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Virus & Vandal Protection
Do your employees have access to the Internet and e-mail? If so, your company may be exposed to hundreds of security threats including computer viruses and vandals, which can modify and destroy your internal resources. Anti-virus and firewall solutions are no longer enough to protect your network from the invasion of un-invited software designed to acquire information, change files or use your network bandwidth for their own purposes without your consent. Spyware, hacker tools, trojans and other categories of non-viral malware, or pests, can reside on your network without your knowledge.

Frequently Asked Questions
What is a virus?
What is a vandal?
What software can prevent damage from viruses and vandals?

What is a virus?
A virus is a program that attaches itself to an executable program file. Viruses actively copy themselves, infecting your computer or network in the same way that a biological virus infects the human body. Most viruses merely take up disk space and cause programs to act in unexpected ways. Some viruses can infect and seriously damage the files needed to start and load your operating system.

What is a vandal?
Vandals are a new breed of Internet threat that cannot be blocked by anti-virus software alone. In contrast to viruses (which require a user to execute a program in order to cause damage), vandals are auto-executable applications.

Once inside your network or workstation, they can access network drives and steal data, network IDs and passwords, delete document files, e-mail files or passwords, or re-format hard drives.

Some common vandals are:

Worms
A worm is an executable vandal file that can multiply if an unsuspecting user is tricked into opening it. Worms can increase the rate by which they spread by inserting commands into startup routines, such as AUTOEXEC.BAT.

ActiveX
Programs designed to be executed by Internet clients containing support for ActiveX, usually Internet Explorer and Outlook. Unlike Java, these programs have no standard programming language. ActiveX has no built-in security, and ActiveX objects can do anything that the programmer wants. They can modify data in databases, delete files, steal files and send them to an outside user, instantly turn off a computer, format hard drives, launch Denial of Service attacks, redial modems, and much more. These programs are automatically installed and executed by a Web site, and cause immediate damage.
Java
Program applets designed to be executed by Internet clients which contain a Java Virtual Machine, usually Netscape Navigator. Although the Java language itself (from Sun Microsystems) has some built-in security features, the applet is actually interpreted by the Java Virtual Machine, which was not created by Sun. Because of this, hundreds of applets have been written that cause serious security risks despite the safeguards in the Java language. These applets can cause Denial-of-Service attacks, access unauthorized files on disk, steal passwords, or steal system resources from users who visit a Web site. These programs are automatically installed and executed by a Web site, and cause immediate damage.

JavaScript
This differs from Java and currently can only run in a browser that supports it. However, under a browser, JavaScript is basically auto-executable. JavaScript is relatively easy to write and does not require a compiler, making it an ideal tool for many hackers to create vandals. An Active Server Page (ASP) containing JavaScript or a Windows Scripting Host (WSH) script containing JavaScript is potentially dangerous because these environments allow scripts unrestricted access to machine resources (file system, registry, etc.) and application objects (via COM). Web administrators should take the same precautions for ASP pages as for CGI scripts.

What software can prevent damage from viruses and vandals?
To stop virus and vandals from infiltrating your network assets, you need a comprehensive package that not only scans for known viruses but also uses behavior blocking to prevents unknown viruses and other malicious code from running on your system. Virus and vandals replicate by tampering with program files or attaching code to boot sectors. Aladdin's eSafe products protect your network by constantly monitoring both your computer and the Internet for hostile activity, ready to intervene the moment a potential threat is identified.