Spyware Detector 2009 launched
TODAY with all new Anti-Virus scanner, new User Interface
and much faster updates, Forum
to be launched on 13th
Dec. 2008
What we have
been doing lately :
Just before festivities of Christmas
begin and you become busy with shopping , cooking and
socializing, FBI has issued warning against spam containing
Malware and phishing attempts that appear to be e-greeting
cards, email warnings and ads for shopping bargains.
We at Max Secure are tightening belts to fight more
Spyware, Malware, Trojans and Viruses more effectively
and economically for you. A new updated user interface
with more user friendly features and better Spyware
& Virus removal capability has been launched.
We are now offering 2-year subscription with best offers
from
www.spywaredetector.net and
www.maxregistrycleaner.net websites.
Following are the FBI tips to avoid becoming
a victim:
* Do not respond to spam.
* Do not click on links contained within unsolicited
e-mail.
* Be cautious with e-mail containing attachments and
open only those from known senders.
* Don’t supply personal information via e-mail
surveys.
* Compare the links in e-mails to the links they connect
to in order to determine if they match. If they don’t,
leave the site.
* Log on to Web sites that are advertised in unsolicited
e-mail rather than connecting via links in e-mails.
* Contact the business that purportedly sent the e-mail
to verify if it is genuine.
The FBI urges victims of cyber crimes
to report them to the Internet Crime Complaint Center
at
www.ic3.gov.
We have had good success with the detection
and removal of spyware. Now Virus Detection / Removal
is added to the Spyware Detector to fight new breed
of Trojan, Worms and Viruses. We took an altogether
different approach while writing Virus Scanner. First
let us understand what is a Computer Virus. Computer
virus is a computer program that can copy itself and
infect a computer without permission or knowledge of
the user. They are similar to human/biological
viruses. Human Viruses are disease-causing organisms
that grow only inside living cells. They have to invade
a 'host' cell and take over its machinery in order to
be able to make more virus particles. Computer viruses
pretty much spread the same way as a person with a cold
can spread the infection by coughing and/or sneezing,
a computer virus can infect other PCs by sharing files
or network drives using internet, USB, floppy drives,
CDs or DVDs. Just as human viruses range in severity
from Ebola to the 24-hour flu, computer viruses range
from the mildly bothersome to being very destructive.
A properly engineered virus can have a devastating effect,
disrupting productivity and doing billions of dollars
in damages.
A computer virus is a small piece of
software that piggybacks on real programs. For example,
a virus might attach itself to a program such as a spreadsheet
program. Each time the spreadsheet program runs, the
virus runs, too, and it has the chance to reproduce
(by attaching to other programs) or wreak havoc. Due
to so many different virus writers using all their creative
Brain on writing different, complex and challenging
virus programs, each virus code has to be manually analyzed,
anti-virus patch coded and tested. There is also enough
ambiguity in defining names and recognizing their variants
industry-wide.
Quarantine for viruses is not simply
deleting the infected files but also repairing
the legitimate files infected by viruses. We worked
hard at reducing the Virus Scan/Quarantine time and
further optimizing the scan speed. This is done
all in house. We have used very innovative design to
give you maximum Security with the primary objective
of ease of use, low CPU and memory usage, with
the fastest scan without making you wait for hours
to complete scan. You can access virus scan from Full
scan>Virus scan check box. We are adding multi-language
support to Spyware Detector to facilitate our customers
to be able to read in their native language and hope
to get it to you before New Year. We also plan to launch
a user forum
by the middle of this month for our customers to be
able to communicate and discuss with each other or our
technical staff any queries related to our products.
Here is the main user interface of new
Spyware Detector:

In the next Blog we will
do some interesting discussion on viruses.
Here is the summary on the
Spyware Categories
processed for Spyware Detector updates for
the month of November:
|
No. |
Spyware Category |
Count |
|
|
1 |
Adware |
260 |
|
|
2 |
Backdoor |
211 |
|
|
3 |
Fake Anti Spyware |
192 |
|
|
4 |
Trojan |
181 |
|
|
5 |
Worm |
162 |
|
|
6 |
Virus |
130 |
|
|
7 |
Downloader |
108 |
|
|
8 |
FraudTool |
69 |
|
|
9 |
PSW |
62 |
|
|
10 |
Spy |
61 |
|
|
11 |
Dropper |
53 |
|
|
12 |
Keylogger |
47 |
|
|
13 |
Spyware |
46 |
|
|
14 |
Monitor |
38 |
|
|
15 |
HackTool |
33 |
|
|
16 |
Exploit |
30 |
|
|
17 |
ToolBar |
29 |
|
|
18 |
PSWTool |
27 |
|
|
19 |
Proxy |
26 |
|
|
20 |
Constructor |
25 |
|
|
21 |
Dialer |
19 |
|
|
22 |
Clicker |
16 |
|
|
23 |
Rootkit |
16 |
|
|
24 |
NetTool |
15 |
|
|
25 |
Flooder |
14 |
|
|
26 |
Packed |
12 |
|
|
27 |
RemoteAdmin |
11 |
|
|
28 |
GameThief |
10 |
|
|
29 |
VirTool |
9 |
|
|
30 |
AdTool |
8 |
|
|
31 |
Hoax |
8 |
|
|
32 |
FTP |
7 |
|
|
33 |
Banker |
6 |
|
|
34 |
RiskTool |
6 |
|
|
35 |
BHO |
5 |
|
|
36 |
Mailfinder |
5 |
|
We appreciate any feedback on our products
from our valuable customers. You would also notice daily
news updates and now the Most Prevalent Spyware section
on our Spyware Detector user interface. You can
also find more detailed information on the Spyware Encyclopaedia
pages which can be reached either from Spyware
we Remove Link or by clicking on the Spyware Detector
user interface, by clicking on the Threat Information
Link right next to the name of the Threat detected.
Please continue to support this effort
by reading this blog for the latest information on new
Max Secure Software Product releases. You are welcome
to send us queries on any spyware that can not be removed
from your PC or any other issues. Our technical support
will be happy to help you through chat, email or free
remote support. We will not rest until Spyware writers
give up and let the users of PCs enjoy their computing
as it was intended to be... without PC slowdown, with
no fear of losing Privacy, no advertisements or other
unwanted nuisances.
Rachna Pradhan
CTO
Max Secure Software
P.S : For any technical queries,
you can access 24x7 Live Chat from
www.spywaredetector.net website live chat link or
writing to
info@spywaredetector.net
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