The antibiotic programs (antivirus) αποτελούν για τους περισσότερους χρήστες την πρώτη γραμμή άμυνας ενάντια σε κάθε ηλεκτρονική απειλή. Λειτουργούν συνέχεια στο παρασκήνιο και controln every operation of the rest of the programs, warning the user every time they detect something suspicious.
However, an antibiotic program can not in itself limit the action of all internet viruses! It is generally accepted that electronic threats are constantly mutated so they can bypass all user protection measures. How do the companies producing antibiotic programs adapt to new data?
From 1986, the year when it first appeared virus which could affect personal computers, so far has changed many things. Now, malicious programs are created to bring money in any way to their creators, while security software companies are adapting their programs to new threats.
The antibiotic programs in the first years of their existence they were operated by a machine detectionviruses trying to protect users' systems. As the number and "resilience" of malicious programs grew, new technologies were incorporated that could be more effective in dealing with them. Thus, most security software companies to strengthen their programs:
- They have built-in technologies for heuristics. These technologies can detect new viruses that have not yet been discovered and signed (depending on the company).
- Increased Renewal Rate of Programs with More Updates. The antibiotic program does not only update the signatures update, but also updates its modules updates on a regular basis.
- Development of more advanced Firewall. Simple antibiotics have been replaced by 'safety suites' that, in addition to antibiotics, have a sophisticated 'firewall' which controls incoming and outgoing traffic. The two models work together harmoniously with better results for the user.
- They incorporated a second virus detection engine. (2 in 1 antibiotics). The result of course is to increase the virus detection rate, which of course has the corresponding "cost" of the resource consumption of the system.
- They added HIPS (Host Based Intrusion Prevention System) The program now protects vital system files (hosts).
- They incorporated the sandbox technique. Revolutionary technology that performs (malicious) programs in a protected computer space.
The viruses and antibiotics war seems to intensify in the future as virus writers will look for more vulnerabilities in user operating systems. On the other hand, antibiotics will try to stay "up to date" in the new environment that will be shaped each time.
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