diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3dde05f..173075d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Changes
 =======
+v3.1.12.2
+- Fixed hang-up in proxy destruction when async method call was done and proxy is not available
+- DBus connections are now released even if they were not created with the Factory interface
+
 v3.1.12.1
 - Fixed race condition for managed services. When a managed services was removed, an appropriate
 availability status changed event was received (service became unavailable) and afterwards a 'getAvailablStatusAsync' call for the removed service instance was done, the response could be that
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f0e1c59..e98d655 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DCOMMONAPI_LOGLEVEL=COMMONAPI_LOGLEVEL_${MAX_LOG_LEVEL}")
 
-message(STATUS "Compiler options: ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}") 
+message(STATUS "Compiler options: ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 
 include_directories(
     include
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ else()
                            COMMAND asciidoc
                                    -a version=${PACKAGE_VERSION}
                                    -b html
-                                   -o doc/html/README.html 
+                                   -o doc/html/README.html
                                    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/../README)
     endif()
 endif()
@@ -360,6 +360,10 @@ if ("${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}" STREQUAL "ON")
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_AUTOMATIC_OFF 1)
 endif()
+# ...but visual studio needs a shared CRT for gtest, otherwise the linker won't work correctly with the testcases.
+if (MSVC)
+   set( gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "Always use msvcrt.dll" )
+endif()
 add_subdirectory(${GTEST_ROOT} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gtest EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 if ("${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_AUTOMATIC_OFF}" STREQUAL "1")
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
@@ -382,4 +386,3 @@ add_dependencies(check build_tests)
 # add test directory
 
 add_subdirectory( src/test EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL )
-
diff --git a/include/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusProxy.hpp b/include/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusProxy.hpp
index 403ce21..9a85a8d 100644
--- a/include/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusProxy.hpp
+++ b/include/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusProxy.hpp
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ class COMMONAPI_EXPORT_CLASS_EXPLICIT DBusProxy
     mutable std::list<AvailabilityTimeout_t> timeouts_;
 
     std::atomic<bool> everAvailable_;
+    mutable std::atomic<bool> cancelAvailabilityTimeoutThread_;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusConnection.cpp b/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusConnection.cpp
index d9da52e..4206f95 100644
--- a/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusConnection.cpp
+++ b/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusConnection.cpp
@@ -67,13 +67,20 @@ class CompletionHelper {
         }
 
         bool forceDetach(false);
-        if (0u != activeConnections) {
-            std::future<bool> ready = readyToCleanup_.get_future();
-            if (ready.valid()) {
-                const std::future_status status = ready.wait_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
-                forceDetach = (std::future_status::ready != status);
+        #if defined (_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1900)
+            // MSVC compiler RTL is buggy until fixed in Visual Studio 2015
+            // The code crashes when doing a wait_for() in a static destructor
+            // So, skip the check if we have an older version of MSVC
+            forceDetach = true;
+        #else
+            if (0u != activeConnections) {
+                std::future<bool> ready = readyToCleanup_.get_future();
+                if (ready.valid()) {
+                    const std::future_status status = ready.wait_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+                    forceDetach = (std::future_status::ready != status);
+                }
             }
-        }
+        #endif
 
         {
             std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
@@ -465,6 +472,7 @@ void DBusConnection::disconnect() {
     isDisconnecting_ = true;
 
     if (std::shared_ptr<CommonAPI::MainLoopContext> mainLoopContext = mainLoopContext_.lock()) {
+        DBusServiceRegistry::remove(shared_from_this());
         Factory::get()->releaseConnection(connectionId_);
     }
 
@@ -1264,7 +1272,7 @@ bool DBusConnection::removeSignalMemberHandler(const DBusSignalHandlerToken &dbu
     bool lastHandlerRemoved = false;
 
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> dbusSignalHandlersLock(signalHandlersGuard_);
-    
+
     auto signalHandlerPathIt = dbusSignalHandlers_.find(dbusSignalHandlerToken);
     if (signalHandlerPathIt != dbusSignalHandlers_.end()) {
 
