Anti Virus – Anti Spyware

Anti Spyware

Big companies and state organisations may be the real target of IT criminals, but tend to spend significant budgets on IT Security. One of the most common forms of attack is Economic Blackmail whereby criminals threaten to “take-down” a company’s revenue generating web server or email servers unless they pay a protection fee. The common way to do this is by controlling hundreds of thousands or millions of home user computers (called BotNets or robotic networks). So ….individual home users are more likely to be attacked due to a general lack of computer security.

Criminals can gain access to personal data (for instance, bank account and credit card numbers and passwords), or cause a computer to malfunction. Some types of attacks can give hackers complete access to a computer, which can then be used as part of a Zombie network of infected computers to attack servers, send out spam, harvest confidential information, and spread new viruses and Trojans.

In today’s world, it is widely acknowledged that information is a valuable asset which should be protected. At the same time, securing your computer should not be an inconvenience to you. Hence the need to create a comprehensive information security system, which must take account of all possible sources of threats, whether human, man-made, or natural disasters, and use a complete array of defensive measures, at the physical, administrative and software levels.

At Reassureme.com, we understand that IT Security can seem like a bit of a specialist “black art”, and in reality it is a very complex subject. To address this, we have included one of the world’s leading Internet Security Suites with our unique Parental Supervision system, offering our customers a comprehensive security solution … but with maximum automation and simplicity of use. Simply install the Security Solution in Default Settings and enjoy the peace of mind that you are protected. Advanced computer users may prefer to further fine tune their settings, but generally it is not necessary.

The following standards tested protection components which are included in ReassureMe.com Netintelligence service to defend your computer in real time:

File Anti-virus

It is the component that monitors your computer’s file system. It scans all files that can be opened, executed or saved on your computer and all connected disk drives. The program intercepts every attempt to access a file and scans the file for known viruses, only making the file available to be used if it is not infected or is successfully disinfected by File Anti-Virus. If a file cannot be disinfected for any reason, it will be deleted, with a copy of the file either saved in Backup, or moved to Quarantine

Mail Anti-Virus

Email is widely used by hackers to spread malicious programs, and is one of the most common methods of spreading worms and malware. This makes it extremely important to monitor all email. The Mail Anti-Virus component scans all incoming and outgoing email on your computer. It analyses emails for malicious programs, only granting the addressee access to the email if it is free of dangerous objects.

Web Anti-Virus

By opening various web sites on the Internet, you risk infecting your computer with viruses that scripts on websites will install on your computer, and you risk downloading a dangerous object onto your computer. Web Anti-Virus is specially designed to combat these risks, by intercepting and blocking scripts on web sites if they pose a threat, and by thoroughly monitoring all Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) traffic or simply web traffic. Web Virus infiltration is fast becoming a very common way to infiltrate a home user computer, frequently by making the user think their computer is infected and instructing the user to “click Here” to download a Free Fix. In reality many of these are the virus themselves. With the combined enforcement of ReassureMe.com’s Website filtering and our Web Anti Virus, we can significantly reduce your risk of being caught out.

Proactive Defense

Kapsersky Defence

With every new day, there are more and more malicious programs. They are becoming more complex, combining several types, and the methods they use to spread themselves are becoming harder and harder to detect. To detect a new malicious program before it has time to do any damage, Kaspersky Lab has developed a special component, Proactive Defense. It is designed to monitor and analyse the behavior of all installed programs on your computer. Kaspersky Internet Security decides, based on the program’s actions: is it potentially dangerous? Proactive Defense protects your computer both from known viruses and from new ones that have yet to be discovered.

Anti-Spyware

Spyware is a type of malware that is installed on computers and that collects information about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user. Typically, spyware is secretly installed on the user's personal computer. While the term spyware suggests software that secretly monitors the user's behavior, the functions of spyware extend well beyond simple monitoring. Spyware programs can collect various types of personal information, such as Internet surfing habits and sites that have been visited, but can also interfere with user control of the computer in other ways, such as installing additional software and redirecting Web browser activity. Spyware is known to change computer settings, resulting in slow connection speeds, different home pages, and/or loss of Internet or functionality of other programs.

Programs that display unwanted advertising (for example, banner ads and popup windows), programs that call numbers for paid Internet services without user authorisation, remote administration and monitoring tools, joke programs, etc. have become increasingly common.

Our Anti-Spy traces and blocks these actions on your computer. For example, the component blocks banner ads and popup windows, blocks programs that attempt autodialing, and analyses web pages for phishing content.

Anti-Hacker

Hackers will use any potential hole to invade your computer, whether it be an open port, data transmissions between computers, etc. Organised crime and “student hackers” use port scanning software which constantly seeks out computers connected to the internet which they can infiltrate for any of a host of illegal purposes. The Anti-Hacker component of our Security Software protects your computer while you are using the Internet and other networks. It monitors inbound and outbound connections, and scans ports and data packets.

Anti-Spam

Although not a direct threat to your computer, spam increases the load on computers, fills up your email inbox, and wastes your time, thereby representing a time cost. The Anti-Spam component plugs into your computer’s email client program, and scans all incoming email for spam subject matter. The component marks all spam emails with a special header. Anti-Spam can be configured to process spam as you like (auto delete, move to a special folder, etc.).

Anti Trojan

A Trojan horse, or trojan for short, is a term used to describe malware that appears, to the user, to perform a desirable function but, in fact, facilitates unauthorised access to the user's computer system. The term comes from the Trojan Horse story in Greek mythology. Trojan horses are not self-replicating which distinguishes them from viruses and worms. Additionally, they require interaction with a hacker to fulfill their purpose. The hacker need not be the individual responsible for distributing the Trojan horse. It is possible for hackers to scan computers on a network using a port scanner in the hope of finding one with a Trojan horse installed. Trojan horses are designed to allow a hacker remote access to a target computer system. Once a Trojan horse has been installed on a target computer system it is possible for a hacker to access it remotely and perform operations. Our Security Solution has received the highest level of Anti-Trojan certification from the IT Security Industry standards.

Registry Guard

One of the goals of many malicious programs is to edit the Windows system registry on your computer. These can either be harmless jokes, or more dangerous malware that presents a serious threat to your computer. For example, malicious programs can copy their information to the registry key that makes applications open automatically on startup. Malicious programs will then automatically be started when the operating system boots up. Proactive Defense can detect unknown threats that attempt to edit registry keys on your computer, through the Registry Guard module. You can enable it by checking the box Enable Registry Guard in the Proactive Defense settings window. Kaspersky Internet Security analyses all attempts to make changes to the Microsoft Windows system registry keys.

Additionally, should you prefer, you can apply a Security Admin Password which will prevent children from installing new programs / software onto the computer without your supervision and approval.