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(August 2007)
Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2
Windows® doesn’t offer sufficient protection yet at all to ward off all
threats coming from the internet. Hijacker, dialer, spyware tools, worms,
adware programs, Trojan horses, key logger and rootkits: Besides typical
virus programs, there is a lot of malware that can penetrate the computer as
soon as an unsafe internet connection is established.
Ashampoo presents its new protection program Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2 which
offers twice as much protection as the previous version. Having run a full
computer scan for possible infections, the program will remove the infected
files immediately. A permanent active background scanner will notify you in
advance and offer real-time protection for the computer. While connected to
the internet the program makes sure that new malware won’t have any chance
to enter your system through the back door.
Virus definitions on more than 760,000 threats are already included you will
be protected against. Virus signatures will be updated online on a regular
basis so that your weapon never gets blunt. Thus, securing that even most
recent spyware will be safely identified. Heuristic search patterns will
repel even malware that is not yet known but will get identified through
suspicious actions.
Twice as good as the predecessor
Windows Vista™ users now also can make use of the new Ashampoo AntiSpyWare
program offering perfect protection against all evil that might come from
the internet and which will take possession of your hard drive. This fact
shouldn’t be underestimated since Windows Vista™’s onboard-tools don’t offer
enough protection to keep spyware threats especially under control. Ashampoo
AntiSpyWare 2 locks directly into Windows Vista™ Gadget working as an
information and control operation centre for security issues.
A lot has been achieved during the leap from the first version of Ashampoo
AntiSpyWare to the second. Everything is twice as good as before from now
on. This applies to enhanced real-time protection also. In comparison to the
previous version, the protective guard will now have an eye on even more
Windows® tasks. Therefore destructive tools, spyware programs and Trojan
horse won’t have any chance to settle down on the system since they will
already be identified and removed upon their first strike.
In case of infection the program offers now an Online malware databank. When
Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2 finds one of the 760,000 known threats you will get
online information as to the nature of the parasite program and which damage
it poses when in real danger.
If you want to exclude certain folders and files from scan control, since
the program will give “false alarm” for various reasons, then these paths
can be added to a whitelist. Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2 will not search for
potential threats in those files and folders. To prevent malware from
secretly adding itself, the whitelist is being encrypted and therefore
stored securely.
It has a brand-new multi-user support. Personal settings can be adjusted and
stored by every single user when used by several persons. When using the
software the next time those settings will be quickly restored.
New features in Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2
Protection against more than 760,000 threats from the internet.
Full compatibility with Windows Vista™ (32 Bit) from now on.
Windows Vista™ Gadget (Vista 32-Bit) works as information and control
operation centre Users can store their personal settings into the respective
folders thanks to the new multiple user support. Administrator rights are
not required.
Enhanced Realtime Monitor also takes care of new Windows areas (BHO, Winsock
LSPs, Windows Hosts file, Autostart entries etc.).
Newly developed as well as completely revised Vista compatible tools are now
available basing on Ashampoo WinOptimizer 4, the awarded winner by the
German computer magazine ComputerBILD.
Hostsfile Checker reports suspicious entries in Hosts file and allows for
cleaning up.
LSP-Viewer gives support to the user to identify installed winsock
attributes, by which means parasite programs can be smuggled into.
Folders, files or even „infections“ can be excluded from the search to
prevent false alarms thanks to the whitelist definitions.
Due to internal encryption algorithms possible malicious threats are
prevented from secretly adding themselves to the whitelist.
There is a direct online connection to a malware database which gives
information on detected infections.
The integrated task scheduler has been fully integrated by now and it is
possible to create, manage and perform automatically individual scanning
tasks.
Users with a licence on the first version of Ashampoo AntiSpyWare which is
still in force can transfer heir remaining time for signature update licence
to the second version.
Three integrated skins adapt to personal customization of the program
Size
: 22.04 MB
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