ProcessGuard and cool web search

Will ProcessGuard prevent cool web search trojan and other malware from installing on a computer.

 

it could be but not exactly. it will block dll getting compromised/exes getting changed by malware but prevent malware gettign installed... ... only if you check: block new progs.

and then again...it is not a antispyware suite: it is far more beyound that . it is what every pc should have...

 

Some "CoolWebSearch" variants add themselves to the AppInit_DLLs registry key. We added protection for this since they are quite common and very nasty. In fact these are some of the nastiest adware programs, they also install a second file as a BHO (Browser Helper Object). Personally I install my needed BHO programs (Adobe Acrobat reader for example) just in case I use IE, and then disable installing of new BHO's with IE's advanced settings! Not using IE is still another good option, these search hijackers don't attack other browsers.

In this state ProcessGuard WILL stop CoolWebSearch variants and they can't infect you - since both attacks methods are stopped. If you have been infected already though, you need to have someone check a HijackThis log to remove the infection first, and its quite possible there are other infections which need to be removed too.

 

Thank You very much for the reply's to my question. I am not having a problem with coolwebsearch,but am looking for more defensive applications to battle the "dark side", of the internet. I use Firefox primarly for most browsing, and TDS 3 for Trojans.

 

Hi Mainer, ProcessGuard can protect you from far worse threats such a rootkits, they can make CWS look like a holiday

Cheers. Pilli