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McAfee Secures Computers in Real Time
By
ChannelTimes Staff
International Desk, Sep 09, 2008 1645 hrs IST
McAfee announced a new technology, called McAfee Artemis Technology, which, the company said, shields computer users against attacks as they happen without requiring a traditional, scheduled update of threat signatures to be installed on the machine.
McAfee Artemis uses a new Internet-based service hosted by McAfee Avert Labs to offer active protection on the fly when a computer gets hit by malicious computer code.
"McAfee Avert Labs projects a true malware onslaught this year with 300 percent more malicious programs in 2008 compared to 2007," said Jeff Green, senior vice president of McAfee Avert Labs. "Clearly today's threat landscape requires a different approach to malware detection. Artemis is the first protection mechanism that works in internet time, providing unprecedented protection."
According to the company, malware writers are becoming more sophisticated in their techniques. Financially-motivated attacks have doubled with eight out of ten attacks designed to make cybercriminals money. Attacks primarily arrive via the web or email and the vast majority of today's malware programmed to quietly steal a victim's sensitive information.
Traditionally, malware detection has relied on databases with threat signatures on the user's computer. This approach requires that the threat databases on each computer are updated with signatures for each new threat to provide the latest detection. As a result, there's an inherent delay from when the threat is first identified to when protection is available at all computers.
Artemis virtually eliminates the protection gap by providing rapid reaction to threats for which signature files have yet to be released. When a suspicious file is detected on a computer protected by a McAfee product containing Artemis, the Artemis technology connects to McAfee servers in real time to determine whether the file is malicious or not. This check happens in seconds without any material impact on the user's experience, the company said.
The Artemis service in the cloud is powered by McAfee's Community Threat Intelligence, which includes security know-how from McAfee's researchers, threat honey pots and real-time input from tens of millions of systems protected by McAfee.
Artemis is easy to install, and is available today as part of McAfee Total Protection Service for small and medium-sized businesses. It will be available later this month for McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and McAfee's consumer products. There is no charge for Artemis, which will be called "Active Protection" in the consumer products.
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