ThreatFire is patent-pending, security software for your computer. This Help system covers both ThreatFire Free Edition and ThreatFire Pro.
ThreatFire protects you by intelligently blocking behavior consistent with that of malware such as viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, rootkits, keyloggers, and buffer overflows. ThreatFire vigilantly monitors any activity that might compromise the security of your computer. Technological advances allow ThreatFire to monitor your computer at very low levels to seek out even deeply hidden threats.
When you install ThreatFire, it is already fully configured and no additional set up is required. ThreatFire will automatically block any known malicious threats. For indeterminate threats, or threats that might be a virus, it will immediately suspend the suspicious process and present you with the choice to ôAllowö or ôQuarantineö the process. You can always undo any actions you decide to take. Information about the type of threat, a description of what it does, and the risk level associated with that type of threat, are always provided so that the program is intuitive and easy-to-use.
As you choose to respond to a perceived threat, the behavior of the threat and your response are relayed to Novatix for analysis. The ThreatFire Secure Community, which includes all ThreatFire users who wish to participate, thus gains knowledge of new behaviors of threats, and Novatix can create and distributes new enhancements as necessary. You also have the option of customizing your own rules if you wish to supplement ThreatFireÆs comprehensive built in protection, but you are very strongly advised not to do this unless you have expert knowledge of Windows and your computer.
Use this Help system to learn how to use ThreatFire:
how to modify its options and settings
what to do when a security threat is discerned
how to use the additional features included only in ThreatFire Pro: on-demand virus scanning
Additional help can be found in the ThreatFire User's Guide (pdf).
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ThreatFire uses the PPMd compression library authored by Dmitry Shkarin and Dmitry Subbotin.
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