a-squared Anti-Malware 4.5.0.19

a-squared Anti-Malware 4.5.0.19  is a brilliant tool which can protect your PC comprehensively against trojans, viruses, spyware, adware, worms, bots, keyloggers, rootkits and dialers.

Major Features:

1. 2 scanners are better than one: Anti-Spyware + Anti-Virus! [NEW!]
   • Not just any scanners, but a combination of two world class products - the a-squared Anti-Spyware, and the Ikarus Anti-Virus engine. Latest tests approve that both are cutting edge in Malware detection.
   • No doubling of the scan duration as would be the case with two separate scanning programs. Considerable performance improvement is possible thanks to the integration of the two engines on the lowest level.
   • No double price - two top security products for the price of one.
2.  2 guards are better than one: behavior analysis + protection while surfing
   • Unlike conventional protection systems a-squared Anti-Malware does not only check files for known Malware patterns before starting a program, but it also constantly monitors the behavior of all active programs and raises an alarm as soon as something suspicious happens.
   • Typical ways of infection are disabled in advance. Websites that try to plant Trojans or Spyware or that offer deceptive contents are blocked by the surfing protection.
   • Signature updates at least 5 times per day, in combination with the zero-day protection of the behavior analysis this guarantees the best possible protection from new infections.
3. 2 ways of removing Malware are better than one: automatic and manual scanning
   • When a Malware infection is detected, the automatic scan puts the found objects under quarantine or deletes them finally.
   • Anti-Malware holds plenty of advanced options for experts to detect and delete Malware manually. For this purpose the integrated system analysis tool HiJackFree is included, and helps you to have all processes, services, auto-runs, open ports, browser plug-ins, LSPs and host entries under your control.
4. The perfect security solution: a-squared Anti-Malware provides reliable protection from:
   • Trojans, Backdoors, Keyloggers, Rootkits: Trojans and backdoors provide strangers with access to your PC. Once a backdoor is installed, an attacker can take full control of your computer. A trojan is best described as a piece of software pretending to be something it is not - they often contain backdoors, and usually arrive as email attachments. A keylogger is a type of Malware that invisibly records all keyboard activity, whereas rootkits hide on your PC and manipulate internal system operations. a-squared Anti-Malware specializes in recognizing and eliminating these types of Malware.
   • Spyware, Adware, TrackingCookies: Your personal data and information is worth a great deal of money to certain advertising companies. They have no qualms about smuggling software into your system, recording information and spying on everything you do. Adverts that change the start page of your browser also belong in the Spyware/Adware category. a-squared Anti-Malware completely removes spyware from your PC. Traces of spyware in the registry and Tracking Cookies are also recognized.
   • Worms, Bots, Viruses: Worm viruses are currently one of the most irritating phenomena on the Internet. Usually transmitted as dangerous email attachments, worms send copies of themselves to all reachable destinations and cause great damage. Newer network worms/bots use security holes (Exploits) to infect a PC, and can reproduce at an astonishing speed. Without your knowledge, your PC is essentially transformed into a spam-sending zombie! a-squared Anti-Malware eliminates worms from your PC and prevents them from doing any further damage. The Malware-IDS also blocks attacks that security holes for which no patches currently exist, so-called zero-day attacks.
5. Dialers: Dialers are small programs that change the Internet access number of a modem-equipped computer to a much more expensive number. Costs can rise as high as several hundred dollars per dial attempt. a-squared Anti-Malware prevents dialers from becoming active.
6. More security with behavior based Malware detection: a-squared Anti-Malware includes a Background Guard, which recognizes and blocks all dangerous programs before they have a chance to cause any damage. The unique new Malware Intrusion Detection System (Malware-IDS) immediately warns you when a program attempts to perform a potentially dangerous operation. It does this for every program, including those that may appear harmless at first sight!
7. Full control over internal system activities: You can now decide for yourself what programs are allowed to start on your PC and what actions may be performed. Detailed application rules are now available, allowing you to individually specify the permitted behavior of every application:
   • Monitor application, but allow specific activities: Select this option to always allow particular specific behavior of a program. In certain situations a benign program can contain a function that is very similar to a damaging function and is thus reported. If you are sure that this action is actually not dangerous then you can allow it. All other types of dangerous behavior are still reported.
   • Always block this application: Select this option to permanently block a particular program. You can also use this feature to provide child protection by preventing other PC users from starting a particular application.
   • Exclude from protection: Select this option to completely exclude an application from the monitoring process. Use this when you always trust an application and are sure that it does not execute any damaging actions.
8. Application protection: You can use the application rules to protect specific programs from third-party manipulation. For example, this feature is used to prevent Mamutu from being terminated by Malware in order to disable the protection. You can also make use of this feature. You can protect your Browser and other important programs from being illegally terminated.

• Introducing new icons for main app, scanner, guard and wizard
• Freeze bug fixed
• File count bug in scanner fixed
• ADS scanner bug fixed
• Firefox cookie detection bug fixed
• Quarantine rescan feature improved
• Update system improved: Updates are transferred packed and crypted now to avoid proxy troubles
• Default sort order in logs changed (newest first)
• Popup display bug fixed

Requirements:

• Windows XP, Vista
• 2003/2008 Servers in all 32 bit editions.
• On x64-systems the scanner and OnExecution guard work very well, but the behavior blocking module (Malware-IDS) does not run currently.
• 100 MB free RAM required. 512 MB RAM and 1 GB RAM recommended.