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IT Weekly Roundup, August 12
From the business wires this week:
- By Dan Hong
- August 12, 2005
Sunbelt Software issued a security fix for a newly identified spyware
keylogger uncovered by the security solution provider. The spyware keylogger,
named Srv.SSA-KeyLogger, is a backdoor program that, among other things, secretly
steals data from users’ internet sessions, including logins and passwords.
To protect users from this harmful keylogger, new definitions are being added
for the company’s
CounterSpy and
CounterSpy Enterprise antispyware
products.
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com
Cristalink Limited announced the release of Firestreamer-RM (Removable
Media) 2.0, server-grade backup software for Microsoft Windows systems.
Firestreamer-RM emulates a virtual tape drive and integrates with Microsoft
Removable Storage, allowing the use of the Microsoft Backup Utility (NTBackup)
and Microsoft SQL Server Backup (SQLBackup) with a wide range of backup media,
extending the software’s native capabilities with data compression and
encryption, media and drive spanning, support for remote drives and integration
with Windows Automated System Recovery. Firestreamer-RM runs on Microsoft Windows
2000, XP and 2003 Server, and is compatible with Microsoft Small Business Server
2000 and 2003. Priced at $30 per computer license. http://www.firestreamer.com
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Watch USB packets travel in real
time with the Beagle USB Protocol Analyzer 1.0. |
Total Phase announced the release of its
Beagle USB Protocol Analyzer
1.0. The low-cost, non-intrusive full/low-speed USB protocol analyzer enables
developers to observe USB-bus transactions in real-time with bit-level timing
information at 21-nanosecond resolution. Priced at $400 per unit.
http://www.totalphase.com
Win.rar GmbH and Rarlab.com released the latest version of its
file-compression utility WinRAR. With version 3.5, users can customize
the software’s interface with different themes; among other new features
are Windows x64 shell integration, options for customizing SFX archives, enhanced
security, and support for Zip64 files. http://www.win-rar.com
Ashanti PLC Ltd. released its Spyware Defense antispyware solution,
which provides real-time elimination of spyware upon detection, user control
over what programs are eliminated and what are kept, and centralized management
features within a LAN environment for large-scale enterprise protection. Its
centralized LAN features include domain-wide client installation, remote client
execution, remote client signature updates and scheduled automatic remote client
spyware scanning and removal. http://www.spywaredefense.com