PC Tools, bekend van onder andere de programma's Spyware Doctor, Registry Mechanic en PC Tools Antivirus, heeft maandag versie 3.5.0.21 van Threatfire uitgebracht. Dit programma moet de computer beschermen tegen virussen, spyware en identiteitsfraude. Het is echter niet bedoeld als alleenstaand product, maar als aanvulling op bestaande bescherming van een antivirus- en firewallsoftware. Het houdt bepaalde gedragspatronen in de gaten, zoals bijvoorbeeld toetsenbordaanslagen, en biedt zo bescherming tegen spyware, adware, keyloggers, virussen, wormen, Trojaanse paarden, rootkits, buffer overflows en andere vormen van malware. Threatfire is beschikbaar in een gratis en een betaalde versie, waarbij die laatste voor vijftien dollar onder andere als extra's een antivirusscanner met updates en realtime bescherming tegen malware biedt. Het changelog van deze release ziet er als volgt uit:
What's new in this release:[break]
- On-demand antivirus scanner is now available in ThreatFire Free as well as Pro. The main differences now between the Free and Pro versions surround licensing and support options, as well as the one configuration option which allows automatic updates even when opted out of Community Protection participation in ThreatFire Pro. See the comparison chart for further details.
- New Security Status tab now includes tabbed selection of Threat Detection and Protection Statistics. The new Threat Detection map shows lists of recent malware and adware detected within the ThreatFire User Community. Clicking on a threat in these lists will display red dots on the map to display the threat's recent geographical distribution.
- Advanced Rules tab was changed to Advanced Tools and now includes a New System Activity Monitor for viewing detailed process information. Advanced Rule Settings is also now located under Advanced Tools.
- Alert dialogs have been slightly reworked. Instead of having "Allow" and "Quarantine" buttons, there are new radio buttons with the choices "Allow this process to continue" and "Kill and quarantine this process".
- In addition to the above options, Custom Rule alerts now include the additional option "Kill this process." These special alerts also now appear with a blue banner to help further differentiate them from other unknown threats.
- Enhanced alert dialog now provides technical information similar to what is shown in the Protection Log and Quarantine areas detailed views. The details show which files and/or registry objects may be quarantined if you tell ThreatFire to quarantine the threat giving you the alert.
- New options for default alert handling. Users can tell ThreatFire to automatically and silently quarantine all known malware, for example. Or, you can choose to always allow any adware, also known as potentially unwanted applications.
- Improved malware detection, including improved MBR infection detection.
- Fewer false positives.
- Miscellaneous other program fixes.
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