Introducing, The New Prevx Edge.

We used to have this functionality but it was very heavily abused so we took it out. We are very interested in helping the community, but unfortunately other security companies prefer to mine for data

 

Yes

 

Thanks - will definitely be giving this a try on a couple of test boxes.

I appreciate you're likely to be a bit biased, but equally you know the product inside out - would you say it's suited to the kind of usage I've mentioned?

I don't like having Antivirus on servers simply because everything I've seen is bloated beyond words, and we don't do much from the console of servers so downloads/drive-by's aren't a real-world issue, it's just that nagging paranoia that "something" could happen.

 

Just to let you know that I'm still having problems with Right Clicking on My Computer and Right Clicking a Drive to do a full system scan on a Fresh Clean Copy of Vista 32bit.

But when I go to Advance scan and Click Full scan or Custom scan and select C and D drives it works fine!

TH

 

Ok, thanks for the report I'll make sure this is addressed in the next release!

 

I think it is, however, I think our Edge Enterprise offering will suit you even better once we release it so that you'll be able to use it without any interaction on the server computer itself.

I definitely agree with not using a conventional antivirus on a server - intercepting every file read/write brings in a huge level of overhead.

 

Moi aussi

 

Any ideas if the pricing is likely to change significantly once the word "Enterprise" enters the equation?

Also, just been looking at the online help and unclear on something - everything I've seen/read/watched concentrates on problems occurring whilst someone is logged onto a machine and doing something i.e interactive.

With a server of course it spends nearly all its life "hands off" just sitting there humming away at ctrl-alt-del.

Would Edge still be protecting/dealing with threats and what happens due to the "hands off" nature as there's nobody logged on to hit block/allow if Edge thinks a process is suspect?

 

I don't think the price would increase much but I'm not sure at the moment. However, Edge would need a user to be logged in to protect/warn - I imagine we will add better support for a non-logged in server in the future, however. (I'm not sure on the time scale for this at the moment)

 

any thing new coming up?for prevx edge?thanks

 

All of the new features are still in development

 

cool thanks,any beta ready ?thanks again

 

Not yet, but soon

 

Joe, stop titilating us like this...it is cruel!

 

thanks and let us know please

 

Hi Joe

Seriously though...I can advise that since installing 3.0.1.17 I have not seen or suspect a single untoward happening such as a red icon in sys tray or disappearing icon, etc.

Just thought I would let you know...for what it is worth!

 

http://www.prevx.com/blog/112/ZEUS-steals-information-from-home-and-business-PCs.html

Quite interesting article

 

Hi all


d:\datos\seguridad informatica\pc tools antivirus\pctoolsantivirusextension.dll [PX5: E9EB03CF90AF9D2D799301716109D70023F251DC] Malware Group: High Risk Fraudulent Security Program


Think this is a false positive, because I had just installed PC Tools berfore running Prevx CSI.


By the way, what´s that PX5 number?

 

Some who knows for certain can correct me but my half-way educated guess is that it's a "hash" calculated from the contents of the file, somewhat like a fingerprint.

 

Yes, it is a one-to-one hash like MD5 which we use to identify unique files

 

Fixed

 

Good Work PREVX !


Programme gives glimpse into hackers' world

Associated Press

Monday, 16 March 2009


Getting hacked is like having your computer turn traitor on you, spying on everything you do and shipping your secrets to identity thieves.

Victims don't see where their stolen data end up. But sometimes security researchers do, stumbling across stolen-data troves that offer a glimpse of what identity theft looks like from criminals' perspective.

Researchers from security firm Prevx found one such trove, a website used as a stash house for data from 160,000 infected computers before it was shut down this month.

more here:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...gives-glimpse-into-hackers-world-1646007.html

 

i want to report one FP

c:\windows\sonysys\vaio recovery\launcher.exe [PX5: E6A4DD67A0081B02C8480590BAFC4200CC51E06D] Malware Group: Low Risk Adware

virus total link
http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/f1723fef4f98fe83c3659b9382d8f6e3

and i want to know how to avoid prevx to send email about pc infected when i excluded the folder

thanks

 

You may want to try just adding the file itself to the ignore list by clicking Settings > Detection Overrides. I'll take a look to see what the problem would be with sending the MyPrevx emails about an infected PC with an excluded folder. (I've fixed the FP as well, fwiw )

 

when i scan with prevx edge in admin account does this also scan stuff in the standard account for example i know that when i use ccleaner in admin account it doesnt touch the standard account,i know they are different kinds of apps but ill ask anyway?thanks