Imagine an anti-thief system at your home, which provides protection only against known criminals. But the list of criminals grows everyday coming in different forms and armed with new tricks. The anti-thief system updates only after a theft has been committed. Are you safe with such a system? Strangely, all the antivirus solutions existing in the market today do the same thing.
But, in a major breakthrough, Chennai-based Sanrasoft on Wednesday unveiled 'Rudra', a breakthrough anti-virus technology based on the intention of malicious codes. This technology will be able to protect personal computers (PCs) not only from known viruses but also from any unknown malicious codes (malware) which includes Viruses, Trojans, Worms, Spyware, Keyloggers and Hackers. Thus the technology offers a holistic solution. It is important to note that in the history of anti-virus technology, this is only the third time that such important breakthrough has been achieved and for the first time from India.
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 widely prevalent 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. If there is any future instance of attack, the software identified the virus and prevented the same. Heuristics identifies viruses based on the suspicious behavior, without the need for fingerprints. While 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.
On the other hand, Sanrasoft's 'Rudra' technology offers a fundamentally different approach to virus and malware protection. Rudra 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.
Sanjay Bhardwaj, CEO, Sanrasoft said, "Rudra will avoid the rigors of constant updates to prevent virus attacks. After Rudra, users can be rest-assured that their data will be protected in their nodes even from unknown viruses. We foresee a great demand for our products (which is in the final stages of rollout ) not only from India but from across the globe".
The total damage done to the world economy by the activity of virus writers, hackers and spammers has long since exceeded tens of billions of dollars annually. The amount continues to grow. According to research carried out by Computer Economics, total losses in 2004 were close to US$18bn, with a trend towards a 30-40% annual growth rate. The total market for such standard solutions was estimated as being US$2.7bn in 2003 and $3.3bn in 2004, with US$3.8bn being the predicted figure for 2005.
