Antivirus zillya 2000s. Basic PC protection

Zilla! Antivirus- the brainchild of creators from Ukraine, proudly calling themselves the Ukrainian anti-virus laboratory. Zilla Products! adopted current trend distribution of security software in the form of existence free version antivirus with basic functionality and paid software packages that include, in addition to basic capabilities, various additional functionality for ordinary users and business sectors. In this article, we will consider in detail the free product of the Ukrainian anti-virus laboratory - Zilla! Antivirus for Windows.

Zillya Free Antivirus Review! Antivirus

Zilla! Antivirus - antivirus with a nice interface, undemanding to system resources computer, with heuristic method anti-virus scanning, proactive protection, a protective filter for checking connected USB devices, a mail filter and other features.

1. Download and install

Zilla! Antivirus can be installed even on the oldest PC builds and low-powered netbooks. His system requirements by modern standards, very, very modest:

• Processor - 800 MHz;
• RAM- 256 MB;
• Disk space - 80 MB;
• Windows version - everything from XP.

To download Zilla! Antivirus go to its official website at the link:

http://zillya.ua/ru

At the beginning of the installation, two languages ​​will be offered to choose from - Russian and Ukrainian.

Installation process of Zilla! Antivirus is standard.

2. Interface and main tab

Zilla! Anti-virus against the background of other anti-virus products of the security software market is distinguished by a simple, at the same time stylish and usable interface, adapted for devices with touch screens thanks to the implementation of large controls. At the top of the window, in large inscriptions, transitions to different sections of the antivirus will be placed, in the very center of the main tab we will see an indicator of the computer's status. The main window is customizable.

When you press a button "More" the computer status indicator will turn into a tile and give way to other tiles of individual antivirus functions, including launch buttons manual update and computer scans, as well as an active threats widget.

3. Proactive defense "Watchdog"

Inscription "Protection OK" means Zilla! The antivirus works with active protection enabled - real-time protection, and that the user is protected from active threats. Proactive defense Zillya! The antivirus is called "Sentry", and if necessary, it can be temporarily disabled and then re-enabled using the appropriate options in the context menu on the antivirus icon in the system tray.

In some cases, Zillya! Anti-virus can not only be deprived of proactive protection, but also completely turned off. Moreover, this can be done very simply, without unnecessary dancing with a tambourine, as is the case with other antiviruses - using the same context menu on the system tray icon. When you turn off Zillya! The anti-virus will then prompt you to automatically turn on after a certain time.

4. Update anti-virus databases

Zilla! The anti-virus is updated automatically, but if necessary, the anti-virus databases can be updated manually in the tab, respectively, "Update". The creators of the antivirus approached the issue of relevance so seriously anti-virus databases that most of the tab space "Update" Given under the time counter since the last update.

5. Scan

Zillya antivirus scanning functionality! Antivirus is traditionally represented by the possibility quick scan in boot sectors, full scan the whole computer and selective scan.

Selective scanning allows you to specify only individual disk partitions or folders with files for scanning.

In the process of scanning the computer, we will see a report on the fact of the work already done - the time of the scan, detected and neutralized threats.

All threats detected during the scan will be quarantined unless otherwise specified by the user in the settings.

6. Quarantine

So, threats blocked in the proactive defense mode and during the scanning process are sent to quarantine. In the program tab "Threats" find separately active threat repository- threats not yet processed by antivirus - and separately quarantine- a place to isolate already processed threats. Objects from the section "Active Threats" can be moved to quarantine manually by the user.

Detected threats from quarantine can be removed one at a time, carefully studying background information for each individual object, or you can clear the quarantine in one click, thus getting rid of all isolated threats.

Which, by the way, is not recommended because the developers of Zillya! Antivirus does not even deny the fact of many cases of false positives of their offspring. Moreover, they invite their user audience to cooperate in this direction. From the developer's website, link:

http://zillya.ua/ru/support/av_zis/s_choice/ru

using a special contact form, you can send them files for analysis, in respect of which, according to users, Zillya! The antivirus made a false positive.

