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Kaspersky Lab: Host-based Intrusion Prevention System

  • Middle East: Wednesday, September 23 - 2009 at 16:47

Today's computer users are faced with an ever-increasing number of malicious programs. Trojans, worms and viruses damage computer systems and communication channels, steal confidential data and spy on users. Users need effective protection from hacker and malware attacks. Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) that analyse internet traffic and internal networks are available, though their usefulness is limited due to the frequent use of data encryption on the Web. They also fail to protect against threats emanating from removable storage media.

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A system that can prevent attacks at the computer level (Host-based Intrusion Prevention System) is a more practical solution because it can monitor applications functioning on a specific PC and block any unwanted activity.

The Kaspersky Lab product Kaspersky Internet Security implements Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS).

The system detects unwanted and malicious program activity and blocks it in real-time.

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