Define: Antivirus software?
Antivirus software, or anti-virus software, also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware.
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Top anti-malware Companies and Solutions
This article showcases Threat.Technology’s top picks for the best anti-malware solutions. We selected these companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Netskope
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Netskope is a software company that helps organizations understand online activities, protect data, stop threats, and respond to incidents. The company provides context-aware governance of all cloud usage in the enterprise in real-time, whether accessed from the corporate network, remote, or from a mobile device.
It also helps companies protect data and protect against threats in cloud applications, cloud infrastructure, and the web. Netskope patented Cloud XD technology eliminates blind spots by going deeper than any other security provider to quickly target and control activities across thousands of cloud services and millions of websites.
It offers different deployment options for traffic steering for analysis and policy control. The company can enforce policies including data loss prevention (DLP), access control, anti-malware, encryption, and incident management services on the cloud and web traffic it inspects.
It offers different deployment options for traffic steering for analysis and policy control. .
ReSec Technologies
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ReSec is an Israeli cyber security company providing organizations with the ultimate protection from file-based malware threats, both known an unknown (“zero days”). We are a gateway solution, used by large and highly sensitive organizations for protection from email, endpoint, file uploads and downloads, and transfer threats.
Overcoming the limitations of conventional anti-malware detection solutions by using patented Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) technology. ReSec’s ReSecure Platform is a multi-engine solution that treats every file as a threat, leaves the original file outside of the organization’s network, and delivers the end-user a threat-free and fully functional replica of the file in real-time.
ReSec is an established product that is market tested, with dozens of enterprise customers, from large banks, military and defense organizations, government offices, airlines, oil and gas companies and more.. . ReSec is an established product that is market tested, with dozens of enterprise customers, from large banks, military and defense organizations, government offices, airlines, oil and gas companies and more.. .
Garrison Technology
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Garrison Technology Limited develops technologies for enterprise cybersecurity needs. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
It aims to serve the growing enterprise market with its anti-malware product. It wants to address the large and growing enterprise cyber security market.
The company has pioneered in an anti-malware product that efficiently sidesteps the highest impact cyber threats to modern organizations, i.e. internet-borne targeted attacks.
The company has pioneered in an anti-malware product that efficiently sidesteps the highest impact cyber threats to modern organizations, i.e. .
odix
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odix develops and markets advanced Anti-Malware tools based on Content Disarm and Reconstruct (CDR) technology for preventative cybersecurity in enterprises of all sizes. odix’s technology prevents malware infiltration to organizational networks by disarming all malicious code from all commonly used file types.
odix’s patented technology is effective against unknown malware hidden inside innocent-looking files where legacy solutions fall short.. .
Confiant
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Criminals are hijacking programmatic advertising and giving publishers a bad name. Confiant protects publishers’ and platforms’ reputations, revenue, and resources with always-on anti-malware software that provides protection for desktop, mobile, and video ads.
Its sole focus is on helping advertising platforms and publishers rid the world of malware. This focus enables us to evolve quickly and meet our clients’ needs for defeating the bad actors trying to undermine the industry.
Programmatic technologies make it easy for criminals to use digital publishers to infect millions of consumers. Confiant protects the publisher’s reputation and revenue with anti-malware software that keeps them ahead of the bad guys.. Programmatic technologies make it easy for criminals to use digital publishers to infect millions of consumers. .
i7 Networks
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100% Agentless & non-intrusive way, we provide security to BYOD-enabled Enterprises by detecting & fingerprinting all personal devices, complete security scan & analysis of the devices, protecting Corporate Network from BYOD specific infections and intrusions and doing a thorough granular access control using device attributes as well as Apps. Detailed Value proposition: 100% Agentless-way (ZERO-Touch) of detecting all personal devices, secure quadrupled fingerprinting (US patent-pending), DPI & thorough security scan & analysis (Vulnerability check, associated risks, thorough BYOD specific intrusion alerts, Device compromise check (jailbroken, rooted), BYOD specific network behavioral analysis to see patterns, anomalies & zero-day attacks.), posture check (anti-malware software is installed on the device? latest signatures?) and then deny infected personal device connecting to the network as well as do a thorough granular access based on device attributes as well as apps.