7. Restoring files and adding to exclusions

Zilla! The antivirus is vigilant on duty and cruel to threats. And it would be nice if he mercilessly sent various activators, keygens, patches to quarantine, but in our case, when testing, a very harmless program for creating portable software, which we previously considered on the pages of the site, did not come into play. Herself and the portable Zillya! The antivirus called Trojan downloaders and placed all of them in quarantine.

You can restore any file in respect of which the antivirus has made a false positive by adding this file to the exclusions right in the quarantine section. To do this, click on the object, press the button "Another Action", then choose "To the Exceptions".

After being added to exclusions, the object will be automatically restored and will acquire immunity for proactive protection and computer scanning processes. Objects added to exclusions are displayed as a list in the program tab "Threats", in section "Exceptions". In this section, any of the added objects can be deleted at any time. As well as adding any of the files, any of the folders to the list, so that they also receive immunity and are not blocked by proactive protection during scanning.

8. Settings

In the tab "Settings" Zilla! Antivirus will detect from the start a little that lends itself to user adjustment. These are various modes of protection and alerts.

By default, the antivirus is set to optimal protection mode – a mode in which protective filters for checking connected USB devices and mail, as well as scanning archives, are disabled. Economical protection mode, in addition to the unused features of the optimal mode, also does not check boot sectors. Whereas maximum the level of protection provides for all the functions possible in the free version.

Installed by default recommended alert mode means that Zillya! Antivirus in the system tray will only appear on important issues. Quiet the alert mode does not bother the user even on important issues. Detailed the alert mode will report with a pop-up window in the system tray for each of its steps.

And the dialog mode of notifications in case of detection of a threat will offer the user a choice of actions.

For the opportunity to use Zillya for free! The antivirus asks a little - only a simple registration when accessing advanced settings. To do this, press the button "Customize by yourself" and press"OK"in a dialog box with a notification about the need to register a copy of the antivirus.

After that, press the inscription "Register for free».

After registration, we will have access to advanced settings, where we can configure the scan scheduler, automatic action when threats are detected, the notification system, the operation of individual modules, the procedure for updating anti-virus databases, etc.

9. Efficiency

As long as new malware appears, until then there will be no ideal product on the security software market that would give 100% effectiveness. And since the history of the struggle between good and evil in various interpretations is as old as the world, and its end is clearly not near, to judge the effectiveness of Zillya! The antivirus will be against the background of another antivirus, a kind of standard in the security software market -. And according to the results of independent tests on the Internet, Zillya! Antivirus beats Kaspersky both in terms of the number of threats found and the speed of scanning. With test file EICAR-Test-File to check the performance of anti-virus products from the same Kaspersky Lab Zillya! The antivirus did a flawless job and quarantined it with lightning speed.

10. Zillya Paid Products!

More free antivirus version Zillya developers! for the layman can offer a paid software package Zilla! internet security . There is no special need for this, since we still won’t achieve improved computer protection, but we’ll pay for what we can get among the standard Windows functionality using free extensions for browsers and third party programs. These are features such as: parental control, web filter, file shredder, system optimizer, task manager and startup manager. But the paid package for the business segment can offer functions that are relevant for large enterprises remote control client parts of the antivirus.

11. Antivirus utility Zillya!

Serious anti-virus products often offer portable anti-virus utilities in addition to the main solutions installed in the operating system. These do not conflict with the anti-virus software installed on the system, and ideally it is recommended to run them periodically when using any security software, even paid ones. A utility from another developer will provide scanning using, respectively, other methods of anti-virus scanning and other anti-virus databases. A portable anti-virus utility from the Ukrainian anti-virus laboratory is called Zilla! Scanner. It can be downloaded for free from the official website at this link:

http://zillya.ua/ru/zillya-ckaner

Run the utility with administrator rights.

