Dr.Web FixIt

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2022: Release of Dr.Web FixIt PC Security Solution!

On August 5, 2022 the Russian anti-virus , "" Dr.Web introduced Dr.Web FixIt! - an updated solution for managed collateral information security PERSONAL COMPUTER. Microsoft Windows

Dr.Web FixIt! was created to remotely diagnose information security incidents and eliminate their consequences. It generates the FixIt diagnostic utility! to detect traces of presence malware and, based on the report collected by her, performs diagnostics. If malicious is detected ON , the FixIt! treating utility is created, which eliminates the consequences of infection.

Unlike products designed to detect already known (or similar to known) malware using virus databases, Dr.Web FixIt! allows you to detect malware, as well as programs used for targeted attacks and not detected by any other tools.

This service will be useful to specialists whose responsibilities include the analysis of incidents. Especially when it comes to the study of a station to which there is no physical access. The solution consists of a data collection system, an analytical part with the creation and application of filters of the necessary data categories, as well as mechanisms for clarifying the causes and treating incidents in the user system. Unlike desktop programs with similar functions, Dr.Web FixIt! works as a web application. Both at the time of data collection and analysis, our own developments in the field of cloud computing are used, told the head of the viral laboratory "Dr.Web," Igor Zdobnov.

Initially, the service was conceived for internal use at Doctor Web. Its creation began with the initiative of technical specialists, who were tired of sorting out tickets, solving the same problems in a circle over the years. So the idea arose to make a kind of portal in which the company would aggregate all knowledge and experience in terms of OS infections, detection algorithms and threat treatment.

There is a system with OS data. Depending on the tasks of the operator (technical support, virlab, development, resechers, etc.), he selects or creates the data slice he needs for analysis and has the ability to cure or fix all this in the system. All value is special filters, which from a huge amount of data reveal the necessary slices, infections, problems, anomalies, explained Konstantin Yudin, project manager at Doctor Web.

The target audience of the service is information security teams responsible for security monitoring and incident response (SOC centers). At the same time, Dr.Web FixIt! it will also be useful for companies where the qualification of system administrators does not allow competently analyzing computer incidents related to malware. Using this solution will give the business the opportunity to optimize the costs associated with the maintenance of technical personnel.