Zemana alerts

Just FYI in case some don't realise what it's capable of showing & preventing, as well as it's AntiKeylogging duties

Got these two yesterday



Not sure why they would want to try and do that ? But i blocked them both

I've had other such similar alerts from time to time, as well as other non KL ones which "could" have been if they had been nasties.

 

Why would you block a built-in Microsoft tool, and another security program from doing their job? Those should be in the exceptions.
Task Manager manages and terminates processes, so code injection into other applications should be expected. As for ZoneAlarm screenshot, I have no clue.

Would you block Zemana if ZoneAlarm alerted you about its suspicious behaviour?

 

Originally Posted by J_L

Re TM

Because i use TM quite a bit & don't recall getting an alert such as that before, so felt it was suspicious & therefore blocked it. No harm was done to me or the comp etc

No, OK.

I have & do Sometimes Zemana tries to phone home, even though i've set it not to ! Quite why it does ? I doubt if it's nefarious, "probably" trying to be "helpful" or something ?

 

I've been using Zemana for over 2 years as well as installing it on other computers and can confirm that I've never seen a Taskmanager alert, neither on new installations nor existing installations.

In this case malware may have subverted TM and CloneRanger was correct in blocking it. Why bother to have a program like this if when a warning occurs you assume that it's a false positive?

 

@ J_L

When i booted up today, look what i saw



And blocked. It's only trying to go locally to 0.0.0.0 DNS though it "seems" But i have disable DNS caching anyway. Not sure why it would want to go there ?

@ cruelsister

Thanks for the confirm etc

 

Seems to me that if you're going to block the activities of what appear to be legitimate programs, such as Task Manager, you should follow up with a scan for malware to find out if the legit files have been replaced.

Regarding using one anti-malware program eg ZoneAlarm to block another eg Zemana, why use an anti-malware program if you don't trust it to do what it's designed to do? It would be a good idea to make certain that the "phone home" function of an antimalware program is not necessary for it to work optimally before disabling/blocking it, especially now that many programs rely on cloud services to enhance their detection capability.

 

Why are you blocking legitimate programs like task manager? Also.. You blocked AntiLogger.exe ?? That's a Zemana process :S. You can't block whatever it shows.

 

@Cloneranger is there a way to make zemana prompt you for system changes...what i am trying to say here is .. does it have a HIPS component? and if so how responsive is it? I am asking this because I use spyshelter and oh boy I must tell you it is very responsive if u know what i mean

 

indeed K spyshelter is very alertive it's a hips program remember?

 

oh yes..

 

i think with spyshelter or zemana with a solid antivirus is all we need i guez

 

i would say..spyshelter / zemana and hitman should be enough.. but yes any light weight av will be good too..

 

avast or nod32 maybe

 

J or maybe Trendmicro titanium..

 

indeed my friend

 

Trend micro?? How is trend micro?

 

Vipre and Zemana work good for my setup...