I think Trusteer Rapport looks like a good product but I am extremely sceptical about its capabilities on a PC with pre-existing rootkit infection. Sure it may well cope with some user land keyboard loggers and screen grabbers but serious Rootkits?????
Without removing any pre-installed rootkit Trusteer's Rapport API blocking layer could be completely countermanded raising the obvious concern of unencrypted data leakage. This could easily occur, and worse while the user believes he or she is TOTALLY safe from information theft. This is a critical and fundamental weakness of Trusteer Rapport.
The security industry has seen wave after wave of technologies presented as a panacea in one area or another.
Trusteer Rapport may be part of the solution along with Prevx eSAC, Microsoft's Credentica and a few others. These vendors should work towards a hybrid solution but I wouldn't present even that as a panacea. But it would be much stronger than anything else we have seen.
Munchun
Agenda
The writer of this comment has some agenda - probably from one of the no-name companies that he mentions.
Agenda
The writer of this comment has some agenda - probably from one of the no-name companies that he mentions.
What is the big deal?
A lot of talk about Trusteer like its new. In fact AhnLab a Korean company delivers AhnLab Online Security for banks like Banamex and Bank Santander and many others. Based on the information on the website of AhnLab look like a solide solution covering major problems. Just As far as I can see Trusteer has no reference at all. We will see...
Sounds intrusive
The level of Trusteer's integration with the OS and browser worry me; complex apps can be unstable enough these days and having something this intrusive sitting filtering keystrokes between my keyboard, my OS and my web browser... wouldn't install if *I* was running Windows (despite my bank offering me a free copy)
What is this junk ?
Natwest told me to install Rapport on my computer arguing it would "add security" to my transactions.
In fact it destroyed my system (a standard, reliable XP system with no problem) more efficiently than a root kill virus.
I could not even write a message on Outlook and connect to such well known sites as Amazon.com !!!
Got the dreaded blue sceen with some programs I have been using for ages with no problems !
Had to get rid of the stuff (not easy to get rid of it entirely throughout all the system) and I had to restart on a fresh system and reinstall many programs from the start.
More dangerous than junk bonds in a bank assets !!!
No wonder RBS is in a mess !!!
Not Secure
This product is not secure and doesn't meet all it's claims according to many sources (http://blog.rlr-uk.com). If you have an infected system do not use it to login to your bank. Clean it first or reinstall!
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