Spyware Detector for Windows 7:

We released Spyware Detector 2010  this month. It included improved user interface features such as Pause, Stop, Sound notification on scan complete and quarantine complete, Host file monitor and system tray icon plus enhanced root kit protection in addition to full compatibility with windows 7. Spyware Detector has developed sophisticated detection and removal techniques to protect your data against rootkit. And, like always, we believe in speed, sd rootkit scanner is the fastest rootkit scanner than any other similar products in the world.

There has been an increase in the activity of Spyware related to modifications of  Host file where spyware would change it to prevent updates from Microsoft or most popular anti-virus software from happening. New installation of spyware Detector resets your Host File to a default Host file, as it was supposed to be when you installed operating system. However, if you do want to put some entries in that then we have provided Option>RegFix/Host File >Host file tab for you to add any websites/ip addresses in that. From now onwards, Spyware Detector will monitor it and not allow any program to add any websites in that unless you allow it.

These days spyware programs are mostly motivated by financial gains and can cause slowed productivity, invasion of privacy, theft of confidential information, unwanted  ads you do not want your children to see. Along with the releases of Spyware Detector, we also upgraded the whole range of our security and privacy products for compatibility with Windows 7. These include Max Registry Cleaner, Max Folder Secure, Max PC Privacy, Max File Shredder, Max PC Secure, Max RAM Optimizer, Max Internet Optimizer, Max Anony surf and Max PC Safe.

Security of data is becoming increasingly important considering hardware thefts and similar software threats such as  Spyware / Keyloggers, so deploying basic desktop security software such as anti-virus/anti-spyware is not enough. The proliferation of blended threats, spyware, phishing attacks, and pervasive Web-based threats requires more sophisticated defenses at every access point. Today, hackers are motivated by making money, and the number of profit-motivated threats is skyrocketing, often engineered by organized crime. Max Folder Secure and Max PC Safe are 2 perfect solutions for total data security. Using these you can Hide/Access deny or Encyrpt  a file/folder with password protection from your system making it totally secure from any kind of threat.

 Spyware such as rootkits or key-loggers can be part of attacks aimed at gaining access to private information such as credit card numbers and passwords. Paralleling the shift to profit-based attacks is the growing ability of threats to evade defenses as well as the pervasive availability of threat-building tools and sample code on the Internet. The mid-size business needs to step up to more robust and adaptable security solutions—or risk having one of these new
custom threats penetrate its defenses and adversely affect operations.

According to the CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, 46% of companies reported a laptop loss or theft. Furthermore the report stated that losses from laptop theft increased from $19,562 per respondent in 2005 to $30,057 per respondent in 2006. The damage to a corporation due to loss of data can result from:

1. Competitors using stolen data to reduce market share
2. Loss of customer confidence resulting in lower sales
3. Negative publicity lowering corporate value (or at worst bankruptcy)
4. Costs to injured parties, which can be legally required
5. Lost productivity to mitigate damage of stolen data.

We also gained a lot of speed in the detection and building of our Threat database. We launched totally automated Research Lab with conducible environment for the processing of Spyware samples. It is totally unmanned 24x7 running expert program, communicating intelligently with our white software database, filtering, testing and making data immediately available for releases, handling thousands of samples in unbelievably hours of time for immediate update for all of our Spyware detector users. This capability will give us a very strong Spyware Detection rate in very near future.

We also noticed an increase in the number of dubious websites coming up and trying to manifest themselves as the real  review sites but motivated with ANTI-COMPETITIVE and malicious BEHAVIOR . One such site we noticed was www.mywot.com which we found has filled itself with user ratings from mass reviewers whose full time job is to post more than 1000 reviews in a day in sort of mass mailing or mass posting method. Several reviewers that you can find on their website are such as Shazza and many more http://www.mywot.com/en/user/108271/board, http://www.mywot.com/en/user/123741 ,  http://www.mywot.com/en/user/39237 and http://www.mywot.com/en/user/110914 . Perhaps they would make these links unavailable by the time you review them. But it is very easy to trace any of their reviewers background and how many posting they are doing by just searching on their user name on google. You can see how hard their reviewers are working:

We also found another website  linking to mywot.com, which seems to be the host of all such reviewers http://www.ti-continium.com/ .  When we tried to contact mywot and ti-continium.com to explain about our products bad reviews, they disabled our registered userids and blocked our ip address. I would  like our users to be beware of such sites who are perhaps paid by some competitor to defame our company and products and really have no business looking after consumers online security. They are nothing more than fake security products who have been simply paid to post bad automated reviews and reviewers are given special grade based on how many they can post in a day !!  When we wrote to them, their reply was that they are too busy to look into this issue, obviously mass posting similar to spamming is a full time business and why would you do anything if you are paid to do it.

Max Secure has an ever-growing number of happy customer list and you can review them here http://spywaredetector.net/testimonials.htm .

You can help us identify new and emerging threats through newly introduced Threat community. User is asked to participate in this effort at the time of installation. If later you change your mind, you can always choose not to select and turn this option off from Options> System settings>participate in threat community.

We have a whopping number of Spyware Threat count = 519957 at this time.

Please continue to support this effort by reading this blog for the latest information on new Max Secure Software Product releases. You are welcome to send us queries on any spyware that can not be removed from your PC or any other issues. Our technical support will be happy to help you through chat, email or free remote support. We will not rest until Spyware writers give up and let the users of PCs enjoy their computing as it was intended to be... without PC slowdown, with no fear of losing Privacy, no advertisements or other unwanted nuisances. 

Rachna Pradhan 
CTO
Max Secure Software

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