New, Free Behavior-Based Security Product
Posted by Narasu Rebbapragada | Friday, January 06, 2006 3:13 PM PT
Novatix Cyberhawk Personal Edition joins the ranks of behavior-based security products such as Panda Software's TruPrevent and the OSFirewall within Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm AntiVirus. Oh, and it's free.
Behavior-based security products monitor key areas of your PC, look for system behavior typically caused by malware (viruses, Trojans, backdoors, and worms), and then block the threats. The advantage they have over heuristics-based security products is that they can catch new outbreaks during the critical hours before security companies release signature updates. Heuristics-based products generally need signature updates to detect new threats. The disadvantage is that, by definition, behavior-based products have to wait until threats actually behave on your system in order to detect them. That can be too late.
For this reason, I (as well as Novatix) recommend that you run Cyberhawk alongside not instead of your existing heuristics-based security software. Novatix expects to release Cyberhawk Personal Edition on January 17.
How do I completely uninstall Cyberhawk from my system? Since I installed it, my computer hangs up. Please advise.
I had the same problem. I had to boot up in safe mode, then go into Services and disable the Cyberhawk service. Then I could reboot and run Windows uninstaller from the Control Panel.
Having no problems using an older Celeron equiped HP desktop running WinXP Pro SP2. No hangs and machine resources are not heavily taxed (84% before install, 81% after). Am on Internet daily to find parts and materials. No issues, including uninstall, yet.
I have a problem with cyberhawk. I had installed it, but my pc frozed on my next reboot. I tried to unistall cyberhawk in safemode, but a window appeared and said that since i'm in safe mode I can't unistall the software running add/remove program! Can you advice me how to unistall cyberhawk! Thankyou!
I had problems with computer freeze up after installation. Using XP-2 and was able to go to Restore to get the PC back in operation on a Safe Mode boot up.
Stave Bass thougth well of you system. Did I do any thing wront????
Not having any problems. Seems like a good program. Doesn't hog memory.
No problems at all. Behaves very well with Nortons, Spybot and Ad-Ware. Highly recommend
No problems with me... I use ZA with it.
There is a newer version out beta 4
No problems here - I use it alongside Redwall File Viewer (an excellent programme) and antivirus software
Sometimes I forget it's running because it has such a small footprint. Very, very low rate of false positive warnings -- I've had 1 in two months -- and it caught a drive-by web install that went right by my existing security suite. And it's free. Nice!
version 1.1.04 is out and a newer look to it as well.
can someone help me uninstall cyberhawk please.
http://loadingvault.com will help you