Bio-Hazard
04-29-2006, 01:50 AM
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Veterans of antispyware specialist PestPatrol have developed a new tool that throws up roadblocks for so-called drive-by installs of malicious code onto vulnerable PCs.
The tool, called SocketShield, monitors Internet traffic as it enters a PC and takes action based on a blacklist of known bad Web sites and vulnerability signatures, Roger Thompson, chief technology officer at Exploit Prevention Labs, said in an interview Friday. "Before you can open a poisoned page and get infected, we can stop it," he said.
Exploit Prevention Labs (http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.explabs.com%2Findex .html&siteId=3&oId=2100-7355-6066587&ontId=1009&lop=nl.ex) is a new company, founded by Thompson and Bob Bales, two former executives at PestPatrol, an early antispyware company that CA (formerly Computer Associates International) bought two years ago (http://news.com.com/CA+picks+up+PestPatrol/2100-1025_3-5312074.html?tag=nl). "
http://news.com.com/Security+tool+aims+to+stop+drive-by+installs/2100-7355_3-6066587.html?tag=nefd.top
Veterans of antispyware specialist PestPatrol have developed a new tool that throws up roadblocks for so-called drive-by installs of malicious code onto vulnerable PCs.
The tool, called SocketShield, monitors Internet traffic as it enters a PC and takes action based on a blacklist of known bad Web sites and vulnerability signatures, Roger Thompson, chief technology officer at Exploit Prevention Labs, said in an interview Friday. "Before you can open a poisoned page and get infected, we can stop it," he said.
Exploit Prevention Labs (http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.explabs.com%2Findex .html&siteId=3&oId=2100-7355-6066587&ontId=1009&lop=nl.ex) is a new company, founded by Thompson and Bob Bales, two former executives at PestPatrol, an early antispyware company that CA (formerly Computer Associates International) bought two years ago (http://news.com.com/CA+picks+up+PestPatrol/2100-1025_3-5312074.html?tag=nl). "
http://news.com.com/Security+tool+aims+to+stop+drive-by+installs/2100-7355_3-6066587.html?tag=nefd.top