We do it irrespective of how you get onto the network – from Corporate Wi-Fi or VPN. We also detect enterprise-worry apps (such as dropbox, box.net, Facebook etc.) on the wire and we can even stop them.
We also provide granular access control based on any of the attributes of the devices that we discover (such as macid, ip address, OS, OS version, SSID, office location, time, form factors, device class & type & manufacturer etc.) – all done at real-time! We protect BYOD-enabled Enterprise from the BYOD specific threats. We have developed lot of technologies which are mobile specific and are innovations by itself be it “Agentless discovery & fingerprinting” of all personal devices or the malicious/intrusion detection which are specific to again BYOD.
We also provide granular access control based on any of the attributes of the devices that we discover (such as macid, ip address, OS, OS version, SSID, office location, time, form factors, device class & type & manufacturer etc.) – all done at real-time! We protect BYOD-enabled Enterprise from the BYOD specific threats. .
Emsisoft
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Emsisoft’s ambition is to produce and market the best antivirus / anti-malware software for personal and commercial users. The rapidly growing company is a leading supplier in efficient real-time protection technology with a focus on anti-ransomware and behavior blocking technology to detect new and unknown threats.
The company’s specialty is its high-performance dual-engine scanner, combining Bitdefender technology with an in-house developed engine that is specialized in detecting potentially unwanted program (PUPs). The company was founded in 2003 by Christian Mairoll, realizing his vision of a virtual company: The 40+ employees are distributed all over the world but work together as if they are sitting next to each other in a real office.
In 2014, the company relocated from Austria to New Zealand. The Emsisoft product range includes the security programs Emsisoft Anti-Malware Home, Emsisoft Business Security, Emsisoft Enterprise Security, Emsisoft Mobile Security and the world’s first fully portable, free dual-engine scanner Emsisoft Emergency Kit.. In 2014, the company relocated from Austria to New Zealand. .
Sourcefire
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Sourcefire, Inc. provides enterprise threat management solutions for information technology (IT) infrastructures of healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, energy, education, retail, telecommunications, and federal and state government organizations in the United States and internationally.
It manufactures various open source and commercial security products. The company’s products include Snort, an open source intrusion prevention technology that is incorporated into the intrusion prevention system software component of the Sourcefire 3D System (Discover, Determine, Defend).
The Sourcefire 3D System comprises multiple Sourcefire hardware and software product offerings, which provide an intelligent network defense that unifies intrusion prevention system, network behavior analysis, network access control, and vulnerability assessment solutions under a common management framework. Sourcefire also offers ClamAV, an open source gateway anti-virus and anti-malware project.
The Sourcefire 3D System comprises multiple Sourcefire hardware and software product offerings, which provide an intelligent network defense that unifies intrusion prevention system, network behavior analysis, network access control, and vulnerability assessment solutions under a common management framework. Sourcefire markets and sells its appliances, software, and services through its direct sales organization and indirectly through the resellers, distributors, and original equipment manufacturers.
The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.. .
SecureAge Technology
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SecureAge Technology provides data protection and advanced threat protection for endpoint,
Dasient
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Dasient is an Internet security company that protects websites from web-based malware attacks that cause losses of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Dasient’s proprietary Web Anti-Malware (WAM) service monitors websites for malware infections.
If and when an infection occurs, Dasient will alert the webmaster and quarantine the infection. Dasient is an internet security company founded by ex-Googlers, Neil Daswani, Shariq Rizvi and McKinsey alum Ameet Ranadive.
It launched June 16, 2009.. . It launched June 16, 2009.. .
Spider.io
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spider.io is an anti-malware company for online advertisers. Traditional anti-malware companies protect PCs, tablets and phones from being hijacked.
spider.io, by contrast, prevents these hijacked PCs, tablets and phones being used against third parties—in particular, to defraud online advertisers. spider.io identifies in real time the type of automated agent responsible for each individual ad request..
Thinkst
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Thinkst is an independent Applied Research Company with a deep focus on information security. This means that ThinkstScapes will never be a veiled attempt to sell you services or push more anti-malware solutions.
Thinkst’s independence means that we don’t have a vested interest in playing up or down the nature of a threat. ThinkstScapes exists to bring clarity to the chaos and to improve the signal to noise ratio..
RapidSSLonline
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RapidSSLonline.com is one of the largest SSL certificate providers globally. An Authorized re-seller for Symantec, GeoTrust, Thawte and RapidSSL.
