Special to the Daily News
Going online these days is a risky business. All kinds of malware is trying to
steal your personal and financial information.
The computer viruses of yesterday tried to crash your computer by deleting the
files on your hard drive or perpetrating pranks that printed funny messages.
Those days of computer viruses are long gone.
Today’s perpetrators don’t want you to know that your computer is infected,
because if you did, you would try and correct the problem.
Today’s malware writers include phishing sites, remote-access trojans that
surreptitiously take over your computer and create “botnets” to steal your
information as well as use it to steal other’s financial data —- all without
you knowing anything is wrong.
And because you don’t know your computer is infected, you don’t do anything
about it. And the crimes keep going on and on.
What you need is something that will see if your computer is infected, delete
the infection if it is and then protect you from ever being infected again.
That’s a pretty tall order these days, because these kinds of malware continue
to grow at an alarming rate. There are literally thousands of new malware
programs created every day.
So what you need is something that will protect your computer from everything
nasty on the web and do all of that without bogging your computer down to a
crawl. And therein lies the rub.
How many of you have installed so-called anti-virus programs only to finally
remove them because your really fast computer has been brought down to its
virtual knees? This is of great concern to malware-protection companies, and
only now are we starting to see some products emerge that can deal with this
horrible situation.
I’d like to tell you about the latest one from a company called G Data. You
may not recognize the name here in America, but you will. The firm has just
introduced its newest anti-malware product called TotalSecurity 2012, and
it’s truly amazing.
First of all, some impressive statistics claimed by the company: G Data’s
product line is tested to a 99.7 percent virus detection rate via its unique
dual-engine technology.
Engine A and Engine B work in tandem to seek out new malware on an hourly
basis —- not weekly, as with some others. TotalSecurity 2012 has been
created for the user who practically lives online.
If you do your banking, shopping and communications via instant messaging and
prefer e-mails to phone calls, then TotalSecurity is made for you.
TotalSecurity is an all-in-one solution that detects just about everything,
from spyware to spam. When you look at TotalSecurity’s Security Center, you
can instantly see what’s being protected. And most importantly, you can
immediately see what it’s costing you in terms of your computer’s CPU time
in the form of a live, animated graph.
On my computer, for example, I can see both the total amount of processor time
dedicated to G Data and the total amount of processor time dedicated to
system use. When I was recently using the computer, for example, both were
at zero to 3 percent. It was only when I was away from the computer that
TotalSecurity began its malware-protection scan. TotalSecurity even puts up
a screen saver to let you know it’s working. The moment I touch the mouse or
keyboard, it stops scanning, so I can do my work. Of course, any background
programs running are allowed to continue. Just looking at the Security
Center graphs tells it all.
TotalSecurity also offers family options for parents who want to control their
child’s browsing habits by limiting web-surfing times and allowing or
blocking undesired web content. And there’s so much more.
The bottom line is that G Data’s TotalSecurity 2012 represents the next
generation in malware protection and security. G Data is so secure in
touting the effectiveness of its products that the company offers a fully
functional trial copy for 30 days.
If you decide to purchase TotalSecurity 2012 for $39.95, here’s an exclusive
tip for my readers. Just put in the promotional code “crossman” at the
checkout screen, and you’ll get it for 50 percent off.
Now you can relax and know that you’re computing with total security.
For more details, visit gdata-software.com/home-security/.totalsecurity.
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