What is Malware Radar?
Malware Radar is the only automated audit which locates infection points that traditional security solutions fail to detect.
Based on our Collective Intelligence approach, it complements and helps maximize your protection against hidden threats without additional installation or infrastructure requirements. Malware Radar is the only solution that transparently locates and removes hidden threats in your network.
What it does:
- Checks every machine in your network
- Identifies undetected infections
- Itemizes unpatched vulnerabilities
- Reveals inadequate protection
- Safely and easily cleans them if desired
- Without installing anything in your network
Traditional security software is no longer enough
According to Malware Radar results on audited companies, 72% of medium and large organizations are infected with active malware that can cause economic and productivity losses and remain hidden to installed protection.
The traditional security model, based on constantly updating a file containing the signatures of all known malware, has been ineffective for combating this situation for sometime.
This is because malware spreads more rapidly: Anti-malware laboratories can not cope and in the time it takes antivirus laboratories to receive and process each example and generate the corresponding update for the signature file, the new threat can infect thousands of computers. Therefore, traditional protection, consisting of antivirus protection and antispyware protection or even a firewall, is no longer enough.
Nor is it enough to incorporate additional HIPS type resident protection to tackle the whole problem.
HIPS -or Hosted Intrusion Prevention Systems- are technologies that detect and block unknown threats based on analyzing their behavior. Panda Security, with its TruPrevent™ Technologies, has been the leader in this type of proactive protection since 2004.
Combining HIPS technologies with traditional protection systems can significantly increase the level of protection, but does not resolve the problem. This is because in order to maintain a correct balance between performance and false positives, the sensitivity level cannot be too high and therefore, certain types of malware could be let through (above all, new generation malware that uses stealth techniques).
Therefore, the problem generated by new types of malware should be tackled by applying a more complete security model, based on combining permanent protection systems, PIPS, with periodic on-demand audits . Based on this approach, Panda Security has developed the new Malware Radar.
Panda Malware Radar has demonstrated that it has a maximized malware detection rate than traditional security software on the market. It is capable of locating and removing infection points that traditional security solutions fail to detect. This is proved by the results it is achieving in the companies that have audited their networks with Malware Radar.
Why is Malware Radar so effective? Simple: Its maximized detection rate is mainly due to the fact that it is based on the new Collective Intelligence technologies developed by PandaResearch and the integration of the most sensitive heuristic technologies. This characteristic, along with a high capacity to process all the new malware detected, makes Malware Radar an essential tool for complementing and controlling the effectiveness of the installed security software against hidden threats.
To sum up, periodic audits with Malware Radar will help you maximize the security of your network .
Key features.
• Maximized malware detection rate compared to traditional security software
Panda's unique Collective Intelligence Technologies and the most sensitive heuristics let Malware Radar detect hidden infection points that traditional security solutions fail to detect.
• Compatible with installed protections to complement them
Doesn't require you to uninstall your current security software but complements it.
• No installation and no dedicated infrastructure required
Malware Radar does not require installation in those workstations and file servers you want to analyze. It doesn't need specific hardware either to manage the audits.
Malware Radar is not resident on the computers scanned. This means that when the scan has finished, it does not leave a resident or any other component installed.
• Detailed audit reports
An executive audit report with main results, statistics and recommendations, and a technical report for each network device in detail.
• Transparent process for your employees
Can be configured to use CPU resources in dead CPU cycles, optimizing available system resources when conducting audits.
Once distributed, Malware Radar automatically and transparently scans all the workstations and file servers across your network, regardless of whether they are permanently networked, laptops or even completely unattached to the network.
• Optional automated disinfection of all malware detected
Lets you automate disinfection routines providing at the end a full detailed disinfection report with results.
• Always updated and using latest version and technologies
As a Hosted Service, Malware Radar’s console, technologies and signature files are always up-to-date, so you don’t have to worry about updates or upgrades.
• Standardized distribution capability
Deployment with standard distribution tools including Tivoli, SMS, LanDesk, Login Scripts, etc. (can also be deployed through the Malware Radar distribution tool)
• System vulnerability scanner features
Looks for system vulnerabilities that malware can exploit providing the information about your uninstalled critical patches and how to resolve them
• Validates existing security software status
Analyzes installed protection system for availability and for its status (enabled and up to date).
Requirements
For workstations:
- Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 P6/2000/XP/2003/Vista
- RAM: 512 MB
- Hard disk free space: 100MB.
- Internet Explorer 5.5
For the distribution tool:
- Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
- RAM: 512 MB
- Hard disk free space: 100MB.
- Internet Explorer 5.5
Note: To distribute the scan to NT 4, 2000, XP or 2003 computers, the distribution tool must be run from Windows 2000 or XP computers. These computers should have the administrative resources enabled.