Trend Micro RUBotted (Beta)

You might want to check it out, I´m not sure if it´s in the same league as Norton AntiBot, but I suppose so. And seems like they are also offering a rebranded version of Iconix Truemark.

http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/rubotted
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/emailid

 

what will be intersting is, when it does get released... will it be a part of the suite, or a seperate tool to purchase like norton did.

 

Well, what would be even more interesting to know is, if it´s really effective or not. I just installed it on my VM, and it doesn´t seem to be a full blown HIPS, looks more like a lightweight firewall that´s checking for suspicious inbound/outbound connections, but I might be wrong.

 

It phones home, so you just get a new trojan .

 

It must phone home because it asks whether that "ip" or "address" -that your computer connects- is bad.

 

It probably sends statistics to TM too, but i can live with that

 

Can anyone give a few snapshots from the Programm and its allerts?

 

Seems so boring. It just monitors some network traffic without stopping the malware. It rather asks u to launch House Call. Useless!

 

Yes, on their Website you can only read the word "watch" and not "block". In combination with some Home calling it is like a Datatracker or maybe a better Trojan.

 

Give me few hours and I will post some!

 

Thank you !

 

Here are some. I executed a malware.

 

Bah, what a bad Programm, it's a Gag.
If you have a really bot on your machine, the best thing is to reformate, but not using "House call".
You are right it is useless !!!, I'll give it a pass.

 

It doesn't detect the activity of several Storm-variants.
As you probably know, although Storm (Peacom, Zhelatin, Peed, etc) most commonly called "Storm-Worm", it is not a worm, it's a bot.

While Storm was connected to other infected hosts, RUBotted doesnt detect the activity.

I just sent an e-mail to TrendMicro. But they do not support free tools.

 

Is this concern still valid?

Also, personally I would find it ridiculous for Trend to actually charge money for this, considering it doesn't do that much (in contrast, for example, to Norton Antibot). - just my .02 euro bucks