Madison, Wis. – Updates. They can be a real nuisance. They interrupt you while you're busy with that Power Point presentation for potential investors. And they interrupt you while you're immersed in that first-person shooter, killing zombies in a post-apocalyptic world.

But a majority of PC-based antivirus programs have to rely on updates. There are more than a million known viruses and malware that your signature-based antivirus programs can detect and remove. Without the signature updates, typical antivirus programs can't catch all those viruses and malware trying to launch stealthy attacks on your computer.

Or can they?

Enter NovaShield anti-malware. It's a behavior-based antivirus program that can do exactly that and more.

The breakthrough technology is the one that doesn't require frequent signature updates.

How?

It's a behavior-based antivirus program, not a traditional signature-based antivirus program.

Signature-based antivirus programs cross reference software that wants to run on your PC against a database of known viruses and malware.

NovaShield is different. It's a behavior-based antivirus program. That means it actually scrutinizes a program’s behavior and examines how a it’s acting in real time to detect if it’s any type of malware or virus. That includes spyware, botnets, Trojans, keyloggers, rootkits and worms.

Every hour, new and sophisticated types of malware and viruses are being released on the Web. Signature-based antivirus programs leave your PC exposed and vulnerable to these malware because the antivirus programs simply don’t know about them; digital signatures for new malware and viruses aren’t in their databases. It may take 30-60 days for these signature-based antivirus and anti-spyware programs to update the signature database on your computer.

An intelligent behavior-based antivirus program like NovaShield is a better antivirus program that gives you peace of mind and let's you get back to your life -- whether it's seeking investors  or playing games on your PC.

See why NetworkWorld, a magazine for network and IT executives, named NovaShield one of "10 IT security companies to watch." Visit www.NovaShield.com to learn more, download a free trial or to buy NovaShield's revolutionary product.

About NovaShield
Leading scientists at the University of Wisconsin in Madison founded NovaShield Inc. (www.NovaShield.com), which develops technology to detect and eliminate the next generation of viruses and malware threatening personal computers. Their breakthrough approach rapidly identifies previously unseen malware by using behavior-based monitoring, a unique real-time approach for effectively detecting looming threats. The NovaShield team has developed the most advanced and accurate anti-malware product available to consumers and businesses with the best-in-class ability to find new threats, including drive-by downloads, Trojans, botnets, keyloggers and rootkits. NovaShield is funded by two National Science Foundation grants and private investors.