible and yet finely tuned for various system configurations. Accordingly, Blueshift reserves the right to drop support for older operating systems, browsers, and other operating conditions with the release of a new version of a product or individual application.