NProtect GameGuard Personal 2007
nProtect GameGuard Personal 2007 | |
Developer(s) | INCA Internet |
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Stable release | 2008.07.30.002 / July 30, 2008 |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista |
Type | Antivirus |
License | Proprietary |
Website | global.nprotect.com |
nProtect GameGuard Personal 2007 (often referred to as nProtect GGP2007) is an Anti-Virus security suite for Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Vista developed by INCA Internet and designed for users playing online computer games. nProtect GameGuard Personal 2007 includes real-time protection from most forms of malware, including viruses, trojans, spyware, worms, keyloggers and rootkits as well as a game optimization feature. Users can also encrypt/decrypt important files and permanently delete a file so that restoration is not possible. In addition, the program includes basic maintenance tools, including a disk optimizer and registry cleaner. Like many other security products, nProtect GameGuard Personal 2007 can cause collisions when executed along other security products simultaneous. Known products that are incompatible with nProtect are Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0/7.0, Avast! 4 Home, Avira AntiVir Personal, Norton Antivirus 2004, ALYac, V3Pro2004, and V3 Internet Security 2007. The collisions mainly occur when running the on-access scanning (real-time scanning) simultaneously.
nProtect GameGuard Personal 2007 is available both in a free and a non-free edition, the former lacking treatment abilities for some malware.
Features
Plug-Ins
nProtect GameGuard Personal 2007 is composed of five modules called plug-ins. Each plug-in provides a unique function and different products of nProtect are composed of different variations of plug-ins.
- Security Center: The Security Center shows the security status of each product in the nProtect Security Platform 2007 and gives easy access to update and product registration. The Security Center also provides password configuration and self-protection for the program configuration protection. It shows the overall security status and settings of your system. You may enable and disable security options and view the latest security information of viruses and spyware. It also allows you to perform updates, set a unique password, use the support tool, and change your license to further optimize the service.
- Virus/Spyware: nProtect Anti-Virus/Spyware uses a dual engine (nProtect developed engine + BitDefender engine) and a real-time component to protect your system various types of malware including viruses, trojans, spyware, worms, keyloggers and rootkits and other known threats to the user. It allows you to enable or disable the real-time scan, adjust the real-time scan level, perform custom scans, and view product information. nProtect GameGuard Personal 2007 also allows modification of startup entries and Internet Explorer preferences.
- Game Optimization: Optimizes your PC environment for a faster and more efficient game execution, game speed enhancement, efficient game environment setup for gamers to use their system in the optimal state. Game Optimization also includes automatic gaming detection and conversion to GameMode to disable any disturbances to the user while gaming. The automatic gaming conversion to GameMode detects most online games and even full screen modes such as during Power Point presentations. When in GameMode, all notices, updates, and schedules scans are performed in the desktop background so that it does not disturb users during a game. You can also view your system information and optimization settings of the network and provides a list of areas the you could optimize memory by deleting unnecessary files. The network speed and memory optimization is suited to provide the optimal environment for online games.
- File Management: File Management allows you to manage important files containing sensitive information through file encryption/decryption and Secure Deletion. File Encryption encrypts files and folders to secure from unauthorized data collection and safeguard the information even if the file is leaked. You may choose from five different encryption algorithms (DES-64bit, 3DES-192bit, AES-256bit, SEED-128bit, and ARIA-128bit). The encryptions key is needed to decrypt the file, therefore the file is protected even if it is leaked. Secure Deletion permanently deletes a file so that the file cannot be recovered in any way after the deletion. You may choose from four different deletion algorithms (Pseudo Random, US DoD 5220.22-M 3-pass, US DoD 5220.22-M ECE 7-pass, and Peter Gutmann's Algorithm).
- Log and Alert: Users can view logs concerning program events, virus scans and detections, and quarantines and malware treatments are. Users have the option to be alerted when a particular activity is logged.
Additional Features
- Dual Engine: nProtect GameGuard Personal 2007 uses a dual-engine, the Tachyon engine and BitDefender engine. As of June 2007, BitDefender has passed Virus Bulletin's VB100 independent tests 14 times out of 18 since first tested in 2002.[1] An independent German testing organization, AV-TEST, placed the BitDefender engine as 1st place among all security products in August 2007 following a comparative analysis of top data security solutions with a 99.51% detection rate.[2] The Tachyon engine was created by the current CEO of INCA Internet through Chollian, a Korean internet portal site. Because of the Dual Engine feature, nProtect GameGuard Personal 2007 can detect all malware detected through the BitDefender engine, and scan with an additional 20% definition engine through the Tachyon engine.
- Automatic Update: Automatic Update of the product mainly updates the anti-virus engines of nProtect GameGuard Personal 2007 to keep the engine up-to-date and provide protection to the latest security threats. The engine's virus (malware) definitions are updated 2 to 3 times per day and an average of 10,000 to 30,000 new malware definitions per week.
- Quarantine Station: Before you repair or delete malware, you can copy the original malware and store it in the Quarantine Station. You may restore, delete, move to another folder or send to INCA Internet Virus Analysis Center, the stored files in the Quarantine Station. Malware kept in the Quarantine Station cannot be executed and there does not pose a threat to the system.
System requirements
Minimum Requirements | Standard Requirements | Recommended Requirements | |
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Operating System | Windows 2000 | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista | Windows XP, Windows Vista (32-bit/64-bit) |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266MHz or higher (or equivalent) | Intel Pentium III or higher (or equivalent) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or higher (or equivalent) |
RAM | 128 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB or higher |
Free hard drive space | 100 MB | 300 MB | 300 MB or higher |
Web Browser | IE 4.0 | IE 5.0 | IE 5.0 or higher |
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "Virus Bulletin: VB100 Results - BitDefender (SOFTWIN)".
- ↑ "AV-Test BitDefender". Business Wire. August 30, 2007.
External links
- nProtect GameGuard Online Scanner website
- nProtect GameGuard official website
- INCA Internet official website
- nProtect GameGuard FAQ