Steganos Internet Security makes sure that your computer is protected from the various threats that are a risk to the safety of your PC, including viruses, trojans, worms, spyware and malware.

Steganos Internet Security maintains full coverage protection, so that no matter in what form a virus comes it can be stopped before it infects your computer. Steganos Internet Security can protect against script, macro, file and boot sector viruses. This is done with scans, which check even compressed files, and proactive protection to always ensure you are safe.

Steganos Internet Security also provides a quarantine area, where infected files and data are sent the minute your computer receives them. You are then at liberty to chose whether they should be destroyed or categorised as ‘unsuspected’. If a rootkit is found to be particularly dangerous, then it will be deleted and removed from your system automatically.

Drive-by downloads are a danger when surfing the web, as it means you are unknowingly downloading potentially dangerous files onto your computer. To prevent this, Steganos Internet Security has a Web Shield Function. This stops drive-by downloads, and warns you if anyone is attempting to exploit other vulnerabilities in your computer. As well as this, Steganos Internet Security uses a strong firewall to block internet hackers and trojans attempting to get into your system.

Scans are used to detect to see whether anything such as rootkits, malware or spyware is hidden on your system. Steganos Internet Security has an intelligent scanning mode, which means you can create custom ‘whitelists’ and ‘blacklists’. These ensure that particular files are always scanned, whereas others are always trusted. This ensures for an efficient and quick scan which does not impede the running of your computer.

Steganos Internet Security also checks e-mails, and scans all ingoing and outgoing mail to make sure your Inbox is not vulnerable to the dangers and annoyance of spam. This is combined with Antispam, which deletes all unwanted e-mails before they have a chance to clog up your Inbox.

Steganos Internet Security’s Resident Shield tool means that files can be checked when they are saved, opened, copied or downloaded. If a virus is detected, the process it stopped before the virus can take hold of your computer, therefore keeping your system free regardless of what you are doing with your files.