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7.15.1. ID Protection Principles
AVG Identity Protection
is an anti-malware component that protects you from all
kinds of malware (
spyware, bots, identity theft, ...
) using behavioral technologies and
provide zero day protection for new viruses. As malware gets sophisticated and comes
in a form of normal programs that can open up your PC to the remote attacker for
identity theft,
AVG Identity Protection
secures you from these new execution based
malware. It is a complimentary protection to
AVG Anti-Virus
that protects you from
file based and known viruses using signature mechanism and scanning.
We strongly recommend you have the both
AVG Anti-Virus
and AVG Identity
Protection components installed, in order to have complete protection for your
PC.
7.15.2. ID Protection Interface
The
Identity Protection
component interface provides a brief description of the
component's basic functionality, its status, and some statistical data:
·
Malware items removed
- gives the number of applications detected as
malware, and removed
·
Processes monitored
- number of currently running applications that are
being monitored by IDP
·
Behaviors monitored
- number of specific actions running within the
monitored applications
Below you can find the
Display monitored processes and Activity monitor
link that
will take you to the user interface of the
System tools
component where you can find
