Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0

Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0 - Reorganize your PC for better performance and data protection

Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0 is a comprehensive workstation partition and disk management suite that combines a number of previous Acronis products into one solution:

Acronis Partition Expert allows you to resize, move, copy, split, and merge partitions without losing your data

Acronis OS Selector is a multi-boot software utility that allows you to install multiple operating systems on your PC

Acronis Recovery Expert allows you to recover accidentally lost or deleted partitions

Acronis Disk Editor is a disk drive repair tool that allows you to perform advanced operations on your hard disk drive, such as restoration of boot records and hexadecimal editing

Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0 adds new key features making it easier than ever before to modify your partition structure and boot new operating systems.

- Split partitions — Split one partition into two and leave your data intact
- Merge partitions — Merge two partitions into one and leave your data untouched, even if file systems on the partitions are different
- Explore partitions — Windows-like explorer interface to view partition data before performing partitioning operations
- Boot from an additional hard disk drive — Select the hard disk drive you want to boot from

- Boot from CD/DVD — Insert a bootable CD/DVD and it will automatically be detected and displayed as a boot option by Acronis OS Selector
- Automatic operating system detection — Detect operating systems that became unbootable due to some accidental reasons with the Acronis OS Selector detection tool

System requirements
A PC-compatible computer with a Pentium or similar CPU
128 MB RAM
A floppy or a CD-RW/DVD-RW drive
A mouse (recommended)

Supported operating systems
Windows 98 SE
Windows Me
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP 6
Windows 2000 Professional SP 4
Windows XP SP 2


Other Acronis products

Acronis Migrate Easy — safely move to a new hard disk in no time
Acronis True Image 11 — Backup your files and the whole system, restore your data in minutes
Acronis Disk Director 10.0 — Complete disk management software suite
Acronis True Image Echo Workstation — corporate network backup solution you can rely on
Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows — minimize downtime during recovery in case your servers fail
Acronis Data Protection Bundle — back up critical information and wipe out sensitive data
Acropack 2008: two best Acronis tools now make up a single bundle

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Friday, February 15, 2008

CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 Review

CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 Review


Computer Associates came with their latest and better edition of CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 to propose a step forward in quality and features. Besides firewall, antivirus, antispyware, antispam, and parental control, the suite now contains data migration and a Web site inspector to identify malicious sites.


One thing you should be aware of is that, at install, CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 offers to set up the Yahoo! toolbar and make Yahoo! your default search engine which together with CA’s own Web site Inspector causes your browser to be kind of top-heavy.



The present firewall is obviously much better than what CA presented last year when it swapped from ZoneAlarm's one to its Tiny Personal Firewall but improvement is still to be had.
According to PCMAG, CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 passed most of the port-scanning tests but failed the Gibson Research's ShieldsUp (CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 leaving from two to four less-used ports closed but not stealthed ). Opposite to using NIS 2008 or Panda Internet Security 2008’s modern styles of program control, the CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 user has to decide every time a program attempts to connect to the Internet whether to permit it.

Though it did not survive to fake mouse-clicks attack as Kaspersky and Norton products did, CA's new version security system still showed high protective measures. The firewall offers a wide range of additional features -- it can guard against malicious attachments from incoming e-mail and watch outgoing mail for behaviors, it can also block cookies, ads and script, having the ability to prevent the sending of predefined personal data in e-mail or over the Web.


As PCMAG described it, using client-side attacks from the Core Impact penetration testing utility proved itself worthy in revealing some of CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 vulnerabilities in the suite's protection system which recommends Norton Internet Security 2008 as a better candidate to your security needs.


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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Acronis True Image 11 Home


Acropack 2008




Acronis True Image 11 Home is the backup product of choice on more than 2 million computers. Well, our best just got better! With the newest version of Acronis True Image 11 Home, protecting your family photos, home videos, music collection and important documents has never been easier.


Creating a copy of your entire hard disk is virtually meaningless if you can't restore it. Acronis True Image 11 Home provides multiple ways for you to recover your data, from restoring the entire image to restoring selected files and folders to picking specific e-mails. Flexibility, reliability and usability are Job 1 at Acronis True Image 11 Home.


