Malware Defender 2.1.1

Malware Defender 2.1.1 is designed as a HIPS (Host Intrusion Prevention System) with firewall. It is effective to protect your computer system from all forms of malware (viruses, worms, trojans, adware, spyware, keyloggers, rootkits).

Malware Defender is also an advanced rootkit detector. It provides many useful tools that can be used to detect and remove already installed malware. Added support for adding child application rules, driver rules, hook module rules, file rules and registry rules to member of application group, added an option to allow running user specified applications if no explicit 'deny' rule is found, added a new choice of rule object to the Alert dialog and other improvements.

Major Features:

1. Realtime protection system
   • Monitors process, file and registry activity for suspicious behavior.
   • Monitors network activity.
   • Detects all forms of malware, whether known or unknown.
   • Supports learning mode and silent mode.
   • High performance and low resource usage.
2. Process manager
   • Detects hidden processes and threads.
   • Detects unsigned processes and modules.
   • Kills processes and threads using advanced method.
   • Suspends/resumes processes and threads.
   • Unloads modules of processes.
   • Closes handles of processes.
3. Kernel module manager
   
   • Detects hidden kernel modules and kernel threads.
   • Detects unsigned kernel modules.
   • Kills, suspends and resumes kernel threads.
   • Kills kernel DPC (Deferred Procedure Call) timers.
4. Hooks detector
   • Detects and removes system service table hooks (SSDT hooks).
   • Detects and removes Win32k service table hooks (shadow SSDT hooks).
   • Detects and removes interrupt descriptor table hooks (IDT hooks).
   • Detects and removes SYSENTER handler hook.
   • Detects and removes kernel object hooks.
   • Detects and removes kernel notify routines.
   • Detects and removes kernel mode code hooks.
   • Detects and removes user mode code hooks.
   • Detects and removes global message hooks.
   • Detects attached devices.
   • Detects hooked driver dispatch routines (IRP hooks).
5. Autostart application manager
   
   • Scans all known autostart locations.
   • Detects hidden autostart entries.
   • Detects newly added autostart entries.
   • Undoes and redoes deletion of autostart entries.
6. File explorer
   
   • Detects hidden files and folders.
   • Shows and deletes NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS).
   • Deletes in-use files.
7. Registry editor
   
   • Full functional registry editor.
   • Detects hidden registry entries.

Enhancements: Version 2.1.0 improved log functionality and added create and delete permissions to file rules.

Requirements:

• Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4)
• Windows XP (32-bit)
• Windows 2003 (32-bit)
• Windows Vista (32-bit)
• Windows 2008 (32-bit)
• Windows 7 (32-bit)