The capabilities of the utility are represented by the traditional scanning set - quick (Quick scan), full (Full scan) and selective (Custom scan).

Questions about which anti-virus programs to choose, whether it is worth contacting illegal software and overpaying for official products, are asked by both ordinary Ukrainians and company representatives. site learned from experts on information security What you should pay attention to when choosing an antivirus.

Russian refuse

It should be noted that the share of Ukrainian software in the segment is still very small. Once quite widespread in our corporate environment, the products of Russian developers have lost their positions. As a result, the demand for Western programs has grown.

“If we talk about ordinary users, the situation is different here, although this audience is gradually being “cleared” of Russian antiviruses. The corporate sector and government structures, having changed their consumer preferences, contributed to a further increase in the share of Western antivirus software in our market,” said Pavel Zolotarenko, Senior Consulting Engineer at IT-Integrator.

The corporate segment most often prefers security software from ESET, Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro. Ordinary Ukrainians install ESET, AVIRA, Symantec, Bitdefender, AVAST, etc.

At the same time, the share of Ukrainian software is only about 0.5%, Russian - 1%, and Western - 98.5%.
Nevertheless, some organizations continue to use Russian programs, rather out of habit or because of dumping prices.

“As for domestic developers, they can still claim only a small part of state enterprises and home users. Commercial organizations do not consider a domestic product at all due to an insufficient technical base,” said Miroslav Bondar, head of the Information Security Solutions Department of the BAKOTECH Group of Companies.

"Kaspersky" keeps

It should be noted that in the public sector, the share of vendors in sales of information software has changed due to the imposition of sanctions against some manufacturers.

"The political situation also influenced the choice of both the average user and companies - hence the decline in demand for Russian software. Buyers are considering a" Western "alternative," the director of a licensed supermarket told us. software"SoftKey-Ukraine" Anna Bodnarchuk.

As for one of the major players in the market, Kaspersky Lab, headquartered in Moscow, as an international company registered in the UK, it continues to ensure the information security of Ukrainian citizens and companies. Although, they were not without difficulties.

"In 2015, as a result of audits conducted by the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, the corporate solution Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 for Windows produced Kaspersky Lab UK Ltd. has been certified to comply with government regulations, and has also been certified as a solution for home users. Kaspersky Internet Security for all devices. This means that our products meet quality standards, they have no undeclared features and hidden programming code. Our solutions can be applied by a wide range of organizations and individuals. We continue to provide information security in Ukraine and try to pay more attention to our partners and clients,” said Dragan Martinovich, Managing Director of Kaspersky Lab in Eastern Europe.

How much does an antivirus cost?

As for the cost of security software, over the past 2 years, prices have practically not changed, but before that, due to a jump in currencies, they increased sharply.

“Antiviruses have risen in price by 1.9 times for the home and 2.4 times for companies, respectively. ", - said in a conversation with the supply manager of the company MT-Soft Victoria Shivarova.

On average, the cost of an antivirus for the home today is about UAH 695 for two PCs. For corporate clients from 25 users we are talking about 575 UAH per PC. As the number of PCs increases, the unit price decreases accordingly.

For example, basic antivirus kaspersky Antivirus 2016 for two devices costs UAH 686 per year. If we take the flagship solution of Kaspersky Internet Security with additional features, such as "Safe Money", "Parental Control", "Anti-theft", etc., then the cost for a license for two devices in one year will be 980 UAH. The cost of solutions for small businesses starts from 5040 UAH, which is the recommended price for protecting five devices and one server per year.

At the same time, vendors have several approaches to the formation prices:

• Some offer prices in hryvnia without reference to the exchange rate. Someone had only one minor price increase. For example, DrWeb. Others, such as ESET, went up in price in several stages.
• Others work at a commercial rate. These are, in particular, Symantec, TrendMicro and other Western developers.
• The third group links their prices to the commercial exchange rate, but makes special discounts. For example, 30% for b2c products for the local market was made by Kaspersky Lab.

