Released on = January 17, 2006, 6:11 am

Press Release Author = Information Security Center Ltd

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = January 17, 2006 World-known anti-virus and anti-spy
software products DO NOT protect information from most dangerous, \"custom-made\"
keyloggers - that\'s the result of the testing which experts from Information
Security Center Ltd recently carried out. The testing simulated a situation when a
thief applies a custom-made keylogger compiled from source code freely available (!)
from the Internet.

Press Release Body = It is efficiency of data protection that was made the only
criterion in the comparative testing. The experts tested how 44 most popular
anti-spyware and anti-viruses perform against the most dangerous
information-stealing software, i.e. the very kind of programs which cybercriminals
use to steal confidential information.
The testing simulated the situation when a computer is infested with custom-made
keyloggers - extremely dangerous software created specially for identity theft or
espionage. Everybody (!) can take source code of keylogging programs from the
Internet and compile an entirely new \"spy\" which no product based solely on
signature analysis will detect.
Another goal of the testing was to check efficiency of heuristic algorithms, that
most anti-virus and anti-spyware vendors proclaim they apply for detecting spyware.

The testers used 9 \"test spies\" compiled of the source code they took from the
Internet. The results turned out to be shocking:
· 29 out of 44 anti-virus and anti-spy software products couldn\'t do anything - they
detected none of these spies
· 10 products managed only 1 spy out of 9
· 5 programs caught only 2 out of 9
· The only product that blocked all the 9spies was PrivacyKeyboard - a dedicated
anti-keylogging solution based solely on heuristic algorithms.

To avoid the blame for being biased in favor of their own product, the specialists
described the method of testing in detail in their article. Everybody who has basic
programming skills can try it. \"Everybody is welcome to repeat the testing\", - says
Dennis Kudin, the Chief Technology Officer of Information Security Center, Ltd. \"The
method we used is simple enough to apply. Even a user not very experienced in
programming can do this testing himself - and we are sure the results will be the
same.\"
For additional information please visit http://bezpeka.com/en/lib/antispy/art2869.html
About Information Security Center Ltd
Information Security Center Ltd is a privately held software developing company
based in Ukraine. For years it has been working in the sphere of information
security and data protection. The company\'s R&D department created an innovative
technology, which disables the very processes of information capturing --
keylogging, screenshoting, etc. The dedicated anti-keylogging solutions based on
this technology are capable of counteracting software, which cybercriminals create
specially for identity theft or espionage

Web Site = http://www.security-ukraine.com

Contact Details = Alexandra Gamanenko, PR Manager
Information Security Center Ltd
Phone/Fax +380 612 129 282
Email contacts@bezpeka.com
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Zaporozhye 69091, Ukraine