| Feature |
Description |
| Startup program protection |
The ability to detect and prevent (if needed) an item which has been added to your system's startup programs list. These are programs that are started when windows boots. Many types of spyware use this method to reinfect the system every time the computer is rebooted. |
| Realtime memory monitoring |
The ability to actively monitor (and remove) your computer's memory (RAM) for spyware traces. |
| Spyware installation detection |
The ability to actively detect when known spyware is being installed onto your computer through a web browser. Also known as a drive-by-download. |
| IE hijack protection (browser homepage changes) |
The ability to actively detect and disallow spyware's ability to change your web browser's home page URL. |
| Host file protection |
The Windows host file maps IP addresses to domains. Some types of spyware modify this file to force your computer to point to unwanted locations when browsing the internet. This protection will detect and prevent these changes. |
| IE favorites protection |
The ability to detect (and prevent) unwanted changes to your Internet Explorer favorites menu. |
| Alternate Data Stream protection |
ADS is a highly technical way to hide images, data, or code in a file and can be used to hide malicious code. The hidden content is impossible to detect using regularly-available tools, such as Windows Explorer. This protection will detect and prevent these processes from running. |
| Spyware definition updates |
The ability to automatically and periodically update the spyware definition database within a program. |
| Display spyware definitions / severity |
The ability to dispay the definitions and severity or threat level of spyware. |
| History logging |
The ability to keep a history log of all found and removed/quarantined spyware. |
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