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*Copy your entire PC, including the operating system, applications, user settings, and all data using our patented disk imaging technology


*Backup your music, video, and digital photos, as well as your system state and application settings for dozens of programs


*Backup your Outlook e-mails, contacts, calendar, signatures, news folders, e-mail rules and user settings with just a few mouse clicks!


*Restore all the settings for Microsoft Office, iTunes, Windows Media Player and dozens of popular applications!


Acronis True Image 11 Home combines simplicity with flexibility to ensure that you are fully protected and can recover from unforeseen events such as viruses, unstable software downloads, and hard drive failures. And when you want to delete data or repurpose an old hard drive, Acronis True Image 11 Home privacy protection applications can ensure that your old data will never be retrieved and your identity fully protected.


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What's new?


File Shredder Wipe private or confidential data in individual files using latest multi-pass algorithms


Backup Your System State Protect Registry, boot files, as well as important system files from system crashes


Acronis Drive Cleanser™ Protect your sensitive data when you are discarding a hard drive or returning leased system by securely easing the whole hard drive


Try&Decide Create a safe portion of your hard disk where you can install new software, open questionable emails, surf the web, or do other tasks without putting your computer at risk; save what you want, delete what you don't want


Set and Forget Configure it once and you don't have to care about your backups as long as traffic light indicator shows green


Preserve files and folders during restore Make sure your newly entered important data would not be overwritten by recovering from older backup


Message-level Outlook and Outlook Express restore Quickly locate and recover your important messages from mail backup


Search and Explore archives Easily search for and recover particular files from all your known backup images


And many more... Back up directly to FTP; continue to use your system during live backups; incremental and differential backups; Backup Scheduler; Acronis Recovery Manager; PC cloning; adding a new hard disk, etc.




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PC Tools announces the launch of the latest release of multi-award winning Spyware Doctor, Version 5.5.


PC Tools announces the launch of the latest release of multi-award winning PC Tools Spyware Doctor®, Version 5.5.


Building on the success of PC Tools Spyware Doctor 5, version 5.5 has been upgraded to provide minimal impact to computer performance and user friendly functionality.


New features include enhanced rootkit detection and removal, enhanced real-time protection at the kernel level, reduced memory usage, network guard enhancements and automated threat evaluation.


“PC Tools has recognised the inability of most anti-spyware products to provide consumers with an advanced, yet user friendly offering that provides superior protection and reduces both user interaction and memory usage,” said Simon Clausen, Chief Executive Officer, PC Tools. “We are confident that the latest release of PC Tools Spyware Doctor meets these objectives and continues to be the most advanced product on the market” said Clausen.


Consistently awarded Editor’s Choice awards by leading PC Magazines and testing laboratories worldwide and downloaded by over a hundred million users globally, PC Tools Spyware Doctor continues to detect, remove and block all types of malware including spyware, adware, spyware Trojans, rootkits, keyloggers and a variety of other security related risks. OnGuard real-time protection also protects the user from malicious phishing websites.


PC Tools Spyware Doctor 5.5 provides

Enhanced Rootkit Removal - PC Tools Spyware Doctor 5.5 now has upgraded rootkit removal techniques that reduce the number of system reboots previously required to remove some of the most difficult rootkits.


Improved Real - time Kernel Level Protection - unlike previous versions, the OnGuard real-time protection in PC Tools Spyware Doctor 5.5 can now make decisions on threats earlier, at the kernel level, to help improve performance.


Reduced Memory Usage - the overall memory usage and footprint for PC Tools Spyware Doctor 5.5 has been reduced to ensure minimal impact to computer performance.


Network Guard Enhancement - Network Guard has been upgraded to include additional protection against new threats that attack network registry settings, thus preventing them from interfering with your Internet connection.


Intelli-risk Rating - in previous versions of PC Tools Spyware Doctor unnecessary warnings may have occurred with inactive traces of threats rated as high risk. Now in PC Tools Spyware Doctor 5.5, the intelli-risk rating system ranks threats by rating inactive traces of threats detected according to the actual risk posed.


