Anti-Spyware Software: Microsoft Windows Antispyware extended

A new version of anti-spyware free Microsoft Antispyware is available. The main novelty is that Microsoft Antispyware beta still until coming soon.

Microsoft Antispyware software is designed to identify and remove spyware (spyware) on your computer. It is free and is one of the best anti-spyware software today.

Launched in beta a few months ago, the Microsoft Antispyware remain until the end of the year. This decision may be due to the bad habit that took some spyware publishers sue the anti-spyware software because they removed their own software.

Code-named Atlanta, the final version of the anti-spyware by Microsoft should be available in January very soon. Just hope that Microsoft Antispyware remain free. This is likely even though it certainly will not be offered to users with a legal license of Windows XP.

Microsoft now offers to download a antispyware software, ie to remove spyware, the spyware that outline the use of a computer or display advertising.

It will have just a few weeks with Microsoft to adapt the software and offer users to download beta 1 Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware. This works on Windows 2000 and later. Windows AntiSpyware offers protection in real time unlike some of its competitors. It also relies on SpyNet, a community that identifies and identifies spyware.

Windows AntiSpyware detects more infected files than the other too. The software interface is also proving to be better. However, the author makes a big flat in the adoption of Windows AntiSpyware: The software may in fact not be free even if it has not been confirmed.

For now, the beta version 1.0 is available free of charge.

Viruses: the different types

To be able to protect against viruses, it is useful to know what they do and how they look. It is known that they want to distribute, infect files, ... They provide load.

Viruses: the different types

* The types in a row with short explanation
* Macro Virus
* Virus Software
* Boot Sector Virus
* Trojan horse
* Viruses in general


Species in a row with short explanation
Very dangerous:

* Trojan horses arise as a good program, but can cause much damage.
* Stealth viruses hide the damage, until they are removed, the problems.
* Boot Sector Viruses are on a boot diskette to boot the disk, the virus is active.
* Software Viruses infect course software if the program is opened, the virus that also.
* Hybrid viruses use several techniques to make your computer to attack.

Dangerous:

* Macro viruses infect such as Word and Excel files by the letters together to throw.
* Tunneling viruses use a technique to whether to attack the anti-virus program notes.
* Sparse infector be eg only Friday the thirteenth active, thus the attention of the virus to escape.
* Encrypt viruses can encode to hide and decoding to infect.
* Retro viruses infect the anti-virus software so it can not boot or the virus itself can not recognize.
* Polymorphic viruses change of shape ever to appear on an ordinary file.

Just added:

* Virus hoaxes are false reports and is usually found in chain letters.
* Worms can spread very quickly, it is constantly trying to copy.

Virus Software
This virus will front a nesting program. If the program starts, the first active virus. It has time for other programs to infect. They are very dangerous because the virus scanner does not scan the whole program and the damage already inflicted before he is discovered. You must be very careful with freeware, some programmers deliberately infect their software.

Trojan horse
Trojan horse or Trojan Horses are very dangerous programs: they look like innocent programs, screensavers or updates but if you install it, do it their way. They can change the file format or erase and gates * disabling. Most Trojan horses do the first: they damage files and software, but they did not copy (this is exceptional). There are backdoor trojans. They do no damage but are able to open ports *. Then someone can manage your computer.

Beware of computer viruses and other Gumblar

There lots of new virus on the Internet: Gumblar. This virus has provided on Google search results and FTP data. The anti-virus brigade has a solution and try the contaminated sites from the air. Be careful to just download external programs or clicking on the banners, because new viruses will continue to pollute the Internet. The U.S. digital veligheidsorganisatie, US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team), the virus on May 18, 2009 Gumblar said. It is so called because it first appeared on the website Gumblar.cn. This website showed a number of trojans or worms, known as malware, contain. Later, the hackers Martuz.cn for spreading this malware used. It gives so that this kind of viruses are just cockroaches. You kick one dead and the eggs appear somewhere else new cockroaches.

