There are numerous ways for malicious software to gain access to your computer, but to assure that they remain there they often use a common trick: creating an auto-run entry on your computer. An auto-run entry allows software of all types, malicious or safe, to establish persistence on a computer by instructing the operating system to automatically execute this software during every system boot up.
Upon installation of FireTower software, FireTower will perform an inventory and analysis of all existing auto-run settings, automatically validate legitimate auto-run entries through our web validation check and categorize all entries into varying threat levels.
FireTower is also a real-time discovery tool capable of alerting the user when it detects a piece of software attempting to establish persistence on your computer by inserting an auto-run entry.
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