In the past, the classic virus which attached itself to other programs was the only major concern. In today's Internet environment, a new kind of menace which is especially made for attacks on the Internet are much more dangerous. Every computer on the web is vulnerable. Two categories of harmful code have become more important in the last two years: Worms and Trojan Horses. Beside this, there are also special tools and programs freely available which can be used by attackers to damage or hack other computers. Once infected, even unwilling computer can further the attacks or infection. Such harmful tools are called Malware. The term was created by a combination of "malicious" and "software".

aČ :: the future of malware protection!

A completely new tool which protects your computer against Malware. So we break new grounds in software development to create a program which combines the advantages of well proven antivirus- and firewall-technology with a completely new, especially designed to protect you against harms from the internet. The result is aČ personal, a software which offers the best protection against Malware on Windows systems.

5 Components Security

1. Scanner
   The first step to security is to clean the computer from possible infections of Malware. To do this, use the aČ personal Scanner. It searches your drives for dangerous files. It uses, like anti-trojan programs do, a signature database to detect Malware files. If a dangerous files has been detected, it is removed securely. aČ personal recognizes more than 19,000 harmful programs in the current release.
    
2. Background Guard with IDS
   The Background Guard of aČ personal has several jobs. Each started program will be scanned and blocked if necessary before it gets active. The IDS (Intrusion Detection System) is always active and protects the operating system. For example, it is able to protect other program-tasks against shutdowns initiated by Trojans. The improper bypassing of desktop firewalls by tunneling through the browser can also be prevented.
    
3. Advanced IDS
   The Advanced IDS mode is a component of aČ personal which analyses the behavior of all running programs to detect harmful actions. If a program shows a Malware like behavior, the actions will be stopped. You have nearly no configuration work.
    
4. System-Firewall
   Expert users can optional choose to use the System-Firewall of aČ personal instead of the Advanced IDS mode. This works similar to common desktop firewalls. But the big difference is, that not only connections to the web are monitored. Also operations inside the operating system and the programs are watched. You can define special rights for each program. For example you can deny a specific program to write an autorun entry to the system registry or deny access to a specific part of the harddisk for another program.
    
5. Analysis-Tools
   Also targeted to more advanced users are the auxiliary Analysis-Tools which are delivered with aČ personal. The Autostart-Viewer can be used to edit all entries which are responsible to start a program, service or driver automatically at system startup. As from now you decide what is loaded and what is not. The Process-Viewer shows you all active programs, services and drivers to help you to get your system clean.