Researchers were Gumblar for the first time at the rail terminal in March 2009. Google has mid-April the infected sites removed from the search. Daarme was thought that evil was contested, but showed Gumblar return to diving. Because Gumblar uses several steps to eradicate them is not so simple. Gumblar first infects external websites. A malicious code left. Most of these websites so poorly protected. Gumblar is then immediately passed on to visitors to these websites. Thousands of websites have been infected. It also concerns the users of Internet Explorer. Over 90% of people who surf the Internet Web browser.

Once infected, is Gumblar immediately looking login codes to FTP (File Transfer Protocol, a protocol that the exchange of files between computers simplified). Using these codes is Gumblar looking for new victims. In addition manipulates Gumblar using Google search engine so that infected prominent links in the results list. That change happens on the PC, not via Google. Although it seems so. By choosing the suggested sites increases the risk again. This manipulation of the Google search function in Internet Explorer of Microsoft Windows.

Gumblar has apparently provided to the current powers in the Internet world: Google and Microsoft. The virus shows (currently) not appear in other browsers like Firefox, Opera and Safari. The weaknesses of Internet Explorer are the integration with the Windows computer. US-CERT and other security organizations have PC users and website managers advised that the software up to date. For example, the software and virus world together in specified or unintentionally. Adobe has new versions of Flash and Reader released: Installing Adobe. It is also advisable to check the computer regularly and to clean, eg CCleaner.

The Internet and the types of malware

The Internet, a secure PC is a must. Not for nothing, because the malware is everywhere on the watch.

Types of malware
Internet has many cheaters, the security of your PC to outsmart want. A collective name for these crooks is Malware. Malware comes in many forms and types for:

* Boot Virus. This plant virus in the boot sector of your hard disk. This virus is already activated before the operating system on the PC is started.
* Macro Virus. The macro virus is abuse of programs such as Word and Excel.
* Phishing. Avoid phishing for your personal bank. Using various fishing try it your personal data to get. Think of e-mails, but also fake sites. Fake sites are sites that appear as two drops of water on a reliable site, but is not. In good faith can you have confidential data type.
* Rootkit. A rootkit is deeply embedded in the operating system itself and hides itself so it is difficult to trace, the security software.
* Spyware. Spyware is spyware that your surfing habits in the monitor. Often for commercial purposes.
* Trojan Horse. A Trojan puts your PC open to malicious. They come in many variations. Think of the program Spysheriff.
* Virus. Malicious program code that your whole PC in the war could be deployed. Their purpose, as much as possible for PCs to infect. The damage worldwide can be very large.
* Worms. Worms do not ride on other programs. They can exist independently and autonomously spread. Purpose: as much as possible damage.


Good security of the computer
Any reason for the PC to protect. A good package goes before it is too late. Possible malware prevention is addressed. First scan and possibly allow the PC. But a good package will also ensure that your PC is not creating slow and easy to operate. But that is not so simple. Many pay packages need many internal memory. This is in contrast to free scanners such as Avast. Often it is also possible for your Internet to purchase a virus scanner. There are providers who offer free, and you give it a first line of defense.

Viruses, worms and Trojan horses - what are they?

Viruses, worms and Trajan horses (or trojans) are malicious files on your computer that could spread throughout your computer, and via the internet by the computers of your family and friends. If you are not useless by just browsing, you run little risk in such files. This article gives you information about viruses, worms and trojans.

What is a virus?
A virus is a program that is committed to create a file in this way can spread themselves. Viruses are designed to certain files on your computer. Viruses can also easily from one computer to another by simply mails or distribute Messenger messages.

Viruses can vary in severity. Some viruses simply make for a slow computer, slow internet, they are just tricky. But there are other serious viruses, they can destroy your computer throughout. It may even be so serious that your PC is no longer useful. Fortunately, large viruses not easily dispersible, man should (unconscious) between the opportunity to continue to help spread.

What are worms?
Worms are similar to viruses, but they are serious. A virus can not spread, a worm, can do it. First worm takes a hold of the functions on the computer information or files are sent. Once in your PC is automatically disseminate by e-mails to all your contacts. Because worms from spreading through a program or file as "hosts", they can also set your system to make someone else the opportunity to remotely control your computer.

