Tenebril in the News

Fighting Spyware Is Never-Ending Battle

eWeek.com
January 9, 2006
"Early blocking technologies using real-time scans that instigate scanning and cleaning as files are written to disk have proved insufficient against the latest hardened threats, but newer technologies seen from vendors including Aluria Software, Tenebril Inc. and Webroot Software Inc. are increasingly using kernel-level drivers to identify threats before they are installed." ~ Andrew Garcia
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Will Windows Vista eliminate third-party security apps?

cNet.com
January 6, 2006
"... antispyware protection isn't yet an exact science, you really should have two scanners on your system. Fortunately, there's also Ad-aware, Tenebril SpyCatcher Express, and Spybot--all recommended and available for free." ~ Robert Vamosi
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Fighting Spyware Is Never-Ending Battle

Slate.com
November 1, 2005
"As the battle to provide ads better-targeted to online consumers intensifies, our information becomes more valuable to online marketers and publishers.... Privacy has become a commodity." ~ L. Penenberg
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Privacy for Sale, How to buy online anonymity

Slate.com
November 1, 2005
"As the battle to provide ads better-targeted to online consumers intensifies, our information becomes more valuable to online marketers and publishers.... Privacy has become a commodity." ~ L. Penenberg
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At a store near you. The mainstream utilities you shouldn't overlook.

ComputerPowerUser.com
October, 2005
"Tenebril GhostSurf Platinum is about as complete (and unobtrusive) a way to cover your tracks as there is." ~ Serdar Yegulalp
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What's Slowing Down Your PC?

TopTechNews.com
October 27, 2005
"Tenebril's SpyCatcher ($29.95) provides real-time spyware protection and claims to stop next-generation, mutating spyware. It also blocks reinstallation of aggressive spyware." ~ Jack M. Germain
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SpyCatcher 2006

PCMag.com
October 25, 2005
"Tenebril's SpyCatcher 2006 is an attractive and easy-to-use antispyware package that performs well at both blocking and removing spyware under Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP." ~ Neil J. Rubenking
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My PC Has Been Hijacked 2.0

BusinessWeek.com
October 14, 2005
"I haven't tried the Tenebril software yet, but it seems to be based on smart ideas. The company sells commercial versions for enterprises and consumers, but just came out with a free version and with some new features." ~ Steve Hamm
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Antispyware Solution With Enterprise-Level Protection, Scalability & Manageability

Processor Magazine
October 14, 2005
"Tenebril SpyCatcher Enterprise differs from the competition because of its Web-based control console that aids scalability and its top-down design for enterprise-level environments." ~ Joe Lazzaro
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Countering spyware

InfoWorld
September 19, 2005
"Last year, I reviewed two of the first enterprise-geared anti-spyware apps --Tenebril SpyCatcher 3.0 Enterprise and CA eTrust PestPatrol Corporate Edition 5.0 -- and saw just how far products on the market were from being truly enterprise-ready. The latest versions of both applications are included in this year's roundup, and I'm happy to say that both -- and just about all of the others reviewed -- can truly be considered for the enterprise." ~ Keith Schultz
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Free Spyware Protection from SpyCatcher Express

TechnologyNewsDaily
September 15, 2005
"SpyCatcher Express, available free from the Tenebril web site at www.tenebril.com, is designed to meet the basic antispyware protection needs of the Internet."
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Spyware Prevention Required Multi-Layered Strategy

eWeek
September 14, 2005
"Because of the number of users, enterprises especially need to examine their reaction to threats, and what type of protections they have in place, noted Irfan Salim, chief executive and president of Tenebril." ~ Elizabeth Millard
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Tenebril Debuts Free Anti-Spyware Tool

CNET
September 13, 2005
"Anti-spyware software maker Tenebril on Wednesday plans to release an update to its SpyCatcher product along with a new, free version dubbed SpyCatcher Express. Both products promise to find and remove spyware from a user's computer, including 'mutating' spyware that was created to avoid detection. 'The hardest spyware to find and detect is the evasive, mutating spyware. We alone have a method of identifying, blocking and removing it,' said Fred Felman, vice president of marketing at Tenebril." ~ Joris Evers
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What Mutating Spyware reveals about the future of security

Computerworld
September 9, 2005
"The study generally reports on consumer behavior, but as you know, spyware is hardly a stranger to the enterprise. And while it's getting increasing attention from IT managers, it deserves another, closer look. Current developments in spyware engineering foreshadow dangerous challenges for enterprise security. Here's why." ~ Irfan Salim
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Tenebril Antispyware Moves Beyond Signature-Based Scans

NewsFactor Network
September 6, 2005
"Security-software firm Tenebril has released an enterprise-level antispyware product that relies on a new profiling technique for blocking, identifying and removing spyware." ~ Jack M. Germain
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Tenebril releases anti-spyware solution

InfoWorld
September 1, 2005
"Tenebril on Monday announced SpyCatcher Enterprise, a spyware solution that protects enterprise computers from hyper-mutating and custom-coded spyware. SpyCatcher Enterprise provides continuous, proactive protection using the Tenebril Spyware Profiling Engine, a new approach to combating spyware that incorporates contextual analysis to detect a wide range of spyware, even when embedded deeply in the operating system. In addition, SpyCatcher Enterprise provides the ability to recover even highly-infected PCs, automating and simplifying the removal process and preventing computers from being inadvertently compromised."
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New Generation Of Anti-Spyware Targets Network Safety

