August 17, 2008

• Why Is Norton Antibot Needed?

  Norton Antibot protects against the dreaded botnet which is a evolving creation.  You cannot protect your computer from bots sufficiently with normal antivirus software. (…)

August 16, 2008

• Where is Norton Antibot Designed To Be Used?

  Norton Antibot is designed to be used on PCs.  The product seems to be especially geared toward the home computer. (…)

August 15, 2008

• When Does Norton Antibot Perform Its Function?

  As discussed in an earlier post, Norton Antibot performs its function best when it is proactively monitoring for threats. It works in a preventative mode. (…)

• What is Norton Antibot?

  Norton Antibot is software licensed from Sana Security that detects bots, spyware, adware and other malware based on their behavior.  It does not need a signature database to operate because it detects suspect behaviors. (…)

August 12, 2008

• Who needs Norton Antibot?

  Norton Antibot is for a select group of computer users who feel the need for coveraga beyond the protection available in their antivirus and firewall software.  Norton Antibot is for those who want to protect their computers from botnets (see: what is a botnet?).  As time passes, the botnet severity continues to get worse.  In a 2007 PC Magazine article, "According to Symantec's threat research group there are 6 million active bots on the loose."   This is definitely getting to be a problem that the average computer owner needs to take into serious consideration.

• Norton Antibot: What You Need To Know

  In the next few posts we will investigate Norton Antibot. A joint venture between Symantec and Sana.
  We want to answer these questions:

  Who needs Norton Antibot?
  What is Norton Antibot exactly? (…)

July 31, 2008

• How can you protect yourself against BotNets?

  Networks which unite the resources of even millions of infected computers, have the potential to be extremely dangerous – a potential which has not yet been fully exploited. (…)

• Why are BotNets created?

  Botnets are created for at least one of the following reasons:

  To send spam
  To harvest email addresses - to send spam
  To blackmail someone
  Denial of Service attacks
  Phishing
  Theft of confidential data - credits cards, account numbers, etc. (…)

• Where are BotNets found?

  Botnets are found on home computers, education, government and military servers. Basically, they can potentially be found anywhere there is a computer and Internet connection. (…)

• When did BotNets emerge?

  Botnets emerged in the press by security vendors in 2006.  I have found documentation that says they began circa 1998. (…)

• What are BotNets?

  In this context, botnets refer to malicious software robots.  These bots are installed on unsuspecting computers of individuals and businesses. (…)

July 30, 2008

• Who are the target of BotNets?

  A computerworld article cites Joe Stewart, director of malware research at SecureWorks Inc., has estimated the bots on his list control just over a million machines and are capable of flooding the Internet with more than 100 billion spam messages every day. (…)

• BotNets:What You Need To Know

  In this series of posts, botnets are discussed. Here are the questions we want to answer:

  Who are the target of BotNets?
  What are BotNets?
  When did BotNets emerge?
  Where are BotNets found? (…)

July 29, 2008

• How can I buy Desktop Maestro?

  You can buy Desktop Maestro at the PC Tools website.  Click here for purchase information.

• Why is Desktop Maestro important to the computer community?

  Desktop Maesto is important to the computer community because people want choice. Each person is different and their needs are different. (…)

• Where can you use Desktop Maestro?

  Desktop Maestro Is design to be used on Windows based computers.  It is designed for 32 bit Windows systems such as: Windows® Vista™, 98, Me, 2000 and XP.

• When do you need Desktop Maestro?

  You need Desktop Maestro when you have determined that…
  First, you want to monitor the performance of your computer. (…)

July 28, 2008

• What does Desktop Maestro do?

  Desktop Maestro performs the following functions which are explained further below:

  PC Performance
  Registry Repair
  Privacy Protection

  For PC performance, Desktop Maestro applies some fine tuning and patches that are undisclosed by PC Tools to increase performance of your computer. (…)

• Who is Desktop Maestro for?

  Desktop Maestro (formerly Desktop Mechanic) is for you if you want to optimize the performance of your PC plus have the added benefit of keeping your activities (websites visited, form data entered, etc.) private. (…)

July 27, 2008

• Desktop Maestro - An Analysis

  For my next series of blog posts, we will look at Desktop Maestro. This product is owned by PC Tools. We want to answer these questions:

  Who is Desktop Maestro for?
  What does Desktop Maestro do? (…)