Jersey City, NJ, October 08, 2009 - There may be a simple account if a PC slows down. It may just accept too abounding files in storage. The account is generally added sinister. The PC may accept gone over to the aphotic side.
PCs today can access infections that about-face them into zombies. Infected PCs' owners may alone apprehension that the PCs acknowledge a little slower than usual. The acumen adulterated PCs run boring is that they are stealthily multi-tasking, amazing beneath orders from their new masters. These orders may cover sending bags or millions of spam emails, or artful every keystroke the buyer types in (including case passwords).
More ominously, they may be affianced in aggravating to abort the Internet affiliation of an important infrastructure. In July of this year, crank computers brought down several US and South Korean government websites. In September, ascendancy computers at the Australian ability aggregation Integral Energy were adulterated with the W32.Virut.CF virus, which enabled hackers to affair commands to the adulterated machines, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Once adulterated with malware such as the W32.Virut.CF virus, a computer is alleged a "robot." Linked together, they are alleged "botnets," able abundant to wreak havoc, both on owners and on governments.
In adjustment for the infection to crop hold, anniversary PC have to accept a area of software alleged a Trojan, and have to admittance that Trojan to install. If PC owners can anticipate this software from installing, they can abstain their PCs' from accepting acclimated for evil.
Comodo recognizes October 2009 as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The National Cybersecurity Alliance, a bunch of government agencies and clandestine industry sponsors, organizes this attack to access the public's acquaintance of cyber aegis and abomination issues, so that citizens can crop precautions to abstain those threats on the Internet.
In particular, Comodo urges PC owners to assure their PCs from awful hijacking. To anticipate abominable software from installing, PCs and computer networks should accept both a firewall and antivirus software.
To animate the use of careful software, Comodo distributes its award-winning antivirus and firewall suite, Comodo Internet Security, in actuality chargeless as a way of architecture assurance online. There accept been over 18 actor installations of Comodo's award-winning software on their PCs about the world. Only if humans can use the Internet after abhorrence of infection (or theft) will they be able to crop advantage of the abundance of assets there. To download and install Comodo Internet Security, appointment personalfirewall.comodo.com. For networks, Comodo Endpoint Security Manager offers acceptable centralized administration of aegis settings, with the aforementioned able-bodied Comodo firewall and antivirus. Free licenses are accessible for up to 5 users at enterprise.comodo.com/security-solutions/endpoint-securit....
Comodo Internet Security's Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) detects and quarantines awful software. It again compares the name of the book that is aggravating to install itself on the user's computer with Comodo's all-encompassing whitelist of accustomed software. If the filename is not on the whitelist, it asks the user to adjudge whether or not to install. The aftereffect is that no awful software can install itself and alpha active after permission.
About Comodo
Comodo is a arch casting in Internet security, accoutrement an all-encompassing ambit of aegis software and services, including agenda certificates, PCI scanning, desktop security, online faxing, and computer abstruse abutment services.
Businesses and consumers common admit Comodo as continuing for aegis and trust. Comodo articles defended and accredit online affairs for over 200,000 businesses and accept added than 18,000,000 installations of Comodo desktop aegis software, including an award-winning firewall and antivirus software offered at no charge.
The Comodo ancestors of companies is committed to around-the-clock innovation, amount competencies in PKI, authentication, and malware apprehension and prevention. As a agitator in eliminating online crime, the companies' mission is to authorize a Trusted Internet.
With US address overlooking Manhattan on New Jersey's waterfront, and all-around assets in United Kingdom, China, India, Ukraine, and Romania, Comodo articles action able security, authentication, and assurance.
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