How does Malware Radar work?
The Malware Radar audits can be carried out remotely (outside of your network) or locally (inside your network).
In just three simple steps Malware Radar identifies undetected infection points on your network. Malware Radar also lets you optionally remove all malware found automatically.
1. Distribution (no installation)
Malware Radar can audit all workstations and file servers, regardless of whether they are permanently networked, laptops or even completely unattached to the network. To do this, you do not need to install any resident software or additional hardware. Simply distribute the scan process across your network.
You can use any standard method to distribute the scan, such as Tivoli, SMS, Active Directory, etc. If you prefer, you can use the Malware Radar distribution tool and perform the task with a click.
You can use the profile manager to adapt the audit to your specific needs.
2. Audit
After completing the first step, the audit process is rapid and automatic. The audit process will achieve different objectives, depending on the scan selected in the profile manager:
- The quick scan (between 5 and 10 minutes) aims to seek out the active threats in your network (installed and running), as well as other security problems related to the status of the protection installed and the system vulnerabilities that malware can exploit.
- The full scan (around 3 hours) achieves the same objectives as the quick scan, and also detects latent malware in your network (installed, but not running). To do this, it must thoroughly scan all the hard disks across the network and therefore, the duration of this scan varies according to the amount of data to scan.
You can monitor the progress of the scan from the centralized Malware Radar web console. This console displays real-time information about the computers scanned, the computers pending scanning and the computers being scanned, as well as a summary of the threats detected.
3. Reports
Malware Radar generates complete audit reports containing detailed and accurate information about:
• Active threats . All the malware that is running in your network and damaging your company
• System vulnerabilities related to malware . System vulnerabilities in your network that known malware can exploit to penetrate your company
• Inactive or latent threats: Malware that is not running when the audit is performed, but is installed on your network and could have been active in the past or could even activate in the future
• Problems in the protection on the computers in your network: Possible operational problems, such as protection that is not installed or enabled in some network computers or outdated signature files
• Recommendations: Malware Radar gives you a series of recommendations according to the results of the audit, from a technical and objective point of view
This information is displayed in two reports (available online or in PDF or XML format):
- Executive report: Includes the main results, statistics and recommendations, depending on the situation detected in your network
- Technical report: Includes the details of each computer scanned. This report contains different filter options to allow you to display the audit results as you want or to focus on critical computers
4. Optional automated Disinfection
When the audit is complete, Malware Radar can automatically remove all the malware detected.
All the network administrator needs to do is distribute the vaccine to the infected computers. This can be done through the same method used to distribute the scan in the first step: standard methods (such as Tivoli, SMS, Active Directory, etc.) or Malware Radar's own distribution tool.
From then on, the process is automatic and you can monitor its progress in real-time. At the end, it displays the technical report with the result of the disinfection process.