We buy SSL certificates in large quantities and pass the savings to you. All of the certificates you buy from us are the same exact certificates if you were buying directly from Symantec, GeoTrust, Thawte or RapidSSL.
We monitor the SSL prices very closely and adjust our prices accordingly. However, if you find it cheaper elsewhere please let us know, we will match or beat the competitors prices.
We monitor the SSL prices very closely and adjust our prices accordingly. RapidSSLonline.com offers broad range of SSL security solutions such as Wildcard SSL, EV SSL, Code Signing Certificate, Standard SSL, OV SSL, Multi Domain SSL, Multi Domain Wildcard SSL, & Website Anti-malware Scanner at the market competitive prices.
RapidSSLonline.com presents SSL certificates with strong 256 bit SSL standard encryption at the cheapest price to protect web sites, eCommerce, exchange, intranets and extranets. We offer inexpensive digital certificates which are supported by over 99% of the latest web browsers.
While processing transactions between the web site and the customer on the web then we should make it secure using SSL, or secure sockets layer certificate where other people will not be able to intercept and read. SSL Certificates works based on technical amalgamation which includes programs, and encryption/decryption algorithms.
Cyber DriveWare
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Cyber DriveWare is a startup company providing enterprises with 2nd tier protection against new malware attacks. DriveWare focuses on protecting the critical aspect of business continuity, by proactively blocking business disruption attacks.
The company raised seed funding and receives significant interest from market leaders in various segments, including: anti-virus manufacturers, global banks, mission critical infrastructures and defense systems. According to the Israeli defense system, “DriveWare is strategic for the homeland security of their nation”.
DriveWare currently implements its beta version product in customer premises. The company won the global accelerator program by Kaseprsky (SSC).
DriveWare currently implements its beta version product in customer premises. They specialize in the drive-space: a multidisciplinary set of technologies relating to hard-disk-drives and solid-state-drives (‘drives’), including drive architecture, drive behavior, firmware hacking, ATAPI and SATA Protocols, and low-level OS functionality e.g.
drivers and kernel rings 0-3. DriveWare uses its drive-space technological expertise, to protect against a wide range of cyber threats, such as: The growing trend of targeted attacks, Destructive Malware, Firmware Virus and Ransomware, as well as against Industrial Espionage and APTs.
DriveWare is unique in that it is malicious-activity-centric. Its focus is on blocking malicious activities of malware while maintaining ongoing system functionality.
StopBadware
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StopBadware is a non-profit anti-malware organization that is focused on the prevention, mitigation, and remediation of badware websites. The company informs over 700,000 website owners about how to remediate their compromised sites and prevent future attacks; serves more than 10 million Google and Firefox users with content about how to mitigate their risk of badware infection; helps de-blacklist over 100,000 websites flagged by our data providers for badware; and enlists more than 50 web hosting providers from 22 countries in the We Stop Badware™ Web Host program, which helps those providers respond more quickly and effectively to reports of badware on their networks.
StopBadware was founded in 2010 as a project of the renowned Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and is currently based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.. .
Secure Hunter Anti-Malware
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Secure Hunter Anti-Malware Acting as a sidekick to your antivirus program, Secure Hunter locates malicious software and eliminates it before it reaches your data. A low-cost option for malware protection, Secure Hunter hunts down Trojans, worms, spyware, ad-ware and more.
Available by instant download, Secure Hunter is designed to provide immediate protection against the internet’s nastiest bugs. Are you ready to experience the relief of worry-free browsing? Download Secure Hunter Free Anti-Malware now.
Still trying to decide? Secure Hunter is available for both personal and business use.. . Still trying to decide? Secure Hunter is available for both personal and business use.. .
stopmalware.co.uk
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Small business have been left out in the fight against malware and ransomware. Many small business owing to cost are using domestic antivirus software to protect their business data.
This is alarming considering what is stake. We at stop malware.co.uk provide better deals for small businesses.
Only the best software will ever make it to our store. Small business’s are being over looked by the more advanced malware protection software providers.
Only the best software will ever make it to our store. Locking small business out one with price and two with quantity of licences required.
stopmalware.co.uk are here to fill that gap in the market and provide you with leading anti malware protection software on the market today. We have no minimum requirements on quantity and have no lengthy contracts just a subscription based month by month basis with advanced malware protection available for everyone.