Automated Threat Evaluation – PC Tools Spyware Doctor 5.5 now incorporates automatic threat evaluation, providing standardised descriptions that allow easy differentiation and understand detected threats.




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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Trend Micro's AntiVirus plus Anti-Spyware 2007



Trend Micro's AntiVirus plus Anti-Spyware 2007 came in dead last in our "Virus Stoppers" antivirus roundup test of eight products. Its disappointing finish was primarily due to its lackluster performance at detecting malware samples: The program missed almost one in five samples, for a poor catch rate of 82 percent.

Trend Micro did somewhat better at proactively detecting unknown malware using one-month-old signature files, but even here, its 43 percent detection rate was the third-worst showing. Coupled with a relatively expensive $40 price tag and no renewal discount, Trend Micro's performance leaves much to be desired.
On the plus side, the program installed smoothly, was easy to use, and includes good default settings for the average person, such as an automatically scheduled full-system scan. The software provides a user-configurable scheduled scan and checks for definition updates every 3 hours. These defaults are a snap to change via an intuitive and smooth interface that will appeal to even the most nontechnical user.

One particularly useful feature scans for known Microsoft product vulnerabilities. If a machine is missing an important security patch, for example, the application guides the user to Microsoft's Windows Update site to download and apply the appropriate updates and patches.

Trend Micro's AntiVirus scans e-mail traffic over the POP3 and SMTP protocols, but unlike almost every other program we tested (except for Grisoft AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus Professional Edition), it does not scan HTML traffic. Also, Trend Micro's product stands alone in being unable to launch a manual file scan through a right-click within Windows Explorer, a weakness that the company says it will remedy in future updates. And the application's antispyware protection has an annoying habit of labeling tracking cookies as dangerous spyware.

We tested the Vista version of TrendMicro AntiVirus plus Anti-Spyware 2007 for our "Virus Stoppers" roundup. An XP version of the software is also available.

-- Ryan Naraine

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BitDefender Total Security 2008


The time of the year has arrived when the online security manufacturers swoop on mass to release their latest wares and so it is with BitDefender Total Security 2008, which from the look of the new interface has been designed to go head-to-head with Symantec Norton 360. It’s a slim 41MB download, so even if you’re on dial-up you won’t find it too much of a taxing download.

The interface has been simplified and is built around four keys functions, Security, Parental Control, Tuneup and Backup. To keep things simple, the program checks the status and if thing are fine you should see a row of four ticks across the screen. When an issue arises you’ll find an exclamation mark. To emphasis status, the program uses a traffic light style colour coding. If a problem arises, click Fix It button and the problem will usually be resolved. For the average user this is about as complicated as it gets.

When it comes to checking for viruses, this latest version has grouped antivirus and anti-spyware together, which not only makes more sense but also speeds up the scanning process considerably. BitDefender has always been a powerful package but the 2008 version is even better than we expected. As with similar tools, you can choose to run manually or setup a schedule to best suit you. Updates are automatic and when we were testing it out, seemed to arrive almost daily.

It’s not only the speed of scanning that has been optimised, as the scanning now also handles malware far more effectively and even supports the clearing out of rootkits, something previous packages didn’t. This means even if you’ve installed the program on a PC that is already infected, it will find it and eliminate it. Malware is isolated as it’s found and when found won’t even allow you to open the offending email let alone the file attached.

There is now a Games mode, which will automatically disable updates and popups when you’re playing online. This may not sound like much but if you’ve ever experienced these when gaming online, then you’ll know how infuriating they can be.

An internet security suite wouldn’t be complete these days without adding a little more and just as with Symantec with Norton 360, it’s a range of clean-up tools that add to Total Security. So, you’ll find utilities to clean up your registry entries, clear out duplicate files and generally clean up the system. There is even a defrag tool that works faster and better than the one shipping with Windows, so you’ll find this package really does live up to its name.

VERDICT

BitDefender Total Security 2008 has a lot to live up to, not only in terms of its name but also the rival competition on the market.

In both instances, we found it more than capable. So much so, that this may well our new favourite security product and it doesn’t cost the earth to protect your PC.


