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A new antivirus program, called SpIDer Guard,
was released by DialogueScience. SpIDer is a memory-resident activity
monitor for Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000. It employs the
same techniques as Doctor Web and is included in the DrWeb for Win32 package.
Briefly, SpIDer's profile looks as follows:
- SpIDer is a memory-resident antivirus program for Windows
95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000;
- SpIDer intercepts any attempt to access files and disk system areas
and checks "on-the-fly" if they are infected with a virus;
- SpIDer employs an absolutely new and
unique technology of detecting and blocking viral
activity, called SpIDer-Netting.
- Starting with version 4.13, SpIDer is armoured with a significantly
better ability to control viral activity, namely: the new technology enables SpIDer to
prevent from loading into computer memory a wide variety of known and
even unknown resident Windows-viruses by blocking up the startup
of an infected program.
SpIDer Guard uses the same kernel and antivirus database as all
antivirus scanners of the DrWeb32 family, which empowers
SpIDer with much of Doctor Web's functionality, including
the ability:
- to detect and remove all known viruses (boot, file, macro, HTML,
etc.) from files and disks;
- to scan packed executable files and archives;
- to detect and disable viruses in computer memory.
Unlike Doctor Web, SpIDer Guard can operate automatically,
i.e. without requiring the user to make any special effort to scan his
system. SpIDer can monitor such operations as file creation, file
write, and program launch. However, monitoring all these operations may
slow down the system due to the time-consuming antivirus check. A
reasonable compromise between antivirus protection and system performance
might be the so-called Smart Mode which reduces the check time by several
times, while preserving the protection reliability.
And, of course, SpIDer's highlight falls upon the SpIDer-Netting technology mentioned above.
The program also offers a few features that make it easy to use:
- easy install/uninstall procedure;
- intuitive interface for configuring the operational mode that can
be accessed from the task tray;
- detailed logging of all operations and cumulative check statistics;
- automatic check of floppy disks (including auto-check before
rebooting to prevent accidental infection by boot viruses);
- low usage of system resources.
With the advent of SpIDer Guard, DialogueScience anti-virus
products have become even friendlier to end users. We are trying to make
our programs as easy to use as possible, preserving, at the same time,
their quality and reliability. The recent step we've made in this
direction is SpIDer Guard that streamlines and automates the
protection of Windows systems against viral attacks.
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