All at an exceptionally great price and you can cancel easily at any time through our website.. .
NANO Security
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NANO Security is a company which develops new high-technology products for protection from all kinds of malware such as viruses, trojans, worms and other dangerous programs. All our products are based on our own antivirus engine which was created from the scratch and fully supported by our team.
Our product line includes the antivirus products for HOME, SMB and B2B markets. The most popular product is NANO Antivirus Pro.
It is the fast and effective anti-virus solution with unique license system that provides maximum protection of your computer against all types of malware – viruses, cryptolockers, screen blockers, bank trojans, potentially unwanted programs, adware, spyware, etc. NANO Antivirus Pro achieved a number of VB100 (it’s one of the most respectable and known antivirus testing laboratory based in Great Britain) awards for perfect results of tests.
It is the fast and effective anti-virus solution with unique license system that provides maximum protection of your computer against all types of malware – viruses, cryptolockers, screen blockers, bank trojans, potentially unwanted programs, adware, spyware, etc. All our products are officially recommended by Microsoft.
We also offer to our users a free version of antivirus – NANO Antivirus. It provides the same level of protection like all our products but has less functionality in comparison with NANO Antivirus Pro.
Our B2B products are intended for integration into important services to increase the protection level of existent solutions. In addition we license our antivirus engine as White Label to other IT companies who want to have their own branded inexpensive and ready-to-use antivirus solution..
Virus Bulletin
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Virus Bulletin is an online security information portal that offers independent intelligence about the latest developments in the global threat landscape. It regularly features analyses of the latest virus threats, articles exploring new developments in the fight against viruses, interviews with anti-virus experts, and evaluations of current anti-malware products.
Technical experts from anti-virus vendors have written articles for the portal magazine, which also conducts comparison tests of the detection rates of anti-virus software. Virus Bulletin was founded by Jan Hruska and Peter Lammer in 1989 and is based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire..
NioGuard Security Lab
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NioGuard Security Lab analyzes malware, test security products, and creates smart anti-malware solutions.
DroidSecurity
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DroidSecurity has created the first full-featured Android anti-malware application, called DroidSecurity Internet Security Suite. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
DroidSecurity Internet Security Suite ($4.99 USD) is a powerful, mature security application that provides a wide-range of protection against viruses/malware and SMS/text spam, plus enables users to track lost smartphones and remotely wipe data for enhanced security and control. The core platform was publicly beta-tested by Android users under the DroidHunter brand, and was downloaded over 100,000 times during the six-month beta.
DroidSecurity Internet Security Suite is the first Android antivirus application to leverage the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) technology.. . DroidSecurity Internet Security Suite is the first Android antivirus application to leverage the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) technology.. .
Microsmart ICT
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Microsmart ICT is an IT firm that specializes in cyber-security, data recovery, anti-malware software and cloud computing services.
SoftSphere Technologies
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SoftSphere Technologies is a strong anti-malware sandbox intrusion prevention system and personal firewall. DefenseWall Personal Firewall – the world’s first sandboxing-style personal firewall solution – No learning modes (as seen with firewall and HIPS programs).
– Mininimal popups. – Compatible with third-party security software and programs.
– No need to configure ports and sockets. – No application checksum re-calculations.
– No need to configure ports and sockets. For most average users, program popups and questions are confusing.
There is always the chance a user will make the wrong choice and allow malware to cause damage to their system. DefenseWall Personal Firewall is a different kind of security program.
You won’t even notice it’s installed and providing the highest firewall and system protection. DefenseWall Personal Firewall is based on a sandboxing approach that uses rights restrictions and partial virtualization.
Washed Email
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Continuously evolving cloud email security. Providing DLP, anti-spam, anti-phishing, anti-malware and encryption.
Komoku
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Komoku offers advanced rootkit detection. Rootkits are malicious software programs that are designed to take control of a computer’s operating system at the administrator, or root, level, where they can often hide from detection by standard anti-malware software.
Komoku closed operations after being acquired by Microsoft. The technology was incorporated into Security Essentials, and Windows Update..
SHIFTWORKS
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Mobile Anti Malware and Device Security
99 percent security scan
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99 Percent Security Scan develops and offers anti-malware software for universities.
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