Symnantec announced yesterday the release of it’s latest product “Norton Antibot”. This tool is meant to ferret out malware from a computer but, there is no word yet on how it will handle Chinese computers.
From PC World:
The stand-alone software is based on existing (and currently available) technology from Sana Security, with a few minor add-ins from Symantec’s SONAR behavioral scanning technology that is now included in Norton products.
Symantec says AntiBot is meant as a supplement to antivirus software, not a replacement, and doesn’t use signatures as traditional antivirus products do. Instead, it examines how a program behaves–where it runs from, what Registry changes it makes, what Internet sites it may attempt to contact, and so on. The company says it won’t conflict with other antivirus programs, either its own or those of competitors.
[tags]Symantec, Antibot, Malware Detection[/tags]