Il thread sugli HIPS che ho menzionato prima è questo:

http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showthread.php?t=1064733

Di nuovo MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR dal vostro spauracchio GIOVI…LOL!!

This application has been reviewed in many PC magazines and professional renowned websites such as SOFTPEDIA, for instance, getting a GOOD rate from its users who have paid 30 bucks to install it:

h ttp://www.soft pedia.com/get/Internet/Popup-Ad-Spyware-Blockers/BeeThink-SpyDetector.shtml

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Nice and detailed SCREENSHOTS of the program can be found here:

h ttp://www.sof tpedia.com/progScreenshots/BeeThink-SpyDetector-Screenshot-90408.html

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As you can see from the SOFTPEDIA review BeeThink SpyDetector 2.0 works not only as an Antispyware but also as a FIREWALL as it enables users to monitor network activities in real time even letting them know the remote IP address and ownership information of thoese would-be hackers who are trying to enter into your system to spy on you.

With this application you can also protect your computer by setting firewall rules such as remote address, port, protocol, users’ black list and white list exactly, as we usually do with more famous FIREWALLS such as ZONE ALARM or COMODO, but you can also collect spyware tracks thanks to a nice feature that records each packet passing through your PC.

So it’s not a bad (and unknown) product at all and since it’s exceptionally FREE today why not give it a try?

If a product is less known than others it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s CRAP…LOL!!!

Having said that I think that for people like me who run COMODO as FIREWALL (but ONLINEARMOR FIREWALL appears to be even better than COMODO as FIREWALL and HIPS program) and AVIRA ANTIVIR PERSONAL FREE ANTIVIRUS with active WEB GUARD as AV this kind of applications are pretty useless unless you have lots of spare resources on your PC to use which unfortunately is not my case.

Moreover I already have a fabulous ANTISPYWARE running in my PC with Double realtime protection and behavior-based detection (Malware-IDS) called A-SQUARED ANTIMALWARE 4 which has repeatedly been awarded as the best ANTISPYWARE currently available in the market.

It keeps your PC free from Trojans, Viruses/Worms, Keyloggers, Dialer, Rootkits and Spyware/Adware in REAL TIME with the power of two major scan engines!

Of course it’s not FREEWARE but I was able to get it for FREE here when it was given earlier by GAOTD a few months ago (last August, if I’m not mistaken), so if I were in your shoes I’d wait for it because it’s likely to be offered for free by GAOTD once again soon…LOL!

BREAKING NEWS!!!

Just a few days ago the DEVELOPER has released a NEW FREE VERSION of A-SQUARED 4 which uses the same scan engines for the Scanner used by the SHAREWARE version A-SQUARED ANTIMALWARE 4 with the only difference that the FREE VERSION doesn’t have the behavior blocker module (Malware-IDS) which this GAOTD instead has!!

So a fabulous DETECTION and REMOVAL TOOL ON DEMAND, that does not provide any protection in real time from infections as the resident guard/onExecution A-SQUARED ANTIMALWARE 4 scan feature is missing.

You can find all information of this astounishing FREE product here:

h ttp://www.ems isoft.com/en/software/free/

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Alternatively why not use the A-squared Commandline Scanner (best results in SAFE MODE):

h ttp://www.emsi soft.com/en/software/cmd/

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Let’s have a try in Safe Mode where most malicious programs can be caught ’sleeping’ as Windows loads only system-critical services: you guys have no idea what this stunning TOOL can find!!

Other good FREEWARE ANTISPYWARE capable to make a deep scansion ON DEMAND of your PC are:

- MALWAREBYTES’ ANTIMALWARE, a very good AS whose MIRRORS have recently experienced lots of troubles to UPDATE its SIGNATURES DATABASE;

- SPYWARE DOCTOR (downloadable for FREE from GOOGLEPACK), one of the best ANTISPYWARE products I ever seen despite using too much CPU and RAM resources (so not suitable for PC with low RAM and old CPU).

Finally, as for as the HIPS programs are concerned, namely those particular SW capable to detect malware programs that are cleverly disguised to avoid being detected by the most common ANTIVIRUS and ANRISPYWARE programs, well there are dozens of good ones in the market you can istall for FREE although most of them generate a lot of needless and annoying warning messages and turn out to be very intrusive and cryptic indeed.

THREATFIRE (formerly Cyberhawk) is definetely a good FREE and not intrusive HIPS program because it uses white lists, black lists, policies and behavior analysis rules, along with other techniques, so as to reduce the number of messages users must deal with.

Other good FREEWARE and not intrusive HIPS for ADVANCED USERS, that are worth having a look at, are:

- ProcessGuard Free

- WinPatrol

- Samurai

(very GOOD PROGRAM despite being pretty unknown: http://turbotramp.fre3.com/)

- Comodo BoClean

(excellent HACKER PROOF SW: http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html)

- ArovaxShield

- System Safety Monitor PRO, exceptionally FREE here:

h ttp://www.syss afety.com/online.html?depart=support

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Just fill in the form to get the free lifetime unlimited license key of the PRO version. The key will be emailed to any regular (paid or free) license holder via email).

But the MASS of PC USERS who has not the right skills to use the HIPS mentioned above, maybe can easily replace them with sandboxes HIPS, which are much easier to understand and use with no frills.

The best ones I know are:

- Sandboxie
- GeSWall
- SafeSpace

Hope you found my information and all the GEMS I mentioned above useful.

Cheers from Italy and once again MERRY CHRISTMAS to everybody!!

Giovanni

Comment by G i o v i 6 9 — December 25th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

P.S. Per quegli italioti che non hanno la minima idea su che cosa siano gli HIPS suggerisco di leggere questo thread:

E’ un pò datato però serve a dare l’idea!!

E poi ditemi che non vi aiuto…LOL!!

BUON NATALEa voi e allo STAFF (spero che almeno a NATALE non censurino i miei astounishing posts…).

Ma sapete che nella versione americana qualcuno ha scritto che sono indiscutibilmente THE NUMBER ONE?? Io che sono ITALIANO, con buone conoscenze informatiche ma non certo un GEEK e soprattutto con l’INGLESE che è la mia seconda lingua…NUNCESECREDE!!! Medidate gente, meditate!!)

Massimo

Quidi tecnicamente non avrebbe bisogno di aggiornamenti (sono gli aggiornamenti di versione che non sono supportati).

Il mio suggerimento se non volete usarlo è di provare invece coe Personal Firewall o la Suite Comodo 3.5 (non installando il pessimo antivirus incluso e opzionale) o OnLine Armor 3.0 che è un personal forewall con HIPS gratuito e in italiano anche.

In piu’ aggiungerei come antispyware veri e propri SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.6, MalwareBytes’ AntiMalware 1.31 e/o SUPERAntiSpyware free 4.23.. gratuiti e in italiano.
E se vi fate un giro su google c’è una offerta promozionale per ottenere gratis per un anno il Panda Internet Security 2009:)

Il software è carino e utile, tuttavia non lo scarico perchè so già che gli aggiornamenti non sono compresi (nel file.txt c’è sempre scritto così)e un software di questo tipo, che richiede aggiornamenti continui non compresi, non mi è di aiuto.
peccato e buon natale!