Last updated:
September 07, 1998

This CD-ROM includes Version 4.0 of Secure4U™  for MS Windows NT and MS WIndows 95. 

Please read this document before installing and configuring Secure4U !

• Award winning Personal Firewall against malicious mobile code and the only commercially available system – wide protection against any kind of hostile applets (Java, ActiveX, scripts, etc.)
• Virus–scanning / Scanning for macro-viruses of all components and MS Word/Excel documents received by your web browser
• Full Cookie-Manager to maintain and handle all cookies for all users / profiles on a computer and to restrict cookie placement by web site / URL
• Full Active Content-Manager to clean computer from unwanted and outdated Internet applets and controls.

With Secure4U installed on your computer, you can visit any web site on the Internet without endangering your privacy and computer resources by hostile code (Java, ActiveX, Scripts, Trojan horses and other executables)

03/98 (PC Firewall Test)

PC Professionell (Ziff Davis) rated Secure4U as the overall winner, best in Java/ActiveX protection (almost twice the rating points of the runner up) and the only product really monitoring for malicious code. The following products were included in this test: Secure4U eSafe Protect (eSafe Technologies USA) SurfinShield XTra (Finjan Ltd, Israel) WebScanX (McAfee USA) EMD Amor (EMD Enterprises USA) Guard Dog Deluxe (Cybermedia USA) X-Ray Vision (Intracept) PC Secure (Software Builders)

Byte magazine awarded Secure4U in the category: Best Security Products for one of its annual Best of CeBIT Awards. You find more information at  http://www.byte.com

CT 02/98 Test (Secure surfing windows tools)

CT wrote about Secure4U: ...Secure4U delivers the best protection, passed all tests with flying colours, neither an applet nor a control managed to get through. All other tested products delivered only limited or none protection against hostile code... The following products were included in this test: Secure4U eSafe Protect (eSafe Technologies USA) SurfinShield XTra (Finjan Ltd, Israel) WebScanX (McAfee USA) Stoplight ELS (SafetyNet Inc. USA) Win-Secure-It (Shetef Solutions Israel)

Latest information for installing Secure4U

Secure4U for MS Windows 95 and MS Windows NT Version 4.0

Thank you for choosing Secure4U as your personal desktop security manager. With Secure4U your computer is protected against threats from all types of active content received through your web browser.

If you encounter problems with Secure4U, please first check the manual. Secure4U user manuals are available for download from our web sites (You will find a link at the end of this document).

30-DAY TRIAL VERSION

• The 30-day trail version will allow potential customers to test drive a fully functional version of Secure4U, with the following enhancements / constraints:
  
• The user will not be able to re-install the trial version on the same machine (PC) after the 30-day time-out.The installation files may be used on a different PC, however.
  
• On startup, a dialog box will indicate the number of days until
  expiration. The user must press "Try first" button in order to run the product without buying during the trial period.
  
• During or after the 30-day trial period you can buy the retail version of Secure4U at any time. You need to be connected to the Internet while completing the registration forms and logged on as Administrator to your computer. Your copy of Secure4U will be automatically delivered via ESD at the end of the registration process.

If you encounter other problems with Secure4U please send e-mail to: support@acrmain.com

1. INSTALLATION

Program requirements:

PC with Intel Pentium Processor
Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 with Service Pack 3 installed
or
Microsoft Windows 95

15 MB hard disk space

One of the following web browser installed:
Netscape Navigator Version 3
Netscape Communicator (Netscape Navigator Version 4)
Internet Explorer 3.02
Internet Explorer 4.0

To install Secure4U under MS Windows NT you need to be logged on as Administrator for the computer. All user accounts for the computer should be created prior to installation of Secure4U.

For installations under MS Windows 95 we recommend installing the MS Crypto API Version 2.0 prior to installing Secure4U. It is automatically installed when updating your web browser to MS Internet Explorer 3.02 or higher.

