Engine Sensitivity

Engine sensitivity allows you to configure reporting and protection levels of the following categories for all protection modules:

•Malware—These are pieces of malicious code that are a part of existing files on your computer.

•Potentially unwanted applications – Grayware or potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) is a broad software category whose intent is not as unequivocally malicious as other malware types, such as viruses or trojans. However, these applications could install additional unwanted software, change the behavior of the digital device or perform unapproved or unexpected activities. See the Glossary for more about these applications.

•Suspicious applications—These include programs compressed with packers or protectors. These protectors are often exploited by malware authors to evade detection. A packer is a runtime self-extracting executable that rolls up several kinds of malware into a single package. The most common packers are UPX, PE_Compact, PKLite and ASPack. The same malware may be detected differently when compressed using a different packer. Packers can also make their "signatures" mutate over time, making malware more difficult to detect and remove.

•Potentially unsafe applications—These applications are commercial, legitimate software that can be abused by attackers if installed without user consent. This classification includes programs such as remote access tools. This option is disabled by default.