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Trojans, Spyware, Worms, Dialer & Co.
Ashampoo Anti-Malware provides reliable protection against the following threats: Keylogger, Trojans, Rootkits A keylogger secretly records all keyboard activity and thus spies on e.g. contact and account information during online banking. Trojans are hidden programs that appear to be something desirable for the user and instead enable unauthorized access to your computer. So-called rootkits belong to the same malware category and aim at hiding malware (malicious software) from anti-virus programs and users alike. Ashampoo Anti-Malware detects and removes such “hidden” malware and even rootkits (with the help of Rootkit Detector 2) reliably. Worms, Viruses, Bots Worms often reach their host computer via e-mail attachments and contain viruses and other malicious software. Unlike viruses, worms almost always cause at least some harm to a computer network by using up bandwidth. Once opened, the attachments can cause great damage. More recent network threats are the so-called botnets, where numerous computers are being infected via exploits and turned into spam sending zombie computers under the control of the worm author. With Ashampoo Anti-Malware, worms, viruses and bots don’t stand a chance and are being removed reliably in order to avoid any further damage to the owners system. Dialer Dialer are small programs that use the computer’s modem for unauthorized connection with an unknown provider (often creator of the dialer) when connecting to the internet. In doing so, those dialers can send the user’s online bill skyrocketing with every new connection. Ashampoo Anti-Malware prevents dialer from causing any damage. Spyware, Adware, Hijacker, Tracking Cookies Your personal data and online habits are invaluable to many companies for various reasons. Whether they sell the gathered information for a lot of money without your consent, use it for advertising purposes or misuse it for criminal purposes – a lot of companies simply don’t hesitate to install software on your computer that violates your privacy and spies on personal data. However, the term Adware refers to software that displays advertisements without the users consent. Those ads can be a pain in the ass and are hard to get rid of. Hijacker manipulate your browser in a way that it only displays certain unknown webpages, again without the user’s consent. On the other hand, cookies pose no direct threat since they only collect information about your surf habits and communicate them to a third party. Ashampoo Anti-Malware rids your pc reliably of spyware, adware and other tiresome spies. |
