Sanrasoft unveils 'Rudra'

CHENNAI: Sanrasoft today unveiled 'Rudra', an anti-virus technology based on the intention of malicious codes.

The Chennai-based company claimed in a press statement, “this technology will be able to protect personal computers (PCs) not only from known viruses but also from any unknown malicious codes, which includes viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware, keyloggers and hackers.”

N S Bhaskar, inventor of Rudra and managing director, Sanrasoft said, "Sanrasoft's path-breaking technology takes a snapshot of PCs in complete detail in its malware-free state and continuously monitors system and file changes. New files, changes in configuration, changes in system control files and changes in critical application program files are all evaluated

for potential threats. Any change in the system state that represents a potential threat is immediately acted. It not only removes the potential threat but also restores the system to its original malware-free state thus protecting PCs against unknown viruses too!"

The other two anti-virus technologies that are available today are signature-based and heuristic-based. Signature-based, the first anti-virus technology, identified the binary string (finger-prints) which is unique to each virus and updated its database.

“The signature-based technology needs constant update and may not have the complete database of all viruses, the heuristic technology does not differentiate legitimate and suspicious acts and raises false alarms,” according to Sanrasoft.

Sanrasoft's Rudra offers a different approach to virus and malware protection. It identifies and removes all viruses from personal computers in their "signature-unknown"

state. This technology is designed to protect PCs from known and unknown viruses and it prevents any unauthorized program from executing on PCs.