diff --git a/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusFactory.cpp b/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusFactory.cpp
index 2490e98..2006f5a 100644
--- a/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusFactory.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Factory::createProxy(
     if (proxyCreateFunctionsIterator != proxyCreateFunctions_.end()) {
         CommonAPI::Address address(_domain, _interface, _instance);
         DBusAddress dbusAddress;
-        
+
         if (DBusAddressTranslator::get()->translate(address, dbusAddress)) {
             std::shared_ptr<DBusConnection> connection
                 = getConnection(_connectionId);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Factory::createProxy(
     if (proxyCreateFunctionsIterator != proxyCreateFunctions_.end()) {
         CommonAPI::Address address(_domain, _interface, _instance);
         DBusAddress dbusAddress;
-        
+
         if (DBusAddressTranslator::get()->translate(address, dbusAddress)) {
             std::shared_ptr<DBusConnection> connection
                 = getConnection(_context);
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Factory::unregisterStub(const std::string &_domain, const std::string &_interfac
         const auto _adapter = adapterResult->second;
         const auto &connection = _adapter->getDBusConnection();
         const auto objectManager = connection->getDBusObjectManager();
-        
+
         if (!objectManager->unregisterDBusStubAdapter(_adapter)) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ void Factory::releaseConnection(const ConnectionId_t& _connectionId) {
     auto itsConnection = connections_.find(_connectionId);
 
     if (itsConnection != connections_.end()) {
-        DBusServiceRegistry::remove(itsConnection->second);
         connections_.erase(_connectionId);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusProxy.cpp b/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusProxy.cpp
index eef22b4..0b5b14c 100644
--- a/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusProxy.cpp
+++ b/src/CommonAPI/DBus/DBusProxy.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void DBusProxyStatusEvent::onListenerRemoved(const Listener& _listener,
 void DBusProxy::availabilityTimeoutThreadHandler() const {
     std::unique_lock<std::mutex> threadLock(availabilityTimeoutThreadMutex_);
 
-    bool cancel = false;
+    bool finish = false;
     bool firstIteration = true;
 
     // the callbacks that have to be done are stored with
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void DBusProxy::availabilityTimeoutThreadHandler() const {
             > CallbackData_t;
     std::list<CallbackData_t> callbacks;
 
-    while(!cancel) {
+    while(!cancelAvailabilityTimeoutThread_ && !finish) {
 
         //get min timeout
         timeoutsMutex_.lock();
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ void DBusProxy::availabilityTimeoutThreadHandler() const {
         //cancel thread
         timeoutsMutex_.lock();
         if(timeouts_.size() == 0 && callbacks.size() == 0)
-            cancel = true;
+            finish = true;
         timeoutsMutex_.unlock();
     }
 }
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ DBusProxy::DBusProxy(const DBusAddress &_dbusAddress,
                 availabilityStatus_(AvailabilityStatus::UNKNOWN),
                 interfaceVersionAttribute_(*this, "uu", "getInterfaceVersion"),
                 dbusServiceRegistry_(DBusServiceRegistry::get(_connection)),
-                everAvailable_(false)
+                everAvailable_(false),
+                cancelAvailabilityTimeoutThread_(false)
 {
 }
 
@@ -200,6 +201,11 @@ void DBusProxy::init() {
 }
 
 DBusProxy::~DBusProxy() {
+    cancelAvailabilityTimeoutThread_ = true;
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> itsTimeoutThreadLock(availabilityTimeoutThreadMutex_);
+        availabilityTimeoutCondition_.notify_all();
+    }
     if(availabilityTimeoutThread_) {
         if(availabilityTimeoutThread_->joinable())
             availabilityTimeoutThread_->join();
diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ae19c9..3707379 100644
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ set(ExtendedInterfaceDBusSources ${ExtendedInterfaceSources}
                                  src-gen/dbus/${VERSION}/commonapi/tests/ExtendedInterfaceDBusProxy.cpp
                                  src-gen/dbus/${VERSION}/commonapi/tests/ExtendedInterfaceDBusStubAdapter.cpp)
 
-
-set(TEST_LINK_LIBRARIES -Wl,--no-as-needed CommonAPI-DBus -Wl,--as-needed CommonAPI ${DBus_LDFLAGS} ${DL_LIBRARY} gtest ${PTHREAD_LIBRARY})
-
-set(TEST_LINK_LIBRARIES_WITHOUT_COMMONAPI_DBUS CommonAPI gtest ${PTHREAD_LIBRARY})
+if (MSVC)
+ set(TEST_LINK_LIBRARIES ${DBus_LDFLAGS} CommonAPI-DBus CommonAPI gtest )
+else()
+ set(TEST_LINK_LIBRARIES -Wl,--no-as-needed CommonAPI-DBus -Wl,--as-needed CommonAPI ${DBus_LDFLAGS} ${DL_LIBRARY} gtest ${PTHREAD_LIBRARY})
+endif()
 
 ##############################################################################
 # DBusConnectionTest
@@ -145,4 +146,3 @@ add_test(NAME DBusVariantOutputStreamTest COMMAND DBusVariantOutputStreamTest)
 add_test(NAME DBusDaemonProxyTest COMMAND DBusDaemonProxyTest)
 add_test(NAME DBusVariantTest COMMAND DBusVariantTest)
 add_test(NAME DBusClientIdTest COMMAND DBusClientIdTest)
-