What is a Trojan horse?
Just like the real Trojan horse, which first seemed to give the enemy but it was full to sit with Greek soldiers who want to conquer the lot, so today's Trojan horses are programs that appear to be useful but very harmful codes. Trojan horses can be easily e-mail sent, sometimes as an update file sometimes something else.

Trojan horses can be spread by mail, but also the free software you can download from untrusted sites. So caution is the message.

Prevention programs and kill all kinds of virus

Virus may be understood that all the harm to the computer, to penetrate a computer illegally. When the machine is infected usually have symptoms or slow some of the unusual activity. Anti-virus program will scan through each file to find the virus and destroy it. If not destroy it will remove or isolate infected files to keep safe computer.

Some anti-virus programs are quite familiar, such as Norton Antivirus, AVG Free ... are anti-virus programs are used quite popular in Vietnam. Also, for some viruses domestic (originated in) the D32 Bkav and sometimes the choice is effective. Virus domestic as much spread abroad, so the foreign become disabled.

You can read more about finding the virus to learn more about the functions of most of the comparison, but in fact are not necessary because the programs we listed the programs have been long-term experiment, reaching performance, compatibility and high-friendly.

On the use of each specific program, we can not guide you step-by-step, but common goals, each program including anti-virus functions, such as scanning files (scan) to find the virus. Each custom program that you will have the option to scan the whole disk, scan each individual folder or specific files, scan the CD ROM, USB disk, etc. ..

Function as the second function on the list and periodically scan machines (schedule) as well as automatic periodic update (updated) list of new born virus.

And function Virus Shield, Virus Protection, automatically scan directly all the files on the computer. Main features this machine will not take you spend less resources and slow the machine see. If you do not connect to the Internet, you should turn off this computer to work faster, but must be very careful when you put a floppy disk, CD, USB to computer.

In addition, many virus programs regularly monitor the status of the computer, record the activity loss is often considered as the virus changes a default configuration, and information on a hard disk or the France etc. ... and to inform you know. You carefully read all the notice for that computer do anything.

Virus - and anti-virus

As long as there are existing programs, there also exist some idiots who thought that it was uncontrollable funny to sabotage those programs with malicious program codes - small malicious programs, all known under the common name "Computer virus". Virus appears in innumerable forms and variations. To mention them all would be impossible, and also quite superfluous, for which new virus types every day.

Sources of virus
The most common sources of input virus on your computer, your mail program, your Internet movements and various forms of downloading, which of course also related to your Internet connection. The so-called P2P programs (peer to peer) is a major source of spread of virus and spyware. Examples of these are programs like Kazaa and LimeWire and others. Avoid also the use of such programs functioning on "folder sharing" with unknown users on the network. Diskettes has previously posed a great risk, but as the use of these disappear, this is obviously equivalent waning. It is still a good idea to scan the disks for viruses.

Mail Program
Virus programmers have become considerably more sophisticated. For instance, it is very normal to be sent to the virus from an apparently well-known mail address - even if the mail actually did not come from a familiar address. Viruses can also be compressed completely innocent appearance files as an image file or a PowerPoint presentation. Never put your mail on the web in the chat forums or similar. Disable the automatic reading pane / preview pane in your email program so that a mail only opens when you double-click it - and do not ever open an email you are suspicious of, or mail containing attachments, which spontaneously has been sent to you. Curiosity has given rise to many successful viruses. Be sure to have an updated antivirus program that scans all your incoming and outgoing mail for viruses. Please note that most newer mail programs have a number of settings and options, to some extent actually makes quite a nice protection against unwanted mail. In this context it is very important that at any time with both its browser and its mail program updated with the latest updates.

Internet
Surfing the Internet is a significant risk - especially if you surf on the porn and gaming sites. Not because these pages are worse than others, but they are very popular and have high traffic and is therefore also a popular target for the rapid spread of virus and spyware. Never surf the web without having a good and nyopdateret active antivirus program - a firewall is in this context almost equally important.

Peer to Peer - P2P
The measures of the so-called peer to peer programs as Kazaa LimeWire and others, is quite clear and simple: They are not recommended, - but they are extremely popular because they are a good and tempting opportunity to share movies, pictures, music and programs and more.