Channel 9 - Entries tagged with AV Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with AV http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/av Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/av en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:37:41 GMT Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:37:41 GMT Rev9 2 1 25 Symantec Launches New Gamer-Friendly Antivirus Norton Antivirus 2009 Gaming Edition offers a "gamer mode" that promises not to bug you during gameplay or impact your system performance in any way.

According the company's web site, gamer mode offers the following: No alerts, no notifications, no interruptions, Optional settings to suspend updates, behavioral scanning and intrusion prevention, Gamer mode is automatically enabled when the PC is in full-screen mode. Gamer mode can be manually enabled with a click on the system tray icon. In addition, the Norton AV Gaming edition promises to be both fast and light.

Fast:
 - Rapid Pulse Updates every 5 to 15 minutes.
 - Installs in less than a minute.
 - Adds less than 1 second to boot time.
Light:
 - Uses less than 6MB memory even without the Gamer Mode performance boost.
 - Needs less than 50MB hard disk space on installation.
 - Runs only 2 processes at a time.
 - Performance graphs display CPU and memory usage and how little Norton is using.

Although it's typical to think "yeah right" when you hear a company making claims such as these, it's worth noting that in Walt Mossberg's Wall Street Journal review of the new 2009 edition of Norton AV, he wrote that Symantec had "largely succeeded" in addressing the typical issues with AV software (slowdowns, bloat, annoyances, etc). "It isn't perfect," he writes,  "but it is the fastest, simplest and least obtrusive security suite I have ever used." Remember, gamers, don't let this happen to you!

 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Symantec-Launches-New-Gamer-Friendly-Antivirus If there's anything gamers hate is having their PC interrupt them or slow them down when they're in the middle of a game. Now, gamers can keep their computer protected from the latest threats without having to worry about their AV getting in the way, says Symantec. The company's new Norton Antivirus 2009 Gaming Edition offers a "gamer mode" that promises not to bug you during gameplay or impact your system performance in any way. According the company's web site, gamer mode offers the following: No alerts, no notifications, no interruptions, Optional settings to suspend updates, behavioral scanning and intrusion prevention, Gamer mode is automatically enabled when the PC is in full-screen mode. Gamer mode can be manually enabled with a click on the system tray icon. In addition, the Norton AV Gaming edition promises to be both fast and light. Fast:  - Rapid Pulse Updates every 5 to 15 minutes.  - Installs in less than a minute.  - Adds less than 1 second to boot time. Light:  - Uses less than 6MB memory even without the Gamer Mode performance boost.  - Needs less than 50MB hard disk space on installation.  - Runs only 2 processes at a time.  - Performance graphs display CPU and memory usage and how little Norton is using. Although it's typical to think "yeah right" when you hear a company making claims such as these, it's worth noting that in Walt Mossberg's Wall Street Journal review of the new 2009 edition of Norton AV, he wrote that Symantec had "largely succeeded" in addressing the typical issues with AV software (slowdowns, bloat, annoyances, etc). "It isn't perfect," he writes,  "but it is the fastest, simplest and least obtrusive security suite I have ever used." Remember, gamers, don't let this happen to you! http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Symantec-Launches-New-Gamer-Friendly-Antivirus Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:42:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Symantec-Launches-New-Gamer-Friendly-Antivirus Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Symantec-Launches-New-Gamer-Friendly-Antivirus/RSS Gaming performance PC games AV antivirus symantec gamers The Future Of Anti-Virus: Whitelisting One of the most interesting apps in the realm of security that I saw at this year’s DEMO conference was the new anti-virus product from a company called CoreTrace. The product, called BOUNCER, takes an entirely different approach to blocking unwanted malware. Instead of using a blacklist like today’s anti-virus products do, the software does application whitelisting. This type of security is so effective that at the recent DEFCON conference, CoreTrace’s app stopped 100% of the computer viruses during the ‘Race to Zero” competition. Compare that with the other security vendors’ AV products: their average detection rate was 60%. McAfee had the best overall detection at 90%, but still only detected 24% and 13% of Netsky.P and MS07-014 variants, respectively. Meanwhile, BOUNCER prevented all the viruses from executing.

How does it do this? Through whitelisting. Designed for use in a networked environment where I.T. makes the rules, BOUNCER allows admins to establish sources of “trusted change.” For example, admins could specify that Windows Update and Adobe's Updater are permitted applications that are allowed to make changes to the computer. After doing establishing the rules, users and automated application delivery systems (like patch management systems), can update applications without needing I.T. to create a new policy every time. The result is that computers stay safe and secure, but both users and I.T. are happy because less time and effort is spent on updating applications.

BOUNCER is currently available for purchase at prices which start at $50 per desktop. Volume licensing is available.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/The-Future-Of-Anti-Virus-Whitelisting One of the most interesting apps in the realm of security that I saw at this year’s DEMO conference was the new anti-virus product from a company called CoreTrace. The product, called BOUNCER, takes an entirely different approach to blocking unwanted malware. Instead of using a blacklist like today’s anti-virus products do, the software does application whitelisting. This type of security is so effective that at the recent DEFCON conference, CoreTrace’s app stopped 100% of the computer viruses during the ‘Race to Zero” competition. Compare that with the other security vendors’ AV products: their average detection rate was 60%. McAfee had the best overall detection at 90%, but still only detected 24% and 13% of Netsky.P and MS07-014 variants, respectively. Meanwhile, BOUNCER prevented all the viruses from executing. How does it do this? Through whitelisting. Designed for use in a networked environment where I.T. makes the rules, BOUNCER allows admins to establish sources of “trusted change.” For example, admins could specify that Windows Update and Adobe's Updater are permitted applications that are allowed to make changes to the computer. After doing establishing the rules, users and automated application delivery systems (like patch management systems), can update applications without needing I.T. to create a new policy every time. The result is that computers stay safe and secure, but both users and I.T. are happy because less time and effort is spent on updating applications. BOUNCER is currently available for purchase at prices which start at $50 per desktop. Volume licensing is available. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/The-Future-Of-Anti-Virus-Whitelisting Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:29:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/The-Future-Of-Anti-Virus-Whitelisting Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/The-Future-Of-Anti-Virus-Whitelisting/RSS anti-virus Security AV viruses