Returnil System Safe 2011 RC1 added to Returnil Labs

At Returnil, we are constantly researching and brainstorming about new approaches to our users' security. Last year, we started a project called Returnil Labs where we publish our various experiments prior to their mainstream public release.

Today we'd like to introduce, Returnil System Safe 2011 RC1, a new addition into our Labs area which is a beta pre-release of our planned upgrade to the current Returnil Virtual System line (uses a combination of virtualization and antimalware technologies in one package). With Returnil System Safe we went a bit further and apart from changing the name and redesigning the entire interface, we integrated a powerful System Restore functionality which will allow you to recover your system and files to a previous known, clean, good state. You may ask, well what is the big deal. Well, imagine if we could tell you if the previous system state is infected or not, so you can make sure you are not restoring your system to another infected state. Just give it a go and see.

You can read a list of all new features and updates in the detailed release notes.

Your feedback is very important to us, so please don't be shy and let us know what you think.

Returnil Virtual System reviewed at CHIP.de

Returnil Virtual System 2010 Home Free has been reviewed at CHIP.de. The review describes shortly how RVS works, and gives four stars for the first impression.

CHIP.de is an online version of one of the biggest IT publications in Germany, the CHIP magazine.

See the Returnil Virtual System Home Free review, and don't forget to click on the green thumb up :)

A bizarre new advertising related Trojan - Tango Toolbar

(Written by Michael A. Wood)

Researchers recently discovered a bizarre new advertising related Trojan that literally came out of nowhere and is almost impossible to uninstall, the 'Tango Toolbar'. Anecdotal reports from users who were unlucky enough to get infected by this indicated that it might be attached to cracked versions of the popular Limewire P2P program.



So what makes this news you ask?

Well, the strangeness comes when you attempt to use it to search the web or uninstall it through add/remove programs; it sends you to addresses that it doesn't own! Further, when you go to these IPs, you will actually see warning messages from the real owners of the domain in question warning users that they have been infected and should seek assistance from their AV provider or a qualified malware cleanup forum...

I have seen some crazy things in my time, but this has to rank in the top percentile. While we give well deserved kudos to the Sunbelt research team for finding this bit of insanity, it is another reason why the type of virtualization in Returnil Virtual System is essential to long term security and would have allowed users to recover from this disaster with a simple restart of their computer.

The moral of the story? 1 minute to restart your computer is allot better than suffering with an infection for over 30 days; unless you like that kind of thing...

Download your copy of RVS here.