Manufacturers also take into account the situation in local markets and seasonal demand, so they periodically announce promotions for consumers with discounts of 10-30%.

What people need

For home users, not only the reasonable price of the product is important, but also the high service level.
Companies, in order to save money, are increasingly purchasing software by subscription, which allows you to make smaller payments once a year or monthly.

“At the same time, many people try not to engage in “savings on matches” and are looking for other ways to optimize, so they have taken a course towards automating business processes, implementing CRM systems to retain customers and improve service. There is a trend of growing demand for total information protection and removal of all data into the cloud," says Anna Bodnarchuk.

Antivirus software today has ceased to be just an antivirus as such. Solutions are actively developing towards integration. Developers add such "features" as firewalls, anti-phishing components and much more to the usual software.

"Customers have become more interested in solutions that either complement or completely replace the classic anti-virus engine," says Miroslav Bondar.

In fact, now competent in this issue customers ask “what do you have besides antivirus?”. As a result, the demand for the following solutions is increasing:

• The so-called "sandboxes", ie. complexes that perform static and dynamic analysis of files.
• The so-called "whitelisting" mechanism, i.e. solutions that allow you to run a limited list of applications.
• Modules that monitor the behavior of running processes.
• Pirate traditions

At the same time, despite the fact that legal software continues to spread, gradually replacing pirated counterparts, our market has not yet been able to overcome "dullness". The share of pirated security software in our country is not decreasing.

According to a study by the international association BSA, in 2015, 82% of the software installed on Ukrainian computers was unlicensed. And compared to 2013, the share of pirated software has decreased by only 1%.

Hackers don't sleep

At the same time, it is precisely the avalanche of various ransomware (ransomware) on the one hand, and targeted attacks using phishing (a type of Internet fraud by sending fake emails) and elements of social engineering on the other, that have become the trends that force organizations to strengthen the protection of their systems.

The paradox of the situation is that over the past year we have seen a sharp increase in the number of samples that use primitive mechanisms to infect the system. In fact, it all comes down to bait activation and subsequent loading of the main module (payload).

However, thanks to social engineering techniques, late signatures and a wide variety of lures, these samples successfully perform their task (extortion, espionage, system disruption).

"Stable monetization of cybercriminals is spurring the malware (malicious software) market to active development. This, in turn, is reflected in the number of new virus samples," said Miroslav Bondar.

At the same time, we can say with confidence that there is no need to wait for a decline in the activity of cybercriminals. At the end of 2015, Kaspersky Lab experts noted that this year in the business environment, an increase in the number of attacks on financial institutions, financial fraud on exchanges, as well as attacks on infrastructure and the use of vulnerabilities in IT to penetrate into corporate networks. Many of these predictions have already begun to come true.

Since the beginning of the year, information security experts have noted an increase in the activity of the BlackEnergy group in Ukraine. Since 2014, she has carried out attacks on energy companies and industrial control systems around the world using plug-ins that target SCADA systems.

Kaspersky Lab experts came to the conclusion that our facilities are of particular interest, including Ukrainian government agencies and the media, which initially suffered from targeted attacks using DDoS tools.

By the way, at the beginning of the year, Ukraine entered the top five in terms of the number of DDoS targets, its share rose from an insignificant 0.5% at the end of 2015 to 1.9% in the first quarter of 2016.

Later, BlackEnergy expanded its arsenal and carried out a number of geopolitical operations, including attacks on several critical infrastructure in Ukraine. Last year, the group actively distributed phishing emails with malicious Excel attachments that infected computers through macros, and in January 2016, Kaspersky Lab discovered for the first time that malicious Word attachments were also used for this purpose.

“This proves once again that it is often a person who is the weak link in the information security system of any company, so a large organization should have specialists with fairly deep knowledge in the field of antimalware research,” Dragan Martinovich said in a conversation with the site.

