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- SurfinGuard TM 5.0
- ==================
- For Windows NT / 95 / 98
- ========================
- Release Notes
- =============
-
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- New Version Highlights
- ======================
-
- "Run Safe" Option
- -----------------
- The "Run Safe" menu option and the "Safe Zone" desktop icon
- were added to enable the user to test existing suspicious
- executables and demos manually.
-
- Direct Links To Demo's and Finjan Alerts
- ----------------------------------------
- Direct links to Trojan demo's and Finjan web site alerts
- were added to enable the user to easily test SurfinGuard
- and allow the user to receive the latest security news.
-
- SurfinGuard
- ===========
-
- What is SurfinGuard?
- --------------------
- SurfinGuard is security software that protects computer
- resources from the risks associated with malicious
- executables transferred from the Internet to the users
- computer. SurfinGuard creates a virtual zone
- (i.e., sandbox) on the users computer, in which these
- potentially problematic files are executed and monitored
- for a possible violation of the users self-determined
- security policy.
-
- What is Executable Security?
- -----------------------------
- Executables (.exe files) are programs that can be delivered
- as e-mail attachments, file transfers via Instant Messaging
- applications, or they can be downloaded directly from
- Websites. In addition, executables are capable of doing
- anything to a users computer. For instance, malicious
- executables can steal, alter or erase files. They can
- automatically provide remote access to external users via
- Trojan backdoors, or launch dangerous Internet worms that
- may be capable of destroying files.
-
- How does SurfinGuard protect you?
- ---------------------------------
- SurfinGuard runs executables in a "safe-zone" and monitors
- their behavior for malicious activity. For example, if an
- executable file violates a security policy, it will be
- stopped before any damage occurs.
-
- SurfinGuard offers the user a level of protection beyond
- traditional reactive anti-virus technology, since it does
- not rely on database updates in order to work.
-
- SurfinGuard will protect the user from unknown as well as known
- Trojan Horses and worms when they are first released, since it
- is looking for malicious behavior and it is not simply scanning
- for known signatures. For this reason, SurfinGuard will
- automatically protect the user from new variants of attacks,
- without requiring any updates.
-
- Any monitored executable will be examined to detect one of
- the following attempts:
-
- ╖ To read and write files within the userÆs file system
- ╖ To create a network connection
- ╖ To write to the registry
- ╖ To initiate additional programs on the userÆs computer
-
- The SurfinGuard user can define a security policy that meets
- his/her specific needs. The following represent the four
- possible security policies:
-
- ╖ Block exe files from running
- ╖ Monitor all exe files while running
- ╖ Ask me before running exe files
- ╖ Off
-
- If the policy is set to either "Block exe files from running",
- "Monitor all exe files while running" or "Ask me before running
- exe files", the executables arriving via the Internet are
- "flagged" for future monitoring before they are stored on
- the hard disk. If the policy is "Off", the executables are not
- flagged, and it will not be possible to distinguish them from
- other files on the userÆs hard disk.
-
- When "flagged" executables are opened, SurfinGuard automatically
- runs them in the SafeZone. The user will only be notified if a
- security violation has occurred.
-
-
- Hardware and Software Requirements
- ==================================
-
- ╖ Pentium 133 processor and above
- ╖ Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3
- and above)
- ╖ 16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)
- ╖ 6 MB of free disk space
-
-
- Known Limitations
- =================
-
- Supported Operating Systems
- ---------------------------
- SurfinGuard does not support Windows 3.x, Windows 2000 or
- Windows NT 3.51.
-
- Installation
- -------------
- 1. When uninstalling SurfinGuard, use SurfinGuardÆs Uninstall
- program. Do not use third party programs.
- 2. Do not install SurfinGuard on a computer that contains the
- SurfinShield Client or the SurfinGate Console.
- 3. Do not install SurfinGuard on a computer that contains
- Windows 95 with USB support.
-
- Other
- -------
- 4. SurfinGuard does not protect a computer from Executables within
- ZIP files coming from the web. For this reason, the user should
- run an executable extracted from a ZIP file received from the web
- in the "Safe Zone", in order to make sure it is safe.
-
-
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- SurfinGuard 5.0 Release Notes
- ⌐ Copyright 1996 - 2000 by Finjan Software Ltd.
- All rights reserved. All text and figures included in this publication
- are the exclusive property of Finjan Software, and may not be copied,
- reproduced, or used in any way without the express permission in writing
- from Finjan Software. Information in this document is subject to change
- without notice and does not present a commitment on the part of Finjan
- Software.
- Patents pending:
- SurfinGuard, SurfinGate, SurfinShield, and SurfinShield Corporate are
- trademarks of Finjan Software Ltd.
- This document also contains Registered Trademarks, Trademarks and
- Servicemarks that are owned by their respective companies or organizations.
- Catalog Number: SFGU_RN_50
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