Process Guard Default Settings

Ive got PG 2.0 Free version and I'd like to know if it protects explorer.exe and other windows components which usually get infected by worms in order to autostart(included as default, so I dont have to add). So am I protected against Beast Trojan? Or is it only included in the licensed version? Plus, I got KAV PRO 4.5 n Kerio 2.15 which one is more recommended to protect, since I can protect only one?

Thanks in advance

 

about the beast trojan, I am not sure - maybe someone who knows the free version better than I do can shed light on this (but if there is a list of default windows processes that are protected, then I think you should be fine).

about which app to protect: I'd suggest protecting the firewall. Then at least nothing can leak out and often firewalls provide some additional protection as well. (No k.o.-reason, other people may prefer to protect their AV, esp. since it's Kaspersky which is supposed to catch a couple of trojans as well.)

HTH
Andreas

 

Hi HoLmEc, As Andreas says, protecting your firewall is probably your best bet, besides the trial version only allows you to add one protected process and KAV requires two. KAV is also much better guarded than Kerio 2.1.5 anyway.

Most Trojans require to be loaded so Process Guards checksumming will inform you if any new .exe tries to start.

Regarding the "Beast" ensure that you have all your OS's critical updates and that your other security software is fully updated with the latest definitions.

Installing Process Guard on an already infected machine is NOT recommended.

HTH Pilli

 

Older versions of Beast would be blocked if you chose to protect Winlogon.exe, but guaranteed protection would only be possible with the full version. This is because new trojans are much more configurable. The best protection against these sorts of trojans is to protect all programs which have firewall access, thus they cant be hijacked to bypass the firewall