In this article I'm going to share with you the most outstanding novelties and features of the new version of the award winning series of anti-malware security software, BitDefender Antivirus 2009. In this new release some new features were added and existing ones were improved, this "install and forget" product provides top-notch proactive protection against all kind of malware including spyware, phishing attempts and identity theft, at minimal resources consumption.

Solid Protection via B-HAVE Technology
BitDefender Antivirus brings the ability to protect any PC in real time against virus, spyware and other types of Malware, but in my opinion, what is more interesting is that virus detection is not exclusively dependent on a list of known viruses, but through its B-HAVE technology, which can identify new threats and unknown attacks, or "0-day". So, what does B-HAVE mean? B-HAVE stands for Behavioral Heuristic Analyzer in Virtual Environments, and it is a next generation heuristic detection technology which generates a virtual computer-inside-a-computer where programs are run in order to analyze them in search for potential malware behavior. This kind of heuristic detection is based on the fact that if a program shows malware-like characteristics and/or behavior, then probably it is malware, moreover, malware programs usually perform specific actions (which legitimate pieces of software do not) thus making them detectable. However, this may look easy to understand, but in fact, the technology behind the process is highly complex. Read the rest of this entry »

As you know, every year by this date, most security software developers anticipate the release of their next year versions. Having in hand most antivirus 2009 I am going to tell you the summarized features and novelties of what I think are the Top Five antivirus in the security software market.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009
This is a security tool of great significance because year after year they have been improving it to be one of the best applications for viruses, worms, spyware, adware, keyloggers and rootkits removal.The basis on which Kaspersky Anti-Virus sets the malware detection are three: updating their virus definitions every hour, malware behavior analysis is performed in two ways: preliminary and on the fly. The kind of protection offered by Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 is carried out in real time, so it is capable of detecting system threats, while browsing the Internet, IM (chat) sessions, e-mailing, and so on.

What's new?
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 features a new method of analysis and has improved the detection of keyloggers and Rootkits.The best is the minimum resources consumption.and it has the lowest average HDD scanning time among many antivirus. Read the rest of this entry »