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Cyveillance Launches Malware Protection Service.


Online Risk Monitoring and Management Industry Leader Enables ISPs and Security Vendors to Proactively Combat the Proliferation of Malware on the Internet

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Cyveillance, the leading provider of online risk monitoring and management solutions, today announced immediate availability of its proactive malware intelligence service. The latest release in a series of planned OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and  Program offerings, Cyveillance Malware Protection[TM] delivers comprehensive, real-time intelligence about websites that distribute files containing malware, spyware or adware. Cyveillance Malware Protection provides ISPs and security companies with a rapid time-to-market security solution that identifies websites that attempt to download malware to users' computers.

Cyveillance Malware Protection is the most comprehensive and dynamically updated malware intelligence available, representing detailed analysis of over 95 million domains across the entire Internet. Web sites are evaluated by both signature-based and behavioral-based technologies to discover security threats and accurately identify specific attacks. These unique capabilities enable leading ISPs and security companies to improve consumer trust in electronic transactions and provide unique differentiation from their competitors.

"The proliferation of blended phishing and malware attacks is resulting in significant user distrust of the Internet," said Panos Anastassiadis, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Cyveillance. "These attacks not only severely degrade computing performance, but also generate increased ISP (1) See in-system programmable.

(2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines.
 customer support call costs. As distribution of malicious software gets smarter and more prevalent, ISPs and security companies must implement innovative solutions that will protect against these growing threats while ensuring consumer confidence online."

The intelligence provided by Cyveillance Malware Protection is easily integrated into existing Internet access See how to access the Internet.  and security applications; providing security companies and ISPs with a customizable solution to address specific usage scenarios. Unlike existing desktop-based or network-based solutions such as anti-virus and anti-spyware systems, Cyveillance Malware Protection monitors the Internet to proactively provide intelligence on malicious Web sites; preventing users from visiting them.

Cyveillance Malware Protection Features

Through Cyveillance's proven, industry leading Internet monitoring Analyzing traffic on the Internet. Monitoring is performed to determine packet volume for network configuration as well as to find out how employees are spending their time on the Internet. This is the first step in determining whether or not filtering should be added to the network.  technology, ISPs and ISVs are provided with the most comprehensive and up-to-date data available; including:

Complete Threat Detection:

* Trojans

* Keyloggers

* BHOs (Browser Helper Objects A Browser Helper Object (BHO) is a DLL module designed as a plugin for Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser to provide added functionality. BHOs were introduced in October 1997 with the release of version 4 of Internet Explorer. )

* Dialers

* Remote Administration Tools A Remote administration tool is used to remotely connect and manage a single or multiple computers with a variety of tools, such as:
  • Screen/camera capture or control
  • File management (download/upload/execute/etc.
 (RATs)

* Screenscrapers

* Redirectors

* Spyware

* Ransomware

* Rootkits

* Hijackers

* Bot Programs

* Foistware

Comprehensive Real-time Protection Real-time protection, on-access scanning, background guard, resident shield, autoprotect, and other synonyms refer to the automatic protection provided by most antivirus, antispyware, and other antimalware programs, which is arguably their most important : The intelligence, available as a data feed or real-time web service creates a comprehensive, real-time blacklist (1) A list of e-mail addresses of known spammers. See spam, spam filter, Blacklist of Internet Advertisers, greylisting and blackholing. Contrast with white list.

(2) A list of Web sites that are considered off limits or dangerous.
 to effectively block customers from ever visiting risky sites, protecting them before damage is done. The intelligence is continuously updated to protect against zero-day attacks.

For more information on the benefits of Cyveillance Malware Protection and Cyveillance's OEM program, please visit: http://www.cyveillance.com/web/solutions/oem/malware.htm

About Cyveillance

Cyveillance provides online risk monitoring and management solutions to Global 2000 organizations. The company comprehensively monitors the Internet using patented technology to deliver early warning of risks to information, infrastructure and individuals. Armed with this actionable intelligence Having the necessary information immediately available in order to deal with the situation at hand. With regard to call centers, it refers to agents having customer history and related product data available on screen before the call is taken.  and Cyveillance's immediate corrective response capability, chief security officers can proactively protect their company's reputation, revenues and customer trust. Cyveillance counts over half of the Fortune 50 and three quarters of the top Fortune 500 companies in the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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