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Introduction EasyMalwareBlocker protects your computer from any kind of malware like viruses, bots, keyloggers, rootkits, etc. A Firewall, System Tools, Parental Control and Delete Traces are also included.EasyMalwareBlocker belongs to a new generation of Internet Security Suites. It is an easy to use program with some new and unique features never seen before. As its name implies it is a highly efficient malware blocker (what is malware ?), it automatically blocks any kind of malware like viruses, adware and spyware, trojans, keyloggers, backdoors, bots, worms, dialers, even rootkits, etc, from being (clandestinely) installed to your system while surfing the Internet (also called drive-by downloads) using any of the browsers Internet Explorer, Firefox or Opera. It also protects you from malicious email attachments as executable files will be blocked (read 'Help' on the 'File System Monitor' (FSM) panel first to properly setup the FSM) (Screenshot File System Monitor). Some Internet Security programs - especially freeware - search your computer for a long time for malicious programs after these have been allowed to install themselves before. Others work with file pattern recognizing which is never 100 % foolproof or with difficult to maintain Reference Lists to block files. EasyMalwareBlocker internally works with watching file extensions and therefore it also recogizes and blocks even the very latest malware and never needs any updates. EasyMalwareBlocker is fast: It adds no perceivable delays to file- and network operations including surfing the Internet - quite unlike some other Security programs. An Incoming and Outgoing Firewall is included. Unnecessarily listening ports are automatically blocked (Screenshot). Should any program try to send (personal) data over the Internet EasyMalwareBlocker safely blocks these requests if you don't allow them (Screenshot Application Control).On top of that there are useful System Check Utilities like Startup Programs (Screenshot), Compare Executable Files and more. New entries are listed separately, based on a Reference File, so that you can immediately see which programs were added (and modified or deleted) since you had EasyMalwareBlocker create the last Reference File.Our two major design goals were to offer maximum protection with minimal user intervention. Unlike in the Windows XP (and Vista too) environment you will never see unnecessary and nerve-wrecking popup messages like 'You have received a picture.bmp file. Would you like to open it?' EasyMalwareBlocker eventually comes in two different versions, one is for Home users (available now) and the other one is for Small Business users (not yet available). Most of the features are exactly the same in both versions, they slightly differ eg in the predefined genres and downloading films and music won't be possible in the Business Version. In the 'HOME' Version (click here for detailed information) users can optionally install new programs, but for instance parents can set up EasyMalwareBlocker that installing new programs is not possible. Another feature is Delete (all) Traces (Screenshot) left when surfing the Internet. In case 'Parental Control' is being used the same password has to be entered in order to get access to the 'Delete Traces' panel. This feature is also available in the Business Version, but the correct password (eg set up by the supervisor) is always required to delete traces by EMB.Included in the Home Version is a sophisticated Parental Control feature (Screenshot). It has 4 predefined genres and a White- and Blacklist section. Other handy features include 'No computer access after (.. o'clock)', maximum computer and Internet times per day and 3 time frames where access to the Internet is allowed. All these features are fully customizable. Needless to say that access to the administrative part is protected by a password. In the Business Version the Parental Control feature is called 'Allowed Sites Control'. It has 2 predefined genres. Otherwise the same statements made above apply. In the 'BUSINESS Version' Computer Administrators will certainly like the full protection EMB offers against installing any programs by their employees. The File System Monitor can easily be set up that no programs and executable files (and optionally any other files like *.mp3 or *.mpg, *.avi, *.flv, etc) can be downloaded and/or played/installed by employees, be it by the Internet (default), or optionally by CD/DVDs/Floppy Diskettes or by using USB Flash Drives (Memory Sticks). If new programs have to be installed only the Computer Administrator with his password has access to the FSM Panel where the mode can be changed to 'Drive-by-download (BL) Mode' or 'Disabled Mode'. EasyMalwareBlocker also offers full protection against stealing (classified) company data by employees in the Business Version. The Business Version will be available in the near future. Both versions run on computers with single core and dual core CPUs with Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit operating system (this is the configuration that an estimated 2 out of 3 computer users are working on as of January 2008). It runs on older computers too, you don't need computers with especially high CPU clock frequencies or lots of resources (700 MHz and 256 MB RAM is fine). Windows XP with Service Pack 2 is required (dated about 2004). Windows updates since then can be installed voluntarily but they are not really necessary.It is also planned to make it run on 64 bit CPU-architectures and operating systems in the future. Es ist geplant, auch eine deutsche Version anzubieten.Version 1.4 of EasyMalwareBlocker 'Home' is available for download now.Last updated: April 26, 2008 |
