File Details |
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| File Size | 7.5 MB |
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| License | Shareware |
| Operating System | Windows XP |
| Date Added | April 11, 2008 |
| Total Downloads | 743 |
| Publisher | SweatShop Co LTD |
| Homepage | EasyMalwareBlocker |
Publisher's Description
EasyMalwareBlocker is a highly efficient malware blocker which configures itself automatically. It is based on 2 drivers: The network driver is used by the (in- and outgoing user configurable) Firewall and Parental Control with 4 predefined genres, user defineable words and Blacklist and Whitelist Mode. The File System Monitor operates in 4 different modes. In two of them it blocks all executable files which are written on the Hard Disk. There are exceptions to this rule: Downloads are made possible to user defined folders and programs can be installed in 'Install Mode'. And of course the system (and programs like File Managers defined by the user) are allowed to write any files in any mode. So your system can no longer get infected by malware which tries to install itself clandestinely while you are surfing the Internet.
Latest Reviews
MikeZRH reviewed v0.82 Beta on Sep 30, 2007
A comment from one of the authors of EasyMalwareBlocker to '5 drivers installed':
As stated in the 'Home Version' page of our homepage EasyMalwareBlocker installs 2 drivers only, one is the Network driver ("Firewall") and the other one is the File System Monitor. I guess that anyone who writes drivers could confirm that nobody writes them just for fun.
When the Network driver is being installed the system prompts the user 3, 4 or even 5 times whether or not the installation of the unsigned driver can be continued. We don't know why the system asks the same question several times when it is installing just one Network driver. No popups appear when the (unsigned) File System Monitor is being installed.
Both drivers are unsigned because the project is still in the developping phase. Once a driver is signed it must not be modified and another application for a signature has to be handed in.
User167 reviewed v0.82 Beta on Sep 23, 2007
When I read about all the new features of EasyMalwareBlocker I was very sceptical. As I was not very happy with my Anti-Virus, Anti Spam-, Defender-programs, etc, I wanted to try something new so I downloaded the program. The installation was a breeze and after I rebooted my computer EasyMalwareBlocker was up and running.
Initializing EasyMalwareBlocker was a breeze as I made it really simple (not exactly as recommended by the authors of EMB...). I decided not to reinstall my OS and I didn't even run Anti Virus Programs, etc, as I had a pretty good feeling that my computer has not been infected with malware. Boy, was I wrong! When I connected to the Internet EMB popped up a message saying that a program I certainly did not install myself wanted to access the Internet. I just told EMB to block it, but who knows what kind of personal data that program has already sent to their home server before I installed EMB... Not really a good feeling...
When I downloaded a program from the Internet using the built-in XP downloader EMB blocked it, but I remembered that they said that the FSM has to be in Blacklist Mode (Save Mode) in order to download any executable files. As the FSM was in Whiltelist Mode (Super Safe Mode) I changed the mode and tried again and this time the download worked fine. Anyway, I saw that EMB can block executable files indeed, only this time it was the wrong one, but it was all my fault.
Then I wanted to test if EMB really is able to block malware as advertised. I surfed with FSM in Whitelist Mode (I manually put the file extension .js to the list) to many kind of different sites and soon I had many tabs open. And then it happened: I heard sound and the icon was blinking, indicating a file has been blocked. I doubleclicked the icon and in the list that popped up there it was, the executable file which has been blocked!
I get sick when I remember what procedures I had to to go through when I thought my computer had become infected with malware before I installed EMB (run Anti-Virus, Ad- and Spyware remover programs, you know, which took such a long time and sometimes in the end if one program did not find anything I thought it was better to run another one, etc). I'm really happy that EMB makes my life so much easier now.
I havn't uninstalled my good old Anti-Virus programs yet, but that might just be the next thing I do.
CyberDoc999 reviewed v0.82 Beta on Sep 12, 2007
Installs 5 different device drivers into your system
and network....
MikeZRH reviewed v0.82 Beta on Sep 30, 2007
A comment from one of the authors of EasyMalwareBlocker to '5 drivers installed':
As stated in the 'Home Version' page of our homepage EasyMalwareBlocker installs 2 drivers only, one is the Network driver ("Firewall") and the other one is the File System Monitor. I guess that anyone who writes drivers could confirm that nobody writes them just for fun.
When the Network driver is being installed the system prompts the user 3, 4 or even 5 times whether or not the installation of the unsigned driver can be continued. We don't know why the system asks the same question several times when it is installing just one Network driver. No popups appear when the (unsigned) File System Monitor is being installed.
Both drivers are unsigned because the project is still in the developping phase. Once a driver is signed it must not be modified and another application for a signature has to be handed in.
User167 reviewed v0.82 Beta on Sep 23, 2007
When I read about all the new features of EasyMalwareBlocker I was very sceptical. As I was not very happy with my Anti-Virus, Anti Spam-, Defender-programs, etc, I wanted to try something new so I downloaded the program. The installation was a breeze and after I rebooted my computer EasyMalwareBlocker was up and running.
Initializing EasyMalwareBlocker was a breeze as I made it really simple (not exactly as recommended by the authors of EMB...). I decided not to reinstall my OS and I didn't even run Anti Virus Programs, etc, as I had a pretty good feeling that my computer has not been infected with malware. Boy, was I wrong! When I connected to the Internet EMB popped up a message saying that a program I certainly did not install myself wanted to access the Internet. I just told EMB to block it, but who knows what kind of personal data that program has already sent to their home server before I installed EMB... Not really a good feeling...
When I downloaded a program from the Internet using the built-in XP downloader EMB blocked it, but I remembered that they said that the FSM has to be in Blacklist Mode (Save Mode) in order to download any executable files. As the FSM was in Whiltelist Mode (Super Safe Mode) I changed the mode and tried again and this time the download worked fine. Anyway, I saw that EMB can block executable files indeed, only this time it was the wrong one, but it was all my fault.
Then I wanted to test if EMB really is able to block malware as advertised. I surfed with FSM in Whitelist Mode (I manually put the file extension .js to the list) to many kind of different sites and soon I had many tabs open. And then it happened: I heard sound and the icon was blinking, indicating a file has been blocked. I doubleclicked the icon and in the list that popped up there it was, the executable file which has been blocked!
I get sick when I remember what procedures I had to to go through when I thought my computer had become infected with malware before I installed EMB (run Anti-Virus, Ad- and Spyware remover programs, you know, which took such a long time and sometimes in the end if one program did not find anything I thought it was better to run another one, etc). I'm really happy that EMB makes my life so much easier now.
I havn't uninstalled my good old Anti-Virus programs yet, but that might just be the next thing I do.
CyberDoc999 reviewed v0.82 Beta on Sep 12, 2007
Installs 5 different device drivers into your system
and network....