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System requirements for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 and Symantec Network Access Control 11

Question/Issue:
The following are the minimum system requirements for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 and Symantec Network Access Control 11.


Solution:

Symantec Endpoint Protection
The following are the minimum requirements for computers on which you install Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.

Component32-bit64-bit
Processor400 MHz Intel Pentium III (1 GHz for Windows Vista)1 GHz on x64 only with the following processors:
  • Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support
  • Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support
  • AMD 64-bit Opteron
  • AMD 64-bit Athlon

Note: Itanium is not supported.
Operating system
  • Windows 2000 Professional/Server/ Advanced Server with Service Pack 3 or later
  • Windows XP Home/Professional/Tablet PC Editions
  • Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/ Enterprise/Datacenter/Storage Editions
  • Windows Vista (x86)
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with Service Pack 1 or later
  • Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
  • Windows Vista x64 Edition

Note: The Symantec Endpoint Protection installation CD contains a 64-bit application.
Memory256 MB of RAM256 MB of RAM
Hard disk600 MB700 MB
DisplaySuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitorSuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
Other requirementsInternet Explorer 6.0 or later

Terminal Server clients connecting to a computer with antivirus protection have the following additional requirements:
  • Microsoft Terminal Server Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client
  • Citrix Metaframe (ICA) client 1.8 or later if using Citrix Metaframe server on Terminal Server
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or later


Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Console, and embedded database
The following are the minimum requirements for computers on which you install the Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 Manager and Console, and the embedded database.

Component32-bit64-bit
Processor900 MHz Intel Pentium III1 GHz on x64 only with the following processors:
  • Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support
  • Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support
  • AMD 64-bit Opteron
  • AMD 64-bit Athlon

Note: Itanium is not supported. The management components are 32-bit applications.
Operating system
  • Windows 2000 Professional/Server/ Advanced Server with Service Pack 3 or later
  • Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later
  • Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/ Enterprise/Datacenter/Storage Editions
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with Service Pack 1 or later
  • Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition with Service Pack 1 or later

Note: The management server, console, and embedded database are 32-bit applications.
Memory1 GB RAM minimum (2-4 GB recommended)1 GB RAM minimum (2-4 GB recommended)
Hard disk4 GB for the server plus an additional 4 GB for the database4 GB for the server plus an additional 4 GB for the database
DisplaySuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitorSuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
Other requirements
  • Internet Information Services server 5.0 or later
    The server does not have to be running, but it must be enabled.
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
  • Static IP address
  • Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 (included)
  • Internet Information Services server 5.0 or later
    The server does not have to be running, but it must be enabled.
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
  • Static IP address
  • Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 (included)


Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager and Console
The following are the minimum requirements for computers on which you install Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 Manager and Console without the embedded database.

Component32-bit64-bit
Processor600 MHz Intel Pentium III1 GHz on x64 only with the following processors:
  • Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support
  • Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support
  • AMD 64-bit Opteron
  • AMD 64-bit Athlon

Note: Itanium is not supported. The management server and console are 32-bit applications.
Operating system
  • Windows 2000 Professional/Server/ Advanced Server with Service Pack 3 or later
  • Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later
  • Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/ Enterprise/Datacenter/Storage Editions
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with Service Pack 1 or later
  • Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition with Service Pack 1 or later

Note: The management server and console are 32-bit applications.
Memory512 MB of RAM minimum (1 GB recommended)512 MB of RAM minimum (1 GB recommended)
Hard disk500 MB plus 100 MB for temp space500 MB plus 100 MB for temp space
DisplaySuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitorSuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
Other requirements
  • Internet Information Services server 5.0 or later
    The server does not have to be running, but it must be enabled.
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
  • Static IP address
  • Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 (included)
  • Internet Information Services server 5.0 or later
    The server does not have to be running, but it must be enabled.
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
  • Static IP address
  • Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 (included)


Symantec Endpoint Protection Console
The following are the minimum requirements for computers on which you install Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 Console without the Manager or embedded database.