2. Running Secure4U behind a Proxy

To protect workstations running behind a Firewall / Proxy with Secure4U you will have to allow the client software of the Proxy to have access to particular directories and additional Registry keys. Please contact the Administrator for your Proxy server and check the support area on the Advanced Computer Research web site.

If you encounter problems in running Secure4U behind a Proxy / Firewall please send email to:
support@acrmain.com

3. Compatibility with other web products

Secure4U layers itself transparently into the MS Windows operating system. If you use other Internet software which extends your web browser (e.g. Symantec FastFind) you might have to allow your web browser access to additional areas / directories on your computer used by this software.

If you encounter problems with running Secure4U in combination with web browser extensions please send email to: support@acrmain.com

4. Running Secure4U on a LAN workstation

The trial versions of Secure4U on this CD-ROM are intended to be used on stand-alone computers only. If you would like to install this version of Secure4U on a LAN computer please send e-mail to support@acrmain.com for further instructions.

If the computer you are installing Secure4U on is a member of a LAN domain, you must create Secure4U configurations for all domain users during the installation. To create Secure4U configurations for all domain users click the [Options] button on [Select Browser] dialog of the Secure4U administrator tool. The [Security level] dialog will then be displayed. Enable the option box on this dialog. Secure4U will then create configuration files for all domain and local user on the computer you are installing.You can create (new) configurations for all domain user any time you run the Secure4U administrator tool.
Further information can be found in the Secure4U user manual.

INSTEAD OF INSTALLING THIS VERSION OF SECURE4U WITH A LAN-ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT AND USE IT WITH DOMAIN-ACCOUNTS, CREATE A LOCAL USER AND INSTALL WITH A LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT. WARNING: INSTALLING THIS VERSION OF SECURE4U ON A LAN FOR DOMAIN USERS MIGHT TAKE LONGER THAN ONE HOUR (Depending on the number of users). A VERSION FOR USE ON NETWORKS IS AVAILABLE FROM ADVANCED COMPUTER RESEARCH.

5. Running Secure4U with MS Internet Explorer 4.0x (Desktop integration)

The version of Secure4U included on this disk does not support MS Internet Explorer 4.0x with Desktop integration. If you have MS Internet Explorer 4.0x installed with Desktop integration enabled and this is your only web browser, please do not install Secure4U on your computer. Secure4U currently supports MS Internet Explorer 4.0x only without Desktop integration. If you have other web browsers installed on your computer, please choose custom setup during installation and configure Secure4U to monitor only these web browsers. We are currently Beta testing new Secure4U versions which support this MS Internet Explorer 4.0x feature. If you would like to participate in this Beta test, please send email to: support@acrmain.com

When following one of  the links below to install Secure4U, the Setup program / Unpacking program will be started. Your web browser might present a dialog asking you to open or to save the file. Open the exe-file corresponding to your operating system and run setup.exe to proceed with the installation.

Install Secure4U for WinNT  (Version 4.0;  S4UNTV40.exe)
Install Secure4U for Win95  (Version 4.0; S4U95V40.exe )

View / Download Secure4U manuals

We are now hosting Mark D. LaDue "Hostile Applet" pages for testing and information.

DISCLAIMER: Advanced Computer Research is hosting these pages for informational and testing purposes only. Dr. LaDue is not an employee of Advanced Computer Research. All material in the directory labeled "hostile-applets" on this server is maintained by and represents the opinions and interests of Dr. Mark LaDue. It does not represent the official interests, policies, or statements of Advanced Computer Research.

Advanced Computer Research has created an Online clients security test to show potential security holes on computers connected to the Internet.

The test suite is currently only available for ActiveX enabled web browsers (MS Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator with Plug-in) . A Java version will be available soon.

Within the tests you see:

• Information any web site can simply collect without your knowledge.
• Hostile and malicious actions like deleting files, unfriendly changes of your windows and web browser settings, rebooting your computer and accessing resources over the Internet
• How to take over the control of MS Windows NT machines (creating  an administrator account from the Internet)