• Innovative interface

In the "protection is normal" state, the antivirus has a unique look - only one button, which notifies the user that the system is normal.

• Simplified logic of user interaction with the antivirus.

The user should take any action only if the antivirus is unable to act without user intervention.

• Reliable protection for your PC
• Antivirus protection of your PC from viruses, spyware, Trojans and others malware provided through:
• Daily updates of anti-virus databases in automatic mode.
• To date, the complete database of threats that antivirus counteracts is more than 5 million viruses.
• A built-in heuristic analysis module that allows you to detect and neutralize malicious programs based on the analysis of their code.
• Unique product activation system

After a month of using the product, it can be used for free and in the future after activation by linking to an account on a social network.

• Prompt support service

If you have any suspicions about a certain file, we will always help you. You can provide us with a sample of such a file for analysis!

• Friendliness, simplicity and accessibility of the interface
• The most reliable things are simple. When you start the antivirus, you do not need to set it up for normal operation every time - it does everything by itself.
• You don't have to be an Internet security professional to set up your antivirus. You just turn it on and it works.
• If you need to make changes, the antivirus won't make a problem out of it: Tools and Settings are always at your fingertips.
• Daily anti-virus database updates for full computer protection
• Zillya Antivirus Lab! daily releases anti-virus database updates that contain protection against thousands of new threats.
• In order for the user to be sure that the attacker will not steal important data or other valuable information from the computer, the development team constantly analyzes threats and offers new detection solutions maximum number viruses. IN this moment anti-virus database Zillya! Antivirus Free has over 5 million entries.
• Virus Lab Rapid Response Service
• If you have suspicions about any files, you can send them for analysis to the Zillya antivirus laboratory!
• Sometimes antiviruses can recognize harmless files as malicious, so to ensure the full protection of your PC, Zillya! Antivirus Free has a built-in function to send files for analysis to the laboratory.
• If the sent files do not actually pose a threat, the experts will make appropriate changes in the anti-virus database, and the files will not be recognized as dangerous.
• Use of heuristic analysis technology - recognition of new and unknown threats
• The heuristic analyzer checks files with similar characteristics. When a certain amount of similar data is found in the file, it decides that this program looks like malware.
• So Zilla! Antivirus can detect malicious programs that have not yet been added to the antivirus database. Zilla! Antivirus Free has a built-in heuristic analyzer and helps to protect the system even from those threats that have not yet appeared, but may appear in the future.
• Checking disk files and emails Email in real time
• Watchdog is a real-time file scanning system that detects viruses and other malware that try to infiltrate your computer. Watchdog keeps track running processes, files that are created and opened, effectively blocks and removes threats, working "ahead of the curve".
• The mail filter checks all incoming and outgoing email messages for malicious objects, preventing threats from entering the system along with the email.
• Determination of the optimal action on a detected threat

Choice of actions to be taken on infected files in Zillya! determined automatically. Please note that various archives (including mail databases, ISO images, etc.) are scanned, but the choice of actions is limited to the "Ignore" command. Such files are neither placed in active threats nor quarantined, much less deleted. The user only receives a message that a virus was found in the archive. The thing is that the files in the archives do not pose a threat to the user until they are extracted by the user from the archive, but at that moment they will be identified and neutralized by Storozhev.

• Display current product status

Zilla! Antivirus automatically monitors the status antivirus protection system and displays a convenient summary in the "System Status" area of ​​the main program window.

• Virus Scan Scheduler

You don't have to remind yourself every day to check your computer for malware. Zilla! Antivirus contains the function Scheduler - Scan personal computer, which can be customized to suit your needs. The user can configure automatic scanning once, daily, hourly, weekly or monthly.

