PestPatrol detects spyware, trojans, worms, AOL pests, droppers, probe tools, mail bombers, password crackers, remote control servers, spoofers, trojan creation tools, & more -- over 40,000 pests! PestPatrol detects what anti-virus software misses, and is designed to work in conjunction with anti-virus software. How does PestPatrol identify possible threats? PestPatrol is similar to anti-virus products, but instead of scanning for viruses, it scans for Spyware and Trojans, and even tools and utilities used by hackers and maybe even trusted employees. Used along with anti-virus software, PestPatrol will keep you safe from malicious objects, commonly referred to as Pests.
PestPatrol allows you to delete offensive files. Once Pest Patrol detects a pest, you have the option to delete the file, quarantine the file or simply to receive an alert about the file. You can even examine the pest and receive additional information about it from an extensive Pest Dictionary. If you don"t want to delete the fileƒyou can quarantine it until you have time to take a closer look. Once the pest is detected, you can safely quarantine the pest to a separate directory until you have time to examine the file more closely. PestPatrol offers an exclude feature. The exclude feature allows you to exclude a certain files from the scan. For example, if you are a security officer, you may have some of these tools on your computer for evaluation or testing purposes... with the exclude feature, you can eliminate the bother of being advised of pests you already know about.
How does PestPatrol differ from anti-virus products? Anti-virus products focus on viruses; PestPatrol focuses on every other sort of computer pest, including ANSI bombs, answering machine hacks, carding, denial of service attack tools, disassemblers, virus droppers, hacking guides, hostile Java, icq, key loggers, mail bombers, password crackers, phreaking, surreptitious remote control, remote monitoring, network scanning, sniffers, spoofers, spyware, surveillance, Trojans, Trojan creation tools, virus creation tools, virus writing tools, and word lists used by password crackers. As a result, PestPatrol detects more such pests, and is much faster than anti-virus products.