Ewido Networks was a software company based in

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known for creating Ewido Anti-Spyware. Ewido Anti-Spyware was software used to remove

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such as

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, dialers, and

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. It also featured real-time protection, automatic updates, and other privacy features. Ewido had both a free version, and a paid version which added 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

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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.Name change - Wilders Security Forums
/ref> 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 development has not stopped. It continues to exist as Ewido Online Scanner or Ewido Micro Scanner, using 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 no longer receive updates. Ewido works with many popular antivirus and other spyware products such as: *

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Security Suite

References

External links

Ewido's Official site
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History

Grisoft Acquisition

Ewido Anti-Spyware

See also

References

External links