As ADSL and other broadband Internet connections are becoming more common in SA, computer users are being exposed to Internet threats, an anti-virus software vendor has warned.
Spyware, adware and other dangerous "bots" are clogging many online PCs, says Quickheal Antivirus product manager Matt Newnham. He warns that despite having up-to-date anti-virus software installed, PCs are still becoming infected by the newer Trojans and bots whose detection has not yet been added to the updates.
Local Quickheal Antivirus distributor Peddytech is set to launch Quickheal 2006 SA shortly, which is based on a new scan engine, developed over platform-independent technology.
"The main attraction of the 2006 release is the inclusion of Centre for Antivirus Technology (CAT) DNAScan technology," says Newnham.
DNAScan technology is designed to tackle the ever-increasing virus and spyware menace that works without the signature updates and takes care of frequent outbreaks before the signature updates are available, he adds.
CAT has been developing this technology since last year and has conducted extensive beta testing in the last four months at various beta sites, Newnham notes. The tests have proved positive, with more than 80% of new spyware, Trojans, bots, backdoors and worms detected before signature updates were released.
DNAScan works on deep code inspection, he explains, with code analysis and characteristics classification that traces to the genes of the malware and its malicious intentions. "On positive identification of such malware, it quarantines suspicious files and cleans the changes it has made to the systems registry."
Detection and cleaning is done automatically, without requiring user intervention and, once a potential riskware program is identified, removal and repair technology is applied to remove malware and other malicious code, returning the system to a clean state, he says.
"The malware is quarantined and the user is given the option of sending the sample to CAT's research lab for further analysis."
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