Component32-bit64-bit
Processor600 MHz Intel Pentium III1 GHz on x64 only with the following processors:
  • Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support
  • Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support
  • AMD 64-bit Opteron
  • AMD 64-bit Athlon

Note: Itanium is not supported. The management console is a 32-bit application.
Operating system
  • Windows 2000 Professional/Server/ Advanced Server with Service Pack 3 or later
  • Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later
  • Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/ Enterprise/Datacenter/Storage Editions
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with Service Pack 1 or later
  • Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition with Service Pack 1 or later

Note: The management console is a 32-bit application
Memory512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
Hard disk40 MB plus 100 MB for temp space40 MB plus 100 MB for temp space
DisplaySuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitorSuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
Other requirements
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
  • Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 (included)
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
  • Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 (included)


Quarantine Console
The following are the minimum requirements for computers on which you install Quarantine Console.

Component32-bit64-bit
Processor600 MHz Intel Pentium IIINot supported
Operating system
  • Windows 2000 Professional/Server/ Advanced Server
  • Windows XP Professional
  • Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/ Enterprise/Datacenter/Storage Editions
Not supported
Memory64 MB of RAMNot supported
Hard disk35 MBNot supported
DisplaySuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitorNot supported
Other requirements
  • Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 or later
  • Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 1.2 or later
    If MMC is not already installed, you need 3 MB free disk space (10 MB during installation).
Not supported


Central Quarantine Server
The following are the minimum requirements for computers on which you install Central Quarantine Server.

Component32-bit64-bit
Processor600 MHz Intel Pentium IIINot supported
Operating system
  • Windows 2000 Professional/Server/ Advanced Server
  • Windows XP Professional
  • Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/ Enterprise/Datacenter/Storage Editions
Not supported
Memory128 MB of RAMNot supported
Hard disk40 MB, 500 MB to 4 GB recommended for quarantined items, and a 250 MB swap fileNot supported
DisplaySuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitorNot supported
Other requirements
  • Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 or later
Not supported


Symantec Network Access Control 11.
The following are the minimum requirements for computers on which you install Symantec Network Access Control 11.

Component32-bit64-bit
Processor550 MHz Intel Pentium II (1 GHz for Windows Vista)1 GHz on x64 only with the following processors:
  • Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support
  • Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support
  • AMD 64-bit Opteron
  • AMD 64-bit Athlon

Note: Itanium is not supported.
Operating system
  • Windows 2000 Professional/Server/ Advanced Server with Service Pack 3 or later
  • Windows XP Home/Professional Tablet PC Editions
  • Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/ Enterprise/Datacenter/Storage Editions
  • Windows Vista (x86)
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with Service Pack 1 or later
  • Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
  • Windows Vista x86 Edition

Note: The Symantec Network Access Control installation CD contains a 64-bit application.
Memory256 MB of RAM minimum256 MB of RAM minimum
Hard disk300 MB400 MB
DisplaySuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitorSuper VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
Other requirementsInternet Explorer 6.0 or later

Terminal Server clients connecting to a computer with antivirus protection have the following additional requirements:
  • Microsoft Terminal Server Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client
  • Citrix Metaframe (ICA) client 1.8 or later if using Citrix Metaframe server on Terminal Server
Internet Explorer 6.0 or later


VMware support
Symantec software is supported in VMware environments. The following table shows the supported VMware configurations for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 and Symantec Network Access Control 11.


Symantec softwareVMware support
Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, Console, and database componentsThe management server is supported on the following versions of VMware:
  • VMware WS 5.0 (workstation)
  • VMware GSX 3.2 (enterprise)
  • VMware ESX 2.5 (workstation)

The management server is supported on the following guest VMware operating systems:
  • Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server with Service Pack 3 or later
  • Windows 2003 Server/Enterprise Server Web Edition
  • Windows 2003 Server Windows x64 Edition
  • Windows XP Home/Professional Edition
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Network Access Control clientsThe client components are supported on the following versions of VMware:
  • VMware WS 5.0 (workstation)
  • VMware GSX 3.2 (enterprise)
  • VMware ESX 2.5 (workstation)

The client components are supported on the following guest VMware operating systems:
  • Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server
  • Windows 2003 Server/Enterprise Server Web Edition
  • Windows 2003 Server Windows x64 Edition
  • Windows XP Home/Professional Edition
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition


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