InformationWeek.com/CMP
September 1, 2005
"To address this problem, vendors are moving beyond signature detection by analyzing the behavior of unknown programs. This September, Tenebril will introduce SpyCatcher 4.0. In addition to using a database of known spyware definitions, the 4.0 version will add a kernel-based software agent that monitors system and API calls to look for potentially malicious behavior from programs that aren't listed in the spyware database." ~ Andrew Conry-Murray
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The Antispyware Arms Race

InformationSecurity
September 2005
"As optimistic as forecasts may be, Frederick Felman, senior vice president of marketing and products at Tenebril, believes this is only the first wave of attacks. He says the next-generation spy-ware will be more pernicious, in part because spyware writers are not only well funded, but well educated. 'They are applying techniques from different realms to insure their presence on the machine,' he says." ~ Sandra Kay Miller
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Getting It Together

InformationSecurity
September 2005
"The push for integration and correlation is not lost on security vendors, lots of whom are rolling out ISDS-flavored products. Symantec, Fortinet, WatchGuard, Juniper, Cisco, SonicWALL, ISS and others are pushing multifunction 'unified threat management' boxes. nCircle, Sourcefire and Tenebril are doing 'target-based IDS,' which correlates threats and vulnerabilities." ~ Andrew L. Briney
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Tenebril releases anti-spyware solution

InfoWorld
August 30, 2005
"SpyCatcher Enterprise provides continuous, proactive protection using the Tenebril Spyware Profiling Engine, a new approach to combating spyware that incorporates contextual analysis to detect a wide range of spyware, even when embedded deeply in the operating system."
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Tenebril GhostSurf 2005 Menaces Spyware, Viruses

SecurityPipeline
August 29, 2005
"Anonymizing offers a valuable layer of protection by routing your communication through a third-party proxy server that substitutes its Internet address for yours before forwarding your packets to the intended destination. GhostSurf has been the best choice for moderately experienced surfers for awhile now." ~ J.W. Olsen
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A busy week in spyware/adware/anti-spyware-land

FlickR (Esther Dyson's blog)
August 26, 2005
"They (Tenebril tools) block bad behavior and have the ability to tell whether the user clicked on a button to download some software, or whether - surprise surprise! - the software downloaded itself."
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Hunting Down Spyware

InternetNews.com
August 26, 2005
"Targeting the specific threat of Spyware, Tenebril said it will release its SpyCatcher Enterprise on August 29. The company said its technology is unique in going beyond traditional signature and behavior-based antivirus solutions by incorporating contextual analysis for more comprehensive spyware (define) detection and prevention." ~ David Needle
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Security in a 64-bit world

PC Magazine
August 9, 2005
"FBM Software claims full compatibility for its ZeroSpyware product, as does Tenebril Software for its SpyCatcher." ~ Neil J. Rubenking
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Tricky spyware can be outfoxed

Newsday
August 7, 2005
"The Anti-Spyware Coalition includes small software specialists such as Tenebril and Webroot as well as Web giants such as Microsoft, Yahoo and America Online, and Internet activist groups such as the Center for Democracy and Technology, which organized the effort." ~ Neil J. Rubenking
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Experts weigh in on spyware's defining moment

TechTarget
July 26, 2005
"Coalition members include Aluria, AOL; Computer Associates; EarthLink; HP; Lavasoft; McAfee Inc.; Microsoft; PC Tools; Safer-Networking Ltd.; Symantec; Tenebril; Trend Micro; Webroot Software; Yahoo! Inc.; Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley; the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic; and the Cyber Security Industry Alliance. The coalition has also consulted with the National Consumer Law Center and Consumers Union." ~ Bill Brenner
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Spyware and other ware wolves

Baltimore Sun
July 25, 2005
"The AntiSpyware Coalition includes small software specialists such as Tenebril and Webroot; Web giants such as Microsoft, Yahoo and America Online, and Internet activist groups such as the Center for Democracy and Technology, which organized the effort." ~ Mike Himowitz
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Group delivers definition of spyware

CNET
July 12, 2005
"Anti-Spyware Coalition members who make spyware-fighting software include: Aluria, America Online, Computer Associates, EarthLink, Lavasoft, McAfee, Microsoft, PC Tools, Symantec, Tenebril, Trend Micro and Webroot Software." ~ Joris Evers
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Spycatcher Deadly to Spyware

SpyCatcher review by TechNewsWorld
03-05-2005
"SpyCatcher is a powerful, innovative anti-spyware package. It does what Tenebril says it will do. It found spyware and related trace elements that other "innovative" anti-spyware programs on my hard drive never saw or could not see." ~ TechNewsWorld
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I Spy A Spy On The Prowl

Protect your PC with anti-spyware
01-11-2005
"We preferred SpyCatcher for its outstanding array of features in a user-friendly package, and that's why we award it our Smart Choice award. - 4.8/5" ~ Smart Computing Magazine
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GhostSurf 2005 Platinum review

Winner of PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award
10-26-2004
"GhostSurf is the most impressive anonymity tool we've tested yet...Anonymity is just the beginning...All told, GhostSurf 2005 Platinum is quite a bargain." ~ PC Magazine
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Program offers a reliable shield against spyware

SpyCatcher review by the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper
08-12-2004
"SpyCatcher did its work well... and, so far, it has proved to be stable and respectful of other processes running on the PC." ~ Philadelphia Inquirer
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Home Office: Not-So-Stupid Browser Tricks

GhostSurf Pro preview
02-01-2003
"I get a kick out of Tenebril's $40 GhostSurf Pro, a one-stop privacy tool for Internet addicts... GhostSurf Pro is packed with features, but it's pretty easy to learn" ~ PC World
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