Ewido Networks was a software company based in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

  known for creating Ewido Anti-Spyware. Ewido Anti-Spyware is a software used to remove malware

Malware

Malware, short for malicious software, consists of programming that is designed to disrupt or deny operation, gather information that leads to loss of privacy or exploitation, or gain unauthorized access to system resources, or that otherwise exhibits abusive behavior...

, like spyware

Spyware

Spyware is a type of malware that can be installed on computers, and which collects small pieces of information about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user, and can be difficult to detect. Typically, spyware is secretly installed on the user's...

, trojan horses

Trojan horse (computing)

A Trojan horse, or Trojan, is software that appears to perform a desirable function for the user prior to run or install, but steals information or harms the system. The term is derived from the Trojan Horse story in Greek mythology.-Malware:A destructive program that masquerades as a benign...

, adware

Adware

Adware, or advertising-supported software, is any software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertisements to a computer. These advertisements can be in the form of a pop-up. They may also be in the user interface of the software or on a screen presented to the user during...

, dialers, and worms

Computer worm

A computer worm is a self-replicating malware computer program, which uses a computer network to send copies of itself to other nodes and it may do so without any user intervention. This is due to security shortcomings on the target computer. Unlike a computer virus, it does not need to attach...

. It also features real-time protection, automatic updates, and other privacy features. Ewido has both a free version, and a paid version which adds realtime protection, and automatic updates.

History

Ewido networks was founded in Germany in 2004 by Andreas Rudyk, Peter Klapprodt and Tobias Graf. Their first product was Ewido Security Suite. Ewido was given Digital River's ICE award for "Best newcomer of the year".

Grisoft Acquisition

On April 19, 2006 it was announced that Czech Grisoft had acquired the German Anti-Malware company Ewido Networks. This was the birth of Grisoft's AVG Anti Spyware, an anti spyware based on Ewido's engine. Grisoft now includes ewido in many security suites and bundles and antivirus products.

Ewido Anti-Spyware

This software began life as Ewido Security Suite and the name was changed to Ewido Anti-malware in December 2005. With the release of 4.0, it was later changed again to Ewido Anti-Spyware.

Ewido Anti-Spyware included new features such as scheduled scans, file shredder, running process manager, and a new interface. It also included an LSP and BHO viewer. There was a free version with no realtime protection and automatic updates (Users could update manually). The last known price was $29.99.

After Grisoft's acquisition, however, Ewido's Anti-Spyware developments has not stopped. It continues to exist as Ewido Online Scanner or Ewido Micro Scanner, that uses the full Ewido engine and signatures, without excluding heuristic detection options. As of AVG 8.0, AVG Anti-Spyware is integrated into AVG Anti-Virus and is no longer available as a standalone product. That means that AVG Anti-Spyware will not receive updates any more.

Ewido works with many popular antivirus and other spyware products such as:

• AVG Anti-Virus
  AVG Anti-Virus
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• Ad-Aware
  Ad-Aware
  Ad-Aware is an anti-spyware and anti-virus program developed by Lavasoft that detects and removes malware, spyware and adware on a user's computer...
  
  
• Avast Antivirus
• Avira
  Avira
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   Security Software
• Comodo Internet Security
  Comodo Internet Security
  Comodo Internet Security , developed by Comodo Group, is an Internet security suite available for Microsoft Windows. It offers anti-malware protection, a personal firewall, a sandbox and a Host-based Intrusion Prevention System called Defense+.-Editions:Comodo Internet Security is available in...
  
  
• Counterspy
  Counterspy
  CounterSpy is a proprietary spyware removal program for Microsoft Windows software developed by Sunbelt Software.-Features:CounterSpy scans a PC for spyware, examining files on the hard drive, objects in memory, the Windows registry and cookies and it has a capability called DNR that, according to...
  
  
• Kaspersky Anti-Virus
  Kaspersky Anti-Virus
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• McAfee
  McAfee
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• Norton AntiVirus
  Norton AntiVirus
  Norton AntiVirus, developed and distributed by Symantec Corporation, provides malware prevention and removal during a subscription period. It uses signatures and heuristics to identify viruses. Other features include e-mail spam filtering and phishing protection.Symantec distributes the product as...
  
  
• Sophos
  Sophos
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• Spybot Search & Destroy
• Spyware Doctor
  Spyware Doctor
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• ZoneAlarm Security Suite