What Anti-Virus Can't Prevent - Have you checked for Malware/Pests?
Computer Pests are malicious programs that go beyond typical viruses. Pests are a legal
threat to corporations connected to the Internet. Computer Pests are a large and growing class
of miscreant computer code that goes beyond mere viruses. Computer Pests include: Trojan Horses,
Spyware, Hacker Tools (such as password crackers, network sniffers, and keystroke loggers), Remote
Administration Tools, or tools used in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
They are hidden, uninvited computer programs that reside like parasites on an information
system. A Pest might be the instrument of hacking, covert data gathering, vandalism, cyber-terrorism,
commercial espionage, or employee sabotage. Pests are normally not detected or removed by anti-virus
(AV) software. Unfortunately, most users mistakenly trust their AV software to deal with all malicious
code, so most Pests go undetected.
- Liability
- Negligence
- Regulatory Compliance
- Negative Press & Publicity
"The penalties for computer Pests are more than sufficient motivation for companies to avoid them.
You are at risk if you set yourself up to be an instrument of someone else's illegal software. As a
class, computer Pests are only in their infancy today, and you can expect them to become more common,
more disruptive, and far more numerous."
- Ben Wright, Law of Electronic Commerce
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