Minimum Requirements to hardware:

• Processor frequency - 1 GHz or higher
• RAM - 512 MB or higher
• Hard disk space - 120 MB
• Operating system– Windows XP (SP2, SP3), Windows 7 (x32, x64 bit), Windows 8 (x32, x64), Windows 10 (x32, x64)

Zilla! Antivirus is free antivirus, which contains all modern tools to fight viruses various types. Signature analysis, standard for all antiviruses, is present, of course, in Zillya! antivirus. Scanning for viruses is fast and economical in terms of consuming computer resources. The antivirus also uses heuristic analysis to detect those viruses for which there are no signatures in the databases yet. That is, the antivirus is effective even against the newest threats. Executable files are additionally checked during their first run on the computer. This provides control over those files that were downloaded recently and did not fall under anti-virus scanning. Also, with the help of Zillya! Antivirus can check files attached to emails.

Key features and functions

• low resource consumption: Zilla! Antivirus is very sparing on system resources. In particular, the scanning algorithm is both lightweight and powerful, making it suitable even for weak systems;
• simple and friendly interface: Zilla! Antivirus provides a simple user interface which most users will appreciate. For beginners it gives quick access to all important functions, and for professionals it contains powerful and flexible settings configuration. All settings are intuitively grouped into categories, which provides a quick understanding of the antivirus concept;
• built-in tools to access online support: If you suspect that a file is malicious, you can submit it to the Zillya antivirus center! to get a professional analysis of this file. If the suspicions are justified, then this file will be immediately added to the Zillya anti-virus databases! This makes it possible to strengthen protection against new viruses;
• display of the current protection status: Zilla! Antivirus automatically monitors the level of system protection and displays it in the System Status panel in each program window;
• unique heuristic analysis: Heuristic analysis uses patterns of typical virus behavior to identify new, hitherto unknown malicious objects, or objects that have not yet been processed in the laboratory;
• checking files and e-mail "on the fly": Zilla! Antivirus scans files as they run, thus preventing the launch of dangerous, previously unscanned objects. All outgoing and incoming files attached to letters are also checked;
• additional functions: Additional utilities, such as the process manager and the autorun manager, expand the functionality of the antivirus. These utilities are slightly advanced clones standard features Windows. They can be useful in cases where viruses block access to standard means management;
• 2 million signatures: In anti-virus databases Zillya! Antivirus contains more than 2 million signatures, and the antivirus databases are updated every day.

Special Requirements

• processor with a frequency of 1 GHz;
• 1 GB of RAM;
• 450 MB of free hard disk space.

Zilla! - the most famous anti-virus product from Ukrainian developers. It is based on its own engine, includes tools for protection personal information from interception, contains an integrated firewall, anti-spam filter, autorun manager and a function parental control. The features of the utility are its small size and loyal use of system resources.

Opportunities:

• proactive machine protection various kinds threats;
• three types of analysis - fast, full and selective;
• tracking Web traffic;
• automatic update;
• process manager.

Principle of operation:

thanks to the Russian-language interface, using the antivirus is easy. In fact, immediately after launch, it begins to analyze the system. If threats are detected, the program will notify you with a notification.

For forced analysis, open the "Scanning" tab and select the type of scan - quick, full or custom.

The free version of the antivirus contains a heuristic analysis function and can check E-Mail messages. In addition, it has the possibility automatic update bases All other options are available in the Zillya version! Total Security costs about $40 per year, but there are local discounts up to 75% off the original price.

Legal entities are invited to download a special version of Zillya! antivirus with the ability to centrally manage the program. The cost of a license in this case is from $ 4 per year for one machine.

Pros:

• there is a special Android version of the utility with a built-in optimizer;
• integrated virtual keyboard;
• deletion protection;
• file shredder;
• parental control feature.

Minuses:

• no cloud analysis option;
• there is no English interface.

Zilla antivirus is a reliable protector of your computer. Given the relatively loyal cost of the license, we recommend using the registered version of the program, which provides maximum protection.

Analogues:

• Kaspersky Internet Security - multifunctional antivirus program based on its own engine;
• 360 Total Security - common free utility to prevent various threats.