Video: Meet the Emsisoft File Guard – Scanning for malware in real-time

The Emsisoft File Guard is a crucial part of the 3 layers of malware prevention built into Emsisoft Anti-Malware and Emsisoft Internet Security. It checks all files that are downloaded or run against millions of signatures of known malicious software and self-optimizes continuously, allowing for real-time protection.

Most importantly, the Emsisoft File Guard operates in the background, meaning you don’t feel the impact of its power while it is scanning dozens of files every single second. That way, it is effectively and efficiently protecting you from the worst case scenario of a malware infection by not even allowing it to occur.

In this short demonstration you can take a peek at how the Emsisoft File Guard actually works.

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Video: Meet the Emsisoft File Guard – Scanning for malware in real-time

Video: Emsisoft Surf Protection vs malicious hosts and phishing domains

More than ever, phishing is becoming one of the main reasons for stolen login details, emptied bank accounts and theft of other private data. The reason is simple: fake e-mails and websites are looking more and more authentic these days, so that even professionals have to examine them very closely to see if they are fake or not.

This is precisely what Emsisoft’s Surf Protection is designed for: It warns you the moment you try to access a malicious website and interecepts connections to dangerous hosts at the system level so that no data can be exchanged.

In this short video we demonstrate Emsisoft Surf Protection, which is one of the amazing features of Emsisoft Anti-Malware and Emsisoft Internet Security, works and how it can prevent malware infections.

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Like what you see? Feel free to share the video with your friends. For even more insight into the Emsisoft Surf Protection feature, feel free to digg into this older but still valid article “Prevent malware from entering your PC with Emsisoft Surf Protection“.  And don’t forget to get to subscribe our newsletter to stay on top of the latest malware threats!

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Video: Emsisoft Surf Protection vs malicious hosts and phishing domains

A typical Skype scam attempt by a spam bot

Skype scams have been around for ages. With technology constantly evolving, one would think that chat bots get a little more convincing too. As it so happens I recently got a contact request from a nice young lady that had something very special to offer.

I thought, OK, let’s play it through once and take some screenshots of the conversation:

 

Complete chat dialog with a scam-chatbot on Skype

 

This is how it works

Obviously, Katrina Kauffman is not a real woman (or even a man), but an automated program. At this point it is unclear if the bot hijacked someone’s personal Skype account by hacking their password or if the user account was just created to fool people.

The only purpose of the bot is to convince people to provide their credit card information on a fraudulent website. The shorturl leads to a fake adult entertainment website where you are supposed to sign up to see more.

Scammer website that tries to steal your credit card information

 

Example 2

Just a few weeks later I have received another contact request from a lady called “dear.churchill”. It was obviously a scam bot too and looked like it was made by the same people that were behind the first one. The only ‘improvement’ I could notice was that the new version also had a proper profile image set.

The full Skype scam conversation with a bot-script.

 

This poor girl maybe doesn’t even know that her pictures are mis-used for scamming

 

Of course, this website requires your credit card detaily ONLY for age verification. Who still believes that?

 

How to recognize a scam-chat-bot?

1. Ask any question. In the case above, the bot ignored what I was writing or asking and just kept sending me messages, trying to convince me to sign up and pay.


2. Watch for behavior patterns. This bot didn’t just run a series of plain messages. It always waited for me to say something first, then posted a message back after exactly 30 seconds. When I paused, the bot paused too. When I typed more, the bot replied more.

What to do now?

If you think you have already fallen for a (suspected) Skype or credit card scam, contact your bank or credit card provider as soon as possible and ask them to cancel your card immediately. Otherwise scammers could use your credit card for purchasing goods on the Internet (or worse) and you’ll end up with a pile of debt – or even be at risk of criminal conviction.

 

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A typical Skype scam attempt by a spam bot

Emsisoft – the anti-malware solution professionals and enthusiasts increasingly use

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Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
(Nothing but the best is good enough)

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Are we there yet? No, but due to continuous commitment to providing the very best, Emsisoft is certainly heading in the right direction, as confirmed once again by the latest AV-Comparatives independent annual IT Security Survey (PDF download).

As the questionaire shows, users rate AV-Comparatives, AV-Test and Virus Bulletin as the three most respected, trustworthy antivirus testing agencies. Emsisoft is tested by all three, AV-Test for the first time in 2016.

Our key points of this survey in a nutshell:

• According to the survey, Emsisoft is now the 7th most preferred main protection solution in Europe, steadily improving its rank and now ranked ahead of Microsoft in 8th and Symantec in 10th place.
  
  

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• On a Worldwide scale, Emsisoft moved up one position to the 9th rank. Being a newcomer in the industry, this confirms we’re becoming well established amongst the 50 competitors.


• Participants were asked “What are the most important things in a security product?”. The most frequent answers were: 1. “Good detection rate”; 2. “Low impact on system performance”; 3. “Good offline proactive/heuristic protection”; 4. “Good online surfing protection”; 5. “Good malware removal/cleaning”. We’re proud to say that all of these are what we are specialized in.

Some more interesting general facts:

• The number of users who rely on free desktop security has fallen again in 2016. Maybe that’s because nothing is truly free?


• Almost 47% of respondents now use windows 10.


• Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox were very close to even as the preferred browser chosen by survey participants.

Would you ask a plumber to re wire your house?

Finally, you will read in the survey that over 70% of respondents refer to themselves as either IT experts or enthusiasts. While perhaps suggesting that the survey is not necessarily representative of the average computer user, wouldn’t you take the advice of an expert in their field as a guide to which product to use, especially when it could matter to you and your business as much as it mattered to these Australian guys?

 

We at Emsisoft will continue to work towards the “Nil Satis Nisi Optimum” motto. Getting feedback such as in the described survey is more